Realizing importance of self-study

ji, maulana, agla sawal lete hain. yeh bhopal se bheja hai fahad khan sahab ne. unhone likha hai: "Maulana, you are also a product of madrasa, but you did a lot of self study in the discipline of science, philosophy, English, etc. you learned english in later part of your life. my question is: how did you realize the importance of self study in your own?" dekhiye, dilli mein ek sahab hain, abhi bhi dilli mein rehte hain, wo retired ho chuke hain. to unhone deoband ki wajah se padha, yani molvi wali padhai.

to mein ek safar mein un ka saath tha, ek safar mein hum saath the. to mein ne dekha ke wo bohat achhi tarah english bol rahe the, bohat achhi tarah, fluently. to mein ne poocha un se ke aap to madrasa ke padhe hue hain, english kaise aap jana aur kaise aap seekha? to ek hi lafz mein jawab diya tha unhone. hum hum dono turki ke safar mein the, ghaliban hum dono turki ja rahe the. ek hi lafz mein unhone kaha tha: "junoon, junoon!

\ to wahi jis ko janna hai, wo junoon ka tareeqa ikhtiyar karey. yeh aik hi tareeqa hai, koi bohat se tareeqe nahi hain. seekhne ka junoon paida ho jaye to apne aap hi aap ki fitrat bata di ke kya karna hai, kya nahi karna hai.