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Ethics & Character · Q&A

Should we thank people verbally?

“Is silent acknowledgment enough or do we need to verbally thank people? Kindly comment.”Asked by زکوان صاحب, دلی

He answers at 1:14:30 in Quran for All Mankind · 2 min 55 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:14:30
Maulana, agla sawal ah Dilli se hai, Maulana Zikwan Sahab ka. unhon ne aap se poocha hai ke "is silent acknowledgement infor or do we need to verbally thank people ?" kindly comment. lis, yani khamosh acknowledgement to koi cheez nahi hai. yeh to aap ki taskeen ke liye hota hai, yeh apni taskeen ke liye hota hai. bolna chahiye aap ki koi, yani cheekh padna chahiye ya apne dil ko. kuch log apne dil mein khush karne ke liye maan lete hain ke hum to maante hi hain, to maante to munh se kyun nahi bolte?
1:15:12
sach poochte hain, yeh bhi ek qism ka woh hai, ek qism ka kya kehte hain is ko, yani yeh modernistic ke khilaf hai. kyunke jin logon ko modernistic nahi hoti, woh woh bas soch yahi, woh aisi boli bolte hain kyunke samajhte hain ke agar hum bol diya to hum kuch chote ho jayenge. bol diya to hum kuch chote ho jayenge. yeh yeh ek qism ka yeh argument hai jo record banta hai. argument ek ki bohat si qismein hain, to is ke peeche jo cheez hai, woh argument hai.
1:15:53
agar hum ise nahi bolte hain to ek kahin na kahin chupa hua ek argument hai ke main apne aap ko kisi se chota ko bataoon kyunke iqraar karne ka matlab woh samajh lete hain ke main chota ho gaya. halanke iqraar ka matlab hai haqeeqat ka iqraar. to main samajhta hoon ke bolna bilkul lazim hai. jo na bolay, woh apne ko munafiq sabit kar raha hai farishton ki nazar mein. jo aadmi na bolay, mehsoos karte hue, to us ke baad farishton ki nazar mein apne ko munafiq sabit kar raha hai. is liye main ne dekha, acknowledge karne ke liye bolna zaroori hai. bohat bara risk hai ke aadmi na bolay, us waqt hamare dil mein to aayi hai.
1:16:36
to aap ghor kijiye ke woh dil mein jo hai, farishton ke kitaab mein likha jaye munafiq, to kya aap us ko approve kar sakte hain? kya aap ke dil mein to aaye ke maine maan liya? aur farishton ke dil ke ma'al-fazl, aap ghor kijiye, ma'al-fazl ibn qaul, yani bol ko record karte hain. woh bol ko, bol ko record karte hain. aap bolay nahi to dil mein rakhe hue, rakhe hue hain. to woh to kahenge farishte ke bhai tum bolay to thay nahi, hum record kaise karte?
1:17:10
yeh bohat risky baat hai ke aadmi yeh soche ke hamare dil mein to hai hi hai. bohat risky baat hai. to farishton ke record mein nahi aayega, ya farishton ke record mein nahi aayega, to aadmi ab munafiq shumar kiya jayega. Maulana, agla sawal Dilli se hai, Miss Sati Mala
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