Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Underestimating intellectual power vs overestimating weapons

“To what extent is it correct to underestimate intellectual power and overestimate the power of weapons?”Asked by Farhad Ahmad Salafi, Tamil Nadu

He answers at 58:30 in Don't Be Angry Culture · 3 min 53 sec

His answer, in his own words
58:30
Maulana, yeh sawal aaya hai Tamil Nadu se Maulana Farhad Ahmed Salafi sahib ka. Unhon ne likha hai: "Fikri quwwat ko kamtar samajhna aur Weapons ki taqat ko badh tak samajhna kahan tak sahi hai?" Kuch bhi sahi nahi hai. yeh to galat hi galat hai. Fikri taqat hi badi taqat hai. hathiyar ki taqat koi taqat nahi hai. Yaad rakhiye, poori tareekh mein koi ek bhi misaal aisi nahi hai ke asleha ki taqat se, yani hathiyar ki taqat se, kabhi kisi ne koi badi kamyabi paayi ho. Recently misalein dekhiye, do Super Power the: Roos aur America.
59:24
Roos jo hai, apne Super Power ke zoom mein aur apne hathiyar ke zoom mein dakhil ho gaya Afghanistan mein. Samajhta tha ke hathiyar ke zor par woh apne Afghanistan par qabza kar lega. Lekin aap jante hain ke Roos ko nakami hui, wapas jana pada is ko. Isi tarah se America, jo Super Power tha, woh ghus gaya Iraq mein hathiyar le kar ke. Lekin wahan pe wapas jana pada is ko. To poori tareekh mein
1:00:02
kabhi bhi hathiyar ke zariye koi bari taqat nahi mili hai. Is ke bar aks fiqah ki taqat. Fiqah ki taqat ko wasee tar mani mein lijiyye. Yaani Ideology, Education, Peaceful Activities, yeh sab fiqah ki taqat hai. Fiqah ki taqat ko kisi mehdood mani mein mat lijiyye. Is ko wasee tar mani mein lijiyye. Ideology ko istemal karna, nazariye ko istemal karna, Education ko istemal karna, Peaceful Activities ko istemal karna, yeh hai fiqah ki taqat.
1:00:42
Yaani ek hai Peaceful Activism, ek hai Violent Activism. To fiqah ki taqat ka matlab hai Peaceful Activism ka tareeqa ikhtiyar karna. Aur is ka ulta hai Violent Activism. Yaani tashaddud ke zariye se kamyabi hasil karne ki koshish karna. To zindagi, yaani tareekh batati hai ke kabhi bhi Violent Activism kisi ke liye mufeed nahi hua hai. Jab bhi mufeed hua, Peaceful Activism. Khud India mein aap dekh lijiyye. India mein 1897 mein Angrezon ke khilaf ladai shuru hui.
1:01:25
Bahut maar kaat hui. Lekin azadi kahan mili? Azadi mili jab Mahatma Gandhi ne Non-Violence ka tareeqa ikhtiyar kiya. Hadees mein hai yeh baat wazeh taur par: إن الله یعطی الرفق مولا یعطی العنف yaani God grants to non-viol ence what He does not grant to violence. Khuda Peace par woh cheez deta hai jo tashaddud par nahi deta. Yeh fitrat ka usool hai, tareekh ki shahadat hai, aur Quran o Hadees mein yeh baat wazeh taur par batai gayi hai. Hadees Quran mein hai: إن أصله خير
1:02:14
Yaani parman shakti se aap jab hasil karein, karne ki koshish karein, karte hain ek kaam ko to maqsad hasil hota hai aur koi baat bigadne nahi paati. Jab tashaddud karte hain aap to maqsad to hasil nahi hota aur bahut si baatein bigad jati hain. Maulana, agla sawal Canada se Mr. Abu Hassan ne likha hai: What is the actual truth of so-called Satnic verses?
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