Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Answering claim that deeds control God's feelings

“A person said that "We can control feelings of Allah because of we do good deeds, Allah will become happy. If we do bad deeds, then He will become angry." Maulana Sahib, how can we answer to this question?”Asked by مولانا عبدالکریم صاحب, آندھرا پردیش

He answers at 1:38:57 in Purpose of Human Life · 3 min 5 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:38:57
Maulana, agla sawal Andhra Pradesh se aya hai Maulana Abdul Kareem sahib ka . unhon ne poocha hai aap se k a Maulana ek sahib ne farmaya k "we can control feelings of Allah because of we do good deeds, Allah will become happy. if we do bad deeds, then he will become angry." Maulana sahib, how can we answer to this question? kya kya bara sentence mein samjhaya? haan, Maulana woh yeh keh rahe hain k jo Allah taala ki feelings hain, woh hum control kar sakte hain. ek sahib ne un ko kaha: "nahi, kya matlab feelings control kar?
1:39:34
kya matlab? kya kya bugwas baat hai yeh? kya matlab control kar sakte hain?" to kuch kuch koi sense nahi banta. aap bataiye, kya sense banta hai? kya sawal hai? mein to samajh nahi raha. Maulana, woh shayad yeh kehna chah sawal ek: humein kya pata hai k hum ne acha kaam kiya hai? woh Allah taala jab is ko acha qarar de, tab woh acha hai. hamare samne acha ho jaye ga.
1:40:14
ab mein pani pi raha hoon, dahne haan, dahne hath se. bas samajh lo k bas Khuda khush ho gaya k bhai, aam makan baat ho gayi. yeh Khuda ko pata hai kis kaam par woh khush hoga, kis kaam par na khush hoga. aap ko to yeh pata hai. hmm, yeh to bilkul stupid baat hai. bilkul jo ek aisa karta hai, aadmi woh samajhta hai k us ko us k ikhtiyar mein hai Khuda ko khush karna. Khuda khud jis se jis cheez se khush hoga, jis cheez se naraz hoga, humein kya pata? yaani jo kaam hum karte hain, woh Khuda jis ko qabool kare, tab ja kar woh Khuda ko khush karne wala baney ga.
1:40:54
sirf hamare karne se thori ban jaye ga. isi liye saare Sahaba jo thay, aakhir waqt tak fear mein jeete thay. fear mein kya? woh hum ne jo kiya, woh qabool hua k nahi? Allah taala k haan yeh to ek stupid question hai.
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