Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Why scientific interpretation of religion?

“The political interpretation of religion is not correct. The juristic interpretation is not correct, etc. So why can the scientific interpretation of religion be correct when scientific theories keep changing?”Asked by جمیل اختر, دلی

He answers at 1:01:00 in Quran A Miracle · 1 min 22 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:01:00
maulana agla sawal dilli se kiya hai jameel akhtar sahab ne. unhon ne likha hai ke deen ki siyasi taabeer sahi nahi. deen ki fiqhi taabeer sahi nahi waghera. to deen ki sainsi taabeer kyon sahi ho sakti hai jabke sainsi nazariyat badalte rahe hain? dekhiye deen ki siyasi taabeer ka main to qail hoon nahi. un se poochein jo deen ki sainsi taabeer karna chahte hain. maine to kabhi nahi kaha. maine kabhi bhi nahi kaha ke islam ka scientific interpretation karna hai. sainsi taabeer karna hai. science yaad rakhiye hum ko data deti hai data interpretation nahi deti hai.
1:01:49
interpretation ek alag cheez hai data ek alag cheez hai. science hum ko data deti hai jis se hum quran ki bohat si aayaton ko mazeed tafseel ke sath samajh sakte hain. aur yeh maine apni kitabon mein likha hai apni padh li jiye. ke kis tarah science ka data hamare liye karamad hai. baqi science yaani sainsi taabeer islam ki jo is ka qail ho us se poochein main to is ka qail hoon nahi. maulana agla sawal raipur se kiya hai idrees sahab ne. unhon ne ek comment diya hai aur phir sawal poocha hai. comment mein unhon ne likha hai ke today's lecture was very inspiring and thought provoking.
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