Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Meditation vs contemplation in Prophet's practice

“If meditation is not equally important as contemplation, then why did our beloved Prophet (peace be upon him) meditate, i.e., perform muraqabah, on Mount Hira before and after prophethood?”Asked by محمد سمیر

He answers at 47:28 in Dars-e-Quran, Chapter 39, Vs 67 (Glory of God) · 3 min 46 sec

His answer, in his own words
47:28
Jazak Allah Maulana for such a simple formula to discover God." Ashiq Kamal Sahab ne likha hai: "May Almighty Allah guide today's negative Muslim thinkers to positivity and Allah's true love." Maulana, ab sawal lete hain. Yeh sawal bheja hai Muhammad Sameer Sahab ne. Unhon ne apni location nahi likhi hai. Unka sawal hai: "If meditation is not the equally important, if meditation is not equally important as contemplation, then why our beloved Rasool Karim meditated, that is, did murakaba in Mount Hira before and after Nabuwat?" Iske bare mein bataein. Dekhiye, yeh to yani supposition hai aap ka ke Sultan ne kabhi murakaba nahi kiya.
48:29
Murakaba ka lafz Hadees mein kahin bhi nahi aaya hai. Hadees mein, Seerat mein sara zakhira mehfooz hai. Aap padhiye, na Sahaba ne, na Rasool Allah ne, na Tabeen ne. Misaal ke taur par aap ko main kahunga do kitaab padhne ke liye: Kanz ul Amaal aur Mishkat ul Masabeeh. Aap koi ek Hadees aisi paayein jis mein murakaba ho to mujhe bataiye. Rasool Allah ghaur o fikr karte thay, contemplation karte thay. Rasool Allah ne kabhi murakaba nahi kiya. Dekhiye, do lafz alag alag hain, do lafz alag alag hain.
49:22
Ek hai murakaba, ek hai tadabbur. Murakaba aur tadabbur to murakaba jo hai, woh heart based hota hai. Yaani is mein soch nahi hoti. Abhi bas dhyan, gyan karte hain. Woh soch par mabni nahi hota. lekin jo rasool Allah ka jo tareeqa tha, tadabbur, woh soch par mabni hota hai. soch par, yaani mind based. to rasool Allah ka tareeqa mind based tha, yeh heart based nahi tha. to aap galat taur par rasool Allah ko is mein shamil kar rahe hain.
50:10
iska rasool Allah se koi talluq nahi hai. is maamle mein hum baar baar likh chuke hain risala mein. isko aap parhiye aur is confusion se bahar aaiye. yaani mind based thinking aur heart based muraqba, dono ke farq ko janiye. maulana, ek comment parhna chahenge.
50:45
ah, yeh comment bheja hai mahboob sahib ne mumbai se. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana, today i came to know how certain me be considered as blessing if we realize god in true sense. certain goes us struggle to achieve. jazak Allah maulana for an amazing sunday class." muhammad zakariya sahib ne likha hai: "true and thrilling interpretation of realization of god. today we came to know that Allah sovereignty already exist and devil's existence is blessing to know the glory of god." ah, maulana muhammad sameer sahib ne ek aur sawal bheja hai.
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