Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Dealing with negative thoughts

“I often get negative thoughts which I am not able to suppress or control, and as a result I end up taking wrong decisions. How can I overcome this?”Asked by Abdus, Jamshedpur

He answers at 55:08 in Spirit of the Age · 1 min 37 sec

His answer, in his own words
55:08
maulana, agla sawal jamshed pur se bheja hai abdul sahib ne, aur unhon ne likha hai: maulana sahib, I often get negative thoughts which I am not able to suppress or control, and as a result I end up taking wrong decisions. my problem is that I know myself that I am getting wrong thoughts, but I am unable to control myself.
55:29
For example, I am very short-tempered. I also become greedy at times, and sometimes I get depressed. I really want to change myself and want to become a better person. Can you please advise me a practical way, or what should I do which will help me become mentally stronger? is there any dua? maulana sahib, please help me. yeh dua ka masla nahi hai, yeh apne mind ki re-engineering ka masla hai. آپ ہمارا monthly magazine اردو میں پڑھیے، رسالہ انگلش میں ہے، Spirit of Islam اس کو پڑھیے۔
56:08
ہماری کئی کتابیں ہیں، English میں ہیں، World Vision، Simple Wisdom اس کو پڑھیے۔ hamari char kitabein urdu mein hain, raaz hayat, taabeer hayat, rehnuma hayat, kitab zindagi aap parhiye. aur mujhe yaqeen hai ke aap ka yeh mizaj khatam ho jayega. phir koi har insan insan hai.
56:30
aap aap ka jo wrong way of thinking hai, woh woh khatam ho jayega, bas sab theek ho jayega. aap hamari kitabein parhiye. maulana, agla sawal dilli se bheja hai miss naghma siddiqui ne, aur unhon ne likha hai: while we
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