Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

How to have intellectual exchange with spouse?

“You often say that one should make one's spouse an intellectual companion. Can you please elaborate how to do intellectual exchange? Should there be any particular subject to discuss with one's partner?”Asked by Mr. Javed, Bangalore

He answers at 1:12:03 in Quran for All Mankind · 1 min 39 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:12:03
Maulana, agla sawal Bangalore se hai, Mr Javed Sahib ka. unhon ne likha hai ke "Maulana Sahib, you often say that one should make one's spouse an intellectual companion. Can you please elaborate how to do intellectual exchange? Should there be any particular subject to discuss with one partner?" yeh koi professional sense mein nahin bolta hoon
1:12:32
. mein sirf yeh, yeh sab professional, yani professionalism yeh sab hota hai ke aap koi subject pick karte hain, is pe baat karte hain. bas rozana subah shaam jo hum jee rahe hain, isi ko hum spiritual way mein is pe baat karein, deeni lihaz se karein, Khuda ko relate kar ke is par sochen, phir baat karein. aik hai tafreeh ke liye baat karna, aik hai cheezon mein purpose dhoondna, cheezon mein meaning dhoondna, is ke lihaz se baat karna. to yeh koi, yani koi technical tareeqa is ka nahin hai. yeh to aap ka mind, agar yani aap ka mind, agar aik trend mind hai to har cheez mein aap ko,
1:13:26
aap ka mind janna chahega ke is mein divine meaning kya hai, aur is ko le kar ke aap discuss karenge. yeh koi is ka laga bata tareeqa nahin hai. Maulana, agla sawal Ms Naghma Siddiqui ka hai, Delhi se. unhon ne likha hai: "The task of reaching Quran to all humankind is such a big task that no matter how much we do, we fall short.
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