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Spirituality · Q&A

Why repeatedly discover helplessness for God?

“You repeatedly discover your helplessness. Is not one time discovery of helplessness enough to believe in God? Then why do you keep discovering it repeatedly?”Asked by Maulana Abdul Basit Umari, Doha, Qatar

He answers at 39:04 in Q&A · 1 min 32 sec

His answer, in his own words
39:04
maulānā aglā sawāl āyā hai maulānā 'abd al-bāsiṭ 'umrī kā dohā, qatar se. Unhoṅne likhā hai: "maulānā āp bār bār apne 'ujz ko daryāft karte rahte haiṅ." haiṅ? "āp bār bār apne 'ujz ko daryāft karte rahte haiṅ." maulānā merā sawāl yeh hai ke kyā ek bār ke daryāft 'ujz ḳhudā ko mānanē ke lie kāfī nahīṅ? to phir āp bār bār kyoṅ daryāft karte rahte haiṅ? yeh ādmī dekhīye, ādmī kā dimāġh aisā hai ke cīzen calī jātī haiṅ bhuul ke ḳhāne meṅ.
39:45
ko'ī bhī cīz āp ko agar āp bār bār is ko carca na kareṅ to bhuul jā'ēṅge āp. Apne beṭe hī ko āp carca na kareṅ to bhuul jā'ēṅge. to beṭe ko har vaqt carca kartā hai ādmī. muttalif bahāne āp apne beṭe ko carca karte haiṅ. tab woh āp ko memory meṅ ātā hai. to ko'ī bhī cīz ho āp ko carca karnā paṛegā is kā. nahīṅ carca kareṅge to woh jaisā ke maiṅne is se pahle kahā thā ke mind ke tīn hisse haiṅ. yānī conscious mind, subconscious mind, unconscious mind. to pahle cīzen ātī haiṅ conscious mind meṅ. phir calī ātī haiṅ subconscious mind meṅ.
40:21
phir calī ātī haiṅ unconscious mind meṅ. yeh to process hai, woh process se āp bac nahīṅ sakte āp. har cīz pe apply hotā hai woh. cāhe beṭe ko yād rakhnā ho yā allāh ta'ālā ko yād rakhnā ho. maulānā aglā sawāl āyā hai mis naghma se. ek bār ek banda ek safar kar rahā thā. to safar meṅ ek sāhab the to un kā ek ek purs tarīqe se ek cīz hotā thā.
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