Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Distinguishing divine thoughts from philosophy

“How can we distinguish between divine thoughts and philosophy? Please explain.”Asked by Maulana Iqbal Umari, Chennai

He answers at 1:09:25 in Journey of History · 1 min 8 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:09:25
maulana, agla sawal chennai se hai maulana iqbal umri ka. unhon ne aap se poocha hai: "divine thoughts aur philosophy mein farq kaise karen? is ke baray mein batayen." dekhen, divine thought to base karta hai wahi par yani revelation par, aur philosophy to speculative chalti hai. khud apne mind se aadmi sochta hai, apni apni soch par woh rai banata hai. to philosophy to aik speculative science hai,
1:10:01
speculative discipline hai yani qiyasi ilm, lekin jo divine thought hai woh base karta hai mazhab, woh revelation par, allah ki taraf jo wahi aayi hai us ke upar. to dono mein farq hai yani philosophy speculation based hai aur divine thought revelation based hai yani mabni bar ilham aur mabni bar qiyas yeh farq hai. maulana, agla sawal raipur se hai ms shabana ka. unhon ne aap se poocha hai: "why some muslims are against polio vaccination?"
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