Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Answering Criticism of Fear-Based Worship

“In one of the discussions with my doctor, he said that first impression he got from Quran is that God wants to scare people and threaten man to worship. He gave examples of hell and burning in fire, etc. He said that a man should have loving relationship with God and not the one based on fear. Maulana please guide me for its appropriate answer.”Asked by Zeeshan Yousuf, Hyderabad

He answers at 33:20 in Q&A · 2 min 28 sec

His answer, in his own words
33:20
ji. maulana agla sawal aaya hai mister zeeshan yusuf ka hyderabad se. unhon ne likha hai: "in one of the discussions with my doctor, he said that first impression he got from quran is that god wants to scare people and threaten man to worship . he gave examples of hell and burning in fire, etc. he said that a man should have loving relationship with god and not the one based on fear. maulana please guide me for its appropriate answer." dekhiye yeh aik cheez ko bure dhang se explain karna hai. masla fear ka ya hell ka nahin hai.
34:13
masla yeh hai ke khuda ka takhleeqi mansooba kya hai? creation plan of god kya hai? woh is se juri hui baat hai. keh khuda ne jab banaya hai duniya ko to yeh testing ground hai. to khuda select kar raha hai, select. ek selection khuda ki taraf se ho raha hai. kaun is test mein poora hua, kaun poora nahi hua. jo poora hoga us ke paradise hai, poora nahi woh hell hai is ka. to woh to khuda ne bataya hai.
34:47
woh jis ko aap kehte hain keh threat diya hai, threat nahi diya hai. balkeh bataya hai keh kya hai takhleeqi mansooba, kya hone wala hai. to batane ko aap threat keh rahe hain. ghalat us ko ek bura naam de rahe hain. yaani khuda ne jo cheez bator waqia batayi hai us ko aap keh rahe hain threat. threat ki baat nahi hai. agar agar agar aap ko traffic police kahe keh agar ghalat tareeqe se chalaoge gaari gaari to accident ho jayega to kahein threat hua?
35:19
agar traffic police wala kahein khada hua hai woh kahe keh tum agar ghalat gaari chaloge to accident ho jayega, mar jaoge. to threat nahi hai yeh. yeh ek baat hai, us ko bataya us ne. aisi quran mein jo hai woh ek baat hai, woh batayi gayi hai, woh threat ko kehte hain aap us ko. woh threat nahi hai. simply woh information hai. maulana agla sawal aaya hai mr daniyal ka patna, bihar se. unhone likha hai: "musalmanon ke andar organization aur team work bohat kam paya jata hai.
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