Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Meaning of divine inspiration explained

“In last week's talk on the intellectual journey, in response to a question you said: 'My teacher is God Himself, no other teacher. God inspires me, I speak from God's inspiration. For me, books are secondary sources. My primary source is divine inspiration, which anyone can receive through prayer. Whoever engages in prayer will surely receive divine inspiration.' Maulana, what do you mean by inspiration in this answer?”Asked by محمد رضی الدین, سعودی عرب

He answers at 3:51 in Islamic Pacifism Q&A · 6 min 52 sec

His answer, in his own words
3:51
maulana, agla sawal aaya hai mr muhammad raziuddin saudi arab. unhone likha hai ki pichhle hafte ke intellectual journey ke talk mein ek sawal ka jawab mein aapne kaha ki "mera teacher khud Allah taala hai, koi doosra teacher nahi. Allah hi mujhe inspire karte hain, main Allah ki inspiration se bolta hoon. mere liye kitaben secondary source hain. primary source mera jo hai, wo khud divine inspiration hai, jo dua ke zariye kisi bhi shakhs ko milta hai. jo bhi shakhs dua mein mashgool hoga, zaroor divine inspiration milegi." maulana sahib, mera sawal yeh hai ki is jawab mein inspiration se aapki kya murad hai? kaha jata hai ke Allah taala ki marzi janne ke liye
4:45
sirf ek hi source hai, aur woh hai Prophet Muhammad Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam. Ab qayamat tak koi direct inspiration ki zaroorat nahi. direct inspiration ko agar mana jaye to phir deen mein nayi nayi cheezon ko dakhil karna aasan ho jata hai. mera sawal yeh hai ke kya Prophet of Islam par iman lane ke baad bhi deeni mamlat mein Allah taala se direct inspiration ki zaroorat baqi rehti hai? aur doosra, aap ne kaha mere liye kitabein secondary source hain.
5:20
is se aap ki kya murad hai? Yeh kaun si kitabein hain? Is ko wazeh karein. dekhein, aap ne jo baat farmayi hai to ulma ka stand aisa nahi hai. Yeh aap ka apna zaati khayal hai yeh. Is liye ke Quran mein hai ke "Innal lazina qalu Rabbunallahu thumma istiqamu Allah takhafu wala tahzanu". yani farishton ke zariye se aap ko ek cheez ilqa ki jati hai. Hadees mein hai ke "unaji rabbahu".
5:59
Allah ki bande ki sargoshi Allah se hoti hai. Bande ki sargoshi Allah se hoti hai. "unaji rabbahu" . Tamam ulma yeh mante hain ke wahi peghambar ke liye khaas hai. Wahi munqate hui. lekin ilqa o ilham munqate nahi hua. Maslan Shah Abdullah ne likha hai ke "Alhamdulillah Rabbi". Shah Abdullah ne apni kitab mein likha hai ke "Alhamdulillah Rabbi" . To koi nahi kehta galat kaha unhone. Koi nahi kehta Shah Abdullah sahab ne galat kaha.
6:33
kyun ke sare ulma mante hain ke wahi to nabi ka khasa hai, lekin ilqa o ilham aam hai. Woh har ek ko hota hai. khwab mein bhi khwab ke liye aata hai ke wahi munqate hogi, lekin khwab ke zariye se Allah ki rehnumayi milti rahegi logon ko. yeh bhi aap Bukhari mein padh lijiyey. Isi ko "mini inspiration" kaha. Yani aap ko ilqa o ilham ke maano mein "mini inspiration" kaha. Yeh to sabit shuda hai. Quran se sabit hai, Hadees se sabit hai. Tamam ulma is ko mante hain. Is mein koi khasa nahi hai ke koi mein ne nayi baat keh di hai.
7:16
Imam Taimiya itne bade aalim thay, un ko koi ayat samajh mein nahi ayi. To unhone namaz padh kar do rakat namaz padhi salatul hajat. Us ke baad dua kiya ke "Ya muallim Ibrahima allimni" . Yahi to hai ke Khuda ko muallim qarar de kar un se janna chaha ke is ayat ka matlab kya hai. "Ya muallim Ibrahima allimni". yeh to tasdeeq shuda baat hai. Baqi jo aap ne farmaya to is ka taluq wrong interpretation se hai.
7:49
aap kuch bhi karein, wrong interpretation ka darwaza band nahi ho sakta. Kabhi band nahi hua. Khud Quran mein tafaseer jo likhi gayi hain, bohat si ajeeb ajeeb tafaseer likhi gayi hain ayaton ki. to galat tafaseer ka darwaza band nahi ho sakta hai. yeh yeh aap ka mafroza sahi nahi hai ke inspiration manne se, ilqa o ilham manne se koi darwaza khulega. Darwaza to khulta hai galat interpretation se. aur is ka darwaza aap kaun band karega? Misal ke taur par dekhein, mere paas ek misal deta hoon aap ko.
8:27
yani wrong interpretation ki. aik bar to iran ke char aalim mere pas aaye. Maine un se kaha ke woh shia thay, woh. Maine kaha ke aap log Hazrat Ali ko bohat ooncha darja dete hain. to yeh kaise sabit hota hai? Hazrat Ali ka darja jo hai, Hazrat Umar se bhi zyada, Abu Bakr se bhi zyada. To kaise sabit hota hai? Kaha yeh to Quran mein maujood hai. kahan maujood hai? Kaha Ali kabira. Ali kabir hain. To kya aap rok sakte hain kisi ko? Ke Quran se woh nikal raha hai yeh.
9:03
Ali kabira. To dekhein, yeh insaan ko Allah taala azaadi di hai. Aap ka jo mafroza hai, us se nahi rukta insaan ka. yani bhatakna. Insaan to bhatkega. to asal cheez yeh hai ke aadmi ke andar sincerity ho. Aadmi sachcha seeker ho. Aadmi Allah se darta ho. woh samajhta ho ke agar maine galat matlab nikala kisi ayat ka to main Allah ke haan pakda jaunga. Yeh cheez rokti hai. Yeh cheez rokti nahi ke aap yeh kahein ke sahib ab wahi munqata ho gayi to ilqa ya munqata, ilham bhi band, inspiration bhi band.
9:45
is se koi farq nahi padta. Yeh soorat-e-haal ka bohat hi, soorat-e-haal ko aap ne underestimate kiya hai. Maulana, in ka aik aur sawal tha ke aap ne kaha tha ke kitabein mere liye secondary source hain. To woh pa poch rahe hain kaun si? Kitabon se murad hai Quran o Hadees ke ilawa. Dekhein, kuch understood hoti hain. Itna to aap ko khud janna chahiye. kuch cheezein understood hoti hain. Zahir hai ke Quran aur Hadees, yeh is ke baghair to kafi andha behra hai duniya mein.
10:22
Quran o Hadees ke ilawa jo kitabein likhi gayi hain, hazaron hazar kitabein, woh is ko maine kaha tha ke meri secondary source hai. Kaun jo aisa kahe ke Quran aur Hadees se be-niyaz jo ho jaye, woh to main samajhta hoon ke woh to mental case hai is ka. woh qabil-e-zikr hi nahi. Maulana Fayyaz Umri ne Gulbarga se sawal kiya hai. Unhone likha hai: "Maulana, Hadees mein aata hai ke meri ummat gumrahi par jama nahi ho sakti.
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