Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

How to do merciless self-introspection

“How can one do merciless introspection of oneself?”Asked by Miss Naghma Siddiqui

He answers at 1:42:42 in The Problem of Evil · 1 min 53 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:42:42
maulana, agla sawal hai miss naghma siddiqui ka. unhon ne likha hai: "how can one do merciless introspection of oneself?" dekhein, aam tor par yeh hota hai ke aadmi apne ko bacha kar rakhna chahta hai, isi liye jhoot bolta hai, toast kar ke bolta hai, baton ko inferior andaaz mein pesh karta hai. dekhein, mein bacha raha hoon, meri ghalti na sabit ho. to yeh to bohat hi... mein is ko third class ki baat samajhta hoon. aadmi ke andar openness hona chahiye. dekhen, agar aadmi yeh jaan le ke mujhe meri meri jo
1:43:27
meri jo kamyabi hai, dunya o akhirat mein, woh isi par depend karti hai, to aadmi is bare mein hote hain, yani kaash ho jayega. jaise jaise ke aaj kal larkiyan baghair booty, apna booty parlour gaye hue, baghair unko tazkar nahi milti. jo booti parliiter nahi jata hai, apne kamre mein aaina dekh kar apni apni ko woh karta hai. To jis jis cheez ke bare mein aadmi, yani kaashs ho, usko qareeb karta hi karta hai. woh usko chhod nahi sakta hai. Woh
1:44:05
to jo kaashs hai is mamle mein, yani jo conscious hai is mamle mein ke mujhe log dekhen to main acha lagoon, to woh apna to apne ko sanwarta rehta hai. lekin jisko yeh jo is mamle mein conscious ho jaye ke mujhe Allah taala ke haan, yani Allah ki rehmaton mein hissa daar banna hai, to woh zaroor karega use. yani woh kiye baghair reh nahi sakta hai. Woh saara mamla yahi hai ke kis mamle mein aadmi conscious hai, kis mamle mein ko usne apna karsan banaya hai. Maulana, agla sawal Mr. Daniyal ka aaya hai Patna, Bihar se.
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