Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Is rethinking equivalent to repentance?

“Can rethinking mean repentance? Are both the same thing? Please explain.”Asked by Maulana Farhad Ahmad, Delhi

He answers at 57:07 in The Lesson of History · 2 min 7 sec

His answer, in his own words
57:07
maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai. maulana farhad ahmed sahab ka. aur unhon ne aap se poocha hai ke kya rethinking ka matlab tauba karna ho sakta hai? is ke baray mein batayein. dono ek hi cheez hain. tauba ka matlab bhi hai rethinking. dekhiye, jab rethinking karenge aap to aap sochen ge ke mein ne kya ghalti ki. is ghalti ko phir aap correction karenge is ka. is tarah se aap ne phir dobara theek karenge. yaani bhatke hain to aap sahi rastay par aayenge. mein samajhta hoon ke tauba jo hai, woh isi cheez ka naam hai jis ko mein rethinking keh raha hoon
57:53
. ek aur baat mein arz karunga ke quran mein hai ke summa yatubuna min qareeb jo jald hi karte hain tauba. to rethinking bohat jald karni chahiye. kyunke hota yeh hai ke agar aap ne tauba qareeb nahi kiya aap ne to aap ke andar aap conditioning ki wajah se aap pakka ho jayenge isi mein. phir toba ki tofeeq hi nahi hogi aap ko. thumma y atuboona min qareeb yani ghalati kiya to jaldi se toba karo. jaldi se phir se socho. nahi to kya hoga? conditioning ka process shuru ho jayega.
58:32
agar aap ne toba qareeb nahi kiya to conditioning ka process shuru ho jayega. aur dheere dheere aap ka ehsas barh jayega. ehsas yeh barh jayega ke aap ne ghalati ki thi. yani ghalati ka ehsas barh jayega. agar aap toba qareeb nahi kiya aap ne. yeh bohat ahem ayat hai yeh quran majeed ki. thumma yatuboona min qareeb ke jab ghalati ho jaye to foran toba karo. foran dobara socho. nahi to isi mein tum conditioned ho jaoge aur phir toba ki tofeeq bhi qubool nahi hogi.
59:14
maulana, agla sawal lene se pehle yeh comment parhna chahenge jo iqbal umri sahib ne bheja hai. jo abhi is waqt amravati, maharashtra mein hain aur yeh program dekh rahe hain kuch logon ke sath.
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