Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

God's scheme and human free will

“Everything in this world happens according to God's scheme, but man has been given freedom of thought and action, so that he can be tested.”Asked by مس صبا حسین, دلی

He answers at 1:21:08 in Material Science Vs Spiritual Science 20th May 12 SLOW · 2 min 30 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:21:08
maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai miss saba hussain ka. انہوں نے لکھا ہے: "Everything in this world happens according to God's scheme, but man has been given freedom of thought and action, so that he can be tested. then what is the role of dua? can man get everything by doing dua to god?" nahi,
1:21:32
dekhiye, dua jo hai quran ke ek ayat se sawal aati hai. quran mein hai: "ilah yصد al-kalim al-tayyib wa al-amal al-salih یرفو", yani allah ki taraf uthta hai pak kalma. pak kalma matlab achhi dua aur us ko upar le aata hai amal salih. amal salih ka matlab hai muwafiq dua.
1:21:56
amal aap ek plan karte hain sahi raste par aur is plan mein jab aap implement karna chahte hain to dua karte hain allah taala se. to to dua jo hai is mein is ke sath sath zaruri hai ke aap jo dua aap kar rahe hain us ke muwafiq amal karen.
1:22:20
agar sirf dua karen, us ke muwafiq amal na kar rahe hon to dua qabul nahi hogi. ek shakhs ne pucha rasool allah sallallahu alaihi wasallam se ke main oont ko bandh kar tawakkul karun ya oont ko chhod kar tawakkul karun? aap ne farmaya ke "ae ilah! fatawakkal, pehle oont ko bandho, phir tawakkul karo." to dua bilashubah bahut hi important hai, lekin dua karne
1:22:43
wala sincere hai ke nahi, is ki sincerity is se rush hoti hai is baat se ke is ke muwafiq amal kar raha hai ke nahi kar raha. misalan aap rizq ki dua kar rahe hain, rizq hasan ki, aur subah sham bistar par pade hue hain aur koi kaam nahi karte to woh dua be-mani hai.
1:23:05
woh dua be-mani hai, yani dua ki dua karne mein aap sincere hain, dua karne mein aap honest hain. yeh establish hota hai is baat se ke aap khud apni taqat ko laga rahi hain isi raste mein. to jab allah taala yeh dekhte hain ke aap sach much sincere hain is mamle mein to is waqt allah ki rah mutabiq aap ki taraf aati hai.
1:23:27
yani khud to aap sincere na hon aur allah se dua karen, yeh kabhi nahi ho sakta. aisi dua kabhi qabul nahi hogi. maulana, agla sawal kanpur se hai mister ashish tiwari sahib ka.
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