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How can we identify our shortcomings?

“How do we identify our shortcomings?”Asked by Tauseeq, Bhopal

He answers at 50:11 in Problem and Shukr · 1 min 29 sec

His answer, in his own words
50:11
maulana, agla sawal kya hai bhopal se tosiq sahib ne, aur woh aap se janna chahte hain ke how do we identify our shortcomings? what is how do we identify our shortcomings? muhasba aik hi formula bataya gaya hai quran o hadees mein. muhasba yani introspection, woh aadmi ke andar itna zyada dakhil hota hai ke woh aap ne khud hi discover kar sakta hai. doosra aadmi is ko identify nahi kar sakta. is ke soch mein, is ke jazbat mein, is ki personality mein ghusa hua hota hai. woh to kaun doosra is ko identify karega? aap karengay.
50:54
to is ke liye quran mein aur hadees mein jo cheez batayi gayi hai, woh hai muhasba. muhasba ka matlab hota hai introspection, yani apne apne khilaf sochna, apne apne baray mein sochna, yani anti self thinking. main samajhta hoon ke aik hi cheez hai jo aap ko bata sakti hai ke aap ke andar kya kamiyaan hain, woh hai anti self thinking. to jis ko allah ka, jis ko jo aadmi yeh chahta ho ke woh allah ke rehmaton ka mustahiq banay, to us ko anti self thinking karna hi karna hai.
51:31
yeh to sab bari ibadat hai. anti self thinking sab se bari ibadat hai. maulana, agla sawal faheem sahib ne kiya hai nagpur se, aur unhon ne likha hai ke maulana, i want to develop strong conviction in god, but find myself lacking in it.
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