Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Definition of rational thought

“What is meant by rational thought?”Asked by Mr. Vikas Mehta, Mumbai

He answers at 52:30 in Spiritual Light of The Believers (Itmam-E-Noor ) · 1 min 23 sec

His answer, in his own words
52:30
maulana, agla sawal mumbai se hai, mister vikas mehta ka. unhon ne aap se poocha hai: "what is meant by rational thought?" is ke baray mein batayen. dekhiye, yeh ek ek is baat ko yoon samjhein ke scientific daur se pehle dunya mein greek logic chalti thi. greek logic jo base karti thi syllogism par. syllogism ka matlab hai, yaani crossy argument.
53:06
pehlay zamanay mein crossy argument hua karte thay, lekin science ne aisa kiya ke jo haqiqatein chhupi hui theen, un ko is ne khol diya. to scientific daur ke baad aik nai logic aai, scientific logic. to scientific logic yeh hai, yeh rational argument yeh hai ke jo well established facts jo hain, jo well known fact hain, un ki un ki base par kisi baat ko kehna pehle qiyas ki buniyad par baatein kahi jaati theen. ab, yaani established fact ki buniyad par baat kahi jaati hai. yahi hai rational argument. maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai, shah imran hassan sahab ka.
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