Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Physical or conceptual advent of Mahdi and Jesus

“Please explain about the advent of Mahdi and Jesus (peace be upon them). Are they supposed to come physically or is it a conceptual role in this modern age?”Asked by Shahnawaz Zafar, Delhi

He answers at 1:00:15 in Discovery of Modern Age · 1 min 52 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:00:15
hamara agla sawal Dilli se hai Shahnawaz Zafar sahib ka. unhon ne likha hai: "please explain about the advent of Mahdi and Isa alaihissalam. are these supposed to come physically or it is a conceptual role in this modern age?" dekhiye, basic baat yeh hai ke aap sari hadithain jo hain parhiye is is hisse mein. sari hadith mein kisi bhi hadith mein yeh nahi hai ke koi aadmi ayega, woh kahega ke main Mahdi hoon, main Masih hoon.
1:00:54
yeh declare karega. aisa hai hi nahi. jab ke paighambar ata hai to woh declare karta hai ke main mariz hoon, ana nabiyyu awwalu kadhi, ana rasul rubb al-alameen. to kisi bhi hadith mein jo hadithain is hisse mein ayi hain, us mein yeh baat nahi hai ke aaney wala apni zuban se kahega ke main Mahdi hoon ya main Masih hoon. to is se hi apne aap yeh baat sabit ho jati hai ke woh ek role hai. woh role hai. yeh to logon ne jo logon ne daway kiye hain, woh to main samajhta hoon ke baseless daway the. jinhon ne kaha ke main Mahdi hoon, jinhon ne kaha ke main Masih hoon, to yeh baseless daway the.
1:01:34
yeh kahan se bol rahe hain? woh jab hadithon mein yeh baat hai hi nahi ke aaney wala dawa karega, to aap kahan se dawa kar rahe hain? to un hadithon mein kahin bhi yeh nahin hai ke aane wala apni zuban se boley ga ke mein mehdi hoon, mein Maseeh hoon. isi se sabit hota hai ke woh ek role ki baat hai, aur role ka ilm Allah taala ko hai ke Allah ko pata hai kis ne yeh role kiya hai, kis ne nahin kiya hai. hum aap is ko determine nahin kar sakte.
1:02:08
hamara agla sawal Dilli se hai Jameel Akhtar Khan sahib ka.
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