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Political power as a divine test

“Can we say that the political power given to Muslims was a part of their test? What is your comment?”Asked by Tooti Malhotra, Delhi

He answers at 1:16:40 in Collective Repentance I · 1 min 5 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:16:40
maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai miss tuti malhotra ka. unhone likha hai: "can we say that political power given to muslims was a part of their test?" what is your comment? political power test hai hi sab ke liye, hatta ke paighambar ke liye bhi. aap quran mein padh lijiye, hazrat dawood ne is ke baad kahi ke aap ko jo political power mila hai, test ke liye, ibtila ke liye mila hai, woh koi blessing nahi hua karti. jo musalman target bana kar ke political power ke liye daud rahe hain, yeh
1:17:14
daleel against the creation banana padta hai. yeh sab bilkul jis tarah se yani mini test paper hai, usi tarah se political power bhi test paper hai, hatta ke aulad bhi test paper hai. har cheez duniya mein test paper hi hai. yeh to quran se bohat clear tor par sabit hai.
1:17:45
maulana, agla sawal roorkee se hai sajid anwar sahib ka. unhone aap se poocha hai: "maulana, please guide as to how we can save our self from negative thinking?"
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