Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Problem in striving to please Creator

“I try to become a good person so that my Creator is pleased with me, but I have developed a problem: all the time I feel I am...”Asked by راشد صاحب, لکھنؤ

He answers at 59:13 in Dars-e-Quran, Chapter 2, Verse 255 · 1 min 30 sec

His answer, in his own words
59:13
maulana, agla sawal lete hain jo lucknow se bheja hai rashid sahib ne. انہوں نے لکھا ہے: "مولانا، I try to become a good person so that my Creator is pleased with me, but I have developed a problem, which is that all the time I feel I am falling short of God's expectations, and that He wants me to do more.
59:37
das mix me feel galti al da time. Maulana, is such a feeling normal, or am I developing some sort of a complex? Please guide me. so that i can develop right attitude and right thinking." dekhiye, yeh to sahaba ki sunnat hai.
1:00:01
saare sahaba isi tarah ke ehsaas mein rehte the. kami ka ehsaas, kami ka ehsaas, to kami ka ehsaas to sunnat sahaba hai. kami ka ehsas hi se to aap ke andar ek motivation aata hai, motivation ke mujhe aur karna hai, aur karna hai, aur karna hai. agar kami ka ehsas na ho to to phir to life mein halt aa jayega, aur taraqqi ruk jayegi. Maulana, agla sawal dilli se bheja hai nafis siddiqui sahib ne. unhon ne likha hai: "tamam log prashansa ke bhooke hote hain, woh chahte hain ke un ki prashansa karein, aur woh prashansa par khush bhi hote hain. sawal yeh hai ke prashansa karna ya prashan
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