Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Meaning of Rabbana atina hasanah

“What is the meaning of 'Rabbana atina fid dunya hasanah'?”Asked by ظہیر الدین خواجہ, رائے چور

He answers at 56:28 in The Process of Personality Development · 1 min 43 sec

His answer, in his own words
56:28
molana, agla sawal hai zaheer uddin khwaja sahab ka, rae chor se. unhon ne likha hai: rabana atina fid dunya hasana ka matlab kya hai? dekhen, yeh ayat, yeh yeh ayat ek dua hai jo quran mein aayi hai: rabana atina fid dunya hasana wa fid akhirati hasana wa qina azab an nar. ae hamare rab, hamein dunya mein hasana de, achhai de, aur akhirat mein achhai de,
57:09
aur hamare gunahon ko maaf farma. dekhen, log samajhte hain ke hasana se murad hai wo cheez jo yani hasana dunya se murad hai, wo cheez jis ko log samajhte hain hasana, yani car ho, kothi ho, makan. yeh matlab nahi hai. dunya mein hamein wo hasana de jo tere nazdeek hasana hai, aur akhirat mein hum ko wo hasana de jo tere nazdeek hasana hai. yeh khayal, is ka matlab yeh nahi ke dene wala khuda hai, aur is ka mayar muqarrar wala mein hoon. yeh matlab nahi hai, hargiz yeh matlab nahi
57:44
hai. rabana atina fid dunya hasana wa fid akhirati hasana yani ae hamare rab, dunya mein hum ko wo hasana de jo tere nazdeek hasana hai, aur akhirat mein hum ko, hum ko wo hasana de jo tere nazdeek hasana hai. yeh matlab hai is ka. aksar log is ko ulte mani mein le lete hain, lekin wo bilkul galat hai. molana, agla sawal hai molana iqbal umri sahab ka, tamil nadu se. unhon ne likha hai: aap ne apne bare mein likha hai ke mein ek fikri hevan, thinking animal hoon.
All questions he answeredThe whole lecture, from this momentWatch on YouTube

Machine transcription. These are his recorded words, written down by software from the Urdu he speaks — so a line may carry a misheard word. Every timestamp above opens the video at that second: one tap and you can hear him say it. Quote it as speech, and link to the moment.