Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

How can man become predictable like nature?

“Just as things in nature are predictable, how can man become predictable?”Asked by مس نغمہ صدیقی, دلی

He answers at 1:10:42 in The Existence of God-7th · 2 min

His answer, in his own words
1:10:42
maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai miss naghma siddiqui ka. انہوں نے آپ سے پوچھا ہے کہ "Just as things in nature are predictable, how can man become predictable?" kya matlab ke maulana, nature jaise predictable hai, jaise maulana aap ne bataya, to insaan kaise predictable ban sakta hai? is ke bare mein bataein nature ki tarah.
1:11:08
dekhein, nature ki jo predictability hai, woh to woh to law of nature ke tehat hoti hai. yaani maaf corruption hai, yaani loha loha rahega, pani pani rahega. lekin insaan mein to, yaani insaan to aik shaoor ke tehat govern hota hai, khud apne faisle se govern hota hai.
1:11:35
to insaan predictable woh ho sakta hai jo Allah se darta ho, yaani lohe aur pani ki tarah nahi ho sakta hai woh. lekin agar woh is ke andar Allah yeh yeh ehsaas jaag jaag parre ke Allah ke haan is ki pooch hogi, woh woh accountable accountable hai Allah ke samne, to yaqeenan aisa ban jayega.
1:12:02
woh to insaan apne ko banata hai predictable, aur matter to woh aisi waisi hai, yaani woh is ka, is ka, woh is ki jo creation hai, woh is ke creation hi ke andar hai maujood. is is ke ab is ka aisa hona baqi insaan to khud se apne ko banata hai, aisa na chahe to na banaye.
1:12:29
aur isi par jannat dozakh ka faisla hota hai. yeh to bohat bari neki hai, bohat bara virtue hai ke insaan apne aap ko predictable character banaye apne andar. molana, agla sawal dilli se hai saadat yar sahib ka.
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