Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Developing inner peace for external harmony

“How can we develop inner peace so that it reflects in external actions? Because only when we have inner peace can there be communal harmony.”Asked by Ali Hasan, Lucknow

He answers at 27:29 in Communal Harmony · 4 min 35 sec

His answer, in his own words
27:29
maulana iqbal umri ne chennai se likha hai: "masha allah, bahut achha naksha khencha hai shanti yatra ka." apa, ab ab sawal lena chahunga. yeh sawal hai ah ali hasan sahib ka lucknow se. unhon ne likha hai ke: "ah how can we develop inner peace so that it reflects in external action?" ah because only when we have inner peace can there be communal harmony. to is ke bare mein bataein aap. inner peace ke liye zaroori hai ke hum apni zindagi ko kisi worth while mission mein lagayein.
28:09
ji, sirf ah job karna aur business karna is se inner peace nahin aata. hamein khuda se taluq qaim karna parega. kehte hain ke: "man cannot live by Bible mein, man cannot live by bread alone. " to hamein inner peace jabhi milega jab hamara khuda se taluq qaim hoga. to is ke liye hamein bahut zyada, main to yahi samajhti hoon ke maulana ki literature padhein aur yeh jo divine mission hai, is mein lag jayein. kyun ke is waqt sab se bada kaam yahi hai jab jab hamein yeh mehsoos hoga ke hum ek aise kaam mein lage hue hain jo khuda ka kaam hai, khuda ki nusrat karna hai.
28:55
to is se hamein peace milta hai. agar hum sirf dunya ke kaam mein lage rahein to dunya ke kaam to kabhi hal hi nahin hote hain. kabhi aisa nahin hota ke insaan ki jo desires hain, woh itni zyada hain ke woh kabhi hal nahin hongi. to hamein yeh sochna chahiye ke is dunya mein sirf baqadr zaroorat aur akhirat mein baqadr desire, aur baqi jitne bhi hamare paas time ho zaroorat ke baad, woh sab hum isi mission mein apne aap ko waqf kar dein. khuda ke kaam mein apne aap ko waqf kar dein, khuda se taluq qaim karein, khuda se connection qaim karein, aur aur baqi jo hai achhe kaam karein.
29:35
logon ki madad karna yeh bhi bahut zyada mustahsan qarar diya gaya hai islam mein. to logon ki madad karein, logon ki taleem mein un ki madad karein, har achhe kaam mein saath dein. jaise rasool allah sallallahu alaihi wasallam ne hilf al-fudul mein saath bahut hi khushi se saath diya tha, aur baad mein bhi kaha: "prophet mil, prophethood milne ke baad bhi aap ne kaha ke agar hilf al-fudul ke liye mujhe bulaya jaye to main aaj bhi jaane ke liye tayyar hoon." kyun ke woh tha ke kisi ne ek bar koi saman khareeda tha aur uska paisa nahin diya tha, to woh dahai de raha tha ke ab quraish aise ho gaye hain ke hamein saman khareeda aur paisa nahin diya. to yeh baat jo hai, kyun ke society mein yeh kaam bahut zaroori hai, maroof munkir wala kaam bahut zaroori hai. maroof maani har achhi baat ko society mein us ke liye kaam karna taake log us par chalein, aur munkir hai ke har buri baat se logon ko bachana.
30:39
to yeh kaam karna chahiye hamein, yeh bhi khudai kaam hai, aur da'wah work karna chahiye taake logon ki akhirat sudhre. ek taraf dunya ke bare mein kaam karna hai ke logon ki dunya ki bhalai ke liye kaam karna hai, aur akhirat ki kamyabi ke liye kaam karna hai. to jab hum apne aap se niklenge aur bahar kaam karenge, tab hamein inner peace milega. agar hum sochenge ke bas hum apni desires hi par chalte rahein, to desires to hamari kabhi khatam hi nahin hongi. kyun ke desires itni zyada hain, itni zyada hain ke yeh dunya jo hai, is ko support hi nahin karti.
31:17
woh to akhirat ke liye hai, akhirat mein hi hamari sari desires fulfill hongi. to mujhe yahi samajh mein aata hai ke khuda se gehra taluq qaim karein. ji, aur apa yeh bhi hai ke: "an individual is governed by his or her thinking. " to agar aap tolerance aur avoidance ki ahmiyat ko agar samjhein, as compared to intolerance ya confrontation, to you will realize ke ah result ke aitbar se ah kya important hai. to Maulana hamesha yeh kehte thay ke: "result oriented, positive, misbat soch rakhiye.
31:53
" to is liye yeh bohat ziyada ah zaroori hai, aur agar hum is cheez ko realize karein to automatically hamari jo thinking pattern hai, ah woh positive lines mein develop hone lag jata hai. ah apa, yeh aik sawal aur aya hai: Arman Khan sahib ne likha hai ke: "hum logon se mil kar kiya baat karein jis se muashre mein ah peace qaim ho?" to is ke baray mein bhi kuch advice dein.
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