Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Understanding and managing the ego

“Maulana, to say I was wrong requires a person to manage one ego. So please enlighten us what is this ego and how can we make our self manage this ego?”Asked by زبیر, مراد آباد

He answers at 51:21 in Dars-e-Quran, Chapter 2, Verse 37 · 1 min 12 sec

His answer, in his own words
51:21
ji maulana, agla sawal moradabad se aya hai, zubair sahib ne bheja hai, unhon ne likha hai: "مولانا، to say I was wrong requires a person to manage one's ego. So please enlighten us what is this ego and how can we make our self manage this ego So we can say that I was wrong?
51:53
yeh to sahih hai ke apne ego ko manage karna padta hai, lekin ego ke upar bhi hai wisdom. Ego jo upar nahin hai, upar to wisdom hai. Ab wisdom ko upar rakhiye to ego apne aap manage ho jayega. Wisdom ko supreme banaiye to naj apna, to ego apne aap manage ho jayega. maulana, agla sawal bheja hai tahir saeed sahib ne lucknow se, unhon ne likha hai: "maulana, many people
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