Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Explanation of wahdat al-wujud and shuhud

“Maulana, please explain wahdat al-wujud and wahdat al-shuhud.”Asked by خورشید ڈار, سری نگر

He answers at 1:07:00 in Dars-e-Quran, Chapter 2, Verse 37 · 1 min 36 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:07:00
maulana, agla sawal bheja hai khursheed dar sahab ne srinagar se. unhone likha hai: "maulana, please explain wahdat ul wajood aur wahdat us sujud is ke bare mein bataein." yeh hamara topic nahi hai, yeh to is bekar ki behas hai.
1:07:20
wahdat e wajood, wahdat e shuhood mein bilkul bekar ki behas hai, jaise is se pehle khallaq makhlooq aur ghair makhlooq yeh bekar ki behas thi. to ummat kai baar aisa hua ke bekar ki behas mein phanse rahe hain log, aur jo asal baat thi janne ki, scientific discovery, us ko parha hi nahi.
1:07:40
wahdat e wajood bhi naqabil e fahm hai, wahdat e shuhood bhi naqabil e fahm hai. quran makhlooq hai, quran ghair makhlooq, dono hi naqabil e fahm hain mere liye. yeh ilm nahi hai, yeh yeh munh shigaafiyan hain. yeh jo behasein hain ke quran makhlooq hai, ghair makhlooq, aur wahdat e wajood hai, ke wahdat e shuhood, yeh
1:08:01
sab فنی bahasain hain, munh shagaafiyon ki bahasain hain. yeh koi ilm nahin hai. donon mein se kisi ko main ilm nahin samajhta.
1:08:19
ilm to science hai, aur science koi parhta nahin, samajhta hai ke dushmanon ka ilm hai. maulana, agla comment aaya hai ahmad sodan sahib ka ali garh se. انہوں نے لکھا ہے: "This is the key to all humanity in the society." regret in mistakes is
1:08:36
what we humans have and others not."
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