Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Reason for positive change in dawah perception

“You said that earlier people had negative thoughts about dawah, now people's thinking about dawah has become positive. What is the reason for this big change?”Asked by شارخ حسین, دلی

He answers at 1:28:14 in An Intellectual Journey · 1 min 31 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:28:14
maulana sharukh hussain ne delhi se sawal kiya hai, unhone likha hai: "aap ne farmaya ke pehle dawat ke liye log manfi manfi soch rakhte the, ab dawat ko le kar logon ki soch misbat ho chuki hai. is badi tabdeeli ki wajah kya hai?" is tabdeeli ki wajah halaat hain. halaat khud hamara lateral ka ilaqa bahut phaila hai, mujhe mujhe andaza nahin hota jab mein bahar jata hoon ke kahan kahan phail chuka hai. misaal ke taur par, jo maine arz kiya ke pakistan ke ek ek mashhoor aalim aaye the dubai mein, un se discussion hamara hua tv tv par, un se hua to unhone kaha ke aap ki saari cheezein mein padhe hue hoon aur risala to pabandi se padhta hoon mein, aur may ka risala mein intention padh kar aaya hoon.
1:29:06
mujhe pata hi nahin tha ke woh is tarah se padhte hain hamari cheezon ko. to ek taraf to yeh intellectual campaign hai, halaat ne log bataya hai ke takrao ka tareeqa, ladne bhatne ka tareeqa se kuch mila nahin. to aadmi jo hai, zahir hai ke result dekhega, bachche tabaah ho rahe hain, eikhtisadiyat tabaah ho rahi hain, aur har aitbaar se tabaahi tabaahi hai. to second thought to aayega.
1:29:37
to is tarah ke mukhtalif asbaab hain jis se logon ke andar tabdeeli paida hui hai. maulana amanullah mathiyani ne delhi se sawal likha hai, unhone likha hai ke kuch logon ke andar ziyada bolne ki aadat hoti hai, woh badi badi baatein karte hain magar woh koi kaam nahin karte.
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