Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Reason for inability to combine two capacities

“You said that Allah gave humans the ability to combine two capacities. What is the reason that people are unable to combine these two capacities?”Asked by Mr. Muhammad Adil, Delhi

He answers at 14:16 in Q&A · 2 min 2 sec

His answer, in his own words
14:16
maulana, agla sawal misster muhammad adil sahib ka hai dilli se. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana, aap ne kaha ke allah ne insan ko do capacities aik sath jama karne ki salahiyat di hai. woh kya wajah hai ke log in do salahiyaton ko aik saath jama nahi kar paate? quran mein hai ke olaye ka yeh hai bon al ajila wa yadrone braham yom thaqeela nahi, kya ayat ke kya alfaaz hain? ana hawalay hai kal bal tuhibbun al ajila yeh kal bal tuhibbun al ajila yeh
15:00
kal bal tuhibbun al ajila wa tazarun al akhira bal tuhibbun ji ke tum log ajila ko pasand karte ho aur akhirat ko bhula rakha hai tum ne. to aaj ke faiday mein, aaj ka jo faida hai, to aaj ka faida sach kar bolne se mile, jhoot bolne ke mile, jaise hi mile, is mein log phanse hue hain. aur akhirat ka jo faida hai, woh is ko bhule hue hain. isi se aadmi ke andar sachai aati hai, aala character aata hai. sare jo positive awsaf hote hain,
15:36
jo sare sare positive awsaf hain, woh is waqt aate hain jab akhirat ko le ke koi goal aap ne banaya ho. yeh dunya ka goal banayenge to yahi sab hoga. selfishness aayega aur cheap tareeqe istemal karenge, jhoot bolenge, kamina pan dikhayenge. to jo dunya ka jo goal banayega, us ke yeh sab baatein us ke andar paida hongi. to aik hi hal hai ke aadmi akhirat ko goal banaye, yani jo jo eternity hai, us ko goal banaye. to is se aala awsaf paida honge. yeh mein samjh samjhao is ko.
16:18
maulana, agla sawal mister shahnawaz zafar sahib ka hai dilli se. unhon ne poocha hai: "aaj kal hum jinsi taalluqaat ka masla bohat aam ho raha hai.
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