Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Why people avoid paying the price for truth

“Why do people make big statements but when it's time to pay the price, they don't pay? And why do people not acknowledge the truth after knowing it?”Asked by Maulana Naseerullah, Bangalore

He answers at 1:30:46 in God and Man · 3 min 34 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:30:46
agar aap yahan hain to mujhe program ke baad yahan aa ke mujh se miliye. maulana, agla sawal bangalore se maulana naseer ullah sahib ka hai. unho'n ne likha hai: "kyun log bari-bari batein karte hain magar jab is ka price dene ka waqt aata hai to is ka price nahi dete hain. aur kyun log sachai ko janne ke baad is ka etraf nahi karte?" is ke bare mein bata'en. bhai, yeh to hamari jo qaum hai, is waqt wo on the decline hai. zawaal ke marhale mein hai.
1:31:22
maine kai bar yeh baat batai hai ke ibn khaldun ka qaul naqal kiya hai ke "للأقوام أعمار كما للأفراد أعمار" ۔ jis tarah fard par barhapa aata hai, qaumo'n par barhapa aata hai. to yeh zawaal aa chuka hai. aap ise kyun expect karte hain, wo cheez jo jo jo poori hone wali hai hi nahi? ab aap ko new blood talash karna hai. old blood jo hai, wo to exhaust ho chuka. is se umeed na rakhein aap. ab new blood talash kijiye. yani musalmano'n mein naujawan'o ko pakriye. ghair muslimo'n mein un ke logon ko pakriye.
1:32:02
wo wo new blood hai. ab ab masla yeh nahi raha hai ke aap in ko in ki islaah kar dalen. nahi, ab masla yeh hai ke new blood induct karna hai. naujawan'o mein khas tor par. kyunke naujawan abhi is qabil hote hain ke un ki conditioning abhi mukammal nahi hua karti. un ki conditioning to bohat zyada ho chuki. wo jaise hain waise hi rahen ge. aam tor par. to ab aap ko jaise pond hota hai, pond mein pani jo hai wahi rahe ga. to kuch dino'n ke baad pond ka maazi pollution aa jata hai is ke andar. lekin jo darya har waqt beh raha hai, use pollution nahi aata. to kyun
1:32:44
? wahan hamesha naya pani, purane pani mein naya pani milta rehta hai. oopar se pani aa raha hai paharo'n se, naya pani. to purane pani mein mila. har waqt yeh amal jari hai. purane pani mein naya pani. aise hi qoumi mamlaat mein karna hai ke "new blood, new blood, new blood" . to is waqt aap ko naujawanon mein talash karna hai. boorhon mein waqt zaya karne ki koi zar urat nahi hai. naujawanon mein kaam kijiye. to naujawanon mein aap ko afraad bhi le ke aayen. quran mein bhi "فَطَبْ بِنَ قَوْمٍ" .
1:33:20
naujawan tabqa jo hai, isi ne aur barg ke sath diya.
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