Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Responding to non-Muslim's objection about peace literature

“I wanted to give peace literature to a non-Muslim brother, and he said, 'First give the message of peace to the Arabs who have spread terrorism.' What should we do or say on such an occasion?”Asked by Nisar Ahmed Qazi, Rajouri

He answers at 49:55 in Principle of Loss · 1 min 19 sec

His answer, in his own words
49:55
maulana, agla sawal rajouri se kiya gaya hai, nisar ahmad qazi sahib ne kiya hai, aur unhon ne likha hai maulana, main ne ek non muslim bhai ko peace literature dena chaha to us ne yeh keh ke yeh kaha, us to us ne yeh kaha ke pehle arab ko peace ka paigham do jinhon ne dahshat gardi phaila rakhi hai. maulana, aise mauqe par hamein kya karna chahiye ya kya kehna chahiye? yeh kahe ke aap wahan bhi kar rahe hain, yahan bhi kar rahe hain, ab paigham to wahan hi phaila rahe hain. hum yeh nahi ke hum ko jab un ko hum ne justify kar rakha hai, aisa to nahi hai. un ko bhi hum paigham de rahe hain. aaiye, main gaya tha abu dhabi, wahan bhi maine yeh baatein kahin. literature wahan hamare saathi le gaye thay, literature wahan taqseem kiya.
50:50
yeh to yaani sab ke liye hum kar rahe hain, kisi ek ka masla nahi hai. abhi main latest jo book likh raha hoon, paste dasum bonum, iska khitab bhi sabhi log hain, muslim bhi aur doosre log bhi. maulana, agla sawal lene se pehle ek comment padhna chahenge jo miss naghma siddiqui ne bheja hai dilli se, aur unhone likha hai ke i realize today that i have to accept all in this world in the truncated form to get the truncated paradise.
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