Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Explaining freedom and eternal paradise

“It is a great blessing of Allah that He has promised eternal paradise for the correct use of one's freedom in this short span of life. How can this be explained to modern and non-modern people?”Asked by عبداللطیف, کراچی

He answers at 1:08:05 in Religion and Democracy · 2 min 44 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:08:05
maulana, agla sawal aaya hai Mr Abdul Latif ka, Karachi, Pakistan se . unho'n ne likha hai: "mera sawal yeh hai ke yeh Allah taala ki bohat baRi blessing hai ke is ne har insaan se zindagi ke mukhtasar se hisse mein apni azaadi ke sahi istemaal par abadi jannat ka wa'da kiya hai. maulana sahib, yeh baat aaj jadeed aur ghair jadeed insaan ko kis tarah samjhai jaye?" ab mein sochta hoon ke samjhane ka koi naya tareeqa nahi hai. jo pehle jo tareeqa tha, wahi tareeqa aaj bhi hai.
1:08:58
woh yahi hai ke tum duniya mein kuch bhi haasil kar lo, lekin thoRi muddat ke baad is ko chhoR kar jaana paRta hai. pachaas saal, 60 saal, 70 saal aap rahe, us ke baad sab kuch chhoR chale gaye to faida kya hua? to aadmi ko chahiye ke woh, yaani maut ke baad jo abadi zindagi hai, us ko us ko yaqeen dilaya jaye ke maut par zindagi khatam nahi hoti. maut ke baad zindagi jo hai, continue rehti hai. ab woh, ab woh abadi hai, eternal hai. to is zindagi ke liye tayyari karo jo abadi hai.
1:09:39
waqti zindagi ke liye jeena aur mar jana, yeh to bohat hi, yaani bohat hi bari nadani aur bohat hi ghaate ki baat hogi. ab isi baat ko jitna aap samjha sakein, aadmi ko jitna samjha sakein, kyunke yahi kamzori insaan ki hai ke "bal al-ajila wa yadhununa abrahama yawma thaqilaa" yaani aaj aaj jo thoda sa faida mil raha hai, usi mein aadmi gum ho jata hai aur jo bara faida jo baad ko aanay wala hai, us se bekhabar ho jata hai. to insaan ko is is parde ko hatanay, hatana hai, insaan ki is bekhabari ko todna
1:10:21
. jaise hi aadmi yeh jaan lega is baat ko shaoori taur par, yaqeen ke sath ke is dunya mein bohat thodi muddat mujhe mili hai aur is ke baad maut ke baad lambi muddat jo hai meri, woh abadi hai. is baat ko jab shaoori taur par jaan lega to inshallah aap woh bohat aasani se apni zindagi ki islaah kar lega. maulana, agla sawal aya hai mr. slish malhotra ka, singapore se. unhon ne likha hai: "in today's stressful times, please share your views on how we all can manage our stress levels and are able to maintain a good work life balance and always maintain positive thinking."
All questions he answeredThe whole lecture, from this momentWatch on YouTube

Machine transcription. These are his recorded words, written down by software from the Urdu he speaks — so a line may carry a misheard word. Every timestamp above opens the video at that second: one tap and you can hear him say it. Quote it as speech, and link to the moment.