Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Should we not fulfill our desires in this world?

“You mentioned ideal world and desires few times. By saying this is not the ideal world, do you really mean that we should not fulfill our desires?”Asked by Syed Ahmed Ali, Delhi

He answers at 57:58 in Pillars of Western Thought · 1 min 21 sec

His answer, in his own words
57:58
Maulana, agla sawal Delhi se hai. Syed Ahmed Ali sahab ka. unhon ne likha hai: "You mentioned ideal world and desires few times . by saying this is not the ideal world, do you really mean that we should not fulfill our desires?" ji haan, bilkul sahi hai. aap ki desire sirf akhirat mein, jannat mein poori ho sakti hai, duniya mein nahi. kisi ki bhi poori nahi ho sakti. is duniya ko Allah taala ne banaya hi nahi ke haan aap ko fulfillment hasil ho. fulfillment is duniya mein aap ko nahi ho sakta.
58:34
yeh to Quran mein hai jannat ke bare mein: "wa lakum fiha ma tashtahi anfusukum". wa lakum fiha ma tashtahi anfusukum. jo tum chahte ho, wo jannat mein milega tum ko ya nahi. yeh duniya to imtehan ke liye bani hai. imtehan ke ma'ne ke ek bohat hi limited period ke liye yahan aap ko rehna hai.
59:01
to agar aap chahein yahin fulfillment karna apna, jaise ke freud ke maanne wale chahte hain, to woh possible hi nahin. isi liye woh log, in ka anjam kya hota hai ke aakhir mein pressure mein marte hain. woh maulana, agla sawal aaya hai jammu rajouri se anwar khan sahab ka. unhon ne likha hai:
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