Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Political vs Ideological Empire Perception

“People consider a political empire as something great, but they do not consider an ideological empire as something great. Why is that?”Asked by عنایت عمری, حیدرآباد

He answers at 1:13:59 in The Purpose of Existence-9th · 2 min 37 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:13:59
Maulana, agla sawal Hyderabad se aaya hai Maulana Inayat Umri sahib ka. unhon ne aap se poocha hai ke political empire ko log bari cheez samajhte hain, magar ideological empire ko bari cheez nahin samajhte hain. maulana, aisa kyun hai? dekhen, yeh yani soch ki kami ka nateeja hai.
1:14:23
soch ki kami political empire ka political headache hai. jitne bhi emperor hue hain, sab ke liye empire se ek problem thi. alexander se le kar ke obama tak har waqt problem ghire hue hain, har waqt masle mein ghire hue hain. koi neend nahin aati un ki, sleeping pills kha ke sote hain.
1:14:48
to political empire is ke liye hai jo jo yani mein to samajhta hoon ke jo jis ki soch develop na hui ho. mein to kuch bhi nahin samajhta is ko. jo bhi jin logon ko bhi hukoomaten mili hain, jo bare bare uhde pe baithe hue hain, un
1:15:12
ka aap study kijiye qareeb se. raat din problem mein ghire rehte hain, woh ek second bhi unhein azadi nahin sochne ke liye. to mein kaha karta hoon ke hukoomat to headache hai, headache doosron ko de dijiye, aap khud azad ho kar sochiye, azad ho kar apne apne develop kijiye, apne apne yani intellectual development ka kaam kijiye.
1:15:36
abhi mein pichli baar bataya tha aap ko ke india ki sab se bari state hai up. to up mein is waqt jo chief minister hain, woh mr. akhilesh yadav hain. to un ka ek interview chha pa tha times of india mein, bohat detail ke sath. to interview mein unhon ne un se poocha ke chief minister banne ke baad aap koi cheez miss
1:16:00
kar rahe hain kya? to foran kehte hain, "freedom yani chief minister ban gaye aur freedom chhin gayi, to kya faida?" mein kehta hoon, "chief minister banne se aap ghor kijiye, yeh sab ka haal hai. jeddah mein jitne bhi ruler hain, jitne bhi emperor hain, jitne bhi king hain, sab ka haal yahi tha. to is liye mein kehta hoon ke hukoomat ya empire ek headache hai, headache doosron ke hawale kar
1:16:24
dijiye aur aap azadi ke sath apna kaam kijiye, apna spiritual development, intellectual development is field mein jahan koi rukawat nahin. molana, agla sawal karachi pakistan se hai miss samia latif ka.
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