Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Addressing translation errors in Quran distribution

“When we print Quran translations, if somewhere there is a mistake due to human error in the translation due to following a certain interpretation, because of that, the people who take Quran from us for distribution leave us. How can we address them? Tell about this.”Asked by بلال شفیع, ایٹانگر

He answers at 28:21 in Roza (Fasting) Shock · 2 min 58 sec

His answer, in his own words
28:21
Allah." Maulana, agla sawal bheja hai Bilal Shafee Sahab ne Itanagar se. Unhone likha hai: "Hum jo Quran translation print karte hain, is mein agar kahin koi translation mein human error ki wajah se mistake pai jati hai, due to following a certain interpretation, to is ki wajah se log jo hum se Quran le kar distribute karte hain, woh humara saath chhod dete hain. Hum un ko kaise address kar sakte hain? Is ke bare mein bata ayein. Bhai, koi ghalati ab tak to mere ilm mein nahi aayi hai. Yeh log shosha shosha ko ghalati samajh lete hain. To shosha to har cheez mein Quran mein, present Quran mein bhi shosha maujood hai.
29:06
In ko logon ne istemal kiya hai. Har cheez mein shosha hai. To shosha aur ghalati mein farq hai. Mere nazdeek hamara jo Quran chhap raha hai, to koi ghalati ki baat nahi hai, sirf jhoota propaganda hai. Ab tak mere ilm mein to koi aisi ghalati aayi nahi hai. Misal ke taur par, ek samne nikala tha ke kisi tarjume mein
29:40
wa ki jagah comma likh gaya tha, to bas ghalati. Yeh ghalati koi hai? Yeh koi ghalati hai? Aisi ghalati to is mein bhi nikal aayegi jo sabit aur jo Sahabi ne jama kiya tha aur nikale yeh logon ne. Yeh sab bekar baatein hain. Jab tak positive soch na ho, aadmi jaan hi nahi sakta kya ghalati hai, kya sahi hai. Haan, yeh aasan kaam nahi hai ke yeh jaan jaan na ke kya kya ghalat hai, kya sahi. Is se pehle ek ek cheez honi chahiye, woh hai positive thinking, Allah ka darr. Allah ka darr na ho to aap har cheez mein, misal ke taur par, ek ek Sahab ne jaante hain, Allah mein ghalati kya nikali hai? Khaliq ki ke Khaliq ne cheezon ke andar kuch zyada bojh rakh diya.
30:38
Hum das pound ka bojh le kar chalte hain, thak jate hain to gravity zyada hai. Gravity kam hoti to aisa na hota. To Khuda ki takhleeq mein ghalati nikal rakhi hai. To yeh is ka matlab nahi ke jo ghalati ka lafz bol de to ghalati pa liya. Us ne shoshe ko log samajhte hain. Aasan kaam nahi hai keh kar kehna ke yeh ghalat hai, yeh sahi hai. Kisi ne agar hamare tarajum mein koi ghalati nikali hai to woh mere paas bhejein. woh
31:19
maulana, agla sawal lete hain. yeh sawal bheja hai miss shabana ansari ne pakistan se.
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