Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Seeing Al-Risala as a Divine Mission

“My experience is that most people read Al-Risala only as a periodical and fail to discover it as a divine mission. How can we tell people that Al-Risala is not just a periodical but a divine mission?”Asked by Shariq Hussain, Delhi

He answers at 33:09 in Q&A · 3 min 48 sec

His answer, in his own words
33:09
maulana ek aur sawal hai un ka. unhon ne likha hai ke mera tajurba hai ke aksar log al risala ko sirf ek periodical ki hesiyat se padhte hain. woh al-risalah ko aik khodai mission ke tor par discover karne mein nakaam rehte hain. logon ko kis tarah yeh bataya jaye ke al-risalah sirf aik periodical nahi balkeh al-risalah aik divine mission hai? dekhye al-risalah chunke b-zahair aik risalah hai magazine. aik majallah hai aik purcha hai. to is ka model jo hai mahol mein woh kya hai? woh periodical ka mahol hai. periodical jo hai aya mahine ke aik tareekh ko kuch dekha kuch nahi dekha rakh diya is ko.
33:57
to saare periodicals jo hote hain unhon ne aik model qaim kar diya hai. is model mein aik naya purcha nikla al-risalah. jo is model se alag hai woh. to log jante nahi. aik model jo maroof ho jaye jo logon ke zehnon mein chha jaye to is se alag ho kar soch nahi paate. al-risalah aik hi purcha hai saare alam mein. balkeh poori sahhafati dor mein pehli baar aik aisa purcha hai jo poore maloom aik mission hai mission. dawe ke aitbar se bohat se purche dawe karte hain ke mission hai woh lekin haqeeqat mein woh sirf daawa hota hai. dekhye mission kya cheez hai?
34:41
purcha nikalne wala khud mission mein jeeta hai. tab mission wala purcha banta hai. yaad rakhiye jo purcha jo murattab karta hai woh khud mission mein bhi jeena parta hai is ko. mission ko ise orhna poshana bana parta hai. isi mein jeena isi mein halkaan karna apne aap ko. yeh karna parta hai mission mein. tab woh purcha banta hai mission ka. to aisa purcha mere ilm ke mutabiq sirf al-risalah hai. to chunke logon ko yeh model maloom nahi.
35:16
jo samaj mein ya dunya mein jo model hain wohi periodical ke model hain. to shaoori ya ghair shaoori tor par samajh lete hain ke yeh bhi aik purcha hoga bas. to aik martaba parh liya. to haqeeqat yeh hai ke al-risalah ko pehle aap ko discover karna parega ke yeh mission ka mission hai. yeh periodical nahi hai. yeh tab is ko aap ahmiyat denge. tab is ko padhenge. is liye main kaha karta hoon yeh likha tha maine risale mein ke jis ne al-risalah ko aik baar parha us ne nahi parha. jis ne al-risalah ko do baar parha us ne parha. aur jis ne al-risalah ko kai baar parha us ne samjha is ko.
35:54
phir repeat karta hoon main. al-risalah ko mahana mein al-risalah jo hai hamara. al-risalah ko jis ne aik baar parha us ne nahi parha. jis ne do baar parha us ne parha. jis ne kai baar parha us ne al-risalah ko samjha. kyunke woh aik mahol se alag aik paigham deta hai woh. aap apni conditioning ki wajah se is ko aap samajh nahi paate. to jab tak aap apni conditioning ko torein nahi aur apni
36:28
conditioning se bahar aa kar na sochein aap samajh nahi sakte risale ko. apne mindset ke lehaz se risala ko padhenge aap. jo aap ke mind mein hai wohi aap ko risale mein nazar ayega. to beharhal main kahunga ke jo log al-risalah ko padhte hain woh phir se al-risalah ko discover karein. aur phir se is ko is ko is ko is ki samajh kar ke is ko padhein. maulana zikwan nadvi ka aik sawal hai dilli se. unhon ne likha hai ke al-risalah mission mein literature distribution ke ilawa individuals ko alag alag focus kar ke un ko dawat aur marifat ke aitbar se tayyar karne ki ahmiyat kya hai?
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