Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Problem with finality of prophethood

“Some people hold that the problem with Islam is that it considers Prophet Muhammad to be the last prophet and Quran the last book.”Asked by Ms. Saadia Khan, Delhi

He answers at 1:06:05 in Prophetic Example · 5 min 37 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:06:05
maulana agla sawal miss sadia khan ne kiya hai dilli se. unhon ne likha hai: "Some people hold that the problem with Islam is that it considers Prophet Muhammad to be the last prophet and Quran the last book. What is your comment on this?" dekhiye last ka matlab log samajhte hain afzal.
1:06:25
musalmanon ne yeh tasawwur diya hai. hargiz woh afzal ke ma'ne mein nahi hai. woh sirf hai preserved book ke ma'ne mein.
1:06:45
rasool Allah sal Allah alaihi wasallam ki taleemat jo hain woh hamare paas mehfooz hain. hum jaan sakte hain ke aap ne kis tarah dunya mein kaam kiya. doosre nabiyon ka is tarah se un ka record mehfooz nahi hai bas is ma'ne mein. doosri baat mein yeh kehna chahunga ke Allah taala ka yeh yeh plan nahi hai ke baar
1:07:05
baar nabi aata rahe. yeh plan nahi hai. Allah ka plan awwal din se yahi tha ke jab aik nabi ki taleemat uska model mehfooz ho jaye yani record uska history mein ban jaye to bas kafi hai phir doosra nabi aanay
1:07:23
ki zaroorat nahi hai. baad ki generation jo hain usi ko parh kar usi se yani guidance leti rahen. to rasool Allah sal Allah alaihi wasallam final prophetic sense mein hain ke aap wahid nabi hain jin ki zindagi record mein aa gayi. Aur doosre nabiyon ki zindagi record mein nahin aayi. Bas agar khuda na khwasta khuda na khwasta aap ki zindagi record mein na aati to phir Allah taala ek aur nabi bhijta. Lekin jab jab woh record mein aa gayi mehfooz ho gayi to wohi wohi ban gayi yaani badal ban gaya. Is ka substitute ban gaya. Is
1:08:06
y se aap deen lete rahey. yeh to musalmanon ne ghalat tor par yeh taasur logon ko diya hai ke hamara deen afzal hai. hamari kitab afzal hai. is wajah se log is mein shakk karte hain ke yeh kaun si baat hui hai? ke Allah ke haan aisa farq kiya jaye? ke Allah ke to sab nabi barabar hone chahiye. to ek zyada hai ek kam kyun? to yeh musalmanon ka apna banaya hua deen hai. Allah ne aisa kabhi nahi kaha hai ke koi ek ooncha hai koi ek necha hai. koi aik afzal hai koi ghair afzal hai. to quran ka ya rasool allah salallaho alaihe wasallam ka aakhri hone ka matlab sirf yeh hai ke jo kuch bhi allah ne bheja tha woh mehfooz ho gaya aur woh authentic uska har
1:09:02
cheez ek authentic taur par hamare paas maujood hai aaj bhi to bas wohi kafi hai hamein guidance ke liye. maulana yeh sawal chennai se aaya hai maulana iqbal umri ka. unhone likha hai: "ek sahab ne kaha ke hum india mein ghulami mein hain. jaisa ke moosa alaihe assalam ke zamane mein musalmanon ki halat thi.
1:09:26
to hum ko moosa alaihe assalam ke iswa lena hai yani ghulami se nijat dilana hai. maulana yeh kahan tak sahi hai?" yeh double jhoot hai. sahi nahi hai yeh. jo log aisa kehte hain woh Allah se darte nahi. yaad rakhiye quran ko samajhne ke liye pehli shart hai khauf-e-khuda. pehli shart hai "اتقوا اللہ و یعلمکم اللہ". jo dil Allah ke khauf se khali ho woh na to quran ko samjhega aur na aap us ko samjha sakte hain. aap samjha bhi nahi sakte us ko. "اتقوا اللہ و یعلمکم اللہ". sab se
1:10:12
pehli cheez hai ke insaan ke andar allah ka darr ho. warna kuch bhi kuch bhi kahega kuch bhi kahega. yeh bilkul hi aisi baat hai baseless qism ki. yani ghulami ke lafz bhi kahin nahi.
1:10:25
yeh tasawwur ghulami ka mere dekh bilkul unislamic tasawwur hai. ghulami ka tasawwur unislamic tasawwur hai. yani political ghulami. bhai is par main likh chuka hoon.
1:10:38
aap meri kitabon mein parh sakte hain is masle ko. parh kar ke likhein. mein ne bar bar kaha hai ke aap sawal parh kar kijiye. is masle par mein likh chuka hoon. pehle is ko parhiye phir sawal kijiye. bar bar mein ne kaha ke jis masle par hum ne likh chuke hain us ko pehle parhiye phir sawal kijiye. yeh yeh to yeh to question falsafe ka question ho jata hai. Thank you we will end the session now.
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