Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Admitting Wrong as First Intellectual Development Step

“Maulana sahib, is it right to say that the very first step for intellectual development is to say that 'I was wrong'?”Asked by Farooq Ishraq, Kashmir

He answers at 50:25 in Dars-e-Quran, Chapter 2, Verse 37 · 56 sec

His answer, in his own words
50:25
maulana, inhi ka ek sawal bhi hai, unhon ne in se, unhon ne aap se poocha hai: "maulana Sahib, is it right to say that the very first step for intellectual development is to say that i was wrong?" bilkul theek kaha aap ne, bilkul sahi hai yeh. kyun ke jaisa ke maine arz kiya ke agar aap yeh samjhen ke i am right, phir to
50:54
jahan hain wahin rahen ge, koi nai baat aap nahi pa saken ge. kyun ke jab aap yeh kehte hain ke i was wrong to aap regain karte hain, nai nai baton ko daryaft karte hain. is liye koi shaq nahi ke i was wrong kehna ziyada se ziyada bari baat hai.
51:21
ji maulana, agla sawal moradabad se aya hai, zubair sahib ne bheja hai, unhon ne likha hai:
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