Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Maintaining Peace with Freedom and Violence

“With freedom, man always has the opportunity to misuse it and cause violence. In such a situation, how can we maintain peace? What should be a responsibility to maintain and establish peace?”Asked by یعقوب عمری, شولہ پور

He answers at 1:11:27 in Man and the Laws of Nature · 1 min 43 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:11:27
to doosre ke liye behtar lafz hai development aur pehle ke jo lafz hain, woh change. maulana, agla sawal hai maulana yaqoob umri sahib ka sholapur se. unhon ne likha hai: "with freedom man always has the opportunity to misuse it and cause violence ۔ in such a situation, how can we maintain peace? what should be a responsibility to maintain or establish peace?" dekhiye, peace yaani poora system peaceful tareeqe se establish ho jaye, sari dunya mein yaani peace qaim ho jaye, yeh goal hi nahi hai. kabhi bhi aisa nahi ho sakta. aap sirf ek individual ke andar la sakte hain ideology of peace,
1:12:17
poore system ko dunya bhar ke liye nahi badal sakte. aap woh that is not our goal, kyunke is goal ko achieve karne ke liye phir jaisa ke maine arz kiya, insan ki freedom ko abalish karna parta hai. isi liye jo log yani woh adilana nizam ki baatein karte hain, woh maine dekha ke woh in natural baatein karte hain. adilana nizam kabhi bhi ideal system ban nahi sakta, naam ki baat hai. individual ban sakte hain sirf. to hamara jo nishana hai, woh individual ko yani adil banana, na ke poori duniya ka ka nizam jo hai, us ko adil banana, woh hamara nishana hi nahi hai, kyunke woh possible nahi hai.
1:13:10
maulana, agla sawal aaya hai bangalore se maulana inayatullah umri sahib ka. unhone aap se poocha hai ke halaat ko puraman rakhne ki zimmedari madu par hai ya daai par?
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