Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Maintaining peace in nuclear age

“Maulana, someone said this is the age of nuclear power, how can peace be maintained in such an environment? Every country displays its power, in such times, who has the responsibility for peace?”Asked by اقبال احمد عمری, تمل ناڈو

He answers at 1:03:07 in Collective Repentance I · 2 min 12 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:03:07
maulana, yeh sawal tamil nadu se aaya hai maulana iqbal ahmad umri ka. unhone likha hai: "maulana, ek sahib ne kaha nuclear power ka daur hai, is mein peace ka mahol kaise barqarar ho sakta hai? har mulk apni taqat ka muzahira karta hai, aise waqt mein peace ki zimmedari kis par hai?" dekhein, yeh koi mehdood ke koi sawal nahi hai. yeh to aise hai ke koi kahe ke bhai shaitan ka daur hai to aap kaise islaah karein? to nuclear nuclear power se pehle shaitan dunya mein aa chuka hai.
1:03:50
jab adam aaya to shaitan bhi aaya. jante hain, shaitan ne kaha tha ke "la tak la tanakru billah". main majority ko nigal jaunga, solo kar loonga. to yeh to challenge ki dunya hai, yeh to rahega. nuclear power se billion time bada challenge hai shaitan ka. yeh koi excuse nahi hai, yeh sab hota rahega. aap apni koshish kijiye. shaitanon ki maujoodgi ki wajah se aisa nahi hua ke anbiya nahi aaye, hussain ne kaam nahi kiya.
1:04:26
is tarike se yeh sab jo dunya mein ho raha hai, is ki maujoodgi ke bawajood aap ko kaam karna hai. aur jis ko Allah taala tofeeq dega, us ki islaah hogi. to yeh yeh yeh ek ek ek ek ek intellectual shosha hai. bas aise log shoshe chhodte rehte hain. jab dunya Allah taala ne is tarah banai hai ke shaitan khuli azadi di, aap bolte hain use. to aap ghaur kijiye ke shaitan ke jo koshishein hain, us ke muqable mein kya haqeeqat hai in koshishon ki.
1:05:00
yeh ke aap hawala de rahe hain, shaitan ki koshishein to billion time zyada khatarnak hain. phir bhi Allah ne farishte bheje, phir bhi Allah ne anbiya bheje, phir bhi Allah taala ne muslimeen khade kiye. to aap koshish karte rahiye, koshish karte rahiye, koshish karte rahiye. maulana, agla sawal aya hai zabeer qureshi sahib ka. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana, tablighi tehreek ke ulama jamaat mein le jate hain, kya hamein jana chahiye?" dekhen, aisa sawal hi is tarah nahi kiya jata.
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