Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Damage of Pride for Soul Purification

“What damage does pride do to a person? How does it create a hurdle for purification of one's soul?”Asked by فیروز صاحب, احمد آباد

He answers at 1:07:32 in The Importance of the Quran · 3 min 31 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:07:32
Jazak Allah. Maulana, agla sawal kya hai Feroz sahib ne Ahmedabad se aur unhone aap se poocha hai ke what damage pride does to a person? How does it create a hurdle for purification of one soul? Kya matlab hai? Maulana, pride ke hawale se woh pooch rahe hain ke woh kaise aik damaging ki tarah kaam karta hai ke hamara jo purification jo hum hamesha tazkiya e nafs ki koshish karte hain to is mein kaise rukawat pesh karta hai? Dekhein, pride aap ke ego ko boost karta hai. Jahan pride hoga, wahan ego boost kar raha hoga.
1:08:25
Woh to ego to bohat hi buri cheez hai. Pride ko aap ego se alag nahi kar sakte. Jahan pride hoga, wahan ego hoga. Har har pride ego ko boost karta hai. Doosra kehta hai Maulana, wohi purification mein kaise rukawat pesh karta hai? Self purification? Haan, self purification nahi, tazkiya. To tazkiya ki to zidd hai.
1:09:03
Pride jo hai, egoism aur pride jahan hoga, woh tazkiya ka process ruk jayega. Tazkiya wahan hoga jahan tazkiya ka process chal raha hai. tazkiya ek ek process ka naam hai. waqti, ek waqti cheez ka naam nahi hai. tazkiya ek process ka naam hai. to jahan pride hoga, jahan ego hoga, wahan tazkiya ka process hi nahi chalega. tazkiya ka process hi stop ho jayega. to jis aadmi ko apne ko yani muzakkar shakhsiyat banana hai, usko apne aap ko pride se aur ego se bachana bhi zaroori hai.
1:09:49
dono saath saath nahi chal sakte. Maulana, agla comment Doctor Farida Khanoom ka hai Dilli se aur unho ne likha hai ke those who are involved in the Dawah mission should consider themselves as part of the ghazwa referred to in the Hadith. kya matlab? ke jo log daawa mission mein involved hain. to jo aaj ek sawal bhi aaya tha maulana guzwaye hind ko le ke to doctor farida ka kehna yeh hai ke jo jo log daawa mission se involved hain, woh apne aap ko is guzwa guzway mein shamil samjhein. bhai, yeh hum nahi kar sakte. yeh to Allah ka kaam hai.
1:10:36
humein to dawat ke kaam mein lage rehna hai. jo ghazwa hind wali jo baat hai, woh is ka talluq Allah se hai, hum se nahi hai. dawat ka talluq hum se hai. hum yeh keh sakte hain ke dawat ka kaam karo kyunke woh quran mein likha hua hai. woh to ila sabir rabbik. maulana, agla sawal bhopal se aaya hai shamshuddin sahib ka aur unho ne likha hai ke maulana, you said today that muslims are stick in history and that they live in pride.
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