Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

How to respond when treated badly

“Can you guide us as to how one should act when people treat us badly?”Asked by Harsh Raj, Delhi

He answers at 1:00:24 in The Culture of People of Paradise · 3 min 45 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:00:24
maulana, agla sawal dilli se bheja hai mr harsh raj ne. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana, happy new year to you and a belated happy birthday! my question is: can you guide us as to how one should act when people treat us badly?" kya matlab hua? ke hamein kis tareeqe se respond karna chahiye ya act karna chahiye? agar jo opposite party hai, woh hamein badly treat kare, achhe se treat na kare, to hamein kaise response dena chahiye aur kaise act karna chahiye? positive response! is liye ke woh to sach poochhen to woh jo aadmi aap ko badly treat kare, woh aap ko sab se bara gift de raha hai.
1:01:25
jo aadmi aap ko badly treat kare, woh aap ko sab se bara gift de raha hai. gift! is liye ke dekhiye, sab se bara jo amal hai, woh kya hai? woh yeh hai ke koi aap ko bharkaye, koi aap ki ego hit kare, koi aadmi aap ki ego ko hit kare aur aap hit na hon. aap bharken nahin, aap us ke liye duaen karen, us ke andar aap ke andar positive thinking aaye, aap woh bura salook karen aur aap us ke sath mohabbat karen. yahi to matlab hai jo Hazrat Baseer ne jo kaha tha ke "love your enemy". "love your enemy!"
1:02:23
apne dushman se mohabbat karo. is ka matlab kya hai? dushmani ke jawab mein mohabbat! jo sab se bara hai, yeh sab se bara amal hai aur Quran mein bhi yeh hai: "fid al-nabiyyin bi-wudda kun wali hamim". agar bilkul normal halaat hon, koi aap ke ego ke shole nahin, koi aap ko bharkaye nahin, to aap achhe bure rahen. to woh to bohat mamooli ka amal hai, bohat mamooli. jab koi aadmi aap ko bharkata hai aur tab bhi aap achhe bure rahte hain, to to woh hai bari cheez aur isi par bara inaam milta hai.
1:03:15
to is to to you have to take it as a as an opportunity! you have to take this moment as a good opportunity! opportunity! agar koi bharkaye nahin to aap ko yeh opportunity mile kaise? aap ko jab koi aap ke ego ko touch karta hai, tabhi to yeh yeh bara mauqa milta hai aap ko. yeh opportunity ke aap us ko bad treatment ke bawajood use achha treatment karen, us ke liye duaen den, us se mohabbat karen.
1:03:57
to yeh wohi to use, wohi to deta hai aap ko yeh mauqa. to yeh to bohat achhi baat hai, bohat achhi baat hai. Maulana, Delhi se Mr. S.S. Puri ne sawal bheja hai. unhon ne aap se poocha hai ke "does karma have any effect in qualifying to jannat?" is ke bare mein janna chahte hain.
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