Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Need for a Guide to Rediscover Quran

“Is a guide needed to rediscover the Quran, or can it be rediscovered without a guide?”Asked by Muhammad Bashir, Kashmir

He answers at 1:03:52 in The Straight Path · 2 min

His answer, in his own words
1:03:52
maulana, yeh sawal aaya hai mr muhammad bashir ka kashmir se. unhone likha hai: "quran ko rediscover karne ke liye rehnuma ki zaroorat hai ya baghair rehnuma ke quran ki rediscovery ho jayegi?" is ka rehnuma insaan nahi hai, khud uska author hai, quran ka author. dekhiye, quran hi ek aisi kitab hai jis ka author har waqt consult karne ke liye available hai. ilm e teemiyah ke bare mein kaha jata hai ke un ki samajh mein koi ayat nahi aayi to wuzu kar ke salat ul haajah parhi, unhon ne phir dua ki: "ya muallimah ibrahim allimni", yaani unhon ne khud quran ke musannif se consult kiya gaya ke aap is tarah parhiye quran ko.
1:04:52
to consult karne mein yahi bhi shamil hai ke aap baais e khatm kijiye, baais ke mein to falan ki tafsir nahi parhu ga, mein to falan tafsir parhu ga sirf. to ke aap aap ka zehn nahi khule ga. yeh jo baais hota hai, arey bhai, falan ki tafsir mat parhna, nahi, khule zehn ke sath parhiye tafsir hai aur dua kijiye. to quran isi liye aaya hai ke aap samjhein is ko. isi tarah koi mumareh, woh isi liye nahi aaya, woh lekin quran ko samajhne ke liye aik opened mind chahiye, ta'assub se khali zehn chahiye. aur yeh zehn nahi ke hum falan ki tafsir to parhein ge nahi, falan ki kitab to parhein ge nahi, nahi, khule zehn se har cheez parhiye aur dua karte rahiye, dua karte rahiye, dua karte rahiye
1:05:46
to zaroor darwaze khulen ge aap ke liye. maulana iqbal umri ne tamil nadu se sawal likha hai. unhon ne poocha hai ke aik nadvi aalim ne sawal kiya ke kiya wajah hai ke al risalah mein nadvi writers ki fikr par tanqeed ki gayi hai,
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