Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Attaining Ma'rifat and Doing Dawah

“How can we attain ma'rifat (gnosis)? How can we do the work of dawah? Please tell us about this.”Asked by Mustahiq Ahmad, Delhi

He answers at 53:22 in The Existence of God · 32 sec

His answer, in his own words
53:22
Maulana, agla sawal Delhi se Mustahiq Ahmed sahib ne bheja hai. unhone likha hai ke hum marifat kaise hasil karen? hum dawat ka kaam kaise karen? is ke bare mein bataen. mere khayal se aap meri kitaab pehle padh lijiye, kitaab marifat, us ke baad sawal kijiye. ek kitaab hamari chhapi hai, uska naam hai kitaab marifat. pehle us ko padhiye, phir sawal kijiye. main inshallah us ke bare mein zaroor jawab dunga. Maulana, agla sawal Sagar Dey sahib ne poocha hai Delhi se. unhone likha hai: "You talked about self-imposed marifat, but is it possible to realize self-imposed marifat without having proper knowledge about the shariat?
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