Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
GuidanceQ&AClipsReferencesVideosMoreIn Maulana’s wordsStories Maulana returns toAbout MaulanaFeedbackSign in
Other · Q&A

Historical vs independent study of Islam

“What is the main difference in studying Islam in its historical perspective and independent of its history? What method should we follow?”Asked by Yasir Arafat, Pakistan

He answers at 1:06:57 in God's Management of History · 1 min 11 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:06:57
maulana, kuch sawal lete hain. yeh sawal bheja hai pakistan se yasar arafat sahab ne. unhon ne aap se poocha hai: "what is the main difference in studying islam in its historical perspective and independent of its history? what method should we follow?" bhai, dekhen bhai, meri study ke mutabiq to dono alag alag nahin hain, dono ek doosre ke liye madadgar hain. aap jante hain ke quran mein bar bar history ke reference diye gaye hain, hazrat musa ka, hazrat masih ka waghera. to jab aap parhte hain quran history ke reference mein
1:07:51
to aap zyada, yani jis ko kehte hain, azdad-e-iman, aap ke iman mein izafa hota hai. to dono alag alag nahin hain, mere khayal se, jahan tak main samajhta hoon. maulana, agla sawal ahmedabad se muhammad yaqoob sahab ne bheja hai. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana, if quran came for entire mankind, then why is it that muslims claim quran to be only their book?
All questions he answeredThe whole lecture, from this momentWatch on YouTube

Machine transcription. These are his recorded words, written down by software from the Urdu he speaks — so a line may carry a misheard word. Every timestamp above opens the video at that second: one tap and you can hear him say it. Quote it as speech, and link to the moment.