Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Maulana's emphasis on positive thinking

“Maulana always used to talk about positive thinking.”Asked by Rohit Kumar, Amritsar

He answers at 58:21 in The Divine Purpose Behind Human Creation · 17 min 25 sec

His answer, in his own words
58:21
and this is what Quran also says in chapter 50. apa, main kuch do comments lena chahunga agla sawal lenay se pehlay. yeh comment bheja hai miss farida kamran ne Pakistan se, unhon ne likha hai: "jazak Allah, beautifully narrated and useful session." ah , Maulana Iqbal Umri ne Chennai se likha hai: "masha Allah, aaj ka topic ne phir se Maulana ke mission ko achhay tareeqay se yaad dilaya." apa ne bohat achhi tafseel se aaj baat batai. jazak Allah khaira, apa. apa, Rohit Kumar ji ne Amritsar se aik sawal kiya hai, unhon ne likha hai ke Maulana hamesha positive thinking ko le kar baat kartay thay. ah, lekin kya aisa hai ke kuch negative thinking ah sahi bhi hoti hai? jaisay unhon ne example diya ke agar aap koi aik naya kaam shuru karnay ke liye aap sochen to aik taraf ah aap positive hotay hain kyunkay aap aik naya kaam shuru karnay ja rahay hain, lekin doosri taraf aap ke mind mein yeh bhi khayal aata hai ke shayad aap nakamiyab ho jayen.
59:29
to yeh ek negative thaat hai. to isi liye woh pooch rahe hain ke kya yeh thought ah is the is are these thoughts okay? ah, that in one hand you are positive about starting a new work, but in the other hand you are worried ke shayad aap nakamyab rahen. to is ke baray mein ah woh aap ki aap ka advice chah rah e hain. maine is ko negative nahi kahunga. yeh negativity to woh hai jab hum kisi ke khilaf, kisi ke khilaf koi galat baat sochen, woh negativity hoti hai.
1:00:02
ab aap koi bhi bara kaam karne ja rahe hain to yeh to sochen ge ke is ka nateeja kya nikle ga. yeh to bilkul natural hai, nateeja kya nikle ga? ab bas ek baat yeh bhi hai ke jo log risk lete hain, kai baar un ko nuqsan hota hai, lekin agar risk nahi len to koi bara kaam kar bhi nahi sakte. bilkul ji ji kehte hain, woh ek misal hai na ke jahaz jo hain, woh kya hai, woh harbor harbor mein rehne ke liye nahi banaye gaye hain. ji yaad hai aap ko? haan, kuch achi si misal hai. ji bilkul baat samajh aa rahi hai jo aap bata rahe hain. to agar jahaz jaye ga jab samandar mein to kabhi toofan bhi aaye
1:00:41
ga. ji ji is ka matlab yeh nahi ke harbor mein woh khara rahe. ji to thora to yeh sab tajurba, in cheezon ko tajurbaat, tajurba samjha karien. bilkul ek koi bohat bari company thi, naam yaad nahi aa raha hai, to us mein ek aadmi manager rakha gaya. to us ne koi risk liya aur bohat us mein bhari nuqsan ho gaya. hmm ab woh bohat dar raha tha ke is ka malik jo hai, woh bohat ghusa hoga. to malik kuch bhi nahi ghusa hua, malik aur khush hua ke tum ne itna bara risk liya. kyun ke har bara kaam ke liye risk lena hi parta hai, lekin bohat achay se
1:01:16
soch ke kaam karna chahiye. mashware, mashwara bhi zaroor karna chahiye. aur apa, loss ke bhi na do pehlu hote hain. ek to loss at itself aur doosri cheez yahi jo aap ne kaha ke learning from that loss. matlab aap ko kya experience milta hai is loss se? and aksar yeh bhi hai ke when you lose something or you suffer something negative, then you turn towards God for its compensation. and who can be a better compensator then God himself, because woh minus ko plus kar sakte hain. to har loss mein mayoos nahi hona hai, har loss se ek experience lena hai, jaise aap ne kaha, ek learning leni hai.
1:01:54
and then turning towards God for the right direction, for the right adv voice. Acha woh shayad aisa hai ke ships are safe in the harbour, but they are not made for that purpose. cheez to Quran o Hadees ke mutabiq wohi hai. Surah Al-Rad mein aaya hai, chapter 13, verse 28: "Suno, Allah ki yaad hi se dilo ko itminan hasil hota hai." ji peace to dekhiye,
1:02:57
Allah se jurrne mein hi peace hai, warna peace to hai nahi. kyun ke insaan itna zyada is ki khwahishat hain, itni zyada khwahishat hain ke woh khwahishat kabhi poori hoti nahi hain. ji to peace kahan se mile ga? hmm jab tak hum yeh na samajh lein ke yeh khwahishat is dunya mein poori hone ke liye nahi hain, balke yeh khwahishat is liye hain ke hum janen. agar khwahishat soch lijiye, aap ko hamare andar khwahish na hoti to hamare andar jannat ki bhi khwahish na hoti.
1:03:28
to hum jannat ke liye koshish karen aur yeh janen ke yeh khwahishat jannat mein poori hongi. to is liye yeh khwahishat hain. ji to hum is ka, is is ka jo hai, sahi rukh se woh dekhna shuru kar dein. life ki, life ko sahi rukh se dekhen. ji yeh galat rukh se dekhne ke liye yeh hai. woh samajhte hain ke isi dunya mein ideal milega aur wohi kiya, poori history, human history mein logon ne yahi samjha ke isi dunya mein ideal milna chahiye. toh ideal ki talash mein bohat kaam hue, tamam philosophers kaam karte rahe ideal ki talash mein. aik aik aik philosopher hai abdul karim al jili.
1:04:11
hmm toh is ki aik poora poori theory is ne develop kiya, insan-e-kamil ki. hmm ke woh ideal man, ideal state, ideal society, ideal family, yeh aaj se thori ke woh chala aa raha hai, chala aa raha hai. kyunke woh jo hamare andar ideal basa hua hai, woh jannat ka ideal hai. lekin ab log itna jante nahi, itna samajhte nahi hain. ab sikandar azam ki misaal lijiye, us ne socha tha sari dunya fateh kar ke aik ideal political social system banayenge. ji kahan kar
1:04:47
saka? hmm toh woh toh bohat bahadur insan tha, bohat bashalahiyat insan tha, woh nahi kar saka. toh aik bohat dilchasp aik qissa hai charlie chaplin ka. ji toh charlie chaplin toh bohat hi mashhoor comedian tha, log us ko dekh dekh ke bohat khush hote the us ke shows ko. toh aik din woh aik psychiatrist ke paas gaya, us se kaha ke "I live in constant tension." toh psychiatrist ne kaha "You should watch the shows of Charlie Chaplin." toh us ne kaha "But I am Charlie Chaplin." ji toh woh aadmi jo kaam comedy kar raha hai, logon ko hasa raha hai, woh bhi khush nahi hai. kyunke insan jannat ke ilawa aur Khuda se mulaqat ke ilawa kisi cheez se khush reh nahi sakta.
1:05:39
dunya ki cheezon se woh khush nahi reh sakta. woh sirf aarzii koi cheez aap ke paas aayi hai, koi cheez aap ke paas nahi aayi jis ko aap bohat chahte the. woh thore lamhon mein bhi aap ko lagne lagta hai ke ab is se dilchaspi aap ko nahi rahi. ji isi liye jo bare bare log hain, hero heroine, paise wale, woh ghar badalte rehte hain, gariyan badalte rehte hain ke woh bohat jald un ko bore ho jate hain. ji toh is dunya mein boredom hai, aap ko kuch bhi mil jaye, aap bore ho jayenge.
1:06:11
toh is ka aik aur woh hai ke "I Charlie Chaplin ka I love walking in the rain because no one can see me cry." toh aik baar Maulana ne bohat sare bare bare logon ko encyclopedia mein nikala tha, 402 top ke logon ko. ji toh is mein Alexander, Napoleon, Hitler, Button, Roosevelt waghera, Mother Teresa sab disappear mein mar e. halanke jo hum achieve karna chahte hain, hum toh woh nahi achieve kar sake. in logon ne toh bohat kuch achieve kiya. ji lekin woh is dunya mein asal mein hai hi nahi. woh fulfillment is dunya mein hai hi nahi, toh milega kahan se? is dunya mein toh bas hamari duties hain, duties hain. Maulana kehte the ke aap ko rights jo hain na, woh sab akhirat mein milenge.
1:07:03
is dunya mein sirf duties hain. ji ab Albert Einstein ko le lijiye, most famous scientist in the world. ab Israel jab bana toh logon ne chaha ke isi ko Israel ka pehla president banaye, lekin Nobel Prize bhi us ko mila tha. lekin us ne bilkul inkar kar diya. aur aakhri zamane mein us ne kaha ke "He died at the age of 76." us ne kaha ke "I am alone, I feel like a stranger in the world. " itna qabil aadmi. hmm toh woh bhi aik stranger ki nafsiyat ke sath mara. ji toh asal mein hamein ideology of life ko discover karna hai,
1:07:48
na ke ideology of atom se hamein sukoon nahi milega. yeh toh sab dunya mein chunke Khuda ne potential rakha hai, us ko discover kar ke aik aik tehzeeb banani hai. wohi jo technology bani hai sari, woh sab kitne kaam aa rahi hain Khuda ka paigham sari dunya mein phailane ke liye. toh bas hamein yahi samajhna hai ke yeh dunya jo hai testing ground hai. is ki misaal aap imtehan hall se le sakte hain. imtehan hall mein aap ko jo zaroori saman hai, wohi milta hai. ab aap ko wahan bistar toh bana hua milega nahi, aap ko wahan ah servants nahi milenge. wohan aap ko ji sari cheezen jo aap ko ghar mein milti hain, woh wahan nahin milen gi.
1:08:28
lekin aap ko frustration nahin hota kyunke aap jante hain ke yeh to examination hall hai, yahan to yahi mile ga. ji to isi tareeqe se jab aap platform pe hote hain, wahan aap ko bas zara sa baithne ki jagah mil jaye, aap usi mein khush rehte hain ke jagah mil gayi. ab aap thori chahte hain ke wahan ab aap ko poora ghar milay. ji to yahi is dunya mein agar aap sochen ge ke hamein is dunya mein kaam karne ke awaaq hai, khuda ki marzi ke mutabiq is dunya mein hamein rehne ki ah mauqa hasil hai, naik kaam karne ka mauqa hasil hai, ibadat karne ka mauqa hasil hai, to bas bas aap ka tension khatam. aap ka yahi zindagi ka maqsad hai aur woh poora ho raha hai. to har maamle mein aap creation plan ko samjhiye aur khuda ki marifat ke liye poori poori koshish kari
1:09:18
e. khuda ki yaad mein zindagi guzariye, isi mein sukoon hai. ji bible mein bhi yahi hai: "man cant live by bread alone." hmm quran mein bhi yahi hai. ji aap that brings us to the last question of today session. aap ne bhi jaise ah abhi kaha aur aap ne starting mein bhi kaha tha ke khuda ki marifat mein aap jiyein. to aap we can say that the purpose of human life is is marifat and the life before death is beginning of marifat and life after death is the culmination of marifat. ah but aap yahi aakhri sawal bhi hai isi ko le kar ke kya marifat jo hai, woh ah marne ke baad bhi jaari rahe gi?
1:10:01
ah is ke bare mein aap bataein. is ke bare mein Maulana ne apni kitaab "kitaab marifat" par bohat achhe tareeqe se is ka shayad aakhri chapter hai. ji bohat achhe tareeqe se is par ah likha hai. to insaan ka dekhiye, lamahdood dimaagh hai aur bare se bara scientist bhi do chaar paanch percent hi use kar pata hai. to ab Allah taala ne koi bhi cheez bilawaja to nahin banai.
1:10:32
har cheez ab janwaron ko dekhiye, un ke instinct mein itna hi rehta hai jitni un ko zaroorat hai. to insaan ko itni zyada kyun diya gaya? ah dimaagh is ka matlab hai ke woh dimaagh ah jo hai, woh kahin na kahin is ka istemal hoga. to woh jo lamahdood dimaagh Allah ne diya hai, to woh yahan istemal ho nahin raha hai kyunke yahan ki limitations hain. to is limitations har tarah ki hain: maut hai, barhapa hai, accident hai, bimari hai. yeh sari limitations hain. to is tareeqe se hamari jo creation plan hai, jo Allah taala ne hamein bataya hai, peghambaron ne bataya hai, is ke do phase hain: ek to yeh present world hai aur ek jo hai akhirat ki dunya hai.
1:11:18
to present world mein aaghaz hoga marifat ka aur akhirat ki dunya mein is ki takmeel hogi. to is dunya mein jo hai asal jo kaam hai is dunya mein woh hai jaise companies ke liye recruitment kiya jata hai, waise hi yahan par deserving candidate ka recruitment ho raha hai, selection ho raha hai. aur jitne competent log hain, woh sab alag kar diye jayen ge, chhaant ke, aur aur phir unhi ko akhirat mein mauqa mile ga kaam karne ka. to doosri dunya mein jo ek to insaan ko keh keh ki sari limitations khatam ho hi jayen gi, aur doosri dunya mein farishtay khul kar hamara saath den ge.
1:12:03
ji wahan farishtay invisible nahin honge, visible honge. yahan to invisible hain hamara. jab hum kabhi bohat maslay mein par jate hain, museebat mein par jate hain to farishtay saath dete hain, lekin wahan par hamare saath honge farishtay aur hamara poori madad karen ge. aur wahan koi thakan nahin hogi, kuch nahin. wahan bohat hi joyful activities hongi. yeh joyful activities quran mein aaya hai ke wahan par log bohat sar garam honge, safar karen ge, har kaam karen ge, Allah ki raza ke mutabiq har kaam karen ge, lekin koi thakan nahin hogi, koi kuch nahin hoga. is mein ek aaya hai ke wahan par jab mard log jayen ge shopping karne to wahan se ayen ge to woh aur khoobsurat lag rahe honge.
1:12:53
un ki biwiyan kahen gi: "ab to aur zyada achhe lag rahe hain." to ab yahan dekhiye, shopping karne aap jate hain, kitna thak thaka ke ate hain. ji aur halat kharab ho jati hai. to wahan par jo bhi activities hongi, wahan aap bahut hi joyful activities hongi. wo ji to is tarike se insan jo hai, wahan par farishton ki madad se aala rohani jo hai tajrubaat is ko honge. musalsal marifat ka safar hoga, wahan neend bhi nahi aayegi. jab itni zyada wahan khushiyan hongi to khushi mein neend kahan ati hai
1:13:29
? to wahan par insan musalsal sargaram rahega Khuda ki marifat hasil karne ke liye. aur jab Khuda kabhi kabhi apni jhalakiyan dikhayega to phir insan ab wo sari jo jannat ki khushiyan hain, wo bhi bhool jayega Khuda ki jhalakiyan dekh kar ke. ji to wahan par jo Maulana kehte the "spiritual empire" to us ki beginning yahan hai aur spiritual empire banegi aa khirat mein. to hamein yahi chahiye, yahi ek hi shart hai ke insan Khuda ke plan ko samjhe aur us ke mutabiq apna safar jari rakhe. aur yeh safar jannat mein eternally, eternally jari rahega. wo logon ne sahi kaha hai ke agar hum khali sofa pe baith ke khate peete rahein to bore to ho hi jayenge.
1:14:17
to wo bore nahi hone ka hai. wahan par ab Maulana ne bataya ke wahan musalsal joyful activities hongi aur marifat ki, Khuda ki marifat wali activities hongi. to is tarike se jannat mein hum apna musalsal spiritual development karte rahenge. ji jaisa ke Allah aap ko "for doing a very detailed session in today topic". so we with this we will end today class. thank you for watching aur
1:14:47
program. be back next sunday same time. thank you.
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