Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Overcoming negativity from rejection in dawah

“While distributing the Holy Quran and other literature among non-Muslims, sometimes it happens that some people don't accept the literature and they return it back. At that time I confront a feeling of negativity. That feeling discourages me a bit. How to overcome such a negative feeling?”Asked by Hina Manzoor, Kashmir

He answers at 57:22 in Contemplation on The Quran · 6 min 22 sec

His answer, in his own words
57:22
Maulana, agla sawal lete hain. yeh Kashmir se bheja hai Miss Heena Manzoor ne. unhon ne likha hai ke "while distributing the holy Quran or other literature among non Muslims, sometimes it happens that some people don't accept the literature and they return it back. at that time I confront a feeling of negativity. that feeling discourages me a bit." Maulana sahib, my question is how to overcome such a negative feeling? dekhiye, aap ki negative feeling bilkul baseless hai, baseless, baseless hai. kyunke dekhiye, ek lakh se zyada Allah ne payghambar bheje, sab arsalna rusulana tatra,
58:21
aur khud Quran ki gawahi hai ke sare nabiyon ko un ke zamane ki qaum ne radd kar diya, radd kar diya. to qayamat mein jab woh khare honge to un ke sath qaum ki bheed nahi hogi. to aap ko to woh darja mil raha hai jo nabiyon ka darja hai. kesi aap baat karte hain?
58:58
yani itne saare nabi Allah ki taraf se aaye aur saare nabiyon ka muamla yeh hua ke un ki qaum ne un ko radd kar diya. woh Allah ke saamne khade honge gawahi dene ke liye ke maine Allah ka kalam pesh kar diya. to aap ko woh darja mil raha hai. kesi ajib baat aap ne keh di. yani
59:35
main jab gaya tha yerooshlem aur masjid aqsa mein namaz padhi thi to maine wahan dua ki thi ke khudaaya! yeh woh maqam hai jahan tamam anbiya ikhatta hue aur rasool Allah sal Allah alaih wasallam ne un ki imamat ki. to main ne kaha to tere nazdeek zamane mein aaj ka aur kal ka main ne koi farq nahin. to chahe to zamane ko samet de aur mujhe is zamane mein khada kar de jahan jab ke yahan rasool Allah namaz padh rahe the aur tamam sahaba un ke peeche khade hue, tamam anbiya se khadi hui thi. to aap ko woh darja hasil hai ke anbiya ki saf mein khadi hui hain aap,
1:00:31
aap, aap ko Allah ki nemmat par shukr karna chahiye ke quran agar mehfooz na hota. yaad rakhiye, agar quran mehfooz na hota to yeh darja kaise milta hai aap ko? jaise pichhle anbiya ki kitabein mehfooz nahin hain to un ke manne walon ke liye na nemmat hasil nahin hai. pichhle anbiya par kitabein bheji gayin, woh mehfooz nahin hain. to quran mehfooz hai, as it is. is ki wajah se aap ko yeh darja mil raha hai ke aap nabiyon ke saf mein khade ho sake. agar aap ke andar neeyat durust hai to hargiz negative khayalat mat laiye. aur jis aadmi ko aap quran pesh karein, woh chahe padha jaye ya taaq par rakh de, yeh aap ki zimmedari nahin hai.
1:01:31
aap ne is ke haath mein quran de diya to aap ki zimmedari poori ho gayi. to shukr kijiye ke Allah ne aap ko quran ko mehfooz kar ke aap ko yeh mauqa diya hai ke aap woh kaam kar rahe hain jo nabiyon ne kiya. mus kawsar izhar ne usa se comment bheja hai. unhone likha hai: "Maulana Gibbons, he had the human history in mind only when he portrayed the crimes and negativity of the humans. But when we read Quran with contemplation, we have greater picture of God's world, which is zero defect. and when we use common sense, we see the hope for ourselves in this world. we need to make sure we are in nature and common sense." faisal saleem sahib ne likha hai, unhone apni location nahin likhi hai.
1:02:34
un ka comment hai: "molana sahib, once again, what a great session! today i have learned that we need to use common sense to know the existence of god through with all the amenities available to us. we just need to capitalize what we have received from god. automatically the presence of god will prevail." mashallah, mashallah! ayaz ahmed sahib ne jamshedpur se likha hai: "alhamdulillah, quran ko tadabbur ke saath padho." molana, aap ne ek nayi baat hum par wazeh ki ke quran ke mutale ke liye sirf tafsir, tafsir padhna kafi nahin hai, balke khud tadabbur kiya jaye, tabhi aap ko pata chalega ke quran ke ajayeb kabhi khatam na honge.
1:03:27
molana, abhi tak hum log samajhte the ke mukhtalif tafaseer quran ko samajhne ka zariya hain. aaj aap ne hum sab ko ek naya zariya, ek naye zariye se quran samajhne ki baat batai. alhamdulillah, mashallah! molana, agla sawal bheja hai mus shabana ne ahmedabad se. unhone likha hai: "molana, my mind always remains restless, and that makes me impatient in decision making.
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