Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Positive thinking definition and adoption methods

“What is positive thinking and how can it be adopted? Also, can you recommend a book on this?”Asked by Muhammad Faisal, Islamabad, Pakistan

He answers at 47:43 in Doomsday is Coming · 26 min 3 sec

His answer, in his own words
47:43
maulana, agla sawal islamabad, pakistan se aaya hai, jo muhammad faisal sahab ne kiya hai. Unhone likha hai: "Maulana, positive thinking kya hai aur usko kis tarike se adopt kiya jaye? aur iske liye agar koi aap kitaab mujhe recommend kar sakte hain to please mujhe bataiye." hamari to saari kitaabein isi par hain. positive thinking yeh to hamara mission hai. aap hamara magazine jo Arsal nikalta hai, woh yaani chupa hua milta hai, usko aap internet par padh sakte hain, usko us mein bhi har mahine aata rehta hai.
48:25
hamari tafseer jo hai, woh bhi isi mauzu par hai. Hamari saari kitaabein hi yeh hain ke how to develop positive thinking. baqi yeh hai ke kaise aisa hota hai? to yahi to imtehaan hai. Duniya ko dekhiye, quran mein hai ke laqad khalaqnal insaana fi qab. Duniya ko paida kiya Allah taala ne is tarah ke yahan par problem hote hain. darul qabz ke maani hain problem, problem, problem. World of problem. To aaj kal musalmanon ka kya haal hai?
49:01
problem ke khilaf chekhna chalana, yahi unhon ne islam bana rakha hai is ko. yani protest karna ka matlab yeh hai ke aap chahte hain ke problem na ho. aap ghor kijiye ke aap Khuda ki takhleeq ko badalna chahte hain. jab Quran mein saaf saaf likha hua hai ke laqad khalaqna al-insana fi qabbin. Allah ko paida kiya insan ne aur yahan rakha hai ek world of problem mein. yahan to problem hoga, lekin kaisi ajeeb baat hai ke Musalman sab pe doosron ko be-hurmati ka ilzaam batate hain, khud be-hurmati kar rahe hain. Musalman doosron ko ilzaam lagate hain ke Quran ki be-hurmati kiya is ne?
49:45
aur hungama karte hain is ke upar. jalsa jaloos ke hungame hote hain. khud Musalman sab bari be-hurmati yeh kar rahe hain ke Allah ne ailan kiya hai ke hum ne dunya ko banaya hai is tarah ke yahan par problem rahen ge. aap shor macha rahe hain ke problem na ho. aap jahan se dekhen, Kashmir se le kar Egypt tak, Arkan se le kar Palestine tak, yahi to ho raha hai. woh chahte hain ke problem na ho hamare liye. ek no problem world hamein chahiye. to yeh to sab se be-hurmati hai Quran Majeed ki. to dekhiye, yeh yeh muamla Allah ke ke creation plan se juda hua hai.
50:29
yeh Allah ke creation plan hai ke aap ko rehna pare ga world world of problem mein. aap ne ko bachana pare ga phir bhi negativity se, provocation se. yahi to yahi to imtehan hai. kaisi ajeeb o ghareeb baat hai ke jo cheezen Allah Ta'ala ne bator imtehan rakhi hain, usi ko chahte hain Musalman ke is ko khatam kar diya jaye. ek aisi dunya ho jahan koi problem nahi, jahan koi negative tajruba nahi, jahan koi koi provocation karne wala nahi. to yeh to ho nahi sakta.
51:04
that's against the creation plan of God. to Musalman lad rahe hain Allah ke creation plan se lad rahe hain. sari dunya mein, chahe Kashmir ho, chahe Palestine ho, chahe Egypt ho, chahe Pakistan ho, chahe Iran ho, Iraq ho, har jagah Musalman jo bomb maar rahe hain, woh Allah ke creation plan of God jo hai, us ke us ke khilaf bomb maar rahe hain. kaisi bhayanak baat hai yeh? kaisi bhayanak baat hai? aur sawal karte hain ke kaise positive banein? bhai, positive banne mein to jannat mile gi. yahi to jannat ka ticket hai. yaad rakhiye, jannat sirf is ke liye hai jo Allah ki dunya mein, jis ko Allah ne banaya hai dar-ul-qabz ke taur par, wahan par woh apne ko bachaye negativity se aur banaye apne aap ko positive.
51:52
jo provocation se, hate se, tashaddud se sab bachaye apne aap ko. yahi to imtehan hai. isi par jannat hai. aur sari Muslim dunya jo hai, isi mein mubtala hai. main phir kahoon ga ke dekhiye, Allah ka jo creation plan hai, jo takhleeq ka mansooba hai, woh yeh hai ke aap ko paida kar ke rakha gaya hai ek is dunya mein jahan masael hain, masael hain jahan provocation hai, jahan negative tajruba hain. lekin in sab ke bawajood aap ko positive response dena hai. in sab ke bawajood aap ko positive thinking develop karna hai apne andar. in sab ke bawajood aap ko dunya ka khair khwah banna hai, dunya se mohabbat karna hai.
52:37
in sab ke bawajood aap ko dunya ko dushman nahi samajhna hai, balkeh un ka khair khwah ban kar dunya mein rehna hai. yahi yahi jannat ka jannat ke sath ticket hai. yahi jannat ka ticket hai. koi aur cheez nahi hai jo aadmi ko jannat mein le jane wali ho. yeh bilkul tashaddud baat hai ke Musalmanon ne jo bana rakha hai ke falan cheez se jannat mil jaye gi, falan jannat mil jaye gi, woh sab bilkul khud sakhta hain. jannat mile gi sirf is par ke aap negative world mein positive ban kar rahen. yahi jannat ka ticket hai. yahi jannat ke sath ticket hai. aur koi cheez aadmi ko jannat mein le jane wali nahi hai.
53:20
yani negative item rahen ge, negative tajruba rahen ge, aap ko is ke bawajood apne andar positive thinking develop karna hai. to agar kisi ko jannat chahiye to yahi yahi hai rasta jannat ka. aur koi doosra rasta nahin. maulana, agla sawal dilli se kiya hai jameel akhtar sahab ne. unhon ne likha hai: "quran mein kya san o tareekh ke sath qayamat ka zikr hai ya hadith mein is silsile ki baat hai? agar nahin to sainsi san o tareekh par kaise aitbaar kiya jaye?" dekhen, aitbaar ki baat nahin hai yeh.
54:03
yeh probability ki baat hai. quran mein aur hadith mein aaya hai ke baad ke zamane mein bohat si cheezen khulengi. to woh khul rahi hain to un ko aap sochiye is ke bare mein. aap koi bhi aisa nahin keh sakta ke falan tareekh ko qayamat aayi hai, yeh koi keh sakta. lekin yeh sab reminder hain. quran mein dekhen, ayat is ayat ko padhiye aap ja kar ke ghar ja kar ke. ke yeh ayat hai ke "sanurihim ayatina fil afaqi wa fi anfusihim hatta yatabayyana lahum annahul haqq" .
54:44
is ka tarjuma yeh hai ke mustaqbil mein hum dikhayenge un ko nishaniyan, afaq mein bhi aur anfus mein bhi. yani space mein bhi, insan ki zaat mein bhi . yahan tak ke woh khul jaye ke yahi haq hai. is ko ja kar aap quran ki is ayat ko padhiye, ja kar ghor kijiye is ke upar. to koi yeh haq nahin rakhta ke woh kahe ke falan tareekh qayamat aayegi. lekin yeh bilashuba haq rakhta hai ke kahe ke dekho, is warning aa rahi hai, ghor karo, qayamat qayamat aa gayi ho, qareeb. yeh sab probability ki baat hai, yaqeen ki baat nahin hai.
55:25
maulana, agla sawal doctor farida khanam ne kiya hai dilli se. unhon ne likha hai: "muslims are not afraid of qayamat. they think that they say their prayers, do fasting and perform hajj. therefore prophet muhammad himself will intervene and not let anyone go to hell. this belief makes them fearless of doomsday. what is your comment on this?" dekhen, yeh baat bilkul sahi hai. aur yahi baat hai jo yahood ke andar paida hui thi pehle. aur hadith mein dekhen, saaf saaf yeh hai: "latatba'ununa sunan man kana qablakum shibran bishibrin wa dhira'an bidhira'in hatta law dakhaloo dabba jahril ladakhaltoohum." ke tum yahood ki qadam ba qadam pairvi karoge.
56:19
har cheez mein khuda ke yahood ke peer ban jaoge. to yahood ne samajh rakha tha ke "nahnu abna'ullah wa ahbba'uh." hum to Allah ke khaas log hain. "lan tamassana illa ayyaman ma'dudatan." jannat hamare liye hai, jahannum doosron ke liye. theek yahi aqeedah musalmanon ne bana rakha hai aaj. aur tarah tarah ke justification is ke talash kar rakhe hain. yaqeen kijiye, woh sab false false ground par yeh sab aqeeday banaye gaye hain. koi haqiqat in ki nahin hai. jo asal haqiqat hai, woh sirf yeh hai ke "laysa lil insani illa ma sa'a" . "laysa lil insani illa ma sa'a ." insan ko wohi milega jis ki us ne koshish ki.
57:00
bas. insan ko wohi milega jis ke liye us ne koshish ki. yeh sare false ground par banaye hue aqeeday hain, woh bilashuba un ki koi buniyad nahin hai. maulana, agla sawal srinagar se riyaz ahmed bhatt sahab ne kiya hai. unhon ne likha hai: "the duty of today's day is to aware the mankind about doomsday with more vigor and forceful way to counter the designs of evil." maulana, "what kind of methods can be useful beyond distribution of dawa literature? please advise us."
57:44
dekhen, ek hadith hai ke ek hadith mein yeh alfaaz hain ke zameen par koi aisa ghar nahin bachega, chhota ya bada, jis ke andar Allah ka kalma na dakhil ho jaye. "illa yadkhulullahu kalimal islam" . to Allah ka kalma kya hai? quran hai. to mein samajhta hoon ke main target jo hai, woh quran ko ghar ghar pohnchana hai. main target. woh is ko kitna peroo karein ge, kitna follow karein ge, yeh un ka kaam hai.
58:24
It is their problem. hamara nahi hai. ghar ghar kalma, yahan pe dekhein, yaani ke ghar dil mein dakhil karna, ghar mein dakhil karna. "la tabqa ala wajh al-ard bait badr wala wabar illa adkhala Allah kalimata al-islam" . yaani zameen par koi chota bara ghar nahi bache ga. to kaha, hamari zimmedari hai ke Allah ke word ko, word of god ko, ghar ghar mein pohncha dein. dilon mein utar dein, yeh nahi hai. yaani ke dil mein utar dein aur woh kalma parh lein. yeh hamara nishana nahi hai. yeh hamara nishana nahi hai ke in ke dilon ko badal dein, in se kalma parhwa dein.
59:05
nahi, gharon mein pohncha dein, gharon mein. gharon mein pohnchanay ke mani ke jahan insaan rehte hain, wahan woh pohnch jaye. aaj to insaan, aap dekhein, har jagah yaani milte hain aap ko insaan. saari duniya mein aik mobility hai, yahan se wahan insaan aa ja rahe hain, ja rahe hain, har jagah. to aap ko safar kar ke janay ki zaroorat nahi hai falan jagah. khud duniya ke log har jagah aa rahe hain. kahin siyah ke roop mein, kahin taajir ke roop mein, kahin talib ilm ke roop mein, kahin kisi roop mein. to hum ko pohnchaiye. to yeh hadith jo hai, yeh batati hai ke dilon mein utarna yeh aap ka nishana nahi hai.
59:46
balkeh Allah ke word, word ko logon ko un ke haath mein pohnch jaye, yeh aap ka nishana hai. h r zaban mein is ke tarjume, tarjume, har zaban mein umda tarjume kar ke un ko pohnchaiye. aur aur jo doosre literature hain, un ko mein kehta hoon supporting literature. supporting literature. is ke sath sath hamein zaroorat hai ke hum un ko aaj supporting literature bhi dein taake woh is ko, un ko samajhna un ke liye asan ho jaye. yeh to quran o hadith se yeh nishana sabit hai.
1:00:20
is mein kisi kisi ko batane ki zaroorat nahi hai. quran o hadith se yeh nishana sabit hai ke jo word of god hai, us ko ghar ghar pohncha do. logon tak pohncha do. aaj mujhe aik message mila. mr. reet balotra ke bhai hain, singapore mein rehte hain. to woh aik high post par hain, kisi company mein. to aik safar mein unhein aik mulaqat hui aik shakhs se. woh muslim hai aur woh kisi bari company mein hai.
1:00:58
to us ko unhon ne quran ka tarjuma diya. to usay bohat hi, bohat ziyada khush hua. us ne kaha ke mein mudaton se is mein tha ke lekin mujhe quran ka tarjuma nahi mil raha tha. kyunke woh arabi, woh arabi zaban nahi janta tha woh. to is tarah ke beshumar roohein hain jo talash mein hain ke ke kya hai khuda-e-kitab. is mein kya likha hai, woh hum janiye. to aap pohnchaiye logon ko. is logon ko pohnchaiye.
1:01:30
to distribution of quran jo hai, woh main hai. aur baqi kitabein hain, un ki hesiyat supporting literature ki hai. is ke ilawa aap mil kar batayein. aap stage se batayein, woh woh aap kar sakte hain to kijiye. yeh to woh target hai jo har aadmi kar sakta hai. yaani gunga aur behra bhi kar sakta hai. baqi aap ko agar Allah ne salahiyat di hai to aap stage ko istemal kijiye, media ko istemal kijiye. jo jitnay aur zyada kar saktay hain, kartay rahey. yeh to minimum, minimum. yeh distribution of quran jo hai, yeh minimum hai. is kay aagay to aap bohat kuch kar saktay hain.
1:02:08
aur kartay rahey, is mein koi aap ko rokne wala nahi hai. maulana, agla sawal delhi se hai, miss nagma siddiqi ka unhon ne likha hai: "Moulana, when we think of the magnitude of our responsibility, we find ourselves unfit for it. What should we do?" dekhen, yeh to soch sahi nahi hai. kyunkay quran mein hai kay "atqaw allah ma astata'tum, la yukallif allah illa asaa'tum" .
1:02:45
to aadmi ko, jo us ki capacity hai, us kay qadr karna hai. magnitude ko mat dekhiye aap. apni capacity ko dekhiye. yeh galat soch hai kay aap magnitude ko dekhen. apni capacity ko dekhiye. capacity mein agar aadmi kami nahi ki hai to allah ta'ala us ka muqabil qaul ban jayega. kis ki kya capacity hai? us ko arabi mein "us" kaha jata hai. "us". "us" yani capacity. bas mein kya hai? to apnay apnay bas mein jo hai, us ko dekhiye.
1:03:23
baqi kaam to zameen aasman tak phaila hua ho sakta hai. woh aap ki zimmedari nahi hai. maulana, agla sawal roorkee se kiya hai, sajid anwar sahab ne. unhon ne likha hai: "In the quran it has been mentioned regarding a group of people who understood that they were doing right things in this life, but in fact they were following the wrong path, and as a result their acts would come to nothing on the day of judgment.
1:04:00
Maulana, my question is: how can we save ourselves from being part of such a group and recognize that we are always on the right path? Please advise." dekhen, yeh jo ayat hai quran ki, to us ko maujooda zamanay mein aap jo concept hai conditioning ka, usay samajh saktay hain. yeh baat yani ab sabit ho chuki hai, jo researches hui hain insaan kay baray mein, kay paida hotay hi aadmi ki conditioning shuru ho jati hai. paida hotay hi. yahan tak kay yeh kaha jata hai kay maa kay pait mein hai, tab bhi us ki shuru ho jati hai conditioning.
1:04:55
is ka matlab kya hua? kay "Every man is a case of conditioning. Every woman is a case of conditioning, without any exception. " . to ab insaan ki pehli zimmedari kya hui? apnay ko decondition karna. apni conditioning ki deconditioning. yeh aap ki zimmedari hui. yeh pre iman yeh taqaza hai. pre marifat yeh taqaza hai. yeh to karni paray gi. yeh to test ka aik hissa hai. albatta agar aadmi ne apni conditioning ki sari koshishain kar dalin, sach much, phir bhi koi hissa, koi item reh gaya, conditioning ka reh gaya baqi, to allah maaf karega us ko.
1:05:38
lekin aap ko koshish to karna hai. har aadmi ko yeh kaam karna hai kay woh apni conditioning ko toray. apni deconditioning karay. yeh zimmedari hai insaan ki. lazmi zimmedari hai. us se koi bach nahi sakta. bachnay ka aik tareeqa sirf yeh hai kay koshish karnay kay bawajood agar kuch hissa baqi reh jaye conditioning ka, woh na tor pay, to wahan woh maaf kar diya jayega. lekin koshish na karay, yeh qabil e maafi nahi hai. koi bhi lame excuse us kay liye allah kay haan accept nahi hoga.
1:06:18
aur woh sab us ki, us jo jo samajhta hai, bator khud us ne ke hum yeh kar rahe hain, hum woh kar rahe hain, ke hum jahad kar rahe hain, hum islami nizam nafiz kar rahe hain, hum qanoon nafiz kar rahe hain, yeh sab habt ho jayega. habt. kyunke conditioning todi nahi, aur isi conditioning ke tehat khud hi khud tarah tarah ke khud sakhta karname dikhate rahe, woh Allah ke haan qabool nahi hoga. to khulasa yeh hai ke aadmi ki, har insan ki pehli yani zimmedari hai ke woh apni conditioning ko tode. yeh pehli zimmedari hai. is se, is se koi, koi bhi insan is se bach nahi sakta.
1:07:01
maulana, agla sawal kiya hai muhammad yaqoob sahib ne haiderabad se. unhone likha hai: "maulana, ek sahib ne kaha: jisko hum qayamat kehte hain aur is se darate hain, in tamam mushkilat ko door karne ke liye projects banaye ja rahe hain, jis se bacha jayega. aisi surat mein hum kaise inzar karein?" nahi, nahi, aisa bilkul alag baat hai. kahan bachaya ja raha hai, banaya ja raha hai, kahan project hai? koi bhi bataye, is ka naam bataye.
1:07:37
misal ke taur par ek cheez mein deta hoon aap ko misal. stephen hawking ne ek tajweez pesh ki hai ke ab yeh zameen rehne qabil nahi hogi, to hamein space colonies banana chahiye. yeh to ek joke hai. yeh khud washa bhi janta hai, stephen hawking bhi janta hai ke aasman mein hum banayenge to wahan kahan se pani layen, kahan se khana layen, kahan se oxygen layen. rocket to aap bhej sakte hain, lekin living insan ko wahan par rehne ka intezam karna yeh impossible hai. yeh to joke hai. yeh jo log intezam baatein kar rahe hain, woh to woh, woh joke ko aap waqai samajh liya aap ne? aur ek sawal qaim kar diya aap ne. koi mujhe bataye, agle sunday ko mujhe bataye ke woh kaun sa intezam hai jo waqatan feasible hai, woh mujhe bataya jaye agle sunday ko.
1:08:28
yeh bilkul joke ki baatein hain. stephen hawking ne jo kaha hai, woh joke hai. joke. woh scientific joke hai. woh , woh koi haqeeqat nahi hai. woh space colonies banayi jayen. bilkul. koi, koi surprise nahi hai is ka. har scientist janta hai ke space colony banana bilkul impossible hai. impossible hai. maulana, agla sawal delhi se kiya hai miss tuti malhotra ne. unhone likha hai: "It is said that man gets glimpses of paradise when he does Dawa work
1:09:02
, but is it that man gets glimpses of hell when he does evil? Please comment." glimpse ki jo baat hai, to is dhang par to mein nahi keh sakta ke aadmi jab koi burai kar raha hai to woh glimpse us ke dekhega. lekin ek aur tareeqe se hadith mein aaya hai, yeh ke "إن شدة الحر من فح جہنم" । yeh jo garmi hoti hai, is mein sakht garmi hoti hai. aadmi pareshan ho jata hai. to is ko le kar yeh hadith hai ke "إن شدة الحر من فح جہنم" । yani mausam, garmi ke mausam mein jo shadeed garmi hoti hai, woh, woh jahannum ki phoonk se hoti hai.
1:09:50
to is ka yeh matlab nahi ke jahannum phoonk, koi, yani koi, yani koi janwar hai, ajdaha hai, phoonkta hai to garmi aa jati hai. yeh matlab nahi hai. yani is ka matlab yeh hai ke tum garmi ki shiddat ko dekh kar jahannum ki shiddat ka tasawwur kar sakte ho. yani is ka matlab yeh hai ke garmi ki shiddat jahannum ko understandable banati hai. yeh matlab is hadith ka hai. garmi ki shiddat ka jo tajurba hota hai insan ko, us se jahannum ka mamla aadmi ke liye understandable ho jata hai. yeh, yeh aaya hai hadith mein.
1:10:32
ab is se aap ka sawal ka jawab hota hai ya nahi hota hai, aap samajh sakte hain. maulana, agla sawal kiya hai tamil nadu se maulana iqbal umri ne. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana, ek sahab ne kaha ke sare problem ka solution islam ne diya hai. agar islami hukoomat aa jaye to problem free dunya banana mumkin hai. maulana, aisa kehna kahan tak sahi hai?" sahi ka be buniyad hai. sab se pehle is ayat ko batayein woh. quran ki is ayat ko batayein. yeh to bilkul ek be sarpar ki baatein hain yeh sab. ek ayat batayein jis mein likha ho ke tamam dunya ke masail ka hal quran mein hai aur quran ki hukoomat qaim karo to bas sare masail hal ho jayenge.
1:11:23
kahan likha hua hai quran mein? yeh to khud sakhta baatein hain. is mauzu par jitni bhi kitabein aur mazameen jo maine padhe hain, woh sirf bayania andaaz mein hote hain. bayania. is mein na koi fact hote hain, na koi analysis hota hai, na koi is ka, yani jis ko maine kaha tha, yani well structured model koi hota. jaise pichle is mein maine bataya tha aap ko ke ek arab aaye the hamare paas to maine un se kaha ke bahut mashhoor kitab hai syed qutb ki "al-adalat al-ijtima'iyah fi al-islam" . yani "social justice in islam" . to is mein social justice ka koi well, well structured model nahi hai.
1:12:08
well structured model ko hona chahiye na is mein? woh hai nahi . to kahan se? kahan, kahan? yeh sab baniya daway hain. is ne mana hai woh sare hum ne? kya sahi keh rahe hain? bayania andaaz ki kitab hai woh. yeh sab baatein log kehte hain. main hairaan hoon ke, yani sochte kyun nahi ke jo baat keh rahe hain, us ke, us ka, yani us ko kaha jata hai logic mein ke yeh dar, dar check hai. yeh logic mein ek dar bada aata hai. dar check
1:12:38
. dar check kehte hain aise check ko ke aap ka account bank mein hai, farz kijiye ke pachas hazar. aap ne likh diya pachas lakh ka check. to jab woh jayega wahan to woh cash nahi hoga. kyunke woh amount hi nahi maujood hai wahan par. to aise alfaaz behlana jis ke liye amount, us ke liye koi wahi na maujood ho. us ka cash karne ke liye saman maujood na ho. to sare log dar check issue kar rahe hain. yeh sari is tarah ki baatein jo log karte hain, jo log dar check issue kar rahe hain. koi bataye ke kahan jo mein yeh, maine arz kiya ke well structured model chahiye is system ka, woh kahan hai?
1:13:27
woh, woh hai hi nahi kehein. to yeh sab dar check issue kar rahe hain yeh log aur jante nahi ke woh aisa, woh kya kar rahe hain woh. "innama hi kalimaton wa qailuha kamisdaqaha" . maulana, agla sawal lene se pehle ek comment padhna chahenge jo dilli se bheja hai doctor tahir mustafa sahab ne.
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