Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Opinion on consumerism in the hall

“I can see lots of consumerism like Apple laptops, desktops, and Android phones in the hall. What is your opinion?”

He answers at 1:18:21 in Age of Consumerism · 2 min 38 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:18:21
maulana, unka ek aur sawal hai. unhone likha hai: "i can see here in the hall lots of consumerism like apple laptop, desktop and android mobile phones, etcetera. they all are in front of your eyes. what is your opinion?" is mani mein aap ne meri baat samjhi nahi, aap ne suna bhi nahi meri baat ko. shayad aap apne mani mein jee rahe the, aap yahan nahi the, yahan par yahan nahi the. aap aap is se pehle jahan the, wahin abhi bhi wahin the. aap dekhiye, hamein hum ek commission chala rahe hain, ek global mission, international mission.
1:19:00
apni baat ko saare duniya mein pahunchana hai, to aap kaise pahunchayenge? yahan jitni cheezein aap dekhenge, sab zaroorat ki cheezein hain. yaani global modern communication jeete hain hum. hamein ek global mission hum chala rahe hain, to kaise chalayenge? bataiye, is ke baghair chalayenge aap? to ek cheez hoti hai, yaani apni shauk ko poora karna, apni khwahish ko poora karna, apni shaan o shaukat ko poora karna, woh ek alag cheez hai. yeh to bilkul zaroorat ki cheezein hain. yeh mission ke aitbaar se dekhiye, is ko mission ke aitbaar se. mere khayal se aap yahan tashreef rakhte honge, lekin aap maujood nahi yahan par hain.
1:19:44
meri baaton ko suna nahi aap ne. ek fard woh hai jo bas kahin kamre mein jee raha hai, uska maamla alag hai. lekin jo jo man of mission hai, uske maamlaat alag hote hain. man of mission ki zaroorat hai ke is waqt telephone ho, uske paas computer ho, uske paas laptop ho taake saari duniya mein apni baat ko pahuncha sake. woh to aap aap is aitbaar se dekhiye ke meri personal life ko aap dekhiye, mere kamre mein ke main kaise rehta hoon. mission ke aitbaar se main kya kar raha hoon, is ko is is se mat naapiye. aap meri jo personal life hai ke main kapda kaisa hai, meri kursi kaisi hai, mera khana kaisa hai, woh ek alag cheez hai.
1:20:31
is ko alag kar ke dekhiye. aur doosri ke mission ko chalane ke liye main kya kar raha hoon, woh ek alag cheez hai. ya to mission ko aap band kar dein. yeh age jo hai, yeh is mein is age mein hum ko apni baat ko saari duniya tak pahunchana hai, to kaise pahunchayen? bataiye, most modern technique jo hai, woh hum istemaal karenge is ko kyunke woh hamare man ambition ki zaroorat hai. woh aap ise phir se sochiye to aap yeh baat aap ko clear ho jayegi. maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai, miss naghma siddiqui ka
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