Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Diversion towards politics in Abbasid period

“What caused diversion towards politics during the Abbasid period?”

He answers at 1:13:49 in Divine Ideology of Life I · 59 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:13:49
Maulana, un ka ek aur sawal hai. unhon ne likha hai ke "What caused diversion towards politics during the Abbasid period?" to main ne arz kiya ke jab environment, jab rasool Allah ke zamane mein, sahaba ke zamane mein tha, woh woh political power ka nahin tha. wahan koi political power nahin thi. to Lord Acton ne kaha tha ke power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. yahan power ka matlab hai political power. to power corrupts and absolute power corrupts absolutely. jaise power aaya to corruption shuru ho gaya.
1:14:32
empire ban gaya to corruption apne peak par pahunch gaya. yeh to sab har ek ke sath ho gaya. jahan bhi power aaya, corruption aaya. yeh to sab aaj yeh to universal phenomena hai. Maulana, agla sawal kya hai? Mr. Muhammad Asif Riyaz ne Patna se. unhon ne likha hai ke Maulana sahib tell us about taqwa
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