Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Definition of Finding and Discovery

“Maulana, you mentioned in today's talk about asking from other people about their finding and their discovery. Maulana sahib, I want to know what is your definition of finding and discovery. I am asking this because when we ask people, they give us some answer which is of negative experience and complaint in nature. Please tell me.”Asked by فاروق, کوئلکتہ

He answers at 1:04:07 in Age Of Consumerism I · 1 min 56 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:04:07
Maulana, agla sawal Kolkatta se hai, Farooq Sahab ka. Unhon ne likha hai: "Maulana, you mentioned in today talk about asking from other people about their finding or their discovery." Maulana Sahab, I want to know what is your definition of finding or discovery. I am asking this because when we ask people, they give us some answer which is of negative experience or complaint in nature. Please tell me. Woh woh discovery nahi kaha jayega, discovery honi chahiye positive. Agar koi positive finding nahi hai aap ke paas, to discovery nahi hai, woh to reaction hai. There is difference between reaction and discovery. Jo aadmi bataye ke dekho bhai, aasman mein zulm ho raha hai, dekho bhai, Israel mein aisa zulm hua, woh discovery nahi us ki kahi jayegi, woh to reaction kaha jayega.
1:05:02
So there is difference between reaction and discovery. Discovery aik creative word hai, aik positive word hai, aik wisdom se bhara hua word hai. Jo aadmi protest ki baaten kare, complaint ki baaten kare, woh to just like animal jee raha hai. Woh animal ko danda mara hai to woh chalayega, woh discovery nahi hai. Discovery woh hai ke jis ko koi wisdom ki baat daryaft kare, koi hikmat ki baat daryaft kare, koi positive baat daryaft kare, koi creative baat daryaft kare, to woh us se log khali hain.
1:05:41
Shikayaten karte hain, khali shikayaten karte hain. Jaise ke mein ne arz kiya, aik sahib dunya bhar ghoome hain, unhon ne kaha ke sari dunya ke Musalmanon mein do hi baaten hain: apne liye fakhr, doosre ki nafrat. Yeh discovery nahi hai, yeh yeh to bilkul animal behavior hai, animal hai. Us ko kuch bhi haqeeqat us ki nahi hai. Maulana, agla sawal Saharanpur se hai, Syed Mohsin Bilal Sahab ka. Unhon ne likha hai: "Since four days, I have been in Delhi.
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