Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Knowing God's approval after patience

“Molana, you said today that patience is buying time. This is such an amazing explanation. My question is that after keeping patience, if we don't get desired result, then how do we know whether God approves my plan or not?”Asked by عبدالماجد, احمد آباد

He answers at 33:34 in Divine Help · 2 min 25 sec

His answer, in his own words
33:34
allah hamare saath hai aur sab dekh raha hai, beshak." maulana, aap sawal lena chahenge? yeh sawal, yeh sawal bheja hai ahmedabad se abdul majid sahib ne, unhon ne likha hai: "molana, you said today that patience is buying time. this is such an amazing explanation. my question is that after keeping patience, if we don't get desired result, then how do we know whether god approves my plan or not? is there a way to find out so we can move to the second or the third option and not keep waiting in patience forever?"
34:21
dekhiye, patience ki koi limit nahin hoti. main apne bare mein keh sakta hoon ke abhi kal ki baat hai ke mujhe kuch aisi baatein samajh aayin jis mein poori umar meri beet gayi, poori umar beet gayi. yaani poori umar mein main sochta raha koi baat ke yahan allah ta'ala ki madad is duniya mein nahin mil rahi. abhi kal mujhe bar bar kaha allah ta'ala ne to hamare paas allah badi madad de dijiye. to patience ki koi limit mat sochiye, woh sari umar chal sakti hai. khud rasool allah ke nazdeek sari umar patience chala, tab natija nikla.
35:12
patience ko patience falsafe ka patience patience yaani sabr, falsafe ka sabr. is ki koi limit mat apne apne zehan se banaiye. is ki is ki soorat yeh hai ke aap patience ko ibadat samjhein. afzal al-ibadat intizar al-faraj yeh afzal ibadat hai. patience afzal ibadat hai. is zehan ke sath aap sabr ko ikhtiyar kijiye, tab aap qaim rahenge aur tabhi yeh mumkin hua ke aap ko badi badi nusrat mile allah ta'ala ki. aisa nahin ho sakta.
36:00
maulana, agla sawal bheja hai doctor safina tabassum ne, unhon ne likha hai: "maulana sahib aaj is hadith ke bare mein bhi wazahat aai ke kyun achhe halaat ka intezar karna bhi sawab hai.
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