Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Explaining freedom and paradise to people

“Maulana, it is a great blessing of Allah that He promised eternal paradise to every human for the correct use of their freedom in this brief life. How can this be explained to modern and non-modern people today?”Asked by عبداللطیف, کراچی

He answers at 7:03 in Discovery of God (In Conversation with Maulana) · 2 min 44 sec

His answer, in his own words
7:03
maulana, agla sawal aaya hai mister abdul lateef ka, karachi, pakistan se. unhon ne likha hai: "mera sawal ye hai ke ye Allah taala ki bohat bari blessing hai ke is ne har insan se zindagi ke mukhtasir se hissay mein apni azadi ke sahi istemal par abadi jannat ka wada kiya hai. maulana sahib, ye baat aaj jadeed aur ghair jadeed insan ko kis tarah samjhai jaye?" ab mein sochta hoon ke samjhane ka koi naya tareeqa nahi hai. jo pehle jo tareeqa tha, wahi tareeqa aaj bhi hai. woh yahi hai ke tum
8:01
duniya mein kuch bhi hasil kar lo, lekin thori muddat ke baad is ko chhod kar jaana padta hai. 50 saal, 60 saal, 70 saal aap rahe, is ke baad sab kuch chhod ke chale gaye. to faida kya hua? to aadmi ko chahiye ke woh, yaani maut ke baad jo abadi zindagi hai, us ko us ko yaqeen dilaya jaye ke maut par zindagi khatam nahi hoti. maut ke baad zindagi jo hai, continue rehti hai. ab woh, ab woh abadi hai, eternal hai. to is zindagi ke liye tayyari karo jo abadi hai. waqti zindagi ke liye jeena aur mar jaana, yeh to bohat hi, yaani bohat hi bari nadani aur bohat hi ghaate ki baat hogi.
8:49
ab isi baat ko jitna aap samjha sakein, aadmi ko jitna samjha sakein, kyunke yahi kamzori insaan ki hai ke yeh yaani aaj aaj jo thoda sa faida mil raha hai, usi mein aadmi gum ho jata hai. aur jo bara faida jo baad ko aanay wala hai, us se bekhabar ho jata hai. to insaan ko is is parde ko hatana hai, hatana hai. insaan ki is bekhabari ko todna. jaise hi aadmi jaan lega is baat ko, shaoori taur par, yaqeen ke saath ke is duniya mein bohat thori muddat mujhe mili hai, aur is ke baad maut ke baad lambi muddat jo hai meri, woh abadi hai. is baat ko jab shaoori taur par jaan lega, to inshallah aap woh bohat aasani se apni zindagi ki islaah kar lega.
9:47
maulana, agla sawal aaya hai mr suleash malhotra ka, singapore se. unhon ne likha hai: "in today stressfull times, please share your views on how we all can manage our stress levels and are able to maintain a good work life balance and always maintain positive thinking."
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