Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

How to always realize our helplessness before God

“Man is truly helpless, but he thinks he is in control due to the support given by God. How can we continue to realize our helplessness at all times?”Asked by مس نغمہ صدیقی, دلی

He answers at 1:46:47 in Man and the Laws of Nature · 3 min 2 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:46:47
Maulana, agla sawal Miss Naghma Siddiqui ka hai Delhi se. unho'n ne likha hai: "main is truly helpless, but he thinks he is in control due to the support given by God. how can we continue to realize our helplessness at all times?" yeh to sochne se hota hai.
1:47:13
har mere, mujhe to har tajrube mein is ka woh hota hai jaise ke main farz kijiye yeh uthata hoon, ab is ka yeh dhakan gir jata hai. is ko main girne se bacha nahi pata. isi bajaye helplessness ka tajruba hota hai. yani helplessness jo hai, woh har har lamha tajruba hota hai. is ka abhi main bol raha hoon, aap ko yaad hoga pichhle mahine ek baar meri zuban nahi chal rahi thi, main bol nahi pata tha. to ab yeh to main sochta rehta hoon ke mujhe apni zuban pe ikhtiyar nahi hai. isi jagah main bol raha tha aur bol nahi pata tha. isi isi jagah to abhi abhi tak sochta hoon ke woh kaisa ajeeb tha ke mere paas zuban hai,
1:47:57
mere paas dimagh hai, sab kuch hai lekin bol nahi pa raha hoon main. to yeh to har lamha jo aap beetta hai, aap par ya doosron par, woh is is baat ko yaad dilata hai, reminder hai ke insan helpless hai. ab yani mujhe to har lamha is ka tajruba hota hai. jaise subah mein ek choti si baat karta hoon, subah mein nikla, main apni toliya ko dhoop mein phailana chahta chahta tha. to main dekha to dhoop nikli hui nahi thi, badal tha. to main ne socha ke mere bas mein yeh nahi ke mere aur suraj ke beech mein jo badal hai, hata doon taake mera toliya jo hai, jab tak main wapas aaon to woh sookh
1:48:45
jaye. main aksar yahan karta hoon ke jab main yahan aata hoon to toliya phaila deta hoon aur jab wapas aata hoon to sookh jata hai. to aaj jab main phailane laga to laga ke to badal hain, woh shayad na sookh paye. to main main ne socha ke badal ko main hata nahi sakta, mere bas mein nahi hai. yani suraj chamak raha hai badal ke upar lekin main us ko apne paas bula loon, yeh pasbol nahi hai. to yeh sochne ki baat hai. aap sochein to har cheez mein is ka tajruba hota hai, har cheez mein. yahan tak ke main to baitha rehta hoon, aankh band kar leta hoon, sochta hoon ke meri aankh band ho gayi to kuch dikhai nahi de raha. idhar bhi andhera hai, idhar bhi andhera hai. to aankh agar chhin jaye aadmi se, aap jante hain ke bohat se log hain, un ki aankh chhin jati hai.
1:49:36
to yeh yeh sochne ki baat hai. sochein, aap to har har moment aap ko tajruba hoga insan ke izzat izzat ka. is ka taluq sochne se aur kisi cheez se nahi. maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai mr irfan ka. unho'n ne likha hai: "if an ideal society is impossible, how would you look at medina at the time of prophet after the conquest of makkah?
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