Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Peace efforts seen as cowardice

“Often, efforts made towards peace are considered cowardice by people. What is the reason for this?”Asked by رفیق صاحب, بینگلور

He answers at 1:00:07 in Man and Paradise · 2 min 11 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:00:07
Maulana, agla sawal Bangalore se hai, Rafiq sahib ka . unhon ne likha hai: "Maulana sahib, aksar aman ki taraf ki gayi koshishon ko log buzdi samjhte hain. is ka karan kya hai?" phir wohi main kahunga ke kyun log majmoo'ay ko le kar raah banate hain? majmooa yeh aisi baatein kehta hai, afraad nahi kehte aisi baatein. bohat se afraad aise hain jo is ke khilaaf rai un ki hoti hai. mein samajhta hoon ke poori tareekh mein yeh ghalti hui hai ke logon ne rai banai majmooay ki dikkat mein. fard ko le kar rai banai hai, kyunke Allah ka aap ko yeh jaanna chahiye ke Allah ka jo creation plan hai, woh mabni par fard hai, mabni par majmooa nahi hai.
1:00:58
Allah ko poori history se afraad select karne hain, poori history se. koi majmooa nahi ke ek majmooa hai, us ko le kar jannat dakhil kar do . koi majmooa nahi, na koi ummat hai, na koi society hai, na koi majmooa hai. sab sab sab jannat dakhil kar do. aisa nahi hone wala. afraad chune jayenge ummaton se bhi aur samajon se bhi. is maamle mein sara confusion is liye paida hota hai ke log jo khaliq ka jo mansooba hai takhleeqi, us ko samjhe baghair khud sakhta tor par rai qaim karte hain.
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