A Satisfactory Explanation

Belief in the world Hereafter gives us a satisfactory explanation of all known facts. Refusal to accept the world Hereafter makes the present world appear incomplete, whereas its acceptance confirms its completeness. In the former case, it is incomprehensible that a great number of good and truth-loving people should leave the world without ever having been rewarded for leading honest upright lives. This issue can become fully resolved only with the acceptance of the next world.

Similarly, in the case of denial of the Hereafter, it remains totally incomprehensible that man should be born into this world with the concept of an ideal world, while all of us leave this world without finding this ideal world. This riddle is also solved by acceptance of the Hereafter; man may then live in this present world with the conviction that the objects of his desire, which he failed to find in this world, will be given to him in the world after death.

A study of this subject shows that in this world nothing has been created in vain. Right from the sun and the moon to the tiniest insects—all have been created to serve some purpose and that is exactly what they are doing. Given this state of affairs, there is only one thing in this world which appears to be purposeless and that is that all men and women are born with beautiful desires. When everything in this world has been created with some specific purpose, it also seems logical that human desires should eventually fructify. In a universe where everything is created with some purpose, it can never turn out that human desires have been created in vain.

These desires are certainly a well-considered creation. Their existence has a specific purpose. However, this purpose cannot be fulfilled in this present limited world. These desires, being unlimited, can be fulfilled only in an unlimited world. That is where good people will be rewarded with eternal Paradise, full of all kinds of happiness and comforts. On the other hand, bad people will be sent to Hell where they will be compelled to taste the fruits of their evil deeds for all eternity.