Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Critique of doomsday talk and negativity

“Maulana, you talk about developing a positive mind, but you yourself turned negative in your talk 'Doomsday is coming' on 24 November 2013, saying all born now will go to Hell and expressing desire for an early doomsday. Such a narrow and hopeless version of religion can produce frustration and justify violence. How do you reconcile this?”Asked by مسٹر ایس آر کھنا, Mumbai

He answers at 1:05:35 in Personality of A Believer · 6 min 28 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:05:35
maulana, agla sawal mumbai se aya hai mr sr khanna ne bheja hai. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana, you talk in developing positive mind, but you yourself have turn negative in your talk on 24 november 2013, when you delivered a talk titled 'doomsday is coming'. you said that all those born now will go to hell and express your desire for an early doomsday. this kind of narrow and hopeless version of religion can only produce frustration and also ultimately be used to justify violence and mass murder. claiming to know the creation plan of god is the first step towards fanaticism.
1:06:28
do you think condemning the entire humanity to hell can develop peace and spirituality? mein mein aisa kabhi nahi kehta ke kaun hell mein jayega, yeh mera kaam nahi hai. that is god domain. mein kaun hota hoon kehne wala ke kaun hell mein jayega? mein sirf yeh kehta hoon ke aaj kal jo halaat hain, woh bohat hi bigad gaye hain, bohat zyada bigad gaye hain. yani halaat insaan ko bigadne wale zyada hain, banane wale kam hain. aur yeh har aap janta hai, yeh koi aisa nahi ke mein kahoon to aap janenge.
1:07:10
is zamane mein jahan bhi jaiye, wahan par bigaad ki baatein hain. yahan tak ke jo cheezein pehle zamane mein hum samajhte thay ke yeh galat hain, woh ab ab qanoon par nahi. maslan same sex, hum ne bachpan mein kabhi socha nahi tha ke same sex ka word bhi hamare paas nahi tha ke woh woh fakhr ke saath log is ko ikhtiyar karenge. aisi hazaron baatein hain. to mein jo kehta hoon, yeh hargiz nahi kehta ke log falan falan log jahanum mein jayenge. mein kaise keh sakta hoon? yeh mera right right nahi hai.
1:07:53
that not my domain. lekin yeh mein zaroor kehta hoon ke ab ab insaan ko bigadne wale asbab badh gaye hain. har jagah bigaad ke asbab, bigaad ke asbab, bigaad ke asbab. to yeh to ek waqia hai, kaun is ka inkar karega? aap dekhen, har taraf corruption hai, har taraf exploitation hai, har taraf jhoot hai, har taraf. yani yeh hai jo rozana khabrein aati rehti hain ke log rape karte hain aur koi pakad nahi, in ki dhoom se rape karte hain aur phir koi pakad bhi nahi, koi koi saza nahi hoti, kisi ko hoti.
1:08:38
to aap ki kaun nahi janta in baaton ko? kaun khud nahi janta? to mein isi ko kehta hoon, bas hargiz hargiz mein na kaha, na na na socha mein ne kabhi aisa ke mein keh sakta hoon ke falan jahanum mein jayega. yeh kaise keh sakta hoon mein? to is ko aap negative ko kehte hain, yeh koi negative statement nahi keh sakte. aap jo soorat e haal is waqt hai, us ko mein zikr karta hoon.
1:09:07
aap party se jaiye to wahan corruption hai, media mein jaiye to wahan par censors hain, news ko khoob numayan karte hain, maar dhaar ko numayan karte hain. aap market mein jaiye to wahan exploitation hai, aap jaiye kahin officer jayen to wahan favoritism hai, koi kaam karna ho to wahan rishwat deni padti hai. yani kaun sa institution hai, kaun si field hai jahan yeh sab na ho? to zamane ke halaat jo hain, us ko mein kehta hoon, woh sab sab log jante hain.
1:09:46
abhi mein radio sun raha tha to koi ga raha tha, koi aadmi. ab mein kabhi koi radio chalata hoon, gaana aa jata hai to koi aadmi ga raha tha: "dekh tere sansaar ki haalat kya ho gayi, bhagwan! kitna badal gaya hai insaan!" ab ek professional aadmi, is ka ta'alluq na mazhab se hai na kuch hai, woh ga raha tha: "dekh tere sansaar ki haalat kya ho gayi, bhagwan! kitna badal gaya hai insaan!" yahi mein kehta hoon, bas to kaun si nayi baat yeh hai? aap hargiz yeh nahi keh sakte ke mein koi negative reward deta hoon ya kisi ke jannat jahanum ko faisla karta hoon. mujhe is ka right nahi hai.
1:10:30
meri baat ko aap ne galat agree se liya hai. aap right agree se len to woh aap ka bhi wahi soch hogi. aap right agree se len to woh wahi aap bhi sochte honge ke is zamane mein kitni kharabiyan aa gayi hain. kisi bhi boodhe aadmi se poochhiye ke us ke bachpan mein kya halaat the, aaj kya halaat hain? aap ke dada ji zinda honge, un se poochhiye ke aap ke bachpan mein kya halaat the, aaj kya halaat hain? to kaun si nai baat maine kahi hai? is ko aap aise kaise kehte hain ke main negative reward deta hoon?
1:11:03
aap ne meri baat ko galat agree se dekha, is ko sahi agree se dekhiye.
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