Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Balancing Fear and Love of God

“Should we have fear of God and love of God?”Asked by Tooti Mehrotra, Delhi

He answers at 27:21 in The Quran · 1 min 8 sec

His answer, in his own words
27:21
maulana, agla sawal miss tuti malhotra ne bheja hai dilli se. unhon ne aap se poocha hai: "maulana, should we have fear of god or love of god?" dekhiye, yeh dono alag cheez nahin hain. agar aap ko Allah se love paida hogi to usi ke sath khoobsurti paida hoga. kyun ke mislan dekhiye, aap ko Allah se love paida hui ke Allah ne kitni qeemti cheez di hai: suraj ki roshni, pani ki farawani. to sath sath woh bhi aye ga. yani aap ke zehn mein aye ga ke agar Allah pani chheen le to hum paas kiya surat hai?
28:06
pani ka roshni chheen le to kiya kaise hum roshni payen ge? to dono ek doosre ke interlinked hain. mein samajhta hoon, woh aye ga to woh jo aye ga, aa jayega. maulana faiz qadri sahib ne coimbatore se sawal bheja hai. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana, quran ki tarteeb nuzooli ko kyun barqarar nahin rakha gaya?
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