Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Quran interpretation scientific basis

“Maulana, do you think the Quran should be interpreted on scientific bases? That it should address the new age mindset to glorify the existence of God?”

He answers at 1:10:18 in Physical Science or Divine Science I 25th Nov, 2012 · 1 min 47 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:10:18
maulana, un ka ek aur sawal hai. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana sahib, do you think that Quran should be interpreted on scientific bases? that it should address new age mindset to glorify the existence of god?" dekhiye, quran jo hai, science ki kitab nahi hai. jo log aisa kehte hain, woh bhi galat kehte hain. galat! quran jo hai, science ki kitab nahi hai. quran to hidayat ki kitab hai, lekin hidayat allah taala ne reason based ki hai.
1:10:52
reason based, yani daleel ke zariye se hidayat ko logon ke liye qabil-e-fehm banana, is ko understandable, understandable banane ke liye ke insaan is par yaqeen kar sake. daleelein di jati hain. daleelein to Quran mein aisi daleelein hain kai jo science se talluq rakhti hain. mut
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