Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Role of experience in self-discovery

“Today you talked about self-discovery, but discovery cannot happen without experience. What according to you is the role of experience for self-discovery?”Asked by مسٹر مقل پال, دلی

He answers at 1:40:40 in The Purpose of Existence-9th · 3 min 42 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:40:40
Maulana, agla sawal Dilli se hai Mr. Muqul Pal ka. انہوں نے لکھا ہے: "Today you talked about self-discovery, but discovery cannot happen without experience. "What is, according to you, the role of experience for self-discovery?" Dekhiye, experience to is mein included hai.
1:41:01
aap yaani abstract toh aap nahi soch paate. jab aap sochte hain toh sath sath experience juda rehta hai is se. alag nahi hai woh is se, main is ko alag nahi karta hoon. lekin aik aik aik cheez hai woh jis ko hum kehte hain yaani science mein jo experimental basis
1:41:23
jis ko kehte hain yaani experiment jis ko kehte hain science mein, woh aik alag cheez hai. lekin jo rozmarra ka experience hai, jo zindagi ke, woh toh baharhaal jari rahen ge. is mein aap ki soch bhi jari rahe gi. toh soch aur experience ko mila kar ke aap ka jo journey hai, woh chalti hai.
1:41:48
haan, mera matlab yeh nahi ke aap abstract sochen, khaali experience se guzarte hue sochen. yeh woh is mein lazmi taur par is mein shamil hai, is se alag nahi hai woh. maulana, agla ek comment aur question hai jo canada se aaya hai abu hasan sahib ka. انہوں نے لکھا ہے: "In one of the talks during Ramadan, Maulana Sahib talked about the arrangement of
1:42:16
quran. I too thought for a long time about it. I figured out that the journey of the Quran is that it's a journey from seeker to the caller.
1:42:31
The very first surah is that of a cry of a seeker, and as we progress, we learn about Allah, His will, creation plan, and explanations about it, examples from history. As we approach towards the end, we are asked to rise and warn people, come out of her comfort zones.
1:42:53
In the end, a da'i is emerged, and taught prayers to seek refuge in Allah from people, Satan, and everything which comes as an obstruction in the path of dawah. Is my understanding correct? Kya jis ka is ka hai? Mawlana, woh jo aap ke talks hain, us میں سے انہوں نے اپنی observation نکالی ہے کہ جو پوری ایک انسان کی journey ہے، وہ انہوں
1:43:22
نے بتایا کہ وہ ایک سیکر سے لے کے پھر کالر تک پہنچتی ہے، مطلب as a die. aur unhone bataya ki jo Allah ka jo creation plan hai, aur akhir mein jab insan realize karta hai to woh ek daai ki hesiyat se khada hota hai, aur woh apne aap ko bachata ہے Satan سے اور ان لوگوں سے جو اس کو دعویٰ کے path سے ہٹائیں۔
1:43:51
to woh keh rahe hain ke kya yeh meri soch, yeh samajh, yeh sab sahi hai? main mujhe, mujhe wohi samajh aayi. kya kya is ka? main nahi samajh paya kya matlab hai. maulana, is ko baad mein aap aap samjhe kya matlab hai? is ko to nahi samjha.
1:44:12
mujhe samajh nahi aaya. clear hai, mujhe clear nahi laga. اچھا، مولانا، I read it out separately to you later. achha, theek hai.
1:44:22
ji, maulana, agla sawal raipur se hai idrees sahib ka.
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