Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

How to approach those disinterested in religion?

“I approached one of my seniors for letting him know about Islam. He said he was not interested in religion at all, and he would rather not prefer to discuss about it. How shall I approach people like these?”Asked by ذیشان یوسف, حیدرآباد

He answers at 38:55 in Q&A · 2 min 26 sec

His answer, in his own words
38:55
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. he said that he was not interested in religion at all, and he would rather not prefer to discuss about it. Maulana, how shall I approach people like these? dua kijiye. ek se ek badh ke katar log hain, woh un ke andar aa jata hai. kal ek sahab se meri mulaqat hui,
39:33
maulana owais sahab kal mere paas aaye the toh unhone ek qissa bataya. sheikh hassan misri ek hain, unhone ek qissa bataya hai. woh kal unhone bataya mujhe, woh un ke ustad bhi hain, ghaliban woh misr mein taleem un ki hui hai, maulana owais sahab ki ke ek shakhs jo hai, woh use lamba qissa hai, mein mukhtasar kar raha hoon is ko ke ek shakhs ko german zaban mein quran ka tarjuma diya gaya, ek christian ko. bohat lamba qissa hai woh. toh woh aadmi jo hai, la kar ke us ne rakh diya use, aur bees saal tak use rakha hua.
40:19
kuch asbab paish aaye ke bees saal ke baad use padha, use padha toh itna asar padha us ko ke us ne islam ko munh kar liya, islam ka مبلغ ban gaya. woh toh la taysu min rooh Allah ka mamla hai. kisi insan se aap mayous na hon, hikmat ke sath kaam karen, dua ke sath kaam karen. is ke liye, yani literature dein us ko jis mein us ko dilchaspi ho. toh yani jis ne diya tha quran majeed ka ka german tarjuma, toh bees saal tak us ke shelf mein pada raha.
41:00
bees saal ke baad us ko tofeeq ho gayi imaan ki. to mayoos hone ki zaroorat nahi hai. jahan aap hamesha yeh kisi replanning kijiye, phir se sochiye aur dua kijiye to raaste khulenge, inshallah. maulana, agla sawal doha, qatar se maulana abdul basit umri ka hai. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana, ulma yeh kaise kehte hain ke aql ka talluq deen se nahi jabke quran hamari samajh ki satah par nazil kiya gaya hai?
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