Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Definition of a Thinker and His Guidance

“Who is a thinker in your opinion and how should he guide people?”Asked by مس شبانہ انصاری, پاکستان

He answers at 12:09 in Conversation with · 3 min 54 sec

His answer, in his own words
12:09
agla sawal Pakistan se Miss Shabana Ansari ne likha hai. انہوں نے آپ سے پوچھا ہے کہ "مولانا صاحب، who is a thinker in your opinion?" ion and how should he guide people?" is ke bare mein batayen. bhai dekhen, naam le kar main nahin keh sakta ke kaun thinker hai.
12:39
meri definition kya hai, woh bata sakta hoon. kisi ka naam main nahin le sakta. to dekhen, maine bahut janna chaha ke wisdom kya hai. Wisdom. to maine yeh discover kiya, yeh jaana ke "wisdom is the ability to discover the relevant by
13:26
sorting out the irrelevant." "Wisdom is the ability to discover the relevant by sorting out the irrelevant." to main isi ko thinker manta hoon jo yeh kaam kar sake. kyunke is duniya mein dekhen, afkar ka jangall hai. duniya jo hai, hamesha afkar ka jang
13:56
l rahi hai. har aadmi apni apni baat kehta hai. har aadmi ki apni ek way of thinking hai, woh apni baat kehta hai. to thinker woh hai jis ke andar yeh salahiyat ho ke bahut sari baaton ke jangall mein alag
14:16
kar ke dekh sake cheezon ko. yani jo irrelevant baaten hain, us ko alag kar sake aur jo relevant baat hai, us ko jaankar pakad sake. to bade azeem thinker wahi hai jis ke mind mein sari baaten aayen, sari baaton ka jangall ho.
14:36
yeh baat, woh baat, yeh baat, woh baat. to woh thinker nahin hai. thinker wohi hai jis ke andar clarity ho. aur clarity usi waqt aati hai jab
14:56
ke aap relevant ko irrelevant se alag kar saken. Logon ki baaton mein, aap logon ki baaton mein, logon ki tehreeron mein aap dekhenge ke aksar clarity nahin hoti hai. Is ki wajah kya hai? Is ki wajah yeh hai ke woh relevant aur irrelevant ko alag kar ke dekh nahin paate. To dono mila rahte hain, dono baatein un ke ham mili rehti hain. Isi liye woh confusion aata hai. Toh jab aap relevant aur irrelevant ko alag kar ke dekh sakein, tab clarity hogi aap ki baat mein.
15:45
Agar aap alag na kar paayein toh aap ki baat mein confusion hoga. Toh mere aziz, yahi hai thinker ki tareef. Baaki kaun thinker hai, kaun thinker nahi hai, yeh aap khud ghaur kar ke samjhein. Maulana, agla sawal Pakistan se bheja hai ek risala reader ne.
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