Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Islam's role in modern age

“Islam has had a pivotal role in strengthening foundation of the modern age. What is Islam's role in the modern age now? What is your comment on this?”Asked by Miss Naghma Siddiqui, Delhi

He answers at 59:44 in The Secular Contribution of Islam · 1 min 48 sec

His answer, in his own words
59:44
is just like a big bird approach. maulana, delhi se sawal kiya hai miss naghma siddiqui ne, unhon ne likha hai: islam has had a pivotal role in strong foundation of the modern age. what is islam's role in the modern age now? what is your comment on this, maulana? main samajhta hoon ke aaj sab se bara jo role hai islam ka, jo musalman on ko, yani musalmanon ki taraf se duniya ke samne aana hai, yani islam khud to chal phir ke nahi pohnchega, pohnchana to musalmanon ko hai. to sab se bari baat jo duniya ko bata sakte hain musalman, ke islam ne equation ko badal diya. qadeem zamane mein jo equation jo tha, woh that was based on dichotomy: dushman dost, dushman dost. quran ne ek third option nikala: dushman dost aur supporter. yeh jante nahi log.
1:00:56
yeh dichotomy ko quran ne zyada behtar iski shakal di hai ke quran batata hai ke ke dost aur dushman ke sawab ek ek hain, aur woh hai supporter. toh logon ko supporter banao, kya zaroorat hai ladne ki? yeh jo concept islam ka hai, yeh duniya ko batana, yeh musalmanon ka sabse bada kaam hai.
1:01:20
lekin iske liye musalmanon ko chhodna padega violence, apne apne hathiyaron ko samandar mein phenkna padega ga, tab yeh role bata payenge woh. maulana, agla sawal pakistan se bheja hai ajmal sahab ne, unhone likha hai: maulana sahab, what do
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