Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Leaving worldly work to discover God

“In worldly work, there is distraction in being able to discover God. Could one solution be that we leave worldly work completely and engage in discovering God?”Asked by Zeshhan Sahib, Hydrabad

He answers at 1:10:50 in God Particle · 2 min 24 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:10:50
Maulana, agla sawal Hyderabad se aaya hai Zeeshan sahab ka . Unhon ne likha hai: "Dunyawi kaam ke sath Khuda ki discovery kar paane mein distraction aata hai. Kya is ka ek solution yeh ho sakta hai ke hum dunyawi kaam ko poori tarah se chhod dein aur Khuda ki discovery mein lag jayen?" Is ke baray mein batayen. Dunya ke kaam se murad kya hai? Isi mein to discovery hoti hai. Dunya ke kaam ka kya matlab? Dunya ke kaam yani har woh cheez jahan jis se aap, yani jis ko aap dunya kehte hain, woh Khuda ki takhleeq hai. Khuda ki takhleeq hai, isi takhleeq mein to Khaliq ko dekhna hai.
1:11:33
Aap chale jayen janglon mein to wahan kya karenge? Sahi baat yeh hai, dekhiye ke aarif ke zehan se cheezon ko dekhna, yani seeker ke zehan se cheezon ko dekhna, yeh dunya chhodne ka koi sawal hi nahi paida hota. Jahan aap chhod ke jayen ge, wahan bhi dunya hi hogi. Yeh ek lafz bhi galat samjha jata hai ke tark-e-dunya. Tark-e-dunya kya hai? Aap tark-e-dunya kar nahi sakte. Aap marne se
1:12:06
pehlay jahan aap jayen ge, woh bhi dunya hogi. Wahan par to tark-e-dunya is nothing. Asal cheez yeh hai ke aap seeker hon, aap cheezon ko, yani is se lesson lene ka aap ke andar mada ho, gehrai mein cheezon ko sochein. Aap is ki zaroorat hai. Tark-e-dunya keh na to koi cheez hai, na woh mumkin hai. Jahan aap chhod ke jayen ge, woh bhi dunya hogi. Ek Is liye yeh yeh koi yeh koi hal nahi hai. Maulana, agla ek comment aaya hai Qatar se Maulana Abdul Basit Umri sahab
1:12:48
ka. Unhon ne likha hai: "Maulana, jis Khuda ne mujhe paida kiya, jo mere liye zindagi ke sare intezammat kar raha hai, us Khuda ke baray mein mujhe abhi tak apne poore wajood ke sath, poore shaoor ke sath ek bar bhi yeh kehne ko naseeb nahi hua ke aye Khuda, tu mera Khuda hai." Maulana, agla sawal lete hain jo Delhi se hai Muhammad Asif Riyaz sahab ka. Unhon ne likha hai: "Maulana sahab, I feel a great happiness in writing the glory of God, but as a journalist, sometimes I need to write some political articles.
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