Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Qualitative vs quantitative interpretation of religion

“Please explain the difference between the qualitative and quantitative interpretation of religion.”Asked by Maulana Khatib Israr al-Hasan, Umrah Abad

He answers at 27:39 in Islam and Science (In Conversation with Maulana) · 3 min 28 sec

His answer, in his own words
27:39
maulana, agla sawal maulana khateeb asrar ul hassan ka hai umra abad se. unhon ne aap se poocha hai ke deen ki kaifiati aur kamiyati taabeer ke farq ki wazahat kijiye. kaifiyat aur kamiyat ko angrezi mein kehte hain. yani woh quality aur quantity. yani ek hai qualitative aspect, ek hai quantitative aspect. to jaise aap ne farz kiya ke tahajjud ki namaz aath rakkat padhi to kamiyat yeh hui ke aap ne aath rakkat padh dali. yeh is ka quantitative aspect hua. aur kitna khushu tha is ke baray mein, kitna Allah ki taraf rujoo tha, woh is ka qualitative aspect hai.
28:32
yani kaifiati aspect. to yeh yani quran o hadith ke mutale se maloom hota hai ke Allah taala ko yani kamiyat se dilchaspi nahi hai, kaifiyat dilchaspi hai. yani miqdar se nahi hai, balkeh spirit se dilchaspi hai. koi koi bohat bara aap aath rakkat, aath hazar rakkat padh dain lekin is mein kaifiyat na ho, yani khushu na ho, khuzu na ho, taqwa na ho, mohabbat ilahi na ho, khauf khuda na ho to is ki koi value nahi hogi Allah ki nazar mein. to dakhli spirit ka naam hai kaifiyat aur kharji form ka naam hai kamiyat. jaise misaal ke tor par ek mashhoor hadith hai ke rasool Allah madina masjid ke madine ke masjid mein thay aur ek shakhs aata hai aur us ne do rakkat namaz padhi, phir aap ke paas aaya,
29:39
salam kiya to aap ne farmaya ke "arj fasal fainka lam tusal" jao phir se namaz padho kyunke tum ne namaz nahi padhi. matlab kamiyati maano mein to padh liya tha us ne lekin kaifiyat maano mein nahi padha tha. us ne adad poora kar liya aur khushu se ghayab thi woh namaz us ki. to yeh farq hai kamiyat mein aur kaifiyat mein. okay, we will end the session now. thank you.
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