Worship driven by fear and love
“After reading Tazkirul Quran, I understand that real worship is to fear and love God. But I feel that we worship for our personal interest. Is worship done out of greed still considered worship? And how can we become those who fear and love God?”Asked by محمد انس, دلی
He answers at 27:31 in Question & Answer Jan 6th 2013 - Maulana Wahiduddin Kahn · 1 min 56 sec
27:31Maulana, agla sawal Dilli se hai, Muhammad Anas sahib ka. Unhon ne likha hai: "Tazkir-ul-Quran padhkar yeh samajh mein aata hai ke asal ibaadat Allah se darna aur mohabbat karna hai. Lekin mujhe aisa mehsoos hota hai ke hum to apne personal interest ke liye ibaadat karte hain. Maulana, jo log lalach ke taur par ibaadat karte hain kya yeh bhi ibaadat hai? Aur kaise hum Allah se darne wale aur mohabbat karne wale banein? Is ke bare mein bataiye." Dekhiye, lalach waghera ka lafz jo hai yeh to bekhabaron ke alfaaz hain. Jo jaante nahin kuch. Lalach, main to nahin jaanta ke lalach koi cheez hai.
28:14Is cheez se acknowledge karna, Allah ko acknowledge karna, lalach kya cheez hoti hai? Yeh sab yaani meaningless alfaaz hain jo logon ko jo jo haqeeqat se bechna ho, naachna hote hain. Isi ko main kehta hoon ke poori poori qaum intellectual dwarfism ka shikaar hai. Isi ko aise alfaaz bolte hain. There is phenomena of intellectual dwarf ism. Kuch samajhte nahin baaton ko. Khwamkhwah ki baatein kar rahe hain. Hamari ibaadat, hamara zikr, hamara shaoor kya hai? Allah Rabb-ul-Aalameen ko acknowledge karna. Acknowledge karna to bohat hi highest value hai. Koi aadmi duniya mein aap ke saath kuch kare to aap us ko acknowledge karte hain. To Khuda ko acknowledge nahin karenge?
28:58Jis ne aap ko create kiya, jis ne aap ko itni bari duniya di, jis ne life support system ka nizaam rakha duniya mein waghera waghera. Yeh sab acknowledgement ke phenomena hain. Yeh lalach waghera ka lafz to is dimaagh mein paida hote hain jo intellectual dwarf hote hain. Jin ke andar koi aala thinking nahin hai. Yeh to main kehta hoon ke aala thinking ghayab ho gayi hai. Isi liye third class ke alfaaz bolte hain log. Maulana, agla sawal Dilli se hai, Miss Razia Siddiqui ka. Unhon ne likha hai: "You mentioned that the present day Muslims are a case of living in pride as far as the community is concerned and harboring hatred for all others.