Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Is Sorcery Real and Harmful

“Maulana, is sorcery correct? Can anybody harm any other person by so-called amaliyat? I ask this question because there are more and”Asked by V M Khalilur Rahman, Chennai

He answers at 59:48 in Social Reform · 3 min 11 sec

His answer, in his own words
59:48
maulana, agla sawal chennai se kya hai v m khaleel ur rehman sahib ne. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana, is sorcery correct? can anybody harm any other person by so-called amliyat? i ask this question because there are more and more people indulging in this act.
1:00:05
and sometimes even by threatening the people. what is your com ment? dekhen, main khud to is ko bilkul hi superstition samajhta hoon. koi bhi amliyati, koi bhi is qism ka jo amal karte hain log, is se kisi ko nuqsan
1:00:23
pohanchne wala nahi hai. harghiz nahi hai. laisa laka alaihim min sultaan. main aap ko aik qissa batata hoon, bohat hi yani bohat hi ajeeb qissa.
1:00:40
dekhen, aik baar main dilli mein aik sahib ke haan gaya. unhon ne bulaya tha mujhe. to jis kamre mein unhon ne bithaya tha, aik bara sa kamra tha, us mein aik side mein
1:00:57
aik choti si kothri thi. side mein. to kisi wajah se main ne woh kothri kholi, darwaza khola to wahan aisa hi aik zara bara, is glass se zara baray bara aik bartan tha rakha hua. aur us ke andar yani bijli ke ta
1:01:15
ar ke zariye se light jali hui thi. aag. aag is mein ho rahi thi. is mein aik chhuri daali thi is ke andar. chhuri. yani is bartan mein bijli ke zariye se aag jal rahi thi.
1:01:33
aur is mein aik chhuri daali hui thi. to main ne un se poocha ke yeh kya cheez hai? kyunke aik anokha scene tha woh mere liye. to unhon ne kaha ke hamare ghar mein jewellery chori ho gayi hai. koi nikaal le gaya hai.
1:01:49
to aik sahib ne jo amliyat ke maahir the, unhon ne bataya ke yeh aisa karo to kuch parha hai, unhon ne parh kar ke kiya kiya hai ke yeh jo chhuri jo hai, is ke seene mein ghase gi. yahan jo chhuri hum ne is mein dakhil ki hai, woh is ke seenay mein ghuse gi.
1:02:01
is ko itna be taab kare gi ke woh Jewellery la ke aap ke kamray mein daal de ga. aap ke ghar mein daal de ga woh. aisa kuch bhi nahi hua. woh chori ho gayi, chori ho gayi.
1:02:13
to yeh sab aik aik sab Superstition hai. aik False Business hai. is ko mein kahoon ga False Hope Business.
1:02:28
yeh False Hope Business hai, mehfoza umeedon ki tijarat. is se ziyada is ki koi haqeeqat nahi hai. yeh jo log yaani jin ke andar samajh nahi hoti, woh is mein phans jatay hain. aur bohat bari raqamen is mein kharch karte hain.
1:02:43
beh-haal, mein is ko baal kal Baseless samajhta hoon. aur is ki koi haqeeqat nahi hai. na Scientific aitbaar se aur na deen ke aitbaar se.
1:02:59
Maulana, agla sawal Chennai se hai.
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