Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Attaining ma'rifat through thinking or God's gift?

“In this world, can the discovery of ma'rifat of God only be through thinking, or does God give positive thought to a person through which he reaches ma'rifat?”Asked by Muhammad Waqas, Jodhpur, Rajasthan

He answers at 1:03:53 in Discovery of Paradise · 1 min 52 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:03:53
Maulana, agla sawal kya hai Jodhpur, Rajasthan se Muhammad Waqas sahib ne, aur unhon ne likha hai: "is world mein marifat-e-Khuda ki discovery sirf sochne se ho sakti hai ya Khuda insaan ko positive thought deta hai jis se insaan marifat tak pahunchta hai?" Maulana sahib, is ke baray mein is baat ko clear karen.
1:04:24
dekhen, aap quran ko padhen to quran mein bar bar yahi baat kahi gayi hai ke socho to paoge, yani tadabbur karo ge, tafakkur karo ge to tum ko milega. bahut zyada clear hai baat sare quran majeed mein. is mein to koi shakk nahi hai ke bila tadabbur ke kuch nahi milta. marifat jo hai, insan yani mein yeh kahunga ke is mein 50-50 ka mamla hai. yani 50 percent insan ko tadabbur aur 50 percent allah ki tofeeq.
1:05:09
50 percent insan ko tadabbur aur 50 percent allah ki tofeeq. to agar tadabbur na ho to is mani ka aadmi apna 50 percent jo us ka hissa hai, woh ada nahi kiya us ne to kaise baqi 50 percent milega us ko? to insan ko apni taraf se apna hissa 50 percent wala ada karna hoga, tab allah ki tofeeq us ko milegi. is mamle mein yahi baat mujhe samjati hai. maulana, agla sawal pune se kya hai imran sahib ne, aur unhon ne likha hai ke: "maulana, there is an increase of communalism these days.
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