Dealing With a Reader Who Would Have Argued
“During a tour, I met a person to whom I had given The Prophet of Peace a few years back. He told me that he had read the book and two more of his family members also read the book. Then he mentioned to me that if instead of the book the author himself had talked to me on this topic, I would have argued with him.”Asked by Sajid Anwar, Roorkee
He answers at 58:39 in Living in Falsehood · 3 min 17 sec
58:39maulana, agla sawal lete hain jo roorkee se hai. sajid anwar sahab ne kiya hai. unhone likha hai: "During a tour, I met one person to whom I had given the Prophet of Peace a few years back. When I met him, he told me that he had read the book and two more of his family members also read the book. Then he mentioned to me that if instead of the book, if the author himself had talked to me on this topic, then I would have argued with him. But while reading, I had no option but to read the book, and thus the author was successful in communicating what he wanted to say.
59:27From this incident, I could discover the role of spreading literature in our mission, as it has not only the multiplying effect but also the power of successfully communicating the ideology. Maulana, is my understanding correct? Dekhiye baat sahi hai. Hota yeh hai ke agar aap kisi se baat karein aur uski jo soch hai uske against mein koi baat aap karein to foran ego clash ho jata hai. Woh defensive psychology aa jati hai uske andar. Defensive psychology. Ke ek aadmi negative soch wala hai, ladai bhadai mein involve hai, aap bolein uske khilaf to foran woh defensive ban jayega.
1:00:15Defensive psychology develop karegi. Aur phir ego clash ho jayega. Lekin jab aap usko kitaab dete hain, woh ja kar apne kamre mein padhta hai jahan woh akela hai to wahan koi doosra nahi hota jisse uska koi ego clash ho. To zyada behtar taur par kitaab ke andar jo likha hua hai usko samajh pata hai. To main samajhta hoon ke literature ko phailana yeh bahut hi basic kaam hai. Aur woh bhi ek kaam hai ke aap is cheez dein, aap logon se baat cheet karein, woh bhi ek kaam hai. Beshak woh bhi karna hi karna hai. Lekin main ek farq bata raha hoon. Ke koi tanqeed agar aap karein kisi aadmi se jab ke woh us mein involve hai to foran woh defensive mein taraf chala jayega.
1:01:02Foran apna difaa karne lagega woh. Lekin kitaab mein kya difaa karega ? Kitaab mein to saamne koi hai hi nahi jisse difaa kare woh. To Quran ka distribution aur yeh jo literature jisko main kehta hoon supporting literature, uska distribution bahut hi important hai. Bahut zyada important hai. Isko filter karne ki zaroorat hai. Jo maine pichli baar 28 November ko Hyderabad mein ek call di thi. Yani operation filter. To woh bahut soch samajh kar woh call di thi maine ke Quran ko aur supporting literature ko filter kar dijiye.
1:01:37Saari duniya mein. Mukhtalif language mein tayyar kar ke. Saari duniya mein filter kar dijiye. Quran ko aur supporting literature ko. Yeh bahut hi powerful tareeqa hai yani da'wah work ka. Maulana, agla sawal Maulana Iqbal Umri ne kiya hai Chennai se. Unhone likha hai: "Tawakkul aur wisdom pe base ki hui planning mein kya farq hai?" Iske bare mein bataein.