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Worship for Personal Interest vs Love

“After reading Tazkirul Quran, I understand that true worship is to fear and love God, but I feel we worship for our personal interest. Is worship done out of greed still considered worship? And how can we become those who fear and love God?”Asked by محمد انس, دلی

He answers at 1:26:11 in Age of Consumerism · 1 min 56 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:26:11
maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai, muhammad ans sahib ka. unhon ne likha hai: "tazkir-ul-quran parh kar yeh samajh mein aata hai ke asal ibadat Allah se darna aur mohabbat karna hai, lekin mujhe aisa mehsoos hota hai ke hum to apne personal interest ke liye ibadat karte hain. maulana, jo log lalach ke taur par ibadat karte hain, kya yeh bhi ibadat hai? aur kaise hum Allah se darne wale aur mohabbat karne wale banen? is ke baray mein batayen." yeh lalach waghera ka lafz jo hai, yeh to bekhabaron ke alfaaz hain. jantey nahin kuch. lalach mein to nahin janta ke lalach koi cheez hai.
1:26:53
is cheez se acknowledge karna, Allah ko acknowledge karna, lalach kya cheez hoti hai? yeh sab, yeh sab yaani meaningless alfaaz hain jo in logon ko jo jo haqeeqat se bech na ho, naach na hotey hain. isi ko mein kehta hoon ke poori poori qaum intellectual dwarfism ka shikar hai. ise aise alfaaz bolte hain. that is phenomena of intellectual dwarfism. kuch samajhte nahin baaton ko, khwamkhwah ki baatein kar rahe hain. hamari ibadat, hamara zikr, hamara shaoor kya hai? Allah rab-ul-alameen ko acknowledge karna. a
1:27:27
cknowledge karna to bohat hi highest value hai. koi aadmi duniya mein aap ke sath kuch kare to aap us ko acknowledge karte hain. to Khuda ko acknowledge nahin karenge? jis ne aap ko create kiya, jis ne aap ko itni bari duniya di, jis ne life support system ka nizam rakha duniya mein, waghera waghera. yeh sab acknowledgement ke phenomena hain. yeh lalach waghera ka lafz to is dimagh mein paida hotey hain jo intellectual dwarf hotey hain, jin ke andar koi aala thinking nahin hai. yeh to mein kehta hoon ke aala thinking ghayab ho gayi hai. isi liye third class ke alfaaz bolte hain log.
1:28:07
maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai, miss raziya siddiqui ka
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