Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Is Japan successful because of its beliefs?

“A cleric told that Japan is successful because of its being a follower...”

He answers at 58:19 in Discovery of Modern Age I 10th Feb. 13 · 1 min 53 sec

His answer, in his own words
58:19
maulana, agla sawal aaya hai. ah ah, bhejane wale ne location nahi likhi hai, naam bhi nahi likha hai. سوال یہ ہے، مولانا: "A cleric told that Japan is successful because of its being a follower "of US and not because of it has adopted a peaceful policy." So, this is to someone,
58:42
یعنی ایسے کسی ایسے آدمی کے قول جس کی سٹڈی نہیں کی، followers ہونے سے کیا ہوا؟ follower to bohat se log, kisi ne taraqqi nahi ki. follower ہونے سے ترقی کر جائے گا؟ خود امریکہ نہیں تو وہ کی ترقی کر سکا؟ میں جب america gaya tha ek bar to main ne dekha ke sadkon par sab se shandar jo jo advertisement
59:05
board lage hue the, woh Japan ke the. yani Japan ghusa hua khud America mein. aur aaj jo hai, aaj ki khabar aap dekh lijiye ke aaj ki jo khabar yeh hai ke trade ke mamle mein China super set kar gaya, USSS aage badh gaya.
59:28
تو جب امریکہ تو خود ہی نہیں ترقی کر پا رہا، ترقی کریں گے؟ یہ تو کوئی بات نہیں ہے، یہ تو بالکل ایک stupid بات ہے۔ "You must, you must discover some principle." Follow karna kya hai? Principle yahi hai. aur aap agar aap ko shakk ho to aap kitab padh lijiye.
59:50
ایک کتاب ہے "The Story of Japan." یہ تو آپ نے اپنے مائنڈ سے نکالا، کسی نے ایک ek ek shoshah nikal diya hoga. ek kitab hai "history of Japan." is ko aap padhiye ke Japan ki taraqqi ka raaz kya hai. ab is ko padhiye aap.
1:00:13
maulana, agla sawal Delhi se hai Shahnawaz Zafar sahab ka.
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