Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Why People Work Only for Immediate Gain

“Why is it that people are able to work hard only for immediate gain?”Asked by Dr. Farida Khanam, Delhi

He answers at 57:18 in Save Yourself from Distraction · 1 min 56 sec

His answer, in his own words
57:18
molana, agla sawal dilli se kia hai doctor fareeda khanoom ny aur unho ny ap se poocha hai کہ "Why is it that people are able to work hard only for immediate gain?" دیکھیں، یہ ہے due to an awareness. an awareness to main subah baitha tha yahan par apny parjay mein to yahan par aap dekhty hain
57:42
ky drakht hain, chirya urr rahi hain, hawa chal rahi hai, gariyan aa rahi hain, ja rahi hain. to yeh seen world hai, yeh sab cheezen dikhai de rahi hain. to main ny socha ky aik aur world akhirat ka hai, wo bhi aik isi tarah se aik dunya hai lekin dikhai deti nahi.
58:06
wo, wo, wo bohat unseen world hai. to log jo hain seen world mein bohat aasani se involve ho jatay hain lekin unseen world mein involve karny ky liye bohat ziada sochna parta hai. سوچنے سے بڑھ کر اپنے کو اپنے اندر ڈیٹیکٹ ٹھیک لانی پڑتی ہے۔
58:27
اپنے کو seen world سے آپ detatch کرتے ہیں، تب جا کے unseen world کو آپ جان paty hain. seen world se apne ko detract karna padta hai, tab aap unseen world mein apne aap ko laga paty hain.
58:45
to yeh bohat kam log kar paty hain aisa kyun ky immediate gain jo hai, wo logon ko bohat ziada pasand hota hai. ab kya karain? yeh to insan ki weakness hai ky immediate gain par bhagta hai wo aur wo geen jo baad ko aanay wala hai, chaahay woh kitni hi important ho, woh is se, yaani woh
59:10
koi ignore karta hai, is se ghafil ho jata hai. maulana, agla sawal ahmedabad se kiya? ahmedabad se kamran sahib ne kiya hai aur unhon ne
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