Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Printing Quran translation without Arabic text

“I met a gentleman from an Islamic organization who holds a high position. When I showed him a Quran copy published by Goodword Books, he said the group decided that printing the translation of the Quran only with the Arabic text is correct, and printing it without the Arabic text would make the translation seem more important. Is this view correct?”Asked by Dr. Junaid Sheikh, Mumbai

He answers at 42:25 in Nation Building On India's Republic Day · 5 min 48 sec

His answer, in his own words
42:25
Maulana Doctor Junaid Sheikh ne Mumbai se sawal bheja hai. unhone likha hai: "ek sahab se mulaqat hui jo ek Islami organization se wabasta hain aur ek bade uhde par hain. un se baat karte waqt maine unhein Goodword Book se publish hui Quran ki copy dikhai. unhone dekh kar kaha ke jamaat ne faisla kiya hai ke Quran ki translation ko Arabic text ke sath hi print karna sahi hai. baghair Arabic text ke Quran print kiya jaye to sirf translation ki hi ahmiyat zyada ho jayegi. aur Quran ke sath wahi hoga jo Bible ke sath hua. Printing Quran without Arabic text yeh Quran par zulm hai.
43:19
Maulana sahab please let us all know is this kind of thinking according to Quranic teaching?" yeh bilkul absurd hai absurd hai. dekhiye Quran mein ek ayat hai ke: "wa ma arsalna min rasool illa bi lisani qawmihi." haan illa bi lisani qawmihi. hum ne jab bhi koi rasool bheja to us ki us ko bheja us ki apni qom ki zaban zaban mein. is ayat ka tarjuma ye ayat ka hawala kiya hai?
44:07
surah ibrahim surah number choda ayat number char. quran mein hai ke allah farmaya allah ne farmaya ke hum ne jab bhi koi nabi bheja to us ko us ki apni qom ki zaban mein bheja. is ka matlab kya hua? is ka matlab ye hua ke arabi zaban mein quran is liye aya ke is qom ki zaban arabi zaban thi. is liye nahi ke wo jannat ki zaban thi. ab quran ka jo text hai arabi zaban mein hai ye harar ka matlab nahi hai. to aaj jab hum ko ye hai hukum ke quran ko pohnchao sari dunya tak.
44:59
tabarak allazina ala abdihi li yakuna lil alamin nazira. haan al alamin nazira. sare alam ke liye nazir. aagah karne wala. to kaise sare alam ko kaise aagah karenge aap arabi zaban mein de kar? to wo aadmi kahega ke bhai main to arabi janta nahi. nahi is ka matlab ye hai ke aap bhi wahi karen jo bible walon ne kiya. ye galat bible walon ko aap wo galat tasveer pesh ki aap ne. main to samajhta hoon ke unhon ne immutable kaam kiya hai bible walon ne. sari zaban unhon ne seekhi.
45:52
is mein behtareen tarjume tayar kiye. aur bohat achhe andaz se un ko un ke tarjume understandable language mein chhapa kar phaila rahe hain. ye to immutable kaam hai. aap aap un ko un ke un ke un ke un ke un ke role ko samjhen nahi aap. main samajhta hoon ke is zamane ke musalmanon ko wahi kaam karna hai jo christian ne kiya. unhon ne sari dunya ki zabano mein quran ke bible ki tarjume tayar kiye bohat achhi zaban mein. bible ki zaban bohat achhi zaban hoti hai. aur is ko chhapa kar dunya bhar mein phailaye. sari dunya mein jahan jahan hai wahan bible maujood ho hai.
46:47
yahi kaam hum ko bhi karna hai. hum ko bhi karna hai. aur ye khud quran ki ek ayat se nikalta hai. wo ayat kis tarah se hai? ya ayuhal lazina amanu kono ansar allah kama qala isa ibn maryam ala al hawariyin man ansari ila allah. haan dekhiye is par ghor kijiye is ayat ko. to allah taala ne christian ko se jo kaam liya wo ek model ban gaya hamare liye quran ke ke hum isi model par quran ko tayar karen aur phailayen.
47:36
ye khud quran se nikalta hai. main ek ye mera tajurba ek ye hai ke musalman doosre mazhabon se yani negative negative soch rakhte hain. negative yahud se aur
48:04
christian se mujhe to kisi se mujhe to kisi se koi hate nahi. maulana kuch comments padhna chahenge agla sawal lene se pehle. ye comment bheja hai miss shabina ali ne kolkata se.
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