Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Where to begin to understand Islam

“I have come to your class today for the first time. I want to understand Islam better. Kindly tell me from where should I begin, so that I can understand Islam correctly?”Asked by مسٹر نتن, دلی

He answers at 1:08:13 in Revival of Muslim Ummah · 1 min 29 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:08:13
maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai mr nitin ka, jo ek student hain. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana, i have come to your class today for the first time. i want to understand islam better. kindly tell me from where should i begin, so that i can understand islam correctly?" achha bhai, dekhiye, mein to yeh kahoon ga ke sab se pehle aap hamari kuch choti choti kitabein hain, yeh aap ko mil jayengi. aap
1:08:50
ko koi de dega yahan par, jaise "creation in plan of god" aur "what is islam". is tarah ki choti choti kai kitabein hain. sab se pehle aap is ko parhiye. is ko parhne ke baad aap ko ek ek ek rough idea hoga. phir quran ko parhiye. phir meri ek kitab hai "prophet of peace", us ko parhiye. to mein aap ko teen, woh mein ne teen advice de raha hoon. sab se pehle hamari choti pamphlet parhiye, us ke baad quran parhiye, phir "prophet of peace" parhiye. aur agar aap ke zehen mein koi question baqi rehta hai to us ko telephone kijiye.
1:09:33
mein har waqt 24 ghante mein available rehta hoon. kabhi is ko aap telephone kar sakte hain. maulana, agla ek comment aur sawal hai jo dilli se aaya hai miss nuzhat ameen ka. unhon ne likha hai: "alhamdulillah, the class was informative.
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