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Dealing with failed change plans

“After repeatedly planning change, if change is not happening and success is not achieved, what should be done? Please advise us.”Asked by Adeel Shams, Saharanpur

He answers at 44:34 in Modern Age · 3 min 20 sec

His answer, in his own words
44:34
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? Hamein is ke bare mein advice karein." Nahi, dekhiye, yeh sawal hi galat hai. Aisa koi case mere ilm mein nahi hai. Aap ke ilm mein hai to naam le kar is ko bataiye is ke case ko. Yeh change karna aap ek ek ambiguous term hai. Sahi hai change karna, nahi sahi hai correction karna. Change karne se kya ho jayega?
45:22
Change karne se kuch nahi ho jayega. Aap ko tayyar rehna chahiye apni soch mein badlao lana, chahe aap ko galat manna pade, chahe apne aap ko galat manna pade to lekin badlao laiye. To correction aisi cheez hai. Aap correction kar ke dekhiye, aap zaroor kamyab honge. Maulana Meer Faheem sahib ne Sher Nagar se likha hai, "Is it necessary to identify with any sect in Islam ? Wouldn't it be great if we call ourselves Muslims only?" Sect kya cheez? Sect aisi city?
46:12
aisi si ti? Sect? nahin, yeh yeh sect to sab sab bidat hai. Ji, saare sect jitne bhi banaye gaye hain sab bidat hain. is ka Islam se koi talluq nahin hai. To Maulana, woh yeh keh rahe hain ke kya hum apne aap ko sirf Muslims kahein to kya yeh? kehne ki baat nahin hai, discover kijiye. Kehne se kya hota hai? Sachay Islam ko Quran aur Hadees ke mutale se discover kijiye. shakhs shakhs se se kuch nahin hota.
46:47
aap Quran ko Hadees ko barah-e-rast parhiye, barah-e-rast parhiye. Hamari kitabein parhiye, aap sakht koi cheez nahin. firqa jo hai, firqa woh bidat hai. Sab phir sab firqay bidat mein khare hue hain. In ki koi ahmiyat nahin hai. Aap apni jis apni tehqeeq se, apne mutale se discover kijiye ke sachai kya hai. hamari kitabein aap har jagah available hain, is ko parhiye. InshaAllah aap ko rasta khul jaye ga. Maulana Yaqoob Umri ne Delhi se comment bheja hai. Unhon ne likha hai, "Maulana, the news of Mukesh Ambani and Azeem Hashim Premji won to all take such events in terms of community pride, but Maulana, you gave us a wider and real stick approach to such events that is planning.
47:55
Jazak Allah." Maulana, agla sawal bheja hai Dr Junaid Sheikh ne Mumbai se. Unhon ne likha hai, "Maulana, today's lecture was eye opening.
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