Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Reason's relation to religion and Quran

“How can scholars say that reason has no connection with religion, when the Quran was revealed at the level of our understanding? And what about matters that are beyond the reach of our intellect?”Asked by Maulana Abdul Basit Umri, Doha, Qatar

He answers at 1:45:15 in The Character of a Dayee · 1 min 27 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:45:15
maulana, agla sawal Doha, Qatar se Maulana Abdul Basit Umri ka hai. unhon ne likha hai: "Maulana ulama yeh kaise kehte hain ke aql ka talluq deen se nahi, jabke Quran hamari samajh ki satah par nazil kiya gaya hai? doosri baat yeh hai ke jo baat hamari aql mein aane wali nahi, un ke baray mein saaf bayan kiya gaya hai, mislan rooh, taqdeer, Allah ki zaat mein ghore aur fikr, us ke baray mein bataen."
1:45:54
haan, to bas woh jo, yani aql ka istemal, main ne arz kiya, wohi baat phir kahunga ke ek hai aql ka istemal Quran ki, yani Quran ki, Quran ke badal lete hue, aql ka istemal Quran ke badal lete hue. ek hai aql ka istemal Quran se be niaz ho kar ke. to Quran se be niaz ho kar jo jo aql istemal ki gayi ki jayegi, woh to bhatkao ki taraf jayegi, bhatkao. lekin jab Quran ko ki rehnumai rehnumai mein aql istemal ki jayegi, to bilashuba woh sath mustaqeem, sath mustaqeem tak pahunchegi, is mein koi shaq nahi hai.
1:46:43
Maulana, agla sawal Doctor Fareeda Khanam ka hai Delhi se. unhon ne likha hai: "Why is it that Muslims do not react to the evils committed by the members of their family, by the members of their community, but they launch their protest only to the evils when these are committed by the people belonging to another community, hmm, they regard as their enemies?"
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