Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

How to stay safe from worldly distractions?

“The world we are living in is full of distractions. While restraining from these distractions, one still gets affected by a few, as they are present in every corner of this world. How can one be safe from all these distractions so that one can lead a pure and righteous life? Kindly make a dua for me so that I can lead a purposeful life in this world.”Asked by Aamir Jan Mori, Kashmir

He answers at 1:06:38 in Importance of Peace · 3 min 15 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:06:38
maulana, agla sawal kashmir se hai aamir jaan mori sahab ka. unhon ne likha hai: "The world we are living in is full of distractions. while refraining from these distractions, one still gets affected from few as they are present in every corner of this world." Maulana Sahab, mai question is: "How to be safe from all these distractions so that one can lead a pure and righteous life?" Maulana Sahab, kindly make a dua for me so that I can lead a purposeful life in this world. dekhen, distraction to evil nahi hai, wo blessing hai. distraction ka matlab kya hai? intellectual challenge.
1:07:29
agar chelenj na ho to duniya mein har taraqqi khatam ho jaye. is raaz ko arlin tair bhi ne samjha. is ne jo kitab likhi hai, bohat zabardast, to is mein jo dikhaya hai ke poori histri mein jo cheez kaam kar rahi hai, wo hai chelenj raspans mekanizm. yani chelenj aata hai, phir insan is ka raspans deta hai. is tarike se ek tisri cheez imarj karti hai, imarj karti hai. is ka kehna hai ke kisi se krritiiviti baqi rehti hai aap ki.
1:08:09
to distrekhshan ko aap evil ko samajhte hain. jab bhi koi distrekhshan samne aata hai to aap ko aata hai ke aap ri-think karen, ri-think karen, apne zehn ko phir se oiken karen, apni soch ko aur bedar karen. main to subah sham raat din ye poori zindagi distrekhshan mein jeeta raha hoon, aur wo is ko hamesha main ne apni ghiza banaya hai. hamesha jab koi nai baat samne aati hai to bas sochta hoon, sochta hoon. mere haan, mere meri tanqeed jo cheez ghalat hai, wo reaction hai. aap positive raspans dijiye, aap bajaye reaction ke positive raspans di
1:08:53
jiye to har distrekhshan aap ko aap ko intellechual food ban jayega. aap ke liye, aap ke yani intellechual dvailpment, aap ko wo yani is is se aap ka intellechual dvailpment barabar badhta chala jayega. koi dusra rasta duniya mein nahi hai. aap chahen ke distrekhshan na ho to natija ke jante hain kya hai? stigneshn aa jayega. yani jab distrekhshan nahi hoga to is ke nateeje mein jo jayegi, wo stigneshn hoga, jamood hoga. to is ko aap positive sens mein lijiye, is ko evil mat samjhiye, is ko blaising samjhiye. to maloom hoga ke aap ye to Khuda ne aap ki aap ki taraqqi ke liye rakha hai, wo masla nahi hai, wo masla nahi hai, wo aap ki taraqqi ke liye zine hain.
1:09:54
maulana, agla sawal aligarh se hai doctor qamar khan sahab ka. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana sahab, jannvari 2013 ka al-risala parha, is se meri aankhen khul gayin.
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