Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Reacting to hardship vs blessing

“Thank you for letting us know the importance of not reacting when natural instinct is to react. You have given us the formula to earn divine reward under the circumstances when we cannot think of earning any reward. Quran advocates that nothing happens without the will of God. When something good happens to us, we often attribute it as the blessing of God. But if some hardship befalls us, we often complain and react.”Asked by Amir Mori, Goa

He answers at 37:15 in Double Reward · 1 min 57 sec

His answer, in his own words
37:15
Maulana, Amer Mori sahib ka comment hai aur sawal hai gawah se. Unhone likha hai: "Maulana, thank you for letting us know the importance of not reacting when natural instinct is to react. You have given us the formula to earn divine reward under the circumstances when we cannot think of earning any reward." Maulana, Quran advocates that nothing happens without the will of God. When something good happens to us, we often attribute it as the blessing of God. But if some hardship befalls us, we often complain and react. Why is it so? Kindly guide us.
38:08
Matlab insaan ko duniya mein bohat kuch mila hua hai, hazaron lakhon cheezein mili hui hain, lekin insaan by birth ek idealist hai. To zara bhi usko koi cheez nahi milti hai to woh pareshan ho jata hai. Aur woh mere khayal mein wahi hai jo uske andar jannat ki ek arza hai, jannat ki ek dream hai. To uske lehaz se woh pareshani ko bardasht nahi kar pata. Woh to majburan insaan pareshani ko bardasht karta hai ke ab koi option nahi hai. To is liye karta hai, warna koi bhi hardship ko bardasht karna nahi chahta hai.
38:43
Sahi baat hai, sahi hai. maulana, comment aaya hai afghanistan se asadullah mahmood sahib ka. unhon ne likha hai: "jab hum doosron ko maaf karte hain, asal mein hum unke muqable mein apne liye das guna behtar kar rahe hote hain." yeh baat theek hai, yeh baat theek hai. maulana, agla sawal hai ahsan khan sahib ka. unhon ne likha hai: "mere paas ek sawal hai.
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