Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Human vs animal gratitude

“Please shed light on human gratitude and animal gratitude. Gratitude is a human quality. Animals do not know gratitude. Explain the difference between animal life and human life, that an animal does not live in the world with gratitude.”Asked by نومن افضل, حیدرآباد، پاکستان

He answers at 37:44 in Q&A · 1 min 10 sec

His answer, in his own words
37:44
maulana, agla sawal hyderabad, pakistan se aaya hai mr noman afzal sahab ka. unhone poocha hai ke: "insani shukr aur hawani shukr par roshni daleye." shukr toh insani sifat hai. haiwan shukr jante hi nahi. shukr na yeh kahe ke hawani life aur insani life ka farq ke tu haiwan jo hai, shukr karke duniya mein nahi rehta. yani haiwan bhi oxygen leta hai, woh bhi khata hai ghiza, woh bhi pani peeta hai, lekin woh is ko nahi janta ke mujhe acknowledge karna hai, mujhe shukr karna hai.
38:30
jabke insan jo hai, is ko Allah taala ne yeh sifat di hai ke woh jane ke yeh Allah taala ki blessing hai, yeh Allah taala ki nemat hai, aur phir woh shukr kare. toh bilash shukr ki aware, agar koi shakhs zindagi guzar raha hai duniya mein toh woh just like haiwan hai, woh aur shukr karke zindagi guzar raha hai toh phir woh insan hai. maulana, agla sawal mr zeeshan yusuf ka aaya hai hyderabad se. unhone aap se poocha hai ke: "i approached one of my seniors for letting him know about Islam.
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