Reason for repeatedly looking at loved ones' picture
“A man on a journey repeatedly looked at a picture of his children. Why is it necessary to look repeatedly? Isn't once sufficient?”Asked by Miss Naghma, Delhi
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. aur bār bār ḳhol ke dekhte the woh. to maiṅ bhā'ī sāhab kyā dekhte haiṅ bār bār ḳhol kar ke? to pūchā un se. to malūm huā ke un kā beṭā beṭī kī tasvīr thī is meṅ dekhte rahte the woh. yeh safar meṅ bār bār dekh rahe haiṅ woh beṭā beṭī ko. to kyā zarūrat hai ek martaba dekh liyā bas ho gayā? to har ādmī ke hāl haiṅ ke kuch cīzon ko bhuulā bhuulā huā rahtā hai, kuch log yād rakhtā hai. bhuulā ūṅce ūṅce rahtā hai jis kā carca nahīṅ kartā.
aur jo carca kartā hai vahī use us ko yād rahtī hai. maulānā aglā sawāl āyā hai maulānā iqbāl 'umrī kā tamiil nāḍu se. Unhoṅne likhā hai: "maulānā ek sāhab ne farmāyā āne vālī muslim qaum kī fikrī aur 'amalī ḥifāzat zarūrī hai na ke islām kī āshā'at.
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