The 32-year-old Khan who was born in a Muslim family in Mumbai to a Malayali father and Mumbai-based mother, after completing over 15 years in the film industry, stated in her tweet that she wasn’t happy with the line of work, and she was contemplating more about the real purpose of life.

“Today I am talking to you standing at a crucial juncture of my life. lhave been living the Showbiz (Film Industry) life for years, and during this time I have been blessed with all kinds of fame, honour and wealth from my fans for which I am grateful to them”, Khan said. “But for a few days now, I have been possessed of the realization that: Is the real purpose of man’s coming into this world only to chase wealth and fame? Isn’t it a part of his/her duty to spend his/her life in the service of those who are needy and helpless? Shouldn’t a person think that he/she could die at any moment? And what will happen to him after he/she is no more?”

Talking about her life as an actress, she said, she continued to observe things and was searching for answers about what will happen to her after her death.

“I have been searching for answers to these two questions for a long period of time, especially the second question as to what will happen to me after my death? When I searched for the answer to this question in my religion, I realized that this life in the world is actually for the betterment of life-after death”, Khan said. “And what will happen to him after he/she is no more? I have been searching for answers to these two questions for a long period of time, especially the second question as to what will happen to me after my death? When I searched for the answer to this question in my religion, I realized that this life in the world is actually for the betterment of life-after death”.

Khan told her fans that a person’s purpose in life is not all about wealth and fame, while it should be to avoid sinful life and serve humanity, and following the path of God.

“And it will be better if the slave lives according to the command of his Creator, and does not make wealth and fame his only goal; rather, he/she should avoid sinful life and serve humanity, and follow the path shown by his/her Creator”, Khan said.

Finally, she declared her disassociation from the film industry, “Therefore, I declare today that from today onwards, I have resolved to say goodbye to my Showbiz lifestyle forever and serve humanity and follow the orders of my Creator”.

Further, she requested all her fans and followers to pray for the acceptance of her repentance, so that God grants her true ability to live her life according to the laws of God, while serving the humanity.

“All brothers and sisters are requested to pray for me to Allah to accept my repentance and grant me the true ability to live in accordance with my determination of spending my life following the commandments of my Creator and in the service of humanity, and grant me perseverance in it”, Khan said.

In the final note, she declared she cannot be consulted further for any Showbiz work.

“All brothers and sisters are requested to not consult me with regards to any Showbiz work henceforth”, the former actress ended the message.

The tweet is also available in Urdu as well as in Hindi, for her Urdu and Hindi fans.

Khan appeared in Hindi, Malayalam, Tamil, Kannada and Telugu language films, TV commercials, dance performances, and special appearances in films. She acted in 14 films in over five languages and appeared in over 50 advertisements.

In June 2019, another Indian actress Zaira Waseem known for her roles in Dangal and Secret Superstar quit the film industry since it interfered with her faith and religion.

Swamy Chakrapani tweeted on Monday that, “Hindu actresses should also take inspiration from Zaira. Her Zaira Wasim decision to quit acting is praiseworthy.”

धार्मिक आस्था के लिए फिल्म अभिनेत्री जायरा द्वारा फिल्म से किनारा करना प्रसंसनीय,हिन्दू अभिनेत्रीयों को भी जायरा से लेंना चाहिए प्रेरणा-?स्वामी चक्रपाणि महाराज-राष्ट्रीय अध्यक्ष-अखिल भारत हिन्दू महासभा pic.twitter.com/AhJlq1seNS

— SwamyChakrapani (@SwamyChakrapani) July 1, 2019

The 18-year-old superstar Wasim who starred in superhit movies like Dangal and Secret Superstar declared on Sunday about her disassociation from the Bollywood industry as she felt loss of Barakah (blessings) in her life, and her Islamic faith was getting threatened.

There were rumors on Monday that Wasim’s social media accounts were hacked, however, Wasim rubbished the claims through her Facebook post.

Wasim has received mixed reaction on her Sunday’s Facebook post with Bollywood celebrities divided into two camps, one respecting her decision while others taking a dig at her personal choice.

The 18-year-old Kashmiri-born Wasim who completed five years in the industry today, stated in her lengthy Facebook post that she wasn’t happy with the line of work.

“Five years ago I made a decision that changed my life forever. As I stepped my foot in Bollywood, it opened doors of massive popularity for me. I started to become the prime candidate of public attention, I was projected as the gospel of the idea of success and was often identified as a role model for the youth,” Wasim said.

“However, that’s never something that I set out to do or become, especially with regards to my ideas of success and failure, which I had just started to explore and understand,” Wasim stated.

“This field indeed brought a lot of love, support, and applause my way, but what it also did was to lead me to a path of ignorance, as I silently and unconsciously transitioned out of ‘imaan’ (faith). While I continued to work in an environment that consistently interfered with my ‘imaan’, my relationship with my religion was threatened,” she said.

Wasim said as she continued to “ignorantly pass through” while trying to convince herself that what she was doing was okay and was not really affecting her, “I lost all the ‘Barakah’ (blessing) from my life”.

“I was constantly battling with my soul to reconcile my thoughts and instincts to fix a static picture of my ‘imaan’ and I failed miserably, not just once but a hundred times…

“I kept procrastinating by tricking and deluding my conscience into the idea that I know what I am doing doesn’t feel right but assumed that I will put an end to this whenever the time feels right and I continued to put myself in a vulnerable position where it was always so easy to succumb to the environment that damaged my peace, ‘imaan’ and my relationship with Allah (God),” she said.

Talking about her life as an actor, she said she continued to observe things and twist her perceptions as she wanted them to be, without really understanding that the key was to see them as they were.

“In the great and divine wisdom of the Quran, I found sufficiency and peace. Indeed the hearts find peace when it acquires the knowledge of Its Creator, His Attributes, His Mercy and His commandments,” she added.

Wasim said she began to heavily rely upon Allah’s mercy for help and guidance instead of valuing her own believability.

“I discovered my lack of knowledge of the basic fundamentals of my religion and how my inability to reinforce a change earlier was a result of confusing my heart’s contentment and well being with strengthening and satisfying my own (shallow and worldly) desires,” she said.

Wasim said, she questioned the deepest sources of her ideas of success, meaning and the purpose of her life.

“The source code that governed and impacted my perceptions evolved into a different dimension. Success isn’t correlated with our biased, delusional and conventional shallow measures of life. Success is the accomplishment of the purpose of our creation. We have forgotten the purpose we were created for as we ignorantly continue to pass through our lives; deceiving our conscience,” she said.

However, Wasim expressed it clearly that she isn’t “painting her holier picture” but “this is the least I can do to start afresh”.