Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Learning Quran for non-Arabic speakers and interpretations

“What is the best way to learn Quran for non-Arabic speaker? Why do we have multiple interpretations of Quran? How someone new like me can choose the right interpretation?”Asked by محمد اخلاق میواتی, کانگو سینٹرل افریقہ

He answers at 34:30 in Study of The Quran · 5 min 31 sec

His answer, in his own words
34:30
yeh sawal bheja hai congo central africa se muhammad akhlaq mewati sahib ne. unhone likha hai: "what is the best way to learn quran for non arabic speaker? why do we have multiple interpretations of quran? how someone new like me can choose the right interpretation?" ka matlab maulana, unke actually ek sawal ke do hisse hain. pehla hissa to unhone aap se poocha hai ke ek non arabic speaker quran ko kaise samjhe? aur jo doosra hissa hai sawal ka, woh yeh hai ke itne zyada interpretations available hain abhi, ah ah ke kaise choose karein ke sahi interpretation konsa hai quran ka?
35:27
dekhiye, pehli baat to yeh ke arabi zaban bahut hi aasan zaban hai. koi bhi aadmi agar sincere hai to bahut aasani se woh arabi seekh sakta hai. doosri taraf yeh ke arabi koi shart lazim nahi hai quran samajhne ke liye. quran ke tarjume, tafaseer har zaban mein maujood hain. har zaban mein sab se badi cheez jo chahiye, woh aqal hai. agar aap ke paas aqal ho to bas kaafi hai. woh kisi bhi kisi bhi zaban mein aap padhiye,
36:10
yeh koi rukawat rukawat nahi hai jo log samajhte hain. Koi bhi rukawat Quran ko samajhne ke liye maujood nahi hai. main yaqeen ke sath keh sakta hoon. Aur doosri cheez jo hai, woh cheez kya hai? keh bohat sare interpretation. Ji, yeh bhi to bekar baat hai. Konsi duniya mein aisi cheez bhi interpretation na ho? Konsay bataiye? bimari har doctor alag alag batata hai is ke baray mein. To kya log ilaj nahi karte?
36:48
log ilaj nahi karte? Dukandari, dukandar jo bechte hain saman alag alag dhang se, woh batate hain. To kya log dukandari band ho gayi hai? yeh konsi cheez aisi hai jis mein interpretation, diverse interpretation na ho? Yeh rukawat konsi hai? Apni aql ko istemal kijiye, apni common sense ko istemal kijiye. yeh sab bilkul yaani aise log yeh baatein karte hain jo serious, sincere nahi hain. Wahi aadmi apne baray mein, apne business ke baray mein, apne job ke baray mein, apne ilaj ke baray mein sincere hota to wahi sawal nahi, sawal nahi karta. aur yahan sawal kar raha hai.
37:35
main nahi manta ke yeh koi sawal hai. Jab aap ka beta bimar hota hai to sheher mein hazaron doctor hotay hain. to kya aap is mein phans jatay hain aur ilaj nahi kar patay? In ke paas jaon, in ke paas jaon, in ke paas jaon? Kon aisa baap hoga jo apne bete ke ilaj ke liye is liye na kar paye ke bohat se doctor hain? to kya karein? Aap sincere hona, aap ka dimagh mein aql hona kafi hai aap ke liye ke aap aik right doctor ko choose karein aur us se ilaj karein. To har mamle mein aap us ko solve kar letay hain.
38:22
sirf deeni ka mamla aisa solve nahi hota. Yeh yeh sab bekar baat hai. Mere nazdeek yeh koi baatein nahi hain. Maulana, agla comment bheja hai Delhi se Dr. Naghma Siddiqui ne. Unhon ne likha hai: "Maulana, jazak Allah for explaining the importance of overcoming bias and understanding the historical age to understand Quran and the global opportunities that the present age has opened for spreading the Quranic message through universal dawah. Inshallah, Maulana, I re dedicate my life to this mission. May God help me to achieve this. Inshallah." Maulana, agla comment Kashmir se bheja hai Miss Mehak Fayyaz Khan ne. Unhon ne likha hai: "I gained new things today. It is not just about interpretation, but it is about right interpretation considering the cultural, historical, linguistic and social conditions of that particular time.
39:36
Such a beautiful and meaningful lecture. Thanks Maulana sahib." Sajid Anwar sahib ne Mumbai se likha hai: "Maulana, very thrilling explanation of the Hadith that the miracles of the Quran will never end. The points of universal knowledge and freeing oneself from all kinds of prejudices were extremely important. I will try to inculcate both of them to the best of my capacity. Inshallah." Maulana, agla sawal bheja hai Mr. Rajesh Bhatia ne.
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