Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Interpretation of Surah Al-Waqia groups

“In Surah Al-Waqia, three groups are defined. One group will be near to Allah and they will be more from earlier generations. What does this mean?”Asked by Ali, USA

He answers at 1:19:12 in The Existence of God-7th · 6 min 34 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:19:12
maulana, agla sawal america say aya hai ali sahib ka. انہوں نے لکھا ہے: "ان سورہ الواقعہ تھری گروپس آر ڈیفائنڈ۔ and this one group will be near to Allah and they will be more from early generation and less from letter generation.
1:19:39
Could you please explain who will come under this group and how can we be part of that? group?" dekhiyay, koi group kay naam lay kar nahi bata sakta kay naam lay kar kay yeh group, woh group. dekhiyay, yeh is is mein jo lafz hai "sulh" ka lafz hai wahan par, lekin murad hai afraad, individuals. to is tarah kay afraad pehlay, yani aisay individuals pehlay ziyada thay, baad kay zamanay mein kam ho gayay.
1:20:06
is ka bohat hi wavis reason hai kyunkay din badan duniya mein distraction barh raha hai. distraction! mere bachpan mein mein gaon mein rehta tha, wahan koi distraction hi nahin. zindagi bohat mukhtasar thi, bohat thore cheezon ke darmiyan apni zindagi guzarta tha, to us waqt distraction tha hi nahin.
1:20:27
ab hazaron distraction hain, 24 ghante. to sab se bara jo farq hua hai, wo distraction ka farq hua hai. isi liye farmaya ke baad ke zamanay mein aise individual, aise afraad kam milenge jo sachai mein aage barhen.
1:20:45
yeh matlab hai is ka, koi mysterious baat nahi hai, yeh bohat hi saada si baat hai. maulana, yeh sawal aaya hai muhammad ans sahib ka dilli se. unhon ne likha hai ke do mahine qabal train mein meri mister saini se mulaqat hui thi, jo government employee thay.
1:21:06
ان سے میں نے دعوت کو لے کر بات کی، وہ کافی impressed ہوئے اور انہوں نے خود he mujh se quran ka hindi translation manga. main ne un se wada kiya ke main aap ko quran doon ga, lekin main ne un se dobara contact karne ki koshish ki aur un se baat na ho pai.
1:21:31
un ke larkay ne phone par baat ki aur us ne bataya ke un ka operation hai. phir ab dobara main ne phone kiya to phir un ke larkay se baat hui aur us ne bataya ke un ke father ki death ho gayi hai. to main ne mister saini ke larkay gaurav se yeh kaha ke aap ke father ki yeh khwahish
1:21:58
thi ke wo quran parhen, to aap is adhoore kaam ko kar dijiye. lekin Gorb ne jawab mein kaha ke main atheist ho gaya hoon aur woh bahut zyada excited ho kar rone laga aur kehne laga ke abhi main atharah saal ka bhi hua hoon aur meri bari behnein hain, un ki shadi bhi nahi hui hai, to kaise yeh sab hoga? to ab wo god
1:22:26
mein believe nahi karta. maulana, mister saini ka larkay bohat ziyada frustrated ho gaya hai, to aap mujhe yeh bataiye ke mujhe kya aur kaise karna chahiye? kya karna chahiye mujhe? un ko yahi samjhana hoga ke yeh sab cheezein to us ko challenge ke taur par lijiye, challenge ke taur par.
1:22:49
hazaron log hain, un ke baap mar jatay hain. hamare hamare apne baap bachpan mein mar gaye, hum log teen bhai thay aur bachpan mein mar gaye hamare baap. to family mein hum koi yateem ban gaye kyunke Allah ke fazl se hamare teeno bhai jo hain,
1:23:09
bohat bare, hum ko bohat kaam kiya unhon ne zindagi mein. to yeh to ek challenge hai, ek ek ek ek zindagi mein jis ko challenge pesh aata hai, wahi to bare bare kaam karta hai. is bachche ko yeh koi samjhaye ke is ko aap negative sense mein kyun le rahe hain? yeh
1:23:33
challenge hai jo aap ko motivate karta hai, aap ko aap ka incentive paida karta hai ke aap aage barh kar ke bare bare kaam karen. to challenge ki nafsiyat yeh hoti hai ke aadmi ki energy ko barha deta hai, thinking capacity barha deta hai.
1:23:53
yani agar baap zinda rehta aur khoob un ko pampering karta to un ko kuch zindagi mein challenge na pesh aata, un ko koi taraqqi bhi na hoti. unki baap agar zinda rehta aur un ki pampering karta rehta to koi koi un ka intellectual development ruk jata.
1:24:14
un ka ab to mein samajhta hoon ke better position mein hain woh ke challenge mein jeena pare ga un ko, jis ki wajah se un ka zehni irtaqa hoga. bare bare planning kar payenge, woh bare bare baatein soch soch soch jayenge. woh ab aise hazaron cases hain ke ke ke bachpan mein baap mar gaya aur unhon ne bohat
1:24:41
bare bare taraqqiyan ki, jis ke jis ka misaal mein khud hoon. mere mere teeno bhai hain, yeh koi baat nahi hai, in ko samjhane ki zaroorat hai ke woh samjhaya jaye ke zindagi naam hai challenge ka. mein khwahish karta hoon in ko aap bajaye Quran dene ke pehli kitab doosri dijiye, yani moral vision
1:25:05
dijiye. agar angrezi parhte hon aur hindi parhte hon to in ko in ko dijiye woh kitab jo hai. ah, kya adhyaye kya hai naam is kitab ka? adhyaye kamyabi ke panch adhyaye kya hain? kamyabi ke panch adhyaye hain? kamyabi ke panch adhyaye kamyabi ke panch adhyaye hindi mein hain.
1:25:28
wo agar wo english jante hon to aap moral vision dijiye, urdu jante hon to raziyat dijiye, hindi jante hon to kamyabi ke panch adyae dijiye. abhi quran mat dijiye, in ko baat ko dijiye ga to inshallah samajh jayen ge baat ko. maulana, agla sawal hyderabad se hai zeeshan yusuf sahab ka.
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