Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Meaning of third war in scriptures

“You said the era of war is over and there is no need for war. Then what is the meaning of the third war mentioned in books? Is it the Third World War?”Asked by مولانا عبدالقاسمی, ممبئی

He answers at 1:22:09 in Age of Peace · 1 min 58 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:22:09
maulana, agla sawal ah mumbei se maulana abdulqasmi sahib ka hai. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana, ap ne bataya ke jang ka daur khatm ho chuka hai, ab jang ki zarurat hi baqi nahin rahi. phir tisri jang ka kia matlab hai jis ka kitabon mein zikr milta hai?" kaun jang? tisri jang jis ka kitabon mein zikr? thard world war? thard world war tu koi yeh tu aise bolte hain bas log. yeh koi rasul Allah ki peshingoi tu hai nahin. thard war aik hipostotical war hai.
1:22:47
hipostotical war aisa nahin ke rasul Allah ne kaha ho ya quran mein kahin kaha ho. kahin sahib ji aisa hai? kahin nahin. yeh yeh hipostotical war hai, aik farzi war hai. maulana, woh keh rahe hain ke log aksar aisa bolte hain. han, tu log bolte hain ke is is sense mein ke ab larai agar hogi balfarz tu dunya khatm ho jaye gi, kyunke ab lar koi jeeta hai ke nahin? yani jo fateh karega, us ki fateh mein perk victory hogi. us ko kehte hain perk victory. is tarah se bolte hain.
1:23:22
ise kaha tha na hitler ne? hitler jis zamane bunker mein tha aur suicide karne wala tha, us se pehle us ne kaha tha ke ab jo hai, agar jang hoti hai, yani first war aur second war ke baad jo talkh tajrube ho chuke hain, ab agar jang hoti hai tu kia hoga? no victors, only survivors. no victors, only survivors. yani ab agar jang ho gayi tu koi jeetne wala nahin hoga. is mein chand log bach jayenge, bas yahi hoga. tu ab ab tisri jang ke mani yahi hain ke yani be-natija larai ki aakhri shakal, bas aur kuch nahin.
1:24:08
maulana, agla sawal bangalor se hai. maulana naseerullah sahib ka, unhon ne likha hai: "maulana sahib! nuclear hathiyar ke zamane mein ideology ka power kaise zyada ho sakta hai?
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