Concept of Paradise in Companions' time vs modern civilization
“Maulana, a person asked: 'In the time of the Companions, the concept of Paradise that was there, was it the same?' Greater electronic civilization and communication and opportunities for development of physical sciences and activities.”Asked by Ilyas Waniabadi, Tamil Nadu
He answers at 52:59 in Interpretation of History · 1 min 59 sec
52:59Agla sawal kya hai Maulana Ilyas Vaniyabadi sahib ne Tamil Nadu se, aur unhon ne likha hai: "Maulana, Ek sahib ne sawal kiya ke Sahaba ke zamane mein jo jannat ka tasawwur tha, kya woh aisa hi tha? Greater electronic civilization and communication and opportunities for development of physical sciences and activities. Is ke bare mein bataein." Dekhein, yeh yeh toh term ki baat hai.
53:32Sahaba ke zamane mein is zamane ki term istemal hota tha, ab hum bhi is zamane ki term istemal karte hain. Essence ke aitbar se Sahaba ka tasawwur wahi tha, essence ke aitbar se, lekin term toh badalta rahega. Term toh badalta rahega.
53:56Misal ke taur par dekhein, hadith mein aata hai ke jannat ke bare mein: "La ain ra'at wa la udhun sama' wa la qatara 'ala qalb bashar" ke jannat ko kisi ne dekha nahi, kisi ne socha nahi, kisi ko is ka tasawwur nahi aaya. Toh ek taraf yeh hadith hai, doosri taraf Quran mein hai ke: "Wa huwa fil kitab mutashabih" toh yeh
54:21is hadith ko lafz nahi le sakte aap. Toh is ka matlab maine samjha ke hadith mein jannat ki nematoun ko qualitative term mein bataya gaya hai. Woh aur aur jo Quran mein jo lafz hai, woh shakal ke aitbar se bataya gaya hai. Is wajah se dono ki mein dono ko samajh mein aa jata hai.
54:45Toh mutala jab kiya jayega toh band zehn ke sath aap nahi samajh sakte Quran o Hadith ko, khule zehn ke sath parhna padega toh aap samjhenge. Ji, Maulana, agla sawal Maulana Iqbal Omri ne kiya hai Chennai se.