Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Explaining the Meaning of Personality Cult

“Please explain what is meant by personality cult (شخصیت پرستی).”Asked by Dr. Farida Khanam, Delhi

He answers at 51:26 in Revival of Islam · 4 min 4 sec

His answer, in his own words
51:26
. Maulana, agla sawal Dr. Fareeda Khanam ne bheja hai Delhi se. unhone likha hai: "Please explain what is meant by shakhsiyat parasti, that is personality cult, is k bare mein batayein." dekhiye, is mein aik bohat hi ahem masla yeh hai k shakhsiyat parasti aur itraaf dono bohat hi zyada aik thin line dono k beech mein hain. kai log itraaf is liye nahi kar paate k kai shakhsiyat parasti na ho. nateeja kya hota hai? k woh apne ko tabah kar lete hain. itraaf to farz hai. yaad rakhiye, itraaf farz. Alhamdulillah, Rabb-ul-Alameen, itraaf ka kalma hai. woh
52:18
aap ko itraaf karna hi parega, warna aap ki aap ka development nahi hoga, aap ki shakhsiyat ka irtaqa nahi hoga. aap ko rabbaniyat ka bilkul yani sabay khabar rahenge aap. to mein manta hoon k shakhsiyat parasti aur itraaf bohat aik thin line dono k beech mein hai. lekin is ko aap paar karna parega. aap ko is dar se k kai shakhs shakhs parasti na ho to apne ko halak kar lenge aap.
52:51
to itraaf hi ko doosre log keh dete hain k dekho, yeh to shakhsiyat parasti ki baat kar rahe hain. halankay woh itraaf hota hai. itraaf mani acknowledge karna. kisi se aap ko sachai mile, hidayat mile to aap ko itraaf karna hi karna parega. aap ko acknowledge karna hoga. bila ma shukra linnasi lamma shukra llah to eteraaf bahut bari neki hai, bahut bara virtue hai, bahut bari ibadat hai. ek baat yeh hai. doosri baat dekhiye, shakhsiat parasti ki definition kya hai? shakhsiat parasti ki difference yeh hai ke agar aap kisi shakhs ke baray mein is quality ko farz kar lein jo quality Allah ki hai, tab yeh shakhs parasti hai.
53:41
masla yeh hai ke aap kahein ke is ke karne se beta paida ho jaye ga, is ke karne se business chal jaye ga, is ke karne se job mil jaye ga. yaani jaisa ke maine aware kiya ke Allah all powerful hai. qudrat ya power sab Allah ke ki cheez hai. to agar aap kisi shakhs ke baray mein yeh mannay lagein ke is ko koi woh cheez hasil hai jo jo Allah ko hasil hoti hai, yaani qudrat, to woh shakhs parasti hai. otherwise, woh eteraaf hai, acknowledge karna hai.
54:19
to shakhsiyat parasti jo hai, woh bilashuba ghair matloob hai. lekin eteraaf to bilashuba matloob hai. eteraaf is baat ka hota hai ke aap ko kisi se hidayat mili, kisi se sachai mili, kisi ne aap ki aankhein kholin, kisi ne aap ko wisdom diya, kisi ne aap ko baseerat di. woh bharpoor eteraaf karna chahiye, open eteraaf, openly eteraaf. yeh is ka kuch bhi ta'alluq shakhsiyat parasti se nahi hai. shakhsiyat parasti woh hai jab ke aap kisi insaan ke baray mein yeh maanein ke is ko koi khaas qudrat hasil hai, is ke munh se jo nikal jaye ga, woh tareekh ko badal de ga.
55:04
yeh sab gumrahi hai. to aap bharpoor eteraaf kijiye aur kisi ke baray mein yeh mat maanein ke is ko koi qudrat hasil hai, is ke karne se kuch tareekh badal jaye gi, is ke karne se logon ki qismatein badal jayen gi. yeh mana maniye, kyunke woh hai shakhsiyat parasti. maulana, agla sawal Chennai se aya hai. Maulana Iqbal Umri ne kiya hai.
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