Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Using Words for God: Creator, Allah, or God?

“I am a nineteen year old. My question is that some of my Muslim friends tell me not to use the word Creator and God, and use only Allah when I talk about God to others. What is your opinion in this? People become fanatic when it comes to use of word to describe God. What is the reason for such fanaticism? And can we use the word Creator or God or Khuda in our daily conversation?”Asked by Muhammad Yusuf, Hyderabad

He answers at 30:56 in Realization of God · 3 min 20 sec

His answer, in his own words
30:56
Maulana! ab sawal lena chahenge. ah, yeh sawal bheja hai Hyderabad se Muhammad Yusuf sahib ne. unhon ne likha hai: "i am a nineteen year old. Maulana, my question is that some of my Muslim friends tell me not to use the word creator or God, and use only Allah when i talk about God to others." Maulana, what is your opinion on this? people become fanatic when it comes to use of word to describe God. what is the reason for such fanaticism? and can we use the word creator or God or Khuda in our daily conversation? dekhen, yeh ek ek jhoot hai jis ko unhon ne phailaya hai. main is se kam qadar nahi bolunga. yeh kehte hain ke Allah, Allah jo hai Rab ul Alameen ka, yeh is mein zaat hai.
32:00
yeh koi saboot nahi hai. is ka saboot nahi, koi is mein zaat hai. Allah is se bala hai ke hamara yeh bola hua koi lafz is ka is mein zaat ho. yeh Allah ki tasgheer hai. Allah ko order stable karna hai. is ka koi saboot nahi hai ke Allah Rab ul Alameen ka is mein zaat hai. koi saboot nahi hai. koi kisi ke paas saboot ho to mujhe bheje. saboot ke mani hain ke Quran se, Hadees se ya Paighambar se. jitne dekhiye, main ek baat kehta hoon aap se: "wa ma arsalna bi rasoolin illa bi lisanin qawmihi." Quran mein hai ke: "wa ma arsalna bi rasoolin illa bi lisanin qawmihi." har rasool rasool apni qom ki zaban mein aaya.
32:58
to tareekhi tor par to har rasool ki zaban alag alag thi. Arabi zaban to thi nahi. saare to paighambar Arabi bolte hon. is ka yeh to bilkul ek bilkul unfounded cheez hai. to yeh sab kuch logon ne aise phaila rakha hai. aur bilkul main is ko kahunga ke bilkul fast food mein jeete hain yeh log. fast food mein fast pride mein jeete hain ke hamari zaban ka jo lafz hai, wahi is is mein zaat hai Allah ka. koi saboot batao pehle. Maulana, agla comment bheja hai Dr. Naghma Siddiqui ne Delhi se. unhon ne likha hai: "i understood today that the right target of seeking is God, and the right path to follow is the road to paradise." thank you Maulana for showing us the right path.
33:52
Maulana Inayat Umri ne Bangalore se likha hai: "Maulana, aaj ke lecture se yeh samajh mein aaya ke shaoori marifat tak pohanchne ka rasta creation mein gor o fikr hai, magar log is ko khud Khuda ki zaat mein gor o fikr mein talash kar rahe the." is liye woh shu'oori marfat se mehroom rahe. maulana, agla sawal bheja hai lucknow se muhammad habib sahib ne. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana, i am forty eight years old, and i discovered you through a friend of mine.
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