Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Can different ways lead to the same God?

“If God is one, can there be different ways to attain Him?”Asked by مسٹر شاہنواز صدیقی, نیو دہلی

He answers at 1:20:34 in Three levels of Realization · 3 min 49 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:20:34
maulana agla sawal kya hai mister shahnawaz siddiqui ne new dehli se. unhon ne likha hai ke agar ishwar ek hai to kya use paane ke tareeqay alag alag ho sakte hain? nahi nahi, alag alag kaise honge? aap jana hai yahan se kolkata to wahi road chalegi, wahi railway line jayegi, hawa jahaz se woh isi sarukh par jahaz uregah. yani ke idhar daudo tab bhi kolkata aa jaye, idhar jao tab bhi kolkata aa jaye. aise kaise ho sakta hai? yeh to koi baat nahi hai. kolkata ek hi direction mein chalne milega. is liye main nahi manta ke kuch bhi karo, kuch bhi karo, khuda mil jaye tum ko. is ka ek right course hoga, is ka ek right path hoga.
1:21:25
woh path jo hai, main ritual nahi manta ke rituals koi aise rituals hain, woh woh path hain, woh ritual karo to mil jayega khuda. nahi, woh thinking thinking par base karta hai, soch soch par base karta hai. right thinking se khuda milega, right thinking, different path se nahi. main nahi manta ke different path pe chalo aur to aakhir mein khuda hi tak pahunch jaoge. yani right thinking agar hogi tum ko, cheezon ko right angle se dekhna, bahut badi baat hai. cheezon ko log bahut kam log aise mujhe mile jo cheezon ko right angle se dekhte hon, right angle se. ya abhi mere paas ek, aaj hi ek aya hai, ek ek sahib ka letter, abhi subah mujhe mila to afghanistan ki ladai ke bare mein maine kaha hai ke yeh ladai jo hai woh jihad nahi hai.
1:22:20
to kahein kaise kaise kaise hain? aap jihad kehte hain, woh to sab ulama hain aur islami baatein karte hain. to maine kaha aap right angle se nahi dekh rahe hain, yani hum dekh rahe hain is result ke angle se. woh dekh rahe hain ke unhon ne leaderon ne kya sab bole hain. woh bole the ke hum ko islami nizam qaim karna hai, hum ko islami qanoon nafiz karna hai. is angle se aap dekh rahe hain, un ke shabdon ke angle se. main dekh raha hoon result ke angle se. result to kuch nahi nikal raha, tabahi, tabahi, tabahi, tabahi.
1:22:57
to khuda ko bhi paane ke liye woh aankh chahiye jo result, jo sahi angle se cheezon ko dekhe. bahut important baat yeh hai ke right angle se cheezon ko dekhna yeh hai marifat ka sab se bada zariya. agar aap ke andar woh woh ability develop nahi ki hai yeh cheezon ko right angle se dekhne ki to kabhi bhi nahi milega khuda aap ko, kabhi bhi nahi milega. jaise ek bar ek ek park mein ek shayar aur ek chemist do aadmi gaye to wahan phool tha, us mein bahut rang bhi tha, khushbu bhi thi, har cheez thi. to chemist jo tha, us ki chemistry mein sochne laga, "what is the chemistry of this flower?" woh shayar jo tha, us ko us ko ek use mehboob jalwa dikhai de di de de gaya.
1:24:01
woh isi is angle se dekhne laga to kisi waqeye ko dekhne ke mukhtalif angle hote hain. to khuda ko paane ke liye zaroori hai ke aap ko woh woh vision mil jaye, woh vision jis mein aap cheezon ko right angle se dekh saken. tab ja kar aap ko sachai milegi, nahi to nahi milegi. maulana agla sawal kya hai mister khwaja kaleemuddin ne from pennsylvania, usa? he is written: "maulana sahib, generally people in western countries acknowledge god's existence, but never they give him a due recognition.
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