Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Handling regrets and past mistakes

“How do we handle the feeling that we should have done a certain thing differently, and how do we handle regrets from the past? What is your comment on this?”Asked by Dr. Farhat Nasreen, Delhi

He answers at 49:31 in Art of Thinking · 3 min 21 sec

His answer, in his own words
49:31
Maulana, agla sawal Delhi se hai Dr. Farhat Nasreen ka aur unhone likha hai: "How do we handle a feeling that we should have done a certain thing differently and how do we handle regrets from the past? What is your comment on this?" kya kya is ka list hai is ka? Maulana, kai baar koi ek cheez hum kisi tareeqe se karte hain aur woh shayad kaamyaab nahi hoti to yeh ehsaas hota hai ke us ko doosre tareeqe se karna chahiye tha. to yeh ek feeling rehti hai. aur jo doosra part hai woh yeh hai ke jo regrets reh jaate hain past ko le ke to yeh in dono ehsasat ko kaise handle kiya jaye? ke koi ek cheez hamein kisi doosre tareeqe se karni chahiye thi aur hum nahi kar paye. dekhiye, sara mamla hai ke result oriented thinking aap ke andar ho.
50:37
aap ko cheezon ko jis criterion se judge karna chahiye woh sirf ek hona chahiye, woh hai result. doosre doosre criterion log apply karne lagte hain. doosre doosre criterion. ek hi criterion hai cheezon ko judge karne ka, woh yeh hai ke result ke aitbar se aap un ko jaanchain. bas aur koi doosra criterion nahi. phir apne aap cheezein set ho jayengi, apne aap jo hai har cheez sort out ho jayegi, apne aap sab cheez durust ho jayegi.
51:20
to ek hi criterion hai, right criterion cheezon ko judge karne ka, woh hai result. jise maine is wajah se misaal di ke hijrat na karte aur kai so sahabi is waqt the, aap lad jaate to marte aur maare jaate to woh sari skill jeopardise ho jati. yani result hi na milta. result to yeh tha ke makkah wale Islam mein dakhil hon, kaba jo hai buton se pak ho, ibrahim ka daur zinda kiya jaye. goal to yeh tha lekin lad mar ke shayad khatam ho jaate aur kuch bhi nahi. to rasool Allah ne is ko result ke angle se socha to aap ne kaha ke ladna nahi, hamein to chale jana hai madina. madina ka matlab kya? replanning of the work. ek planning woh thi jo makkah mein chal rahi thi to work nahi kar rahi thi us waqt.
52:23
to aap ne replanning ki madina mein ja kar jo ke work kare aur us ne work kiya aur poora arab Islamize ho gaya. to jab aap cheezon ko dekhenge result ke angle se to aap hamesha replanning karenge, rethink karenge, apni priorities ko reset karenge. yahi ek hi hai aur yahi tareeqa hai aur koi doosra tareeqa nahi. molana, agla sawal kya hai doctor wasiq ur rehman sahib ne dewas mp se aur unhone likha hai: "were all gazwa wars from badr to fateh makkah and onwards fought for defence only.
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