Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

How to save oneself from destruction

“How can we save our self from destruction?”Asked by Afaq Jabbar, Islamabad

He answers at 48:51 in The Creation Plan · 4 min 54 sec

His answer, in his own words
48:51
maulana, agla sawal islamabad pakistan se afaq jabbar sahib ne kiya hai. unhon ne aapse poocha hai ke: how can we save our self from distraction? is ke baray mein batayein. dekhiye, kahan aap distract ho rahe hain, yeh foran aap ko bahar batata hai. aap ke andar jo consciousness hai, woh foran batata hai ke: dekho, yahan tum distract ho rahe ho. to aap ko karna sirf aik kaam hai. jaise hi aap ka zamir ya aap ka consciousness aap ko bataye ke: "tum yahan distract ho rahe ho," to jaldi se is ko avail kiye, jaldi se ruk jaiye.
49:55
aadmi kya karta hai? is batane ko foran dhyan nahi deta, is ko foran ke foran avail nahi karta, wo taal deta hai. dekha gaya, ye ye mizaj khatam kijiye ke jab aap ka andar ka jo insan hai, wo aap ko bataye, toke to within second aap ruk jaiye, wahin koi khade ho jaiye aur lage sochne ke: "is mein kya ghalati hai?" aur phir is ko follow kijiye. to ek hi lafz hai: "follow your consciousness." main ne
50:46
pehlay bohat pabandi se parhta tha, ek ek American magazine aata hai: "Readers Digest." to is mein ek martaba ek article chapa tha, ek article. is mein yahi is ka matlab yahi tha ke: "apni inner voice ko suno, inner voice ko suno."
51:25
andar se jo awaz aaye to foran is ko suno, foran is ko follow karo. to main to samajhta hoon ke yahi ek hi tareeqa hai. kisi mufti ke paas mat jaiye, apne inner voice ko suniye, inner voice ko, aur phir aap ko kabhi bhi wo inner voice aap ki jo hai, wo kabhi aap ko bhatkne nahi de ga. Mumbai se Mahboob bhai ne likha hai: "Maulana, today lecture is once again a very encouraging lecture to me.
52:10
The triggering point for me was when you said: 'A tree can't have that ability to change itself, but humans have the chances to mold themself.' It's a tremendous hope and encouragement for me to stand and commit for the preparation of paradise. Jazak Allah Maulana." Miss Shabina Ali ne Kolkata se likha hai: "War versus ideology is the wisdom behind conquering great fate. Self-discipline, self-planning and self-thinking are the gems required in the making of a peace loving person who will inhabit paradise. One needs to recognize its potential to become a self-made man, so that the angels will welcome in the Jannah.
53:03
Jazak Allah Maulana for giving so many guidelines to ponder in." Dr. Naghma Siddiqui ne Delhi se likha hai: "Maulana, you have explained God's creation plan so simply today, that God has created man and given him a minuscule amount of His characteristics of thinking, analyzing, arriving at decisions and putting them into words. He has created us with a personality full of potential, like a thorny bush. It is our goal to convert it into actual, like a steel personality through one's own planning. For such personalities, God has created paradise. May God give us strength to actualize our personality." Maulana, agla sawal lete hain.
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