Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Comparing ongoing situations to unattainable ideal

“If ideal society is never possible to achieve, so is it also wrong to compare ongoing situations against the ideal, keeping in mind the fact that we would never achieve the ideal?”Asked by Shantanu Mehra, Melbourne, Australia

He answers at 1:16:02 in The Companions and the Hadith Scholars · 1 min 39 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:16:02
maulana, agla sawal Melbourne, Australia se aaya hai, Mr. Shantanu Mehra ka. unhon ne likha hai: "If ideal society is never possible to achieve, so is it also wrong to compare ongoing situations against the ideal, keeping in mind the fact that we would never achieve the ideal?" dekhen, jo soorat-e-haal hai, jo existing situation hai, us ko idealist hai, na aap ka kab aqdar karte hain aap. ek mafroza ideal, ek ek fardi idealist naam nahin.
1:16:42
is ke bajaye aap yeh dekhiye ke jo bhi situation hai, us mein phir bhi opportunities maujood hain. to main yahan samjha hai main ne ke aadmi ko chahiye ke woh apne zamane ko in terms of ideal na naape, in terms of opportunity dekhe. yani jo situation hai jis mein aadmi hai, us ko idealist na judge kare. us aitbaar se dekhe ke kya opportunities maujood hain. to maloom hua ke bohat maujood hain, enormous opportunities. to bas isi par focus kar de. aur ideal ke liye woh jannat ka, yani woh samjhe ke jannat ki duaen kare, jannat ke liye woh ishtiyaq is ke andar ho.
1:17:26
to idealism jannat ke liye hai. aur duniya mein jo hai, woh opportunities ko talash kar ke us ka avail karna. yeh hai sahi tareeqa kar. maulana, agla sawal Delhi se hai, Dr. Najma Siddiqui ka. unhon ne likha hai: "Curriculum change is considered an ongoing process in the field of education.
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