Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

The Role of Silence When One Is Angry

“What role does silence play when one is angry? Many people think that if you keep patience or observe silence, then the opposite party may feel that they have succeeded over you. This may lead to further exploitation.”Asked by Farhan, Bhopal

He answers at 1:11:19 in Surah Al-'Asr I · 4 min 9 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:11:19
maulana, agla sawal farhan sahab ne kiya hai bhopal se aur unhon ne likha hai ke Maulana What role does silence play when one is angry? Many people think that if you keep patience or observe silence, then the opposite party may feel that they have succeeded over you. This may lead to further exploitation. yeh shaitan ka sab se bara fitna hai jo daal rakha hai logon ke andar. aap yeh sochein hi nahi ke doosra ka yeh sochna hi shaitani baat hai ke doosra kya samjhega. nahi, aap sochein ke mera ghussa kaise khatam ho, meri nafrat kaise khatam ho, mere andar inteqam kaise khatam ho.
1:12:10
bas yeh sochein. doosre ke bare mein kyun sochte hain aap? yeh bilashuba shaitani soch hai aur jo log is tarah sochte hain woh un ki kabhi islaah nahi hogi. kabhi nahi hogi islaah. sirf apne ko le kar sochein. sirf apne ko le kar ke mere andar ghussa hai, mere andar inteqam hai, mere andar negative thought hai. to bas us ko mujhe door karna hai. bas. doosra ka doosra wala apni baat khud jaane, aap ko doosre ki baatein jaanna hai.
1:12:46
yeh bilashuba jab yeh is aap ke mind mein yeh aaye to samjhen ke shaitani waswasa hai. shaitani waswasa hai. quran mein aap dekhen, sabr, sabr, sabr, sabr. to kya allah ko pata nahin tha ke aap sabr karenge to woh zyada yani aur barh jayega aur sarkashi karega? allah ko pata nahin tha ke? nahin, yeh yeh soch hi shaitani soch hai ke doosra aisa ho jayega. is se toba karna chahiye aadmi ke andar yeh aata hai ya yeh soch aati hai agar to is ko toba karna chahiye ke main shaitan ka victim ban gaya.
1:13:31
bas apne bare mein sochiye. alaih ke nafs tak, alaih ke nafs tak. apne bare mein socho. We would also like to tell the online viewers that the book izhaar-e-deen has also been published in pakistan. mursal sahib ka message hai maulana ke. padhiye, padhiye is ko. The book izhaar-e-deen has been published in pakistan. dekhen, is mein zyada bari baat kya hai? yahi baat yeh hai ke aaj se hazar saal pehle logon ne bohat kitabein likhin, bohat likhin.
1:14:13
aisa message kahin nahin aa sakta tha. kyunke kitab ko reprint karna is zamane mein ek bohat hi aasan kaam ho gaya. agar ek kitab maujood hai, woh photo lijiye aur chhap dijiye. pehle zamane mein har kitab ko poora poora likhna padta tha. yeh kaisi anokhi baat hai ke ek kitab yahan chhap gayi aur foran wahan chhap gayi. yeh bohat hi nemat ki baat, bohat shukr ki baat hai. dekhen, jab tak hum compare kar ke, yani compare karna nahin seekhenge, tab bada shukr nahin aayega.
1:14:54
In comparison, that we understand arabi ka maqoola hai ke tarruf al-ashya' wa ta'arruf al-athman . ke pehle zamane mein koi bada aalim ho, us ki kitab foran wahan chhap jaye, yeh possible hi nahin tha. kyunke yeh technology nahin thi. jo technology aaj available hai, woh technology nahin thi. yeh shukr ka item hai ke allah taala ne aisi technology de di ke yahan chhape aur foran wahan chhap jaye. maulana, agla sawal bhopal se hai, fawad sahib ka, aur unhon ne likha hai When we do da'wa work and if non-muslims do not show any interest,
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