Regret over wasted half of life
“I am forty-six years old now. Half of my life is spent without thinking seriously and the remaining half just routine life of listening to Islam as a ritual. The remaining life looks very short.”Asked by عبدالروف بٹ, پاکستان
He answers at 40:21 in Modern Age · 4 min 13 sec
40:21Maulana, agla sawal Pakistan se kiya hai Abdul Rauf Butt sahib ne. Unhone likha hai, "Maulana, I am forty-six years old now. Half of my life is spent without thinking seriously and the remaining half just routine life of listening to Islam as a ritual. The remaining life looks very short . My request, Maulana, is if you could advise us how to spend a life, the remaining one, so that we can get some place in paradise."
41:02Dekhiye, paradise to ka talluq muddat se nahi hai ke aap so saal amal karen to paradise hai. Nahi, ek din ka amal bhi aap ko paradise mein le ja sakta hai. Allah ko aap ke amal ki, Allah aap ke amal ko quantitative term mein nahi dekhta, quality ki term mein dekhta hai. Is baat ko achi tarah samajh lijiye ke Allah aap ke amal ko in terms of quantity nahi dekhta, woh in terms of quality dekhta hai.
41:53To aap ke paas zindagi ka thoda sa waqt baqi hai, tab bhi aap in terms of quality kuch kar dikhaiye to Allah dor kar aap ke paas ayega aur jannat aap ko, farishte aap ko gifts ki tarah le ke khare ho jayenge aap ke paas. It is quality that matters. Yaad rakhiye, Allah ke haan quality ki qeemat hai, quantity ki kuch bhi qeemat nahi hai, kuch bhi nahi hai. To quality ek aisi cheez hai ke aap agar zindagi ka ek din aap mila hai, tab bhi aap is ko kar sakte hain. Maslan dekhiye, main ek waqia batata hoon aap ko ek shakhs ka. Woh is ka case wahi tha jo aap ne bataya, wahi tha.
42:53To jab umar zyada ho chuki thi to ek din is ne do rak'at namaz padhi aur phir dua karne laga. Dua karne laga. Is ne kaha ke "Khuda ya, meri meri umar to khatm ho gayi lekin teri rehmat to khatm ho rahi nahi hai." Is ki zuban se nikla ke "Khuda ya, meri umar to khatm ho gayi lekin teri rehmat to khatm ho rahi nahin." yeh us us jumle ne ek mein nahin keh sakta ke kya hua akhirat mein, lekin mera guess
43:35zaroori hai ke usne allah ko invoke kiya hoga uske in alfaz ne aur usko wo sab kuch mil gaya hoga jo mazi mein usne kho diya tha. Yeh mera guess hai. Kaisa ajeeb is ki zuban se nikla tha yeh lafz ke "Khuda ya, meri umar to khatm ho gayi lekin teri rehmat to khatm ho rahi nahi hai."
44:11To aap yeh is is is cheez ko le kar sochiye, woh jo aap ki soch hai woh sahi nahi hai. Is haqeeqat ko le kar sochiye to inshallah ek din bhi agar mil jaye zindagi mein aap ko to wahi kafi ho sakta hai aap ke jannat ke liye. Maulana, agla sawal Saharanpur se Adeel Shams sahib ne kiya hai. Unhon ne likha hai, "Bar bar planning change karne ke baad bhi agar change nahi aa raha hai aur kamyabi nahi mil rahi hai to aise mein kya karna chahiye?