Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

The concept of taufiq in prayer

“In prayer, we often say 'God grant taufiq.' What is this taufiq?”Asked by Jameel Akhtar, Delhi

He answers at 1:26:34 in Divine Help · 3 min 22 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:26:34
Maulana agla sawal aa hai Delhi say Jameel Akhtar Sahab ka. unhon nay likha hai: Dua mein aksar kehtay hain kay Khuda tofeeq day. yeh tofeeq kia hai? us kay baray mein batayein. dekhein tofeeq jo hai koi مخصوص term nahi hai.
1:26:54
woh aik saada si baat hai kay insan kay pas kia hai? Will hai. Will. Will power bas hai. aap kay pas sirf will power hai. aap yeh nahi kar sakte kay aap barish kay nizaam ko badlein.
1:27:14
sooraj kay nizaam ko badlein. Soil kay nizaam ko badlein. to sara jo nizaam hai jis mein jis kay andar aap ko kaam karna parta hai woh sab Allah kay hukum say chal raha hai.
1:27:33
aap ke paas sirf will hai. to jab aap ek cheez ka faisla karen to aap ne zaati taur par irada kiya ke mujhe aisa karna hai. lekin jab tak jo asbab hain yaani jo natural factors hain wo aap ki mawafiqat na karen aap
1:27:53
kuch kar nahin sakte. to tofeeq kamane ki yahi hoti hai ke khuda ya main ne ek sacha faisla kiya hai ab to asbab ke aitbar se mujhe is qabil bana ke main is faisle ko amal mein la sakoon. to asbab fitri ko mawafiqat mein kar dena ye Allah ka kaam hai.
1:28:12
aur yahi dua ka matlab hai. Maulana aaj ka session ek aur comment jo aaya hai is par khatam karenge. yeh comment aaya hai a raipur se Idrees sahab ka. unhon ne likha hai: One of the very best talks with very clear message.
1:28:32
I learned that people of this century have an open mind to consider and accept new ideas. However, before accepting or rejecting an idea, they do scrutiny based on these three things which is: Firstly, criteria for accepting existence is historical credibility. Secondly, criteria for accepting an idea is logical credibility.
1:28:52
And thirdly, peace is valuable and preferred. Islam has merit of historical and logical credibility and it is based on ideology of peace. Dhawa work should focus on these three merits. theek sahi baat hai. So we will end this session today.
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