Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Human Nature and Common Sense Equivalence

“What a thrilling point: feeling the presence of God itself is experiencing Paradise here. Moulana, my question is: can we say that human nature and common sense are the same thing? Please clarify this.”Asked by Miss Shabana Ansari, Pakistan

He answers at 49:14 in Contemplation on The Quran · 6 min 29 sec

His answer, in his own words
49:14
molana, isi se milta julta agla sawal bheja hai miss shabana ansari ne pakistan se. unhon ne likha hai ke "what a thrilling point" feeling presence of god itself is experiencing the paradise here. molana, my question is ke "can we say that insaan ki fitrat aur common sense aik hi cheez hai?" is ko wazeh karein. koi shaq nahin, is mein koi shaq nahin. jo true nature hai, wahi to fitrat hai, kyun ke nature allah ki creation hai. nature allah ki creation hai, to wahi to sab kuch hai. agar aap apne nature ko, apni fitrat ko yaani be ahmiyat rakhein,
50:09
us ko amri se bachayein, to yahi to islam hai, wahi to sab kuch hai. ji, molana, agla comment bheja hai umar abad se umm ashad sahib ne. unhon ne likha hai ke "ehsas ke sath jeenay ka saleeqa siwaye molana ke aur kisi aalim ne nahin diya aur na hi de sakta hai." jazak allah molana sahib. nahin de sakta zaroor, yeh to yaani ke nahin de sakta, kyun ke main bhi insaan hoon, woh bhi insaan hai. molana, doctor naghma siddiqui ne dilli se likha hai: "thank you molana for showing us the real role of women in Islam.
50:58
only you have given muslim women a role in Islamic work." dekhiye, main waqea yeh hai ke main khawateen ka role islam mein, islam se murad jo muhammad salallaho alaihi wasallam hota hai nahin, balkeh jo bohat pehle se hota hai, is mein un ka role number one samajhta hoon. dekhiye, main aik baat arz karta hoon, aap usay sochiye ke allah taala ne bohat paighambar bheje, jise quran mein kehte hain "tara". tara lagataar bheje, lagataar bheje, lekin jo allah chahte the, jo inqilab mabni bar tauheed inqilab, yeh tha allah ka nishana, woh nahin hota tha.
51:55
phir allah ne kya kiya? aik khatoon ko istemal kiya, hajra ko. hajra ko un ke chote bete ismail, chote se thay, us ko le kar kaha ke tum desert mein bas jao aur aik aik aik aik sahrai qaum banao jo condition se pak ho. is khatoon ko le aaye, ko chhor diya hazrat ibrahim ne sehra mein aur chalay gaye. is khatoon ne poocha, yaani hazrat hajra ne ke hum ko is haale ke chhok jatay hain, pani bhi nahin, yahan kuch bhi nahin,
52:45
to kya allah ne aap ko is ka hukum diya hai? to ibrahim kehte hain haan. to phir woh khatoon kya kehti hai? "idhn la azawna" phir Allah hum ko zaya nahi karega. yeh laغو sahra hai, wahan pani bhi nahi hai, koi sabza bhi nahi hai, khane peene ki cheez bhi nahi hai, koi sar, koi sar par koi saya bhi nahi hai. woh khatoon ne aise kaha, kahan se kaha? main apne bare mein apna kar ke sochta hoon ke agar main hota to meri zuban se aisa jumla na nikalta ke Khuda phir humein zaya nahi karega.
53:39
aur isi khatoon ki qurbani ki wajah se phir Rasool Allah paida hue, Sahaba paida hue, woh struggle wajood mein aayi jo Arab mein ki gayi, jis se sans sajjitain khatam huin, tribal age khatam hua, shirk ka daur khatam hua. is ki is ki jar mein yeh khatoon hai, is ko ghor kijiye aap. yeh jo hua ke tamam anbiya mard thay, mard jitne bhi nabi aaye, sab mard thay. un mardon ne hazaron saal tak goosh karte rahe ke shirk khatam ho, na dohrae, lekin nahi hua.
54:36
Quran mein hai ke "ya hasrat alal badiya" mayati rasool Allah kano bhi yastadun ke nabiyon ka mazak uraya. yeh sab mard mard hi to thay. phir woh daur aaya, naya daur, jab shirk khatam hua, tauheed qaim hui, shah sirajiyatein khatam huin. to kis ke zariye se hua? is ki jar mein yaad rakhiye, Hajra, Hajra hai, Hajra. to main to yahan tak sochta hoon ke Hajra na hotay to yeh deen na hota, hum aap na hotay.
55:25
woh log jo is ko nahi mante, unhon ne na tareekh ko parha hai, na Islam ko parha hai, na apne aap ko parha hai. Maulana, agla sawal Mumbai se kiya hai Farooq Shaikh sahib ne. Farooq? Farooq Shaikh sahib ne. hmm, unhon ne likha hai ke "in most of the Muslim families they recide Quran for esal-e-sawab." my question is that the sawab does the sawab reach to the dead person?
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