Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

How to maintain high state of ma'rifat

“Sometimes I feel my ma'rifat is high and sometimes I feel it is low. I get very frustrated with this high and low experience. My question is: how can I always be in a state of high ma'rifat?”Asked by Firoz Khan, Ahmedabad

He answers at 36:19 in Realization of God in the Age of Science · 5 min 10 sec

His answer, in his own words
36:19
a definite clash may otherwise occur. he is Allah alone as a sole power who controls and manages entire universe." molana, agla sawal bheja hai ahmedabad se firoze khan sahib ne. unho ne likha hai: "molana, sometimes i feel my marifat is high and sometimes i feel it is low. i get very frustrated with this high and low experience. my question is: how can i always be in a state of high marifat? please advise." kyunke woh unnatural hai,
37:02
unnatural hai. woh kabhi bhi marifat, kabhi bhi aso aso aso hoti hai. is mein up down hota hai. yeh bilkul natural hai. is ki tamanna nahi karna chahiye. bas koshish, apni koshish jaari rakhni chahiye.
37:34
zubair siddiqui sahib ne meerut se likha hai: "agar bara gunah hum se ho gaya ho to kya hum apne khalq se yeh umeed rakh sakte hain ke woh hamari galtiyon ko aakhirat mein maaf kar dega? kaise apne dil ko sukoon mein rakhen? molana sahib, sara waqt guilt feeling mein guzar jata hai. nahi, dekhiye, is ka jawab khud quran mein maujood hai. yaani quran mein ek ayat hai jis ko tamam jo baray baray ulma hue hain, including sahaba,
38:14
isko quran ki sab se zyada arjo ayat kehte hain. arjo ka maani hopeful hai. is ayat, woh ayat aap ke samne parhi jayegi aur is ka tarjuma kiya jayega. saheeh sahib, allazina asrafoo surah zumar, chapter number 39, verse number 53: qul ya ibadi allazina asrafoo ala anfusihim la taqnato min rahmatillah, innallaha yaghfirudh dhunuba jameea, innahu huwal ghafurur rahim.
39:02
tum kaho: aye mere bando jinho ne apne jano par zulm ki hai, Allah ki rehmat se na umeed na ho. beshak Allah maaf karta hai tamam gunaho ko. beshak woh maghfirat karne wala, reham karne wala hai. jab mein is ayat ko parhta hoon to jo jo tamam is mein hai, jabhi to mujhe ajeeb maloom hota hai ke Allah taala ka yeh shayad sab se bara tohfa apne bando ke liye hai
39:41
ke agar tum tauba-e-nasuh karo, agar tum tumhare andar repentance aaye aur tum sach much Allah se maafi mango to Allah zaroor maaf kar dega. yeh Quran ki sab se zyada hopeful ayat hai. Ek martaba aur aap is ko parh dijiye aur hawala badal dijiye. Surah Az-Zumar, Surah number 39, verse number 53,
40:23
ayat number 53: Qul ya ibadi allazina asrafu ala anfusihim la taqnatu min rahmatillah, innallaha yaghfirudh dhunuba jami'a, innahu huwal Ghafurur Rahim. tum kaho: Ae mere bando jinho ne apni janon par zulm kiya hai, Allah ki rehmat se mayoos na ho. Beshak Allah maaf karne wala hai tamam gunahon ko. Beshak woh bakhsne wala, reham karne wala hai. Doctor Safeena Tabassum ne Saharanpur se comment bheja hai. Unhone likha hai: "Maulana sahib, aaj aap ne mere andar imaan taaza kar diya.
41:11
Inshallah, main ek nayi spirit ke sath poori tarah se is mission ka part rahungi. Allah CPS ke efforts ko kamyab dein. Allah hum sab ko gumrahi se bachaye. Jazak Allah Maulana sahib." Mashallah! Shaikh Mateen sahib ne likha hai: "A great Islamic scholar who taught and guided Muslims time to time by Quran and Sunnah and love entire humanity." Maulana, agla sawal Rawalpindi Pakistan se Afzal sahib ka hai.
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