Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Handling contradictory interpretations

“Interpretations can be very vast. How to tackle situations when interpretations contradict and one is not ready to accept the interpretation of other?”Asked by Miss Mehak Fayyaz Khan, Kashmir

He answers at 40:59 in Understanding the Quran · 1 min 26 sec

His answer, in his own words
40:59
maulana, kashmir se Miss Mehak Fayyaz Khan ne sawal bheja hai. unhon ne likha hai: "Interpretations can be very vast . How to tackle situations when interpretations contradict and one is not ready to accept the interpretation of other?" dekhiye, contradiction aap ke mind mein hota hai, haqeeqat mein nahi hota. apni soch ki kami ko kehte the ke yeh to contradiction hai. soch ki kami ko kehte hain ke yeh to contradiction hai.
41:41
misal ke taur par, aaj hi ek sahib ne mujh se kaha, aaj ya kal ke Quran mein hai ke Allah momin bande ki madad karta hai, aur yahan to hum sochte hain ke har taraf zulm hai, har taraf hamare khilaf sazishein hain. yeh kya hai? yeh un logon ki jo aisa kehte hain, un ki bekhabari hai due to unawareness. yeh bilkul ghalat hai yeh sochna ke zulm ho raha hai aur yeh ho raha hai, woh ho raha hai. yeh sab bilkul baseless baatein hain. to apni samajh ki kami ko, apne unawareness ko aadmi manane ke bajaye doosri taraf daal deta hai. maulana, agla sawal Boston se bheja hai Asad Pervez sahib ne. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana, someone asked me that if the people of the book can enter heaven without accepting Islam, then why would they accept the Quran as the holy book and embrace Islam
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