Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Practical Way of Recitation and Reflection

“Those people who emphasize on tadabbur say that there is no need to do tilawah except tadabbur. Kindly explain what is the practical way of tilawah and tadabbur.”Asked by Ayesha, New Delhi

He answers at 1:21:50 in Roza and Quran · 10 min 20 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:21:50
maulana, agla sawal miss ayesha ka hai, nai dilli se. unhon ne likha hai ke "Those people who emphasize on tadabbur, they say that there is no need to do tilawat except tadabbur." kindly explain what is the practical way of tilawat and tadabbur." woh bhi galat hai ke tilawat hi band kar di jaye. yeh matlab nahi hai. matlab tilawat karne dijiye aadmi ko. maryam batayen ke tilawat tadabbur ke sath hona chahiye. is ko band kar ke nahi. mera maslak yahi hai ke koi shakhs tilawat karta hai to hum yeh nahi kehte ke tilawat mat karo. mein kahoon ke tilawat karo to samajh boojh ke karo.
1:22:34
kyun ke tilawat plus, tilawat plus ke taur par batata hoon mein. yahi sahi samajhta hoon mein is ko . mumbai se. in chapter 2 of the quran, the verse starts as, "this is the book; there is no doubt in it. it is a guide for those who are mindful of god, who believe in the unseen and are steadfast in prayers, and spend out of what we have provided them with. those who believe in the revelation sent down to you and in what was sent before you, and firmly believe in the life to come."
1:23:15
maulana, these verses without any ambiguity proclaim that if one lacks in taqwa, there is no guidance for him in the quran. in other words, it can be said that taqwa is the starter to the quran. does this mean that the dava work does not begin with the quran but with the development of god-fearing thinking in people in terms of the quran and taqwa? if it is so, how to work towards the development of god-fearing thinking in people? ab is ke liye koi technique to mujhe nahi maloom hai. study kijiye, study kijiye, study kijiye. study se woh baat develop ho jayegi.
1:24:07
hamari literature bhi isi ke liye sab likha gaya hai. mein samajhta hoon ke koi bhi dosra rasta nahi hai siwaye is ke ke aap zyada se zyada study karen aadmi. maulana, agla sawal maulana zakwan nadvi ka hai, dilli se. unhon ne likha hai ke "in chapter 38 of quran, verse number 29, there is a mention of word 'mubarak' and 'tadabbur.' he wants you to explain that verse." mubarak ke dekhen, literal meaning hai barkat wala. barkat wala mein ke is ke bohat zyada is ke andar gehre maani hon, gehri meaning ho.
1:24:51
bohat si baaten is ke andar chupi hui hon. bohat si is ke andar cheezen hon. to woh khulen gi kaise? tadabbur se khulen gi. donon ek dusre se jure hue hain, donon lafz. ke tadabbur karen ge to jo barkat hai is ke andar hai, woh sab aap par khulti chali jayen gi. mein samajhta hoon yahi matlab hai is ka. maulana, agla sawal ah, mister owais siddiqui ka hai, new dilli se. unhon ne likha hai ke "quran always asks people to ponder over the signs of god scattered in the universe,
1:25:27
whether it is rational level or intuitional level. what is the demarcation line between the two?" ise pichli bar mein ne kaha tha ke rational level hum ko sirf probability aur probability tak pohanchata hai. rational thinking jo hai, ya rational argument jo hai, woh sirf pohanchata hai probability tak. lekin wahan jab pohanchne ke baad phir darwaza ek aur khul jata hai, us ko hum intuition kehte hain. jo yeh yeh na tay kare to agla darwaza bhi us ko nahi khule ga. is ko to is ki aik had hai. yani rational soch soch ki aik had hai. is ki aik limit hai. lekin jahan limit khatam hoti hai, wohin doosra had shuru ho jati hai.
1:26:19
jo aap yani woh prepared ho jata hai is baat ke liye ke is ke liye agla darwaza khule. mera tajurba to yahi hai. maulana, agla sawal aya hai ah rae pur se, miss shabana ka. woh pooch rahi hain "What is the method to do Talife Qalb?" hmm "What is the method to do Talife Qalb?" Method kya hai? aap doosron ke khair khwah ban jaiye. yani woh well-wisher ban jaiye. bas yeh. yeh koi method to is ka hai hi nahin.
1:27:02
jaise maa ka bachcha paida hota hai to koi bataye ke tum kaise bachche ki khair khwahi karo. woh to khud hi is ka yani jo motherhood hai, woh batata hai. to logon ko asal mein koi dilchaspi nahin hai insaan se. apne apni family se dilchaspi hai logon ko. saare jo un ki dilchaspiyan hain, woh sab lagi rehti hain. family bhi lagi rehti hai.
1:27:31
to koi method nahin hai. yeh distraction hai ke aap ki dilchaspiyan to family mein juri hui hain. aap soch kar ke yani apne mind mein yeh baat bithaiye ke hamein aik duty ada karna hai. woh duty ada karne ke liye hamein un ka well-wisher banna parega. to apne aap aik madhu-friendly culture develop karta hai. sab kuch sochne par depend karta hai.
1:28:03
maulana, agla sawal mister jaan muhammad bhatt ka hai, afghanistan se. unhon ne likha hai ke "In Afghanistan, when people see an English Quran, they tend to consider this a form of blasphemy, since the Quran can only be in Arabic, and the word Quran applies to both the Arabic text and the meaning of the Quran. Do they have a point here ?" dekhen, yeh hamare ulama ki bohat bari ghalti hai. bohat bari ghalti hai. ke unhon ne yeh keh diya ke jab tak matan saaf aur naik kiya jaye, sirf tarjuma nahin hona chahiye.
1:28:45
yeh bilkul galat hai. yeh aisa fatwa bhi galat hai. aisi soch bhi galat hai. is ki koi base nahin hai. kaise aap quran ko phailayenge? yani zaroorat ke tehat dekhen. imam abu hanifa ne no musalmanon ke liye zaroorat ke tehat ijazat di thi ke woh farsi mein namaz padhen. zahir hai ke namaz arabi mein padhi jati hai. lekin imam abu hanifa ne kaha ke jo no musalman hain, jo arabi nahin padh sakte, woh farsi mein namaz padh len. waqti taur par.
1:29:18
wa-al-zarooratu tawbee'u al-mahzooraat aik hai kaam allah. aik hai law of necessity. jab hamein pahunchana hai dawat to aur konsa doosra tareeqa hai? koi doosra tareeqa nahin. to yeh ulama ne galat aik cheez phaila rakhi hai logon ke andar. ulama ko apni rai wapas lena chahiye. aur dawat ka darwaza band kar rakha hai logon ne. yani yeh ulama hain jinhon ne dawat ka darwaza band kar rakha hai. yeh khwamkhwah ke aik fatwa de rakha hai ke matan ke sath chhapa jaye. matan alag rahega, woh alag rahega.
1:29:56
matan itna zyada aam ho chuka hai ke har masjid mein, har library mein, har ghar mein, har jagah maujood hai woh. to woh daur khatm hoga jab quran ki hifazat khatre mein thi. ab ab quran ki hifazat khatre mein hai hi nahin. quran already preserve ho chuka hai, mehfooz ho chuka hai. to ab jitne bhi tareeqe hain, is ke message ko phailane ke liye ikhtiyar kijiye. isi wajah se ek hai translation. yaani translation jo hai, matan ki jagah par ho jayega. woh daur hi khatm ho gaya. jaise bible jo hai, asal zaban mein nahin hai. kyun?
1:30:33
printing press tha nahin is zamane mein. ab ab kaun aisa kar sakta hai ke arabi ghayab ho jaye aur sirf tarjuma rahe? bilashuba yeh galat fatwa hai. aur is ki wajah se dawat ka kaam yaani mein rukawat hai yeh is ke fatwe. maulana, we received a comment from mr. nafees shiraz from delhi. he has written: "itne behtareen dhang se tarjume o maani ke sath quran o hadith ko bayan karne wala wahiduddin khan jaisa koi bhi doosra aalim aaj ke zamane mein maujood nahin. is liye main allah se har roz dua karta hoon ke aye allah, maulana ko kam se kam 120 saal ki aayu de taake un ke daura-e-islam ka real message zyada se zyada logon tak phailta rahe."
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