Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Worship for personal interest

“After reading Tazkirul Quran I understand that true worship is to fear and love God, but I feel we worship for personal interest. Maulana, is worship done out of greed also considered worship? And how can we become those who fear and love God?”Asked by محمد انس, دلی

He answers at 1:27:05 in Age Of Consumerism I · 1 min 56 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:27:05
maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai, muhammad ansab sahab ka. unhone likha hai: "tazkir-e-quran padh kar yeh samajh mein aata hai ke asal ibadat Allah se darna aur mohabbat karna hai, lekin mujhe aisa mehsoos hota hai ke hum to apne personal interest ke liye ibadat karte hain. maulana, jo log lalach ke taur par ibadat karte hain, kya yeh bhi ibadat hai? aur kaise hum Allah se darne wale aur mohabbat karne wale banein? is ke bare mein bataiye. ji, lalach waghera ka lafz jo hai, yeh to be khabaron ke alfaz hain. jante nahin kuch. lalach, main to nahin janta ke lalach koi cheez hai.
1:27:48
is cheez se acknowledge karna, Allah ko acknowledge karna, lalach kya cheez hoti hai? yeh sab, yeh sab yani meaningless alfaz hain jo in logon ko, jo jo haqeeqat se besh na ho, naach na hote hain. isi ko main kehta hoon ke poori poori qaum intellectual dwarfism ka shikar hai. usay aise alfaz bolte hain. there is phenomena of intellectual dwarfism. kuch samajhte nahin baaton ko, khwamkhwah ki baatein kar rahe hain. hamari ibadat, hamara zikr, hamara shaoor kya hai? Allah rabb ul alameen ko acknowledge karna. acknowledge karna to bohat hi highest value hai. koi aadmi duniya mein aap ke sath kuch kare to aap us ko acknowledge karte hain.
1:28:29
to Khuda ko acknowledge nahin karenge? jis ne aap ko create kiya, jis ne aap ko itni bari duniya di, jis ne life support system ka nizam rakha duniya mein, waghera waghera. yeh sab acknowledgement ke phenomena hain. yeh lalach waghera ka lafz to is dimagh mein paida hote hain jo intellectual dwarf hain, jin ke andar koi aala thinking nahin hai. yeh to main kehta hoon ke aala thinking ghayab ho gayi hai. isi liye third class ke alfaz bolte hain log. maulana, agla sawal Dilli se hai, Miss Raziya Siddiqui ka. unhon ne likha hai: "you mention that the present day Muslims are a case of living in pride as far as the community is concerned and harboring hatred for all other.
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