Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Importance of patience in Islam and development

“Why in Islam is great importance attached to patience? Please guide us as to how we can develop the quality of patience in ourselves.”Asked by Sajid Anwar, Roorkee

He answers at 1:12:04 in Divine Law of Success 14th Slow · 2 min 14 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:12:04
maulana, agla sawal roorkee se hai, mr. sajid anwar sahib ka. unhon ne likha hai: "Molana, why in Islam a great importance is attached to صبر? dekhie, sabr ka matlab jo hai, sabr koi passive attitude ka naam nahi hai.
1:12:29
sabr ka matlab hai Allah ka jo, jo abhi mein ne kaha ke jo divine plan hai, jo divine scheme of things hai, us se mutabiqat karna. jab bhi hamare muwafiq koi baat hai, us se mutabiqat karna. misal ke taur par, har aadmi azaad hai, aap ki azaadi ko misuse karta hai.
1:12:53
iska misuse karna hamein bura lagta hai, hamein takleef hoti hai. to hamein sabr karna parega, kyunke woh jo kar raha hai, woh to Allah ke di hui azaadi ki bina par kar raha hai. hum uski azaadi ko waris nahi kar sakte.
1:13:17
to sabr ka matlab hai Allah ke, Allah ke muqarrar kiye hue nizam. agar hamein kahin hamare muwafiq nahi aa raha to phir sabr karna. to wa ma sabr ka illa billah Quran mein aata hai. isi liye fassbir kama wa ma sabr ka illa billah sabr karo, kyunke tumhara sabr Allah ke liye nizam
1:13:41
khudawandi se muwafqat jo aap karenge, to aap ko sabr hi karna parega. kyunke woh aap ka ikhtiyar mein nahi hai ke nizam khudawandi ke banayein apne hisab se. woh to Allah ne apne hisab se bana rakha hai. to sabr jo hai, Allah ke jo creation, Allah ka jo creation plan hai, Allah ka jo jo
1:14:06
divine scheme of things hai, us se apne ko mutabiq karna, us se adjust karna apne aap ko, isi ka naam sabr hai. Maulana, agla sawal Tamil Nadu se hai, Maulana Iqbal Umri sahib ka.
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