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Living in God's glory despite helplessness

“In this world we are helpless, but still we often live in our own glory. How can we live in the glory of God?”Asked by Naghma Siddiqui, Delhi

He answers at 48:57 in Man & Paradise · 1 min 37 sec

His answer, in his own words
48:57
maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai miss naghma siddiqui ka. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana, in this world we are helpless, but still we often live in our own glory. my question is: how can we live in the glory of god?" " dekhiye, jo log apni glory mein jeete hain, is ka naam glory nahin hai, is ka naam hai arrogance. yeh arrogance ka beautiful word hai. yeh jo log apni glory mein jeete hon, woh haqeeqat mein arrogance mein jeete hain, aur arrogance jo hai, woh bilashuba jaiz nahin hai.
49:41
ek hadith hai ke aisa shakhs jannat mein nahin jayega jis ke andar ek rai ke barabar bhi arrogance ho. man la yadkhul al-jannata man kan fi qalbihi misqal habbat khardalin min kibr. la yadkhul al-jannata man kan fi qalbihi misqal habbat khardalin min kibr. woh aadmi jannat mein nahin jayega, nahin jayega jis ke andar rai ke dane ke barabar bhi kibr ho. to main dekh, glory jo log self glory mein jeete hain, woh arrogance mein jeete hain, aur agar arrogance mein jeena to yeh to bohat hi risky baat hai. bohat bara risk le rahe hain aise log akhirat ke aitbar se.
50:34
maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai ans sahib ka. unhon ne likha hai: "tajruba batata hai ke har hath har aadmi cultural conditioning mein jeeta hai.
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