Insaan… ajeeb makhlooq hai. Mitti se paida hua, lekin dil mein laa-mehdood arzuen le kar duniya mein aaya. Ek taraf saanson ki had hai, doosri taraf tamannaon ki be-haddat. Yehi tazad uski zindagi ka sabse bada azaab ban jaata hai. Insaan ek manzil paata hai to doosri ki talaash mein bhaag padta hai; ek kaamyaabi haasil karta hai to agli ki fikr mein jalne lagta hai. Goya uski zindagi musalsal daur hai — magar manzil kahin nahi.
Khwaahish… ek chamakta hua fareb hai — poori ho jaaye to agli janam le leti hai, aur na ho to dil ko daag daar kar jaati hai. Insaan isi daaire mein chakkar kaatta rehta hai — na milne par ghamgeen, aur mil jaane par bezaar. Dil ki kefiyat aisi ho jaati hai jaise koi musaafir dhoop mein pyasa chalta jaaye, magar saamne ka saraab kabhi paani na bane. Yehi insaan ka almiyah hai — ke wo “sab kuch” chahta hai, magar “kuch bhi” kaafi nahi samajhta.
Zindagi ki sabse badi haqeeqat ye hai ke Allah ne insaan ko mehdood ni’maton ke saath laa-mehdood ehsasaat diye hain. In ehsasaat ka durust masraf shukar hai, magar humne unka rukh shikayat ki taraf mod diya hai. Har aan, har sa’at kisi na kisi khwaahish ki chubhan, kisi na kisi hasrat ki khalish dil mein rehti hai. Natija ye ke dil ki zameen banjar ho jaati hai, aur rooh ke gulshan mein koi khushboo baaqi nahi rehti.
Yehi wo maqam hai jahan Qur’an ki sadaa goonjti hai:
“Wa la’in shakartum la’azeedannakum”
“Agar tum shukar ada karoge to main tumhe aur zyada ata karunga.”
Lekin hum shukar se zyada shumaar mein lage hue hain. Doosron ke paimane se apni zindagi naapne ki bimaari ne hume roohani aflaas mein mubtala kar diya hai. Kisi ke ghar ka saaya dekh kar apni chhat bhool jaate hain, kisi ki gaadi dekh kar apne qadmon ko kostey hain, kisi ki shohrat dekh kar apni izzat ki qadr kho dete hain. Yehi be-itminani, yehi taqabul, insaan ko qaid bana deta hai — khwaahishon ki aisi qaid jiske zanjeer khud insaan ke haathon mein hoti hai.
Akabireen-e-Ummat ne farmaya:
“Qana’at wo daulat hai jo kisi khazaane mein nahi milti.”
Qana’at asal mein ek daakhli aazaadi hai. Jo qana’atmand ho gaya, wo zamaane ka mohtaaj nahi rehta. Wo jaan leta hai ke sukoon paane mein nahi, maan-ne mein hai. Qana’at dil ko wus’at deti hai, aur hawas dil ko tang kar deti hai. Isi liye qana’at karne wale kam cheezon mein zyada khush rehte hain, aur harees log sab kuch paa kar bhi tehi daaman rehte hain.
Khwaahishon ki shiddat insaan ke andar wo iztiraab paida kar deti hai jo use apne Rab se door kar deti hai. Jab insaan “kaash” ke lafz mein jeena shuru kar deta hai to “Alhamdulillah” ki lazzat khatam ho jaati hai. Aur jo “Alhamdulillah” se khaali ho jaaye, wo zindagi se mehroom ho jaata hai.
Duniya mein har shakhs kisi na kisi hasrat ke bojh tale daba hua hai — koi daulat ka maara hai, koi mohabbat ka, koi shohrat ka. Magar asal sukoon na sone ke mahal mein hai, na roshniyon ke shehar mein, balki us dil mein hai jo apne Rab ke faisle par raazi ho jaaye. Raazi hona hi imaan ka jamaal hai, aur shikayat chhod dena hi bandagi ka kamaal.
Hume ye samajhna hoga ke sab kuch mil jaana kabhi mumkin nahi. Agar sab kuch mil bhi jaaye to “mazeed” ki talab khatam nahi hoti. Dar-asal jo shakhs qana’at se mehroom hai, wo hamesha faqeer rehta hai — chahe khazane uske qadmon mein biche hon. Aur jo qana’at kar le, wo badshah hai — chahe jhopdi mein zindagi guzaar raha ho.
Khwaahishon ki zanjeer asal mein insaan ke sukoon ki dushman hai. Ye zanjeer har din nai soorat mein aati hai — kabhi hasad ke libaas mein, kabhi muqaable ke jazbe mein, kabhi shohrat ki hawas mein. Magar yaad rakhiye! Zindagi bohot mukhtasir hai, aur dil ki wus’at itni badi ke agar ise shukar se bhar diya jaaye to sukoon ka dariya behne lagta hai. Aur agar hasrat se bhar diya jaaye to andar ki duniya sookh jaati hai.
Ye baat har shakhs ko apne dil par naqsh kar leni chahiye:
Allah ne jo diya, wo tere liye behtareen hai; jo nahi diya, us mein teri bhalai hai.
Zindagi ki asal kaamyaabi ye nahi ke sab kuch paa liya jaaye, balki ye ke jo kuch paaya hai, us par dil mutma’in ho.
Pas ae insaan! Khwaahishon ki zanjeer tod de, aur apne dil ko shukar ke paron par aazaad kar de,
kyunke sachi zindagi wahi hai jo raazi bar-riza ho — jo Rab ke faislon mein sukoon dhoond le. Yehi bandagi ki miraaj hai, yehi sukoon-e-jaan. 💫
