Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Russia's empire collapse despite bomb

“I was talking to a Muslim brother about Dawah. One thing remained: Russia had an atom bomb when it broke. 75 years later when Russia's empire broke, the atom bomb was still there, but seven states separated, it itself broke. So what happened?”Asked by Muhammad Anas, Delhi

He answers at 1:28:30 in Age of Peace · 1 min 8 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:28:30
maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai muhammad ans sahib ka. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana, mein aik musalman sahib se dawat ke baray mein baat kar raha tha. aik baat yeh reh gayi, russia ke paas atom bomb tha, jab woh toota. 75 saal ke baad jab russia ka empire toota to atom bomb maujood tha us ke paas, lekin seven states alag ho gayi, us ki khud toot gaya. ? atom bomb se kya? atom bomb se kya apne empire ko baqi rakh saka? woh atom bomb se kya apne jo states thay, qabze mein thay, us ko baqi rakh saka?
1:29:07
us us europe is se nikal gaya aur jo states theen, sab nikal gaein. aaj russia ki, russia jo hai, aik second class power bana hua hai. second class jo to kis ko? mujhe bataiye ke jis ke paas atom bomb hai, us ko kya mila? atom bomb se kya mila? kisi ko nahi mila kuch. to yeh bilkul mere madness hai. madness yaani be aqli bhi nahi hai, madness hai yeh sochna ke atom bomb banao. hmm, kya karein? molana, yeh sawal dilli se hai muhammad ans sahib ka. unhone likha hai: "molana, main ek musalman sahib se dawat ke bare mein baat kar raha tha ke quran ko logon tak pahunchana zaroori hai.
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