Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Free will versus divine predestination

“When everything is already fixed, who will do what and who will not, then what authority do we have? Allah has already predetermined every action.”Asked by Anwar, Delhi

He answers at 57:14 in Interpretation of History · 2 min 30 sec

His answer, in his own words
57:14
maulana, agla sawal dilli se kya hai anwar sahib ne. unhone likha hai: "jab sab kuch pehle se hi fixed hai ke kaun kya karega, kya nahi karega, to is mein hamara kya ikhtiyar hai? kisi amal par allah ne pehle se hi taqdeer mein sab kuch likh diya hai.
57:39
is ke baray mein aap kya kahenge?" dekhein, yeh taqdeer aur tadbeer ka masla bohat purana hai, aur yeh yeh is par main likh chuka hoon kai baar, is ki koi haqeeqat nahi hai. yeh is ka source jo hai, is ko kehte hain speculative riyazi. speculative riyazi mein hai.
58:04
practical thinking jo hai, practical thinking mein is ka koi maqam nahi hai. ek hai, aap practical tor par sochein, aap objective tor par sochein, scientific tor par sochein, to yeh koi sawal hi nahi hai. lekin jo log, yaani pure philosophy mein gum ho jaate hain, un ke liye is ka masla hai.
58:29
misal ke taur par dekhen, har aadmi ka apna personal experience kya hai? aap khud sochiye, aap kya samajhte hain ke aap bandhe hue hain? kisi ne aap ka haath paon baandh rakha hai? har aadmi ho sakta hai ke main azaad hoon, chahe sooon, chahe jaagoon, paani piyoon, chahe na piyoon. to yeh jaise yeh paani hai, ab yeh maine piya, na peeta to main azaad tha, na
58:54
peene ke liye bhi. to practical taur par har aadmi khud jo quran mein hai ke "bade liye insaan allah lafzi baseer hai", aadmi khud gawah hai, aadmi khud gawah hai. yeh to ek ek tasawwurati philosophy hai, yaani speculative jo kehte hain, is mein yeh sab masle paida hote hain.
59:20
warna aap aap shadi karte hain, bachche paida karte hain, business karte hain, aur woh karte hain. to aap har jagah aap apne faisle se karte hain, apni soch se karte hain. koi aisa nahi ke aap ka haath paon bandhe hue hain. to bas is waqt yeh yeh bilkul ek ek speculative philosophy ke masle hain, yeh koi real masle nahi hain.
59:45
maulana, agla sawal dilli se kya hai ajay devi sahib ne.
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