Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Reconciling acceptance of God's will with introspection

“One of the Islamic teachings is to accept everything happened. Everything happened as a will of God, while on the other hand Islam also inspires us to do introspection, that is to analyze what happened and do re-planning. Please explain how to understand apparently these two contradictory teachings.”Asked by ساجد انور, روڑکی

He answers at 1:02:21 in Realisation of God · 1 min 50 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:02:21
to parh kar kay is mein jo aap kay nazdeek kami baqi hai, woh us ko us ko point out kijiye aur phir woh us par sawal banaiye aap. Maulana, agla sawal Roorkee se hai Sajid Anwar sahib ka. unhon nay likha hai: "one of the Islamic teachings is to accept everything happened. everything happened as a will of God, while in the other hand Islam also inspire us to do introspection. that is to analyze what is happened and do replanning. Maulana, please explain how to understand apparently these two contradictory teachings." to is par bhi aap likh chukay hain. case sahib, is par bhi bohat likha hai. jabr o qadar ke maslay par bohat likha hai, us ko bhi parhein. dekhiye, janab jo Al-Risala hai
1:03:12
January 2014 ka, us mein yeh baat maujood hai, us ko parhiye. January 2014, phir sawal kijiye, tab sawal zyada acha hoga, jawab bhi inshallah zyada behtar hoga.
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