Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Developing scientific temperament

“How can an individual develop scientific temperament like you have? What is your advice?”Asked by Muntasir, Ahmedabad

He answers at 50:42 in Dars-e-Quran, Chapter 2, Verse 63 · 2 min 36 sec

His answer, in his own words
50:42
unhon ne Islam ko pesh karne ka mawaqe diya, mawaqe diye." Maulana, agla sawal. maulana, agla sawal ahmad abad se hai. muntazir sahib ne bheja hai. unhon ne ap se poocha hai ke: "maulana, how can an individual develop scientific temperament like you have? what is your advice?" dekhen, bohat pehle, bohat pehle maine jo aur naalo kitaab parhi thi, "discovery of india", bohat pehle ki baat hai kyunke yeh kitaab chapi thi jab british rule kaam par india mein tha. to
51:33
is mein unhon ne kaha tha aur nehru ne ke india mein sab se zyada kami jis cheez ki hai, india ke logon mein sab se zyada jis ki kami hai, woh hai scientific temper. tab se yeh lafz mere maan par chhaya raha ke scientific temper paida karna hai kyunke scientific temper se kya hota hai? realistic approach aata hai. realistic approach to tamam jo tareeqe hain, woh realistic approach ke baad hi insan ko milti hain.
52:20
tab se main is ko samajhne ke liye parhta raha, is ko adopt karne ki koshish karta raha. scientific temper kya cheez hai? to yeh main bataoon ke koi kuch bhi mushkil kaam nahi hai. har aadmi is ko adopt kar sakta hai kyunke is mein sirf aap ke nature ko jagana parta hai. nature, aap nature par aa jayen to aap ko kehte hain scientific temper pe aa gaya. to yeh kaam to aadmi khud hi kar sakta hai. har aadmi apne nature ko mehfooz rakhiye, nature ko broot na hone dijiye, aur phir apna aap aap ke andar scientific temper aa jayega.
53:18
maulana, agla sawal pakistan se miss shabana ansari ne bheja hai. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana sahib, my question is about saturday talk which you gave yesterday.
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