Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Disconnect between Maulana and Muslim leaders on enemy concept

“You said that there is no enemy and everyone is a friend. But why do Muslim clerics and leaders always talk in terms of friend and enemy? In fact, for them sometimes the whole world is an enemy to Islam. Why is there a disconnect between you and the Muslim leaders?”Asked by Javed, Bhopal

He answers at 50:58 in Formula of Human Life · 4 min 20 sec

His answer, in his own words
50:58
Maulana, agla sawal Bhopal se aya hai Javed sahab ka, aur unhon ne likha hai: "Maulana, you said that there is no enemy and everyone is a friend. But why is it then that Muslim clerics or leaders always talk in terms of friend and enemy? In fact, for them sometimes the whole world is an enemy to Islam. Why is there a disconnect between y "And the Muslim leaders?" Bhai dekhiye, iska saada jawab yeh hai ki main Quran ke angle se har cheez ko leta hoon. meri soch jo hai, wo quran ke angle se hoti hai, community ke angle se nahi hoti.
51:58
political angle ya community angle se nahi hoti, quran ke angle se hoti hai. to quran mein to dekhein, maine aap ayat padhi, aap ke aap ke samne ek ayat padhi جو چیپٹر 41 کی آیت تھی کہ اگر کوئی تمہیں دکھائی دیتا ہے enemy تو تم اس سے husna karo, acha sulook karo.
52:28
to wo tumhara dost ban jayega. ye to quran ki ayat hai ke agar hum dekhein, yani apparently hamein dikhai de ke ye ek enemy hai, potentially yani koi bond enemy nahi hota. quran mein aisi koi ayat nahin hai ke koi aadmi
52:59
bond enemy hota hai, hum us ko enemy ke roop mein dekhne lagte hain. to theek hai, hum us ke sath yani good behaviour karen. good behaviour ka matlab kya hai? yani reaction na karna aur positive response dena. yani you have to avoid
53:29
reaction and you have to give positive response. bas yahi formula hai. to koi enemy nahin dikhai dega aap ko. mujhe to koi enemy dikhai nahin tha.
53:44
main india mein rehta hoon, main europe mein ghuma hoon, main america gaya hoon, duniya ke aksar countries mein gaya hoon, mujhe to koi dikhai nahin diya enemy. koi bhi nahin. sab mujhe apne dost friend dikhai dete hain kyunke
53:59
main dekhta hoon quran ke angle se. jaise rasool Allah ne kaha tha ke alaihi assalam nafsan yahudi ke liye farmaya aap ne. jis jo ke jewish community ke bare mein musalman samajhte hain ke woh enemy community hai, us ke bare mein rasool Allah ne farmaya: "alaihi assalam nafsan".
54:19
kya woh insaan nahin? insaan nahin ka matlab hai ke main bhi insaan, woh bhi insaan. to rasool Allah ne apply kiya we and we ka formula, we and they ka formula aap ne istemal nahin kiya. to mera to tareeqa yeh hai ke main quran ke mutabiq aap is par ghor kijiye.
54:41
rasool Allah ne jo farmaya tha ek jo ke liye: "alaihi assalam nafsan". kya woh insaan nahin? is matlab ke aap ne jis formula ke istemal apply kiya yahan, woh yeh تھا کہ یعنی we and we کا فارمولا۔ آج کل جو لوگ ہیں، وہ we and they کا فارمولا اپلائی کرتے ہیں۔
55:06
yeh to quran ke khilaf hai, sunnat ke khilaf hai. aap aap ya koi shakhs quran ke angle se sunnat rasool ke angle se dekhega to kahe ga: "bhai jo maine jo baat kahi, woh to bilkul theek hai." maulana, agla sawal maulana iqbal
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