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Faith & God · Q&A

How to discover helplessness while having free will?

“Maulana, while having free will, how can we discover our helplessness? What kind of thinking enables us to discover our helplessness?”Asked by Abdul Basit, Doha, Qatar

He answers at 1:06:58 in Three levels of Realization · 2 min 41 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:06:58
warna khuda ki marifat nahi milegi ab jo bohat zyada bohat zyada hatayega toh oonchi degree ka usko mil jayega realization nahi toh kam degree ka milega toh jo difference hai woh in terms of degree hai jahan tak main samajhta hoon molana agla sawal abdul basit ne kiya hai doha qatar se unhon ne likha hai molana ikhtiyar rakhte hue kaise apne ajz ko daryaft karen yani kis tarah ki soch se hum apne ajz ko daryaft karen ajz ki daryaft har waqt hoti rehti hai har waqt hoti rehti hai hum koi na koi cheez hum se jaise ab main farz kijiyey ke yeh uthata hoon aksar hota hai slip kar ke gir jata hai toh maine apne ajz ko daryaft kiya ke khuda itni bari universe ko manage kar raha hai okay asan koi sitara gir pade koi planet gir pade koi star gir pade
1:08:06
ab jaise main kal parson ki baat batata hoon mera daant jo hai woh zuban mein kuch injury ho gayi zuban mein khane khate waqt ittefaq se zuban kahin daant ke ismein aa gayi iski zad mein aa gayi toh zuban mein injury ho gayi bhai doctor ke paas jana pada toh maine socha jaate hue ke insaan itna helpless hai ke khud apne daant hain aur apni zuban hai apne daant se bhi apni zuban ko bacha nahi sakta woh yeh bohat anokha hai mere liye experience hai woh daant bhi meri zuban bhi meri aur main khud apne daant se apni zuban ko bacha nahi sakta toh har waqt har waqt tajurba hota hai is tajurbe mein lesson jo chupa hua hai usko lesson nikaliye har waqt
1:09:04
koi na koi aisi cheez hoti hai jo batati hai ke insaan helpless hai toh helplessness ka koi koi woh koi course nahi hai woh apne aqal ko active karna hai apni soch ko active karna hai yani main kahoon ke intellectual awakening jitni hogi utni aap is baat ko janenge yani zehni bedari jitna hoga jitni zyada utni zyada aap is se waqif ho jayenge molana agla sawal kiya hai doctor farida khanoom ne new delhi se she is written in this world we have so many duties to perform in such a situation how can we focus on god
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