Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Opinion on consumerism in modern technology

“I can see here in the hall lots of consumerism like Apple laptops, desktops and Android mobile phones etc. They all are in front of your eyes. What is your opinion?”

He answers at 19:40 in Question & Answer Jan 6th 2013 - Maulana Wahiduddin Kahn · 2 min 46 sec

His answer, in his own words
19:40
ab theek hai. ji. maulana, un ka aik aur sawal hai, unhon ne likha hai: "i can see here in the hall lots of consumerism like apple laptop, desktop and android mobile phones etc. they all are in front of your eyes. what is your op inion؟" is maani mein aap ne meri baat samjhi nahi. aap ne suna bhi nahi meri baat ko shayad. aap apne maani mein jee rahe the. aap yahan nahi the yahan par. yahan nahi the aap. aap is se pehle jahan the wahin, abhi bhi wahin the aap. dekhiye, hamein hum aik commission chala rahe hain, aik global mission, international mission.
20:20
apni baat ko saare dunya mein pahunchana hai. to aap kaise pahunchayenge? yahan jitni cheezein aap dekhenge sab zaroorat ki cheezein hain. yani global modern communication jeete hain hum. hamein aik global mission hum chala rahe hain. to kaise chalayenge bataiye? is ke baghair chalayenge aap? to aik cheez hoti hai yani apni shauq ko poora karna, apni khwahish ko poora karna, apni shan o shaukat ko poora karna. woh aik alag cheez hai. yeh to bilkul zaroorat ki cheezein hain. yeh mission ke aitbaar se dekhiye, is ko mission ke aitbaar se. mere khayal se aap yahan tashreef rakhte honge lekin aap maujood nahi yahan par hain. meri baaton ko suna nahi aap ne.
21:09
aik fard woh hai jo bas kahin kamre mein jee raha hai, is ka maamla alag hai. lekin jo jo mun of mission hai us ke maamlaat alag hote hain. mun of mission ki zaroorat hai ke is par telephone ho, is ke paas computer ho, is ke paas laptop ho. taake saari dunya mein apni baat ko pahuncha sake woh. to aap aap is aitbaar se dekhiye ke meri personal life ko aa ke dekhiye mere kamre mein ke mein kaise rehta hoon. mishn ke aitbaar se mein kya kar raha hoon is ko is ko ise mat naapiye aap. meri jo personal life hai ke mein kapra kaisa hai, meri kursi kaisi hai, mera khana kaisa hai woh ek alag cheez hai. is ko alag kar ke dekhiye. aur doosri ke mishn ko chalane ke liye mein kya kar raha hoon woh ek alag cheez hai. ya to mishn ko aap band kar dein.
22:01
yeh age jo hai yeh is mein is age mein hum ko apni baat ko saari duniya tak pahunchana hai. to kaise pahunchayein bataiye? Most modern technique jo hai woh hum istemaal karenge is ko. kyunke woh hamare mun of mishn ki zaroorat hai woh. aap ise phir se sochiye to aap yeh baat aap ko clear ho jayegi. maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai, miss naghma siddiqui ka. unhon ne aap se poocha hai: "Contentment is the door to shukr.
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