Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Failure to discover God from experiences

“Why do others fail to discover God from all these experiences? Is it due to ignorance?”Asked by Abdul Aziz Chaudhry, Delhi

He answers at 1:16:53 in Discovering God · 4 min 43 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:16:53
maulana, yeh yeh sawal dilli se bhejha hai abdul aziz chaudhry sahib ne. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana! why is it that others fail to discover god from all these experiences? is it due to ignorance?" dekhiye, mein bachpan se
1:17:21
kisi cheez se mujhe shoq nahi tha, kisi cheez se. baad ko maine jaana ke mera case woh tha jo newton ka case tha. newton ke baray mein kaha jata tha: "haan, wool gather." newton ko wool gather kaha jata tha. to maine baad ko jaana ke mera case wool gather ka case hai,
1:17:52
khoya hua insan. yeh sab kahani, yeh sab waqiat hain jo maine likhe. isi woh meri aadat thi likhne ki, bachpan se likhne ki. to sab likha hua maujood hai. aap nahi mante to na maniye, aur maan sakte hain to maan lijiye. yeh sab cheezein likhi hui maujood hain ke mein, mislan, meri maan batati thi ke mein bohat bolta tha. baap se unki daadhi aise khenchta tha,
1:18:36
yani shokhi karta tha, shokhi bohat bolta tha. phir mere baap par stroke hua, jisko falij kaha jata hai. 29 december, thandi raat mein achanak woh khatam ho gaye to unki bol isi waqt band ho gayi aur meri bol hi band ho gayi. meri maan batati thi ke woh ek dum chup ho gaya.
1:19:15
is ke baad baap se woh khoob bolta tha, shokhi karta tha, shokhi. lekin jab woh unka khatma ho gaya to meri bol band ho gayi, ek dum chup. yeh tha mere dil mein turning point ke mera bolna jo pehle pehle tha apne baap se, woh woh woh woh woh khuda ki taraf marr marr gaya, khuda ki taraf.
1:20:02
yeh sab kahani ki baatein nahi hain, yeh waqiat ki baatein hain. aur meri aadat thi likhne ki bachpan se. to yeh sab meri zindagi ke waqiat hain. aap maniye to maniye, na maniye to mat maniye. aakhirat mein farishton se pooch lijiyega ke yeh baat jo kehta tha, woh sahi thi ya galat thi. maulana tariq badar sahib ne comment bheja hai pakistan se. unhone likha hai: "very important lessons in today lecture.
1:20:51
i always feel very happy when maulana sahib shares his story of lahore, where i live." maulana astar khateeb sahib ne likha hai chennai se: "maulana! first time i heard about god that he is god of love. very amazing to hear it. i didn't hear it from any muslim aalim so far. i heard it from christian brothers that god is love, but not in the vast sense as you have mentioned it today." am irshad sahiba ne likha hai: "maulana! aap hi woh wahid shakhsiyat hain jo ek phall ke test ke zariye se us ko banane wale ka ehsaas dilate hain.
1:21:36
agar aap is ehsaas ko yaad na dilate to hum nashukri ki halat mein faut ho jaate. jazak allah maulana. ah comment aur sawal bheja hai ah qatar se ah maulana abdul basit umri ne.
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