Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Example of tolerance and patience bringing positive results

“Tolerance and patience are words which are always found in your writings and speeches. I think that these are theoretical formulas and not practical at all. Please give one example as to how tolerance and patience have brought positive result.”Asked by Tabrez, Mumbai

He answers at 1:01:34 in Pillars of Western Thought · 1 min 39 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:01:34
maulana, agla sawal lete hain. agla sawal aaya hai mumbai se tabrez sahab ka. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana sahab, tolerance and patience are words which are always found in your writings and speeches. i think that these are theoretical formulas and not practical at all. please give one example as to how tolerance and patience have brought positive results." rasool allah hudaybiyah kya tha? woh tolerance thi tha aur kya tha? ladai ladai ko aap ne, woh log ladai pe tade hue the. aap ne un se muahida kar ke aap madina wapas aa gaye. sir rasool allah ki poori zindagi toleration par mabni hai, patience par mabni hai.
1:02:19
quran sabr se bhara hua hai. yeh is mein misaal hai. janna hai aap ko to sehat ki kitabein padhiye. rasool allah ki poori zindagi mabni par sabr, mabni par tolerance, mabni par patience hai. poori zindagi umri kitabein, chaar kitabein meri seerat par hain, is ko padh li jiye aap: "ghabr-e-islam" aur "mutala-e-seerat" aur "seerat-e-rasool".
1:02:50
"ghabr-e-islam" ji, is ko padhiye aap. mujhe nahin maloom ke aap kaun si kitab padh rakhi hain aap ne. aur angrezi mein padhna chahein aap to hamari kitab hai "Prophet of Peace". rasool allah ki poori zindagi peace hai. aap is ko parhiye. parhne ke baad agar aap ko sawal ho to agle sunday ko kijiye aap. maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai. mister amrit kumar sharma ne kiya hai. unhon ne likha hai: "dost sanparda ke log saath rehte hain, khana khate hain, parantu dharm ke naam aate hi woh kyon dushman ho jate hain?
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