Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Human gratitude versus animal gratitude

“Please explain human gratitude and animal gratitude.”Asked by نومن افضل, حیدرآباد

He answers at 1:41:14 in The Character of a Dayee · 1 min 13 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:41:14
Maulana, agla sawal Hyderabad, Pakistan se aaya hai Mr. Nouman Afzal sahib ka. unhone poocha hai ke: "insani shukr aur hawani shukr par roshni dalie." shukr to insani sifat hai, haiwan shukr jante hi nahi. shukr na yeh kahe ke hawani life aur insani life ka farq ke tu haiwan jo hai, shukr kar ke dunya mein nahi rehta. yaani haiwan bhi oxygen leta hai, woh bhi khata hai ghiza, woh bhi pani peeta hai,
1:41:55
lekin woh is ko nahi janta ke mujhe acknowledge karna hai, mujhe shukr karna hai. jabke insan jo hai, us ko Allah taala ne yeh sifat di hai ke woh jaane ke yeh Allah taala ki blessing hai, Allah taala ki nemat hai, aur phir woh shukr kare. to bila shukr kiye hue agar koi shakhs zindagi guzar raha hai dunya mein, to woh just like haiwan hai, woh aur shukr kar ke zindagi guzar raha hai, to phir woh insan hai. Maulana, agla sawal Mr. Zeeshan Yusuf ka aaya hai Hyderabad se. unhone aap se poocha hai ke: "I approached one of my seniors for letting him know about Islam.
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