Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Reality of seeing God in meditation

“What is the reality of the claim by mystics that in higher states of meditation they see God and have dialogue with Him?”Asked by Khalid Ansari, New Delhi

He answers at 59:38 in Roza and Quran · 2 min 16 sec

His answer, in his own words
59:38
maulana, yeh sawal aaya hai mister khalid ansari ka, nai dilli se. unhon ne likha hai ke "Muslims practicing mysticism claim that when they reach the higher state of maraqbah or meditation, they see God. And not only they see Him, but have a dialogue as well." Maulana, according to you, what is the reality of this phenom ena? Dekhen, yeh sab superstition hai. Jo Sufiya the, Sufiya, unhon ne jo bol banaya woh tha deedar elahi, Khuda ko dekhna. Toh woh kya karte the? Kisi band jagah pe baith gaye, kisi kothri mein gaye, chadar odh liya, aankh band kar ke murakba kar rahe hain.
1:00:28
Toh aap kabhi bhi aisa kijiye toh aap ko kuch cheezein, yaani lage ke kuch badal odh rahe hain, kuch roshni idhar se udhar ja rahi hai. Toh us ko samajh lein ke woh Khuda, Khuda, Khuda ko dekh rahe hain. Woh hai, us ko angrezi mein kehte hain hallucination. Yaani Khuda hi ka tasawwur nahi, aap kisi cheez ka tasawwur kijiye toh aap ko woh hoga. Woh Yaani der tak baith kar aap ko agar aap tasawwur karein ghore ka ya yeh pahaad ka, kisi bhi cheez ka, toh aap dekhen kuch ajeeb qism ke, yaani jhalakiyan aap ko dikhai dengi.
1:01:07
Toh unhon ne samajh liya ke hum toh Khuda ko dekh rahe hain. Yeh bilkul false, falsehood hai. Is ka koi talluq Khuda ko dekhne se nahi hai. Baqi yeh jo claim karte hain Khuda se baat cheet, yeh bilkul, bilkul hi baseless hai. Yeh jo hallucination ka jo research hui hai, us se yeh prove hoti hai ke woh apne hi mind ko dekhte hain, apne hi mind se baat karte hain. Khuda is duniya mein kisi ko bhi dikhai nahi de sakta. Yeh impossible hai. Yeh aakhirat mumkin hog a. Jo log aisa sochte hain, bilashuba woh, yaani bhatke hue log hain.
1:01:55
Maulana, agla sawal Mr. Chaudhry Akbar ka hai, Haryana se. He has written: "I have visited almost every village of India.
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