Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Is secular knowledge important for understanding revelation?

“I have seen a lecture on TV channel given by one of the Maulana who said according to Islam, getting knowledge is compulsory to every Muslim. He emphasized that it is applied in religious knowledge only, that is the knowledge taken from the revelation of Allah. But I think that the secular knowledge is also very important to understand revelation of Allah.”Asked by Shah Nawaz Zafar, Delhi

He answers at 1:01:54 in God Particle · 2 min 53 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:01:54
maulana, agla sawal delhi se hai mr. shahnawaz zafar sah b ka. unhone likha hai: "I have seen a lecture on TV channel given by one of the maulana who said according to Islam, getting knowledge is compulsory to every Muslim. he emphasized that it is applied in religious knowledge only, that is the knowledge taken from the wahy of Allah. but I think that the secular knowledge is also very important to understand wahy of Allah. secular knowledge is the study of this world and universe, which belongs to almighty Allah only. everything in this universe belongs to almighty Allah, and that study will definitely give us that vision, which is required to see the creation miracle of almighty Allah.
1:02:46
and then also one can be mature enough to understand the wahy of Allah. in short, we can say that Islam says all the knowledge with wisdom is compulsory to every Muslim. Maulana Sahib, please correct me if I am wrong. aap ne sahi kaha, mujhe is se ittefaq hai. jo hadith hai ke "talab al-ilm farizah, talab al-ilm farizah wala kull muslim" , ilm seekhna har muslim par farz hai. toh logon ne khud se is mein deen badha diya. dekhein, hadith mein deen nahi hai.
1:03:27
ismein sirf yeh batayein ke ilm ko seekhna har muslim par farz hai. apni taraf se isko badha diya. ilm se murad hai deen. mein samajhta hoon ke yeh hargiz izafa sahi nahi hai. quran mein itna zyada tadabbur ke liye kaha gaya hai, sochne ke liye kaha gaya hai: "kainat par ghaur karo" toh kya woh ilm nahi hai? woh yaani quran mein bhara hua hai, aisi ayat bhari hui hain jis mein ke "zameen aasman par ghaur karo" toh woh wohi toh ilm hai, aur kya ilm hai? to mein samajhta hoon ke ilm yaani is hadith mein yeh kehna ke use ilm deen murad hai, yeh galat hai.
1:04:13
har ilm Allah ka ilm hai, har ilm ka talluq har har ilm se hum ko zehni irtaqa mein mufeed faida hota hai. aur jab tak ke yaani jab tak hamara ilm wasee na ho, jab tak hamara ilm wasee na ho, hum na Quran ko samajh sakte hain, na hadith ko samajh sakte hain. to mein aap se bilkul ittefaq karta hoon, aur bilkul sahi aap ne kaha. Maulana, agla sawal hai Azad Shah Sahab ka. unhon ne apni location nahi batai hai. un ka sawal yeh hai: "Please give me the reference of the surah and the ayat number from which one school of thought derives the meaning about Shab-e-Barat, and also tell me if those relevant hadith." Dekhein, Shab-e-Barat jo hai woh Quran mein hargiz nahi hai.
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