Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Understanding Sabr as U-Turn

“You said in today's lecture that patience (sabr) is taking a U-turn. I did not understand it.”Asked by Javed, Bangalore

He answers at 1:00:28 in The Method of Planning · 3 min 48 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:00:28
maulana, agla sawal bangalore se kya hai javed sahab ne, aur unhon ne likha hai ke maulana, you said in today's lecture that sabr is taking a U-turn. I did not understand it. Can you elaborate as to how sabr means taking a U-turn?
1:00:51
dikhye, sabr ka matlab kya hai? Patience, tahammul, yani react na karna. sabr ka matlab hai react na karte hue sochna. yani koi soorat-e-haal pesh aayi to aadmi kya karta hai? Foran react karta hai. koi bhi soorat-e-haal pesh aaye, mushtael ho jata hai, ghussa ho jata hai, react karta hai.
1:01:15
to is ka jo ulta hai, woh sabr hai. is ka ulta jo hai, woh sabr hai. to is ka maani hai ke jo instinct jo aata hai aadmi ke mind mein, jo baat hai, isko na is se mutasir na ho kar ke doosra U-turn lene wala.
1:01:38
to practical tor par dekhen, yeh to U-turn hai. aap chal rahe hain, chal rahe hain, society bombing kar rahe hain aur political activity chala rahe hain, lekin koi result nahi nikalta. to sabr karna padega, tab sochenge aap.
1:02:01
yani logon ko bharkane ko bhulana padega, nuksan ko bhulana padega, logon ke sazishon ko bhulana padega. It requires patience. to jab tak aap sabr nahi karenge, aap ke andar tahammul nahi aayega, aap ke andar positive thinking nahi aayegi, aap objective andaaz mein assess nahi kar payenge.
1:02:24
yahi to sabr hai, aur kya hai? Quran mein dekhiye, ek aayat hai fasbir kama sabara uli al-awliya min rusulim la ta'ajjil lahum. to Quran mein sabr ka ulta ajlat bataya gaya hai. sabr ka ulta ajlat, jald bazi.
1:02:47
to jald bazi kia hai? Reaction hai. to reaction ka ulta kia hai? Positive thinking hai. to aap ghor kariye, to amalan sabr ka matlab yahi hota hai. aap khud ghor karenge to aap ko aap par clear ho jayegi yeh baat.
1:03:11
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