Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Overcoming carelessness and achieving goals

“I am very careless at times, despite knowing all the pros and cons of being careless, and knowing that the path I have chosen will surely lead to failure. Why does this happen? Please suggest and advise me, how should I become consistent in achieving my goals?”Asked by عہد شام حسنین, حیدرآباد

He answers at 31:52 in Q&A · 2 min 24 sec

His answer, in his own words
31:52
molana, agla sawal haiderabad se aya hai mr ahad sham hasnain sahib ka. unhon ne likha hai: "molana, i am very careless at times, despite knowing all the pros and cons of being careless, and knowing that the path i have chosen will surely lead to failure. why does this happen? please suggest and advise me, how should i become consistent in achieving my goals?" yeh to koi, yeh to koi sawal nahi hai. main yeh kahunga ke aap ya to apni aql ko develop kijiye, nahi to kisi ko apna guru bana lijie. do mein se ek kaam kijiye. aap ne third option le rakha hai.
32:37
ya to apne apna intellectual developer andaza kijiye ke aap, aap ke sare action aap ki, aap ki aql ke pakad mein aa jayen. yaani itna aap is apne mind ko develop karen, itna develop karen ke woh control kare aap ke sare actions ko. agar aap nahi kar paate hain to phir kisi ko apne guru bana lijie, murshid bana lijie. aksar log teesra, aathwan liya rehte hain ke na to kisi ko murshid banate, na khud apni aql, na development karte hain apni aql ka, aur yun hi bhagte hain idhar udhar. to woh third position le rakha hai unhon ne.
33:16
to main yeh kahunga ke aap ke liye do mein se ek ka option hai: ya to study kar ke, ghor o fikr kar ke, aur jo bhi tareeqa hai learning ko barhane ka, is ko ikhtiyar kar ke apna intellectual development ka andaza kijiye ke woh aap ke poori, yaani poori life ko control karne lage, aap ke actions ko control karne lage. kyun ke main samajhta hoon ke yeh jo phenomena hai, woh haqeeqat mein hota hai jab intellectual development mein kami ho, tab hota hai aisa. ya to aisa kijiye, ya phir kisi ko murshid maan lijie, yaani jis ko main kehta hoon, yaani unconditional guru, jis par aap ko bharosa ho, jis alam par, us ko aap bana lijie.
34:10
koi teesra option mumkin nahi hai. woh jo kahe, us ko kijiye. molana, agla sawal srinagar se hai mr riyaz ahmed bhat sahib ka. unhon ne poocha hai: "dawat il Allah ke liye well wishing asal hai, lekin aaj kal ke musalmanon mein madu ke liye well wishal, well wishing ka jazba maujood nahi.
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