Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Helping people understand importance of thinking

“Today people have started holding their beliefs as secret and do not want to rethink. What can we say to them to help them understand the importance of thinking in religion?”Asked by Miss Naghma Siddiqui, Delhi

He answers at 11:04 in Islam and Science (In Conversation with Maulana) · 2 min 32 sec

His answer, in his own words
11:04
Maulana, agla sawal Delhi se aaya hai, Miss Naghma Siddiqui ka. unhon ne likha hai: "today all people have started holding their belief as secret and do not want to rethink. as dies, what can we say to them to help them understand the importance of thinking in religion?" bas kaam karte rahiye, kuch kuch afraad is mein niklen ge, jaise nikalte rahe hain. yani aisa nahi hai ke woh insaan pathar nahi hota hai. abhi kal mere paas telephone aaya hai, ek ek sahab the, woh hamare sakht mukhalif the aur mukhalifat karte karte boorhe ho gaye.
11:53
woh to ek aadmi un se mila, us ne kaha ke: "dekhen, aap mukhalifat karte hain, aap ne koi kitaben padhi hain?" kuch to beharhaal sun kar mukhalif ban gaye the. woh kitaab nahi padhi thi. unhon ne kaha: "achha theek hai, aap ek kitaab padh daliye, Islam." ek kitaab hai meri, Islam. woh diya unhon ne, us ko padhiye. jab kitaab padh chuki, dobara un se mile to unhon ne poocha ke: "rah dijiye apni." to woh woh ek aalim the, woh khoob samajh sakte the kitaab ko. to unhon ne kaha ke: "bhai, is kitaab ne to meri aankh khol di aur main ab tak andhere mein tha. aur kaash meri umar ab tak boorha ho chuka hoon, agar main mein meri mein andar taqat hui to main is bashar ke sath deta." to dekhiye, un ke woh woh is mein pakka ho chuke the ke phir bhi ek kitaab padh kar ke, woh yani woh kuch is kitaab mein un ki deconditioning kar di.
12:54
to kabhi bhi dekhiye, humein mayoos nahi hona chahiye. har condition, har conditioning ko toda sakta hai. yani bar bar ka tajurba hai ke har condition toot jati hai aur insaan ke andar jo jo reasoning power hai, woh har cheez ko, woh sachai ko discover kar leta hai kisi bhi umar mein. to humein kisi bhi haal mein mayoos nahi hona hai aur Allah se dua karte hue logon ki islaah ka kaam jari rakhna hai, inshallah. Maulana, agla sawal Tamil Nadu se aaya hai, Mr. Farah Ahmed ka. unhon ne likha hai: "Maulana, alyawm akmalt lakum dinakum ka kya matlab hai?
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