Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Motive for accepting Islam

“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? What will be their motive?”Asked by Asad Parvez, Boston

He answers at 42:26 in Understanding the Quran · 2 min 9 sec

His answer, in his own words
42:26
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 ? What will be their motive?" dekhiye, jannat mein dakhle ka taluq niyat se hai. niyat ko Allah janta hai. Allah jayega payega aap ki niyat ko. achhi niyat to aap ko jannat ka faisla karega. yeh koi form se nahi kuch hota, conversion se kuch nahi hota.
43:16
aap ke dil ki halat kya hai, aap ki spirit kaisi hai, is se hota hai, aur yeh Allah ko pata hai. to is qism ki baatein un logon ke dil mein aati hain jo conversion ko bari cheez samajhte hain. conversion aur Islam mein to conversion hai hi nahi. islam mein to intellectual revolution hai, conversion nahi hai.
43:51
maulana, agla comment parhna chahenge jo chennai se maulana israr khatib sahab ne bheja hai. unhone likha hai: "maulana, ulma kehte hain ke quran qayamat tak ke liye guide karne wali kitab hai, lekin woh iska application batane mein fail hain, ya woh jo application batate hain, us se to quran par yaqeen hi paida nahi hota, balki quran ek dry book maloom hoti hai. maulana, aap jo quran ka application batate hain, us se quran ke eternity par yaqeen paida hota hai, aur quran ek zinda kitab maloom hoti hai, aur is ko ek guidance ke taur par parhne ka dil chahta hai. jazak allah." mashallah. maulana, agla sawal dilli se bheja hai doctor shuaib zaid sahab ne.
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