Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Contentment as door to gratitude

“Contentment is the door to gratitude. Can you please elaborate on this?”Asked by Naghma Siddiqui, Delhi

He answers at 22:25 in Question & Answer Jan 6th 2013 - Maulana Wahiduddin Kahn · 1 min 24 sec

His answer, in his own words
22:25
maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai, miss naghma siddiqui ka. unhon ne aap se poocha hai: "Contentment is the door to shukr. Can you please elaborate on this؟" saheeh hai, contentment se aap distractions se bach jaate hain. Basic baat hai distraction. Distraction. agar aap contentment ka tareeqa na ikhtiyar karein to kya hoga? shauq ke peeche daudenge, khwahish ke peeche daudenge, numaish ke peeche daudenge, fashion ke peeche daudenge.
23:05
to kya hai? Distract hote rahenge. jab distract hote rahenge to Allah ke bare mein sochne ka waqt hi aap ke paas nahi hoga. jab aap Allah ke liye sochenge tab to shukr aayega. nahi to shukr aayega kaise? shukr jo hai ek deep thinking se aata hai. shukr yeh nahi ke lip service karte hue kuch bol dein aap. Khuda tera shukr hai. yeh shukr nahi hai. shukr yeh hai ke aap deep thinking karein. aap ko ek discovery ho. us discovery aap ke munh se nikal pade. to is ke liye zaroori hai ke aap logon ko distraction se bachayein. warna warna shukr wahi lip service hogi, haqeeqi shukr nahi hoga.
23:50
maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai, kousar ali sahib ka. unhon ne likha hai: "Is shaitan the only one?
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