Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Degree of Faith: Educated vs Less Educated

“An educated person with a scientific mind discovers God and believes in Him. Similarly, a less educated person who does not have a scientific bent of mind also believes one hundred percent in God through tadabbur and tafakkur. So will the degree of faith differ among the two? I mean will an educated, scientifically based man be placed higher in ma'rifat-e-deen than a less educated mind? What is your opinion?”Asked by رضی, لکھنو

He answers at 56:20 in Unseen God · 2 min 21 sec

His answer, in his own words
56:20
ji مولانا agla sawal lucknow se bheja hai razi sahab ne unhone likha hai مولانا an educated person who has scientific mind discovers god and believes in him similarly a less educated person who does not have a scientific bent of mind also believes hundred percent in god through tadabbur and tafakkur so will the degree of faith differ among the two i mean will an educated scientific based man be placed higher in marifat than a less educated mind what is your opinion dekhiye islam ka jo criterion hai woh base hai base karta hai quality par quantity par nahi yani quantity stress mein kiska darja kya hai woh dekha jayega
57:20
quantity stress mein nahi dekha jayega aur doosri baat yeh hai ke kis ke ilm ne is ke andar Allah ki mohabbat paida ki allazina amanu ashaddu hubban lillah is se jaancha jayega aap ki knowledge bahut ho aap dunya ke sab bade scientific mind hon lekin aap ke andar Allah ke liye mohabbat nahi paida hui
57:45
to to woh nateeja koi value is ki nahi hai to criterion yeh hai ke aap ki knowledge aap ki research ne aap ke andar khaliq ke liye rab-ul-alameen ke liye mohabbat ka jazba paida kiya hai ya nahi paida kiya yeh hai criterion aur koi cheez criterion nahi hai
58:06
walazina amanu ashaddu hubban lillah amnu ka matlab yeh hai ke jo discover karte hain yani is ka ayat ka matlab yeh hai ke jo Allah ko discover karta hai woh Allah se bohat ziyada mohabbat karne wala ban jata hai to aap ki agar discovery
58:26
allah ki taraf ho rahi ho to jaancha yeh jayega ke aap ke andar allah se mohabbat qatai paida hui darja isi se banega walzain amnu ashad hub lilah is mamle mein bohat hi wazeh ayat hai
58:41
maulana agla sawal isi se juda hua hai jo ah bhopal se bheja hai rizwan arif sahab ne
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