Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Why is modern man frustrated despite facilities?

“Why is today's man living in frustration, even though today there are the most facilities?”Asked by مسٹر اسجد علی, لکھنو

He answers at 43:54 in Islam The Creator of the Modern Age Prof. Farida Khanam · 6 min 48 sec

His answer, in his own words
43:54
apa yeh agla sawal hai mister asjad ali lucknow ka aaj ka insan frustration mein kyun jee raha hai halanke aaj sab se zyada aasaniyan hain frustration asal mein hamesha rahegi is ko humein samajhna hai aur soch samajh kar ek zindagi guzarni hai kyunki yeh duniya mein hum ko sab kuch milta hi nahi hamari desires bohat zyada hain is desire ke mutabiq kisi badshah ko bhi nahi milta to humein kaise mil jayega to yeh duniya jo hai ek ideal world nahi hai sab se pehle to yeh samajhna hai to hamari desires jo hain wo sirf is liye rakhi gayi hain taake hum yeh jane ke is duniya mein agar hum khuda ki marzi ke mutabiq zindagi guzarenge to hamari desire ke mutabiq humein akhirat mein jagah milegi jannat mein jagah milegi
44:56
to log yeh samajhte hain in ko jab frustration hota hai to samajhte hain ke falan maadi cheez humein mil jayegi to humein sukoon mil jayega kisi ke paas chhoti gadi hai to us ko badi gadi lega ke is mein sukoon mil jayega lekin jab wo le leta hai to us ko lagta hai ke is mein bhi sukoon nahi mila kisi ke paas chhota ghar hai to bada ghar lega is mein bhi sukoon nahi log jo bollywood ke log hain wo roz ghar hi badalte rehte hain car badalte rehte hain kyunki is mein un ko sukoon milta nahi dekhiye maadi cheezon mein koi sukoon hai hi nahi sukoon agar milega to aap ke paas koi mission hoga mission se aap judenge
45:37
koi bhi mission jis ko koi nobel mission hota hai chahe wo social work ka mission ho ya dawah mission ho koi nek nek mission ho acha kaam ho logon ki madad karna hai to is mission se aap judenge to is mein aap ko fulfillment mil sakta hai aur doosre khuda ki yaad mein fulfillment fulfillment milta hai ke wo ek ek quran ki ayat hai hearts are comforted by the remembrance of god alone bible mein bhi yahi hai to is tarike se humein ek acha kaam karen apni zindagi ko achhi jagah istemal karen aur khuda ki yaad karen maadi cheezon mein sukoon talash karenge to wo kabhi nahi milega na kabhi kisi ko mila hai apa aap ne qanaat ki baat kahi to rasool allah salallaho alaihi wasallam ki ek hadith bohat sari hadithon mein qanaat ki baat aayi hai
46:34
ek hadith mein padhta hoon yahan par rasool allah salallaho alaihi wasallam ne kaha qad aflaha man hudia ila al islam wa ruziq al kifaf wa qana a bihi ibn majah 4138 ke wo kamyab hua jis ko islam ki hidayat mili aur us ko kafi rozi mil gayi aur us ne is par qanaat ki mujahid ne musa alaihi salam ke hawale se yeh naqal kiya ke unhone sawal kiya tha allah taala se ya rabbi ayy ibadak aghna a rab tumhare bando mein se kaun hai jo sab se zyada maldar hai be niaz hai to us ne to Allah taala ne kaha in mein jo sab se zyada qana'at karne wala ho. aur aap ne jo itminan ki baat kahi to us par ibrahim bin adam ka qaul shayad aap
47:28
ko yaad hoga ke unhone kaha tha ke "law ya'lamul muluku ma nahnu fihi lajadalu bis suyufi" ke har agar hum jis itminan mein hain, agar badshah jaan le is itminan ko, to hum se jang karein talwar ke zariye se taake hamare itminan ko chheen lein. isi mein ek aur qissa batati hoon yeh to qissa hai yeh to sufi the to yeh real sense mein unhone yeh baat kahi hai
47:58
ek bade sufi the ibrahim ibn adam to ek qissa hai yeh ke ek badshah tha wo khush nahi rehta tha to us ne har taraf apne log bhej bhujaye is se kisi ne kaha ke agar tum ek happy man ki shirt pehan lo to tum khush rahoge to ab us ne har taraf logon ko bheja ke koi happy man ho to us ki shirt le kar aao aur koi kisi ne bhi nahi kaha ke main happy hoon finally us ne dekha ke ek tille par ek aadmi baitha hua hai wo us ke paas gaye ke tum khush ho us ne kaha haan main khush hoon to us ne kaha ke tumhari shirt badshah ko chahiye us ne kaha mere paas shirt hi nahi hai to us ke paas koi tha hi nahi to us ke paas koi khatra nahi koi dar nahi
48:43
aur wo sukoon mein hoga aadmi ke paas hota hai to us ko aur zyada pareshaniyan hoti hain doctor najma siddiqui ne aaj ki talk par comment kiya hai very important and informative jazak allah maulana syed iqbal ahmad umri ne likha hai apa aap ne antum aalam bi umr dunyakum wali hadith ko bohat achhi tarah wazeh kiya ke rasool allah salallaho alaihi wasallam ne duniya ki taraqqi mein rukawat paida nahi ki aur yeh waqia is ki dalil hai miss sofia akhtar bihar se likhti hain bettrin, apa! very nice explanation of intellectual development by Islam in human history. ji in ka koe question hai aisa kyon hua ke musalman baad mein peechay ho gaye?
49:43
yehi sawal Maulana Imran Islahi sahib ne bhi ki hai new delhi se ke musalmanon ki ilmi taraqqi kyon ruk gayi, is ka sabab kya tha? asal mein itnay ziyada ikhtilafat thay, fiqhi ikhtilafat
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