Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Obstacle in Taking Lesson from Death

“What is the biggest obstacle we face when trying to take a lesson from death, and how do we clear our minds of this obstacle?”Asked by فاطمہ سارہ, بنگلور

He answers at 1:04:07 in Concept of Death in Islam · 1 min 52 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:04:07
maulana, agla sawal miss fatima sarah ka hai, bangalore se. unhon ne likha hai what is the biggest obstacle we face when trying to take a lesson from death, and how we do clear our minds of this obstacle? baat yeh hai ke insan jo hai, jo cheez dikhai de, us ko to foran woh le leta hai. jo cheez dikhai na de, us ko soch kar us ko lena pade to is mein woh fail ho jata hai. to maut se pehle ki duniya to dikhai de rahi hai, is ka nafa, is ka nuksan, is ka aaram, is ki takleef, is ki khushi, is ka gham, yeh sab dikhai de raha hai.
1:04:58
lekin maut ke baad ka jo khushi o gham hai, aaram o takleef hai, woh dikhai nahi deta. to insan ki kamzori hai ke woh dikhai dene wali cheezon mein jeeta hai. isi liye quran mein hai ke yuminoon bil ghaib jo apne mind, jo quran mein hai ke zalik al kitab ja raha hai fihil mutaqeen allazina yuminoon bil ghaib ilm bil ghaib matlab yeh hai ke jo apna apne mind ko itna develop karein, itna itna intellectual awakening jis ke andar aa jaye, jis ka zehan itna bedar ho jaye, bedar ho jaye ke jo dikhai nahi deta, us par hi soche woh. tab ja kar aisa hoga ke woh maut ki haqeeqat ko samjhenge aur maut ke baad wali jo zindagi hai, us ke lehaz se apni zindagi ki planning karenge.
1:05:59
maulana, agla sawal pennsylvania se hai, mister khwaja kaleemuddin sahib
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