Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Love for God despite fear of hell

“Moulana, you once said in a talk that we should develop in ourselves love for God. I have grown listening to the 'fear of God' concept, and it has often been used in the context of hell. Please explain.”Asked by Zubair, Dubai

He answers at 0:47 in Conversation with · 5 min 28 sec

His answer, in his own words
0:47
yeh, aah, pehla sawal hum lena chahenge jo Dubai se bheja gaya hai, Zubair sahib ne kiya hai sawal. انہوں نے لکھا ہے: "مولانا، you once said in a talk that we should develop in ourselves love for God. I have grown listening to 'fear of God' concept, and it has often been used in the context of hell. After I heard your
1:11
talk that we should have love for God, I got curious. I want to know how can we develop love for God, and is it bigger than fear for God?" ji, quran mein dono baatein aayi hain. ek taraf hai ke
1:42
"walam yakhsha illallaha". "walam yakhsha illallaha". nahin dara magar sirf Allah se. to yeh ek pehlu hua.
2:02
dusra pehlu hai: "wallazeena aamanoo ashadd hubballillah". imaan wale bahut zyada mohabbat karte hain Allah se. to main samajhta hoon ke yeh dono hi matloob hain.
2:32
dono mein buniyadi farq yeh hai ke "walam yakhsha illallaha" us waqt zyada ghor karata hai saamne, jab aap aakhirat ko sochein. Aakhirat ke maamle mein khashiyat ka pehlu ghalib hota hai, jaisa ke Sahaba ko hum dekhte hain. Khashiyat, yani qayamat mein jo jawab dehi hogi, accountability, us ko le kar Sahaba aksar khi shiyat mein mubtala rehte thay. Aur jahan tak dunya ka ta'alluq hai, dunya mein jo insaan ka tajruba hota hai, woh sab ka sab mohabbat ilahi ka hota hai. Yeh jab main bol raha hoon, tab bhi mohabbat ilahi hai, kyun ke main sochta hoon ke kaise main bol raha hoon, yeh nutq ki soch mere andar kaise aayi.
3:50
main dekh raha hoon, tab bhi main soch raha hoon ke kaise main dekh pata hoon. main khata peeta hoon, tab bhi main sochta hoon ke kaise mera digestive system digest karta hai aur kaise sara naz am kaam karta hai.
4:21
to jahan tak love ka muamla hai, to har waqt aadmi ko iska tajurba hota rehta hai. yani takhleeq ko le kar sochein, jo hum ko duniya mein milta hai, us ko le kar sochein hum. to sab love ka item hai. lekin jab hum sochte hain aakhirat ke bare mein, to wahan bhi dono cheezein hain.
4:52
hadees mein aata hai ke "al-imaan bin raja wal khauf". imaan khauf aur mohabbat ke darmiyan hai. taqat woh amli bhi soch rehti hai is momin ki ke Allah ka jo maamla hoga mere saath, woh rehmat ka hoga. Yeh soch kar mohabbat ka jazba ghalib aata hai. Aur yeh sochta hai ke aadmi ke Allah pakdega mujh ko meri ghaltiyon par, to dar ghalib aa jata hai. To yeh koi mathemat
5:45
ical baat nahin hai ke fifty percent woh, fifty percent woh. balkeh aadmi par kab, kis waqt, kaun sa ghalba hota hai, kis cheez ka woh zyada ghalib aa jata hai, is par depend karta hai. to Quran mein dono hain aur dono apne apne lehaz se apply hote hain.
6:15
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