Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Living in past hinders future orientation

“Maulana, Muslims as you have rightly said are living in their past. I believe every person, irrespective of his religion and background, lives in the past and as a result fails to become future oriented.”Asked by قربان علی, احمد آباد

He answers at 40:31 in Why Violence · 4 min 3 sec

His answer, in his own words
40:31
aap ki rethinking pure wisdom hai. you are truly working according to the age. may allah make people understand that this is the age of peace and everything that we want to achieve can be attained through peace." maulana, agla sawal lena chahenge jo ahmedabad se qurban ali sahib ne bheja hai. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana, muslims as you have rightly said are living in their past. i believe every person, irrespective of his religion and background, lives in past and as a result fails to become future oriented. maulana, how can an individual forget his or her past and focus on his present and future
41:24
? please give us your advice so we can let go of our past, whether good or bad." bhai, jo hamare saathi, hamari team ke log kar rahe hain, wahi aap bhi kijiye. literature phailaiye, quran phailaiye, peaceful tareeqe se logon ko bataiye. yeh to koi mushkil kaam hi nahi hai. har jagah hamari team ke log already ek kaam to kar rahe hain, aap phir un ke saath lag jaiye. maulana, un ka sawal ka yeh hissa bhi tha ke aksar log past mein jeete hain, to woh kaise stop karein apne aap ko ke past mein na jein aur future oriented hon? yeh bhi, yeh bhi samjhane se chal jayega. aap un ke mind ko address kijiye, un ke mind ko address kijiye, kitabein un ko parhne ke liye dijiye.
42:38
miss shabina ali ne kolkata se likha hai: "maulana, you have rightly said and conveyed to all from the day one that this is the age of peace, age of opportunity and age of peaceful activism. war and violence is obsolete and has no meaning in this age. the two examples are the biggest example and it is an eye opener for all of us that dawa work is the only workable formula for attaining pe ace. thank you maulana for this enlightening lecture." aamir mori sahib ne goa se likha hai: "your every lecture is like a spiritual hammering to me. listening to you always motivates me and creates an urge to do good in life.
43:34
thank you maulana sahib for guiding and helping us to become true muslims rather than feel like muslims." mol
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