Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Converting Problems into Opportunity

“How can problems be converted into opportunity? Kindly comment.”Asked by محمد سمیع اللہ, دلی

He answers at 1:22:52 in Don't Be Angry Culture · 1 min 55 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:22:52
Maulana, agla sawal Mr. Muhammad Samiullah Sahab ka hai Delhi se. unhon ne likha hai: "How can problems be converted into opportunity? Kindly comment." dekhiye, yeh kaine ki baat nahi hai. yeh karna hi karna hai. kyunke kyunke zindagi jo hai woh problem se hi bhari hui hai. agar aap problem se uljhein to kuch nahi kar sakte. yaani zindagi ki misaal aisi hai jaise ek gulab ka phool hai. us ke shakh mein kaante hain aur phool bhi isi mein. ek hi shakh mein kaante bhi hain, ek hi shakh mein phool bhi hain.
1:23:31
to aap kaanton ko avoid karte hain, tab phool milta hai aap ko. agar kaanton ko na avoid karein to phool nahi mile ga aap ko. yeh Allah taala ne zindagi ka namoona dikha diya hai ke zindagi mein kaante rahenge, problem rahenge. tum ko ek hi kaam karna hai ke problem ko avoid karo, ignore karo. aur Quran mein dekhiye, fitrat ka usool bataya gaya: "Law of nature." inna ma'al 'usri yusra. yeh Law of nature hai. is ka matlab hai ke "Where there are problems, there are opportunities." yeh Law of nature hai. kabhi bhi aisa nahi ho sakta zindagi mein ke problem ho, opportunity na ho.
1:24:17
to aap problem ko ignore kijiye aur to wohin wohin dekhenge aap opportunity maujood hai. yeh koi is par mein ne bohat ziyada likha hai. meri jo kitabein hain, yeh raaz hayat, taabeer hayat, rehnuma hayat, kitaab-e-zindagi, woh sab yahi to hai is mein. is ki tafseel jis ko jaanna hai, woh in kitabon ko parhe. English mein bhi ek kitaab hai: "Moral Vision." is ko aap parh sakte hain. Maulana, agla sawal aaya hai Mr. Waseem Qureshi ka Delhi se. unhon ne likha hai: "Maulana sahib, I just want to know what is the right definition of jahad according to you?" jahad ka matlab hai koshish.
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