Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Explaining Peace to War Victims

“How can the concept of peace be explained to those who have lost their loved ones in war or violence?”Asked by Salman, Bhubaneswar

He answers at 1:13:23 in Importance of Peace · 2 min 41 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:13:23
yeh maine is mamle mein bohat socha hai. meri kitab maujood hai, aap parh lijiye. "Dawn over Kashmir" woh parh lijiye aap. Maulana, agla sawal Bhuvaneshwar se aaya hai, Salman sahib ka. aur aaj ke lecture ko le ke unhon ne sawal kiya hai. unhon ne likha hai ke: "Moulana sahib, how can concept of peace be explained to those who have lost their loved ones in war or violence? They say that they have lost everything and they want to take revenge. So how can peace be explained to them as they have nothing more to lose and are full of enmity?" bhai yahi psychology to change war paida karti hai.
1:14:11
yahi dekhiye, Rasool Allah ke zamane mein ek jang hui thi, Uhud ki jang kaha jata hai is ko. is mein satar sahaba shaheed hue the. ek ek sahabi jo hai, kitna qeemti tha aap maan lijiye. to satar sahaba shaheed hue the. to sahaba ke andar wohi pata ho jo aap keh rahe hain ke satar, satar apno ki satar qeemti janon ko kaise bhula dein hum? humein ladna hai. to is waqt quran mein yeh ayat utri thi ke fa in asabakum qarhun faqad bakhsa al qawma qarhahum mithlahu wa tilka al ayyamu nadharun lahu binan nas yani pas ko bhulao. to sahaba ne pas ko bhula diya. jo log pas ko na bhulayein to un ke liye kya? ab graveyard hai. pas ko na bhulane ke baad jo cheez milti hai woh graveyard hai.
1:15:06
wo jeet nahi milti. yaad rakhiye, sahaba ne uhud mein jo un ko hui thi itni zabardast nuqsan, us ko bhulaya to fateh makka un ke hisse mein aaya. to yaad rakhiye, yeh law of nature hai, yeh corruption of god hai, yeh tareekh ka qanoon hai ke jo log pas ko na bhulayein, wo jahan pohnchein ge woh graveyard hoga. wo koi bagh nahi, koi fateh ka bagh nahi hoga. aap ek agar aap chahte hain ke aap is ko na manein to phir ek nai kainat create kijiye, ek naya universe banaiye.
1:15:50
is universe mein to aisa hone wala nahi hai. khuda ki banai hui duniya mein to yahi hoga jo ho raha hai ke agar aap pas ko nahi bhulayenge to jaiye apne qabristan mein, apne ko halak kijiye. yahan yahi hone wala hai. agar aap pe razi nahi hain aap to phir ek nai universe create kijiye, ek nai duniya banaiye. maulana, agla sawal idrees sahab ne kiya hai, rae pur se.
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