Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Knowing and maintaining self-correction process

“How can I understand that the self-correction process has started within me and how to maintain it?”Asked by Mahboob Bhai, Mumbai

He answers at 33:58 in The Role of Suffering 31 Aug, 2019 · 17 min 38 sec

His answer, in his own words
33:58
Maulana Mahboob bhai ka Mumbai se sawal hai. unhone likha hai: "Maulana, main yeh kaise samjhun ke mere andar self-correction process jaari ho chuka hai aur usko kaise barkarar rakha jaaye?" Yeh sab dekhne ki zaroorat nahi hai. Yeh ek process jaanna hai. Aap process ko jaanen ge, aap jo ho raha hai woh woh wahan tak toh sirf angel ki pahunch hoti hai, farishton ki. Bas batar news, batar khabar ko laani nahi. Aap ki pahunch yahin tak hai ke batar khabar ke janne ho.
34:59
Maulana, kya yeh keh sakte hain hum ke ah pre ah Muhammad era mein zyada it is to be physical torture suffering and not is more mental suffering? Can we say that people suffered more physically in the dows times pre ah pre Muhammad period? Aisa kuch keh sakte hain? Maulana sahib, abhi aaj kal mental suffering zyada hai. mein samjha, mein samjha nahin. woh priya ka sawal yeh hai ke ah prophet se jo pehle ka daur tha, us daur mein physical suffering zyada thi aur aaj ke daur mein mental suffering zyada hai.
35:40
toh kya is ko aise kaha ja sakta hai? kya yeh sahi hai kehna? partial sense mein se ho sakta hai, partial sense mein. kyunke sara mamla yeh hai ke aap kitna apne kuch mein involve karte hain. involve kijiye toh physical suffering aa jayegi. jaise aap dekhiye, hussain thay makka mein rehte thay toh khabar suni unhon ne kufa ki toh rawana ho gaye. rastay mein farazdaq mila, aik aik aadmi tha farazdaq. us ne kaha aap mat jaiye, woh kufa wale aise hotay hain. phir bhi woh gaye toh jab wahan pohanchay toh waqai woh hua jo jo farazdaq ne kar rakha tha.
36:34
toh toh apne ko khud hi jhonkna hai. pehle bhi aisa hota tha ke aadmi na jhuke, aaj bhi aisa hota hai ke aadmi na jhuke. misalan india mein dekhiye, sare log wahan bjp, mein toh kuch bhi nahin, mein sirf phir parha tha, waise ab bhi hoon, mujhe koi pareshani nahin hai. yeh yeh yeh aik relative yaani baat hai, yeh is ko real nahin samjhiye. hain nafs ammara kya hota hai? nafs ammara, nafs ammara aur nafs al-lawwamah koi mysterious baat nahin hai,
37:23
mysterious baat nahin hai. dekhiye, aadmi rozana mukhtalif qism ke cheezon ke darmiyan guzarta hai toh nafs al-lawwamah jo hai, woh right direction mein aap ko woh karta hai, guide karta hai, tawajjuh dilata hai. aur nafs al-lawwamah jo hai, ghalat direction mein, matlab woh woh farishte ke asar se hota hai ya shaitan ke asar se hota hai. yeh bohat hi yeh koi mysterious baat nahin hai, koi mysterious baat nahin hai. yeh yeh common aik common se experience ki baat hai.
38:17
maulana, you said that our mind gets activated when we are hit with some sad experience. can it be that at that time we feel helpless and that is why inspiration comes from god? if we are able to take that situation positively and not react to it? rajab, kya kaha? say inspiration aati hai. maulana, woh yeh keh rahi hain ke jo aap ne bataya ke jab aik insaan suffering ko face karta hai toh us time pe woh helpless ho jata hai aur isi wajah se nahin, yeh yeh ghalat nikala hai.
39:14
aap ne helpless ho jata hai, zyada sensitive ho jata hai. yeh kahiye ji, helpless hua. haan, hum hum ne toh bohat suffering uthai, uthai hai, bohat suffer. aaj aaj ki baat batata hoon mein ke itni bari mujhe suffering hui thi, aaj hi, aaj hi ke maine kaha khudaaya, mein jannat ka mustahiq nahin hoon, mujhe toh sirf aik aik aik nazar khuda ko dekh lena hai, bas dekh loon, bas qissa khatam. aaj ki baat karta hoon, itni zyada mujhe mujhe aaj kuch baat hui thi, experience ke mein ne kaha bhai, mein jannat ka ki price nahin de sakta, mere bas mein nahin hai,
40:06
toh mein jannat ka mustahiq nahin hoon. lekin yeh toh woh jis ne mujhe paida kiya, woh kaisa hoga, bas yeh baat janna chahta hoon. aik aik jhalak dekhna chahta hoon, yeh aaj ka tajurba batata hoon aap ko. aaj mein ne dua ki ke khudaaya, mujhe apni aik jhalak dikha de, aik glimpse, glimpse, us waqt mujhe khatam kar de, is se zyada ka mustahiq nahi hoon. main
40:59
Maulana, jo aap ne kaha ke suffering yeh God realization ke liye ek bohat hi ahem mor hota hai, jahan se aadmi Khuda ki taraf mutawajjah hota hai. to Maulana, is ke liye Ashab-e-Kahf ka waqia bhi Quran mein Allah ne naqal kar ke kaha tha, kaha hai: "Innahum fityatun aamanoo birabbihim wa zidnahum huda" ke Khuda ne kaha ke in logon ko jo religious persecution ko face karna pada, to is ki is ki wajah se un ke imaan mein aur bhi izafa ho gaya. to Maulana, yeh baat aap jo keh rahe hain, bohat hi mukhtalif waqiat se yeh baat bohat achi tarah sabit hoti hai. Maulana, to yeh bohat hi hamare liye positive baat hai aur encouraging hai.
42:02
negative situations ko ke hum is ko imaan mein izafe ka sabab banayein. Bhai, bhai, samjha nahi. Maulana yaar bhai, hain Yaqoob sahib, yeh keh rahe hain ke aap ne yeh jo kaha ke aadmi jab suffering mein aata hai to us ko God, aadmi jab suffering mein aata hai to us ko God realization hota hai. to unhon ne kaha hai ke yeh cheez bohat a ham hai aur dekhiye, suffering apne aap nahi, main ne kaha hai apne aap nahi ke dard ho raha hai yahan par to realize ho jayega.
42:40
yeh main ne nahi kaha hai, suffering ko main ne kaha hai ke inner core jo hai insaan ka, us ko hila deti hai. wo jis tarah se main ne kaha hai, aap ke mind ka jo inner core hai, spirituality ka jo inner core hai, aap ke personality ka jo inner core hai, wo to hil jata hai, itna kisi khushi se nahi hilta. aap khush hon to aap ka inner core hilega. to main ne wo kiya cheez ki hai ke insaan ke potential ka jaag uthna, jis tarah unhon ne kaha hai, insaan ke potential jo hai, wo aakhir had tak jaag uthte hain.
43:28
suffering jab hoti hai jo khushi mein nahi jaagte, yeh main ne kaha hai. Maulana to keh sakte hain ke jin ko Khuda pyar karta hai, un ko zyada suffering milti hai. hain, wo keh rahi hain ke kya Priya keh rahi hain ke kya yeh keh sakte hain ke Allah jis ko pyar zyada karta hai, us ko suffering milti hai? pyar karta hai? kya Allah mein koi lath pyar ka wahan culture hai? yeh sab nahi hai, matlab nahi hai. jo zyada apne aap ko competent sabit karta hai, yeh matlab hai. yeh nahi ke wahan koi lath pyar chalta hai, wahan love affair chalta hai. wo yeh love affair ki baat nahi hai, yeh yaad rakhiye, wo competence ki baat hai.
44:38
Rajat, there is a question that Saleem asked and I think it didn't get answered or didn't get conveyed. The question was that mental suffering and physical suffering, they both stimulate the brain in a similar manner. So his question was that, uh, he believes therefore that, uh, hell is actually mental suffering. It's a state of mind where in you are suffering mentally. It is not a physical place where you'll be burning, burning, etc. It's a state where in you'll be suffering mentally. Is that right? Or what is Maulana's view on this?
45:18
Maulana, aap ne jab aaj desires ka ek sawal aaya tha ke desire kabhi khatam nahi honge, aap ne kaha insaan ke andar, to desire ko control kar sakte hain. to Maulana, kaise control kar sakte hain desires ko? Desire ka koi khali cheez hai? yeh to Buddhism mein desire ko burai bana diya. koi burai hai hi nahi, wo desire koi burai hai hi nahi. wo
45:54
desire to ek bohat high class ki yani insani sifat hai. yeh to hai ke desire koi buri cheez hai. misal ke taur par, maine yeh desire paida hui ke main jannat ka mustahiq to banai hoon, lekin Allah ka ek jhalak mujhe dikhana dekhne ko mil jaye. ek glimpse yeh desire thi, to kya desire koi galat nahi hai?
46:43
Maulana, mera yeh sawal hai ke jab Allah hum se naraz ho jata hai to kya woh hum se naik kaam yani ke achhe kaam lene chhod deta hai? Maulana, sawal yeh hai ke jab Allah hum se naraz ho jata hai to kya woh hum se naik kaam lena chhod deta hai? Zaroor nahi, chhodna nahi, chhodta nahi. Hum lautein, tauba naseeb karein. Yeh to bohat zyada likha hua hai Quran mein ke Allah taala lautne walon ko bohat pasand karta hai. Phir sahib ji,
47:30
lautne wala jo hai, woh to Allah ka most wanted insan hai jo laute. Sachhe tareeqe se log lautate nahi. Lautein to lautna yani tauba to bohat bada yeh rewardable amal hai. yeh Lekin sachha lautna kya cheez hai jis ko tauba naseeb kaha gaya hai?
48:07
Is par Allah ki inayatein hain. Ah, Maulana, ek ek hadith hai. Hain, ek hadith hai: "Azam al-nas hamman al-mu'min alladhi yahtammu bi-amri dunya wa amri akhiratihi" ke logon mein sab se zyada plan karne wala momin hota hai. Logon mein sab se zyada plan karne wala momin hota hai. Woh apne duniya ke mamlaat ki planning karta hai aur apne akhirat ke mamlaat ki planning karta hai. Hmm, to momin ke liye to yeh wazeh hai ke woh akhirat ke mamlaat ki planning karta hai. Duniya ke mamlaat ki planning kya hai momin ke liye?
48:51
Yahan isi ma'ne mein hai ke momin bohat zyada sensitive insan hota hai. Sara ma'mla sensitivity ka hai. Yeh momin yani kalma padhne wale ka nahi hai. Yani jo kalma padh le, woh aisa ho jayega nahi. Jo waqai is ma'amle mein momin bada hai, sensitivity ke momin hain, to us ki har cheez mein uska izhaar hoga. Ji ji, Maulana, mera ek aakhri sawal hai aaj ke discussion ka. Woh that's based on the concept of Iblis, Satan.
49:34
Ah, maine kahin padha tha ke Satan was extremely in love with God and he still is. Unko Allah se bohat mohabbat thi, unhone Allah ki har jagah pe ibadat ki thi. Haan, to woh aaj bhi he is in love with God. But jab Allah taala ne unko Adam ko sajda karne ke liye kaha to unse woh baat rahi nahi gayi, because he was given a competitor for his love with God. To woh aaj bhi hum ko Allah se door karne pe ade hue hain. Jab whenever we want to go close to God, he or he makes us repel and woh hum ko Allah se door kar dete hain. Kya hum ko Iblis se nafrat rakhna kya hai is hisab se sahi hai ke g
50:15
Ghalat hai? Nahi, kyun ke nafrat kyun? Nafrat kyun? Apne se nafrat karo ke hum kyun uska shikar ban jate hain? Rasool Allah se aisi koi hadith to nahi ke Rasool Allah Iblis se nafrat karte the? apne sath nafrat karo ke hum kyun shikar ban jate hain? nafrat to yeh yeh thi yani yeh jo bigre hue in
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