Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Developing creativity despite distractions

“Maulana, how can creativity be developed? I have heard your earlier lectures where you said save yourself from distraction, but Maulana, in today's competitive world you cannot be hundred percent distraction free. So does that mean that developing creativity is not possible?”Asked by محمد اکرم, کانپور

He answers at 40:03 in Studying The Quran with Open Mind · 4 min 53 sec

His answer, in his own words
40:03
Maulana agla sawal lete hain yeh sawal abhi jo aap ne jawab diya isi se isi ko le ke hai aur jinhon ne sawal kiya un ka naam hai Muhammad Akram sahib Kanpur se hain unhon ne likha hai Maulana how can creativity be developed I have heard your earlier lectures where you said save yourself from distraction but Maulana sahib in today's competitive world you cannot be hundred percent distraction free so does that mean that developing creativity is not possible please elaborate on your guidance to all of us
40:48
dekhen koi baat bhi total stress mein nahi kahi jati koi bhi baat nahi hata ke agar koi aadmi aap ko bataye ke namaz mein khushbakhata karo is ka matlab yeh
41:06
nahi hai ke total stress mein khasha ban jao yeh hota hi nahi to distraction se bachana qabil-e-amal daira mein hota hai jahan jahan aap
41:25
ke bas mein hai aap ke ikhtiyar mein hai wahan wahan bachaiye jahan aap ke bas mein nahi hai to is ko chhodie misal ke taur par dekhen main jahan baith kar kaam karta hoon woh road ke kinare hai to wahan par barabar traffic chalta hai horn bajta hai yeh sab baatein hoti hain to shuru mein maine
42:06
bahut zyada disturb hota tha phir maine socha ke yeh to hoga yeh sadak koi badi sadak to hai nahi to dheere dheere mein used to ho gaya ab is same road par ab mein kaam karta rehta hoon distraction ke baghair to jab distraction ki baat ki jati hai to is ka matlab yeh nahi hota yaad rakhiye
42:37
ke distraction ka khatma distraction ko manage karna aap ko yeh yeh janna chahiye yeh art ke kaise distraction ko manage kiya jaye
43:01
kaise distraction ko manage kiya jaye woh har ek ke bas mein hai woh kisi ke liye bas se bahar nahi hai maulana kuch aur comments aaye hain woh lena chahenge aamir mori sahab ne guwa se likha hai i got to know something today which was bothering me a lot and i was not able to get answers to my problems
43:29
maulana i was not aware about the concept of non-crippling challenges i am delighted to understand this concept for the first time that non-crippling challenges are actually the blessings from god to make us strong and more developed to face the bigger challenges of life also I got to know today that essence of style of the quran is to make a reader creative so that he discovers hidden wisdom from the
43:59
divine message thank you so much Maulana your every talk is like a spiritual medicine for all of us may God bless you iqbal je iqbal faraz sahib ne likha hai comment un ki location hai west bengal unhon ne likha
44:17
hai muslim sirf traditional ban kar reh gaye hain is liye tadabbur aur tafakkur ki salahiyat khatm ho chuki hai aap ki books mind ko unfold karne ke liye bohat zaroori hai madrasa ko aap ki kitabein apne nisaab mein shamil karni chahiye Fahad Khan Sahab ne Noida se likha hai, my takeaway from today's lectures are we have to
44:45
read the quran with creativity and uncover its hidden meanings so that we can seek correct guidance from the quran second we have to convert our problems into opportunity Maulana agla sawal Lucknow se aaya hai Ahmad Mehboob sahib ne likha hai un ka sawal hai Maulana you said in today's lecture that if the problem is not crippling then it is for our own good
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