Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Quran claims to be a clear book

“as Quran claims to be a book that is clear in its”Asked by Nigeria

He answers at 1:05:43 in Hadith Word of Wisdom · 5 min 12 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:05:43
aaj sirf daawa empire qaim ho sakta hai." Maulana, agla sawal jo aaya hai woh hai nayejeria se, aur yeh Ejaz Ahmed ke saathi hain jinhon ne yeh sawal kiya hai. un ka sawal yeh hai ke "as Quran claims to be a book that is clear in its writing, how come there is so much ambiguity that leaves people to interpret it as they please?
1:06:06
for instance, all the different variations of jihad, the concept of peace, and the Islamic state." kya is ka kya khulasa hai? is Maulana, woh yeh jaan'na chah rahe hain ke jab Quran itna clear hai to phir is ke different interpretations kyun aate hain? particularly peace ko le ke, jihad ko le ke to itne variations kyun hain? ya jo political system hai, to aisa kyun hai ke is ki wajah
1:06:27
se confusion bohat hota hai? agar Quran waqai mein bohat clear kitaab hai to phir itna confusion kyun in cheezon ko le ke? dekhen, is ka ta'alluq Quran se nahi hai. is ka ta'alluq is se hai ke mazhab humanity ka subject hai. humanity is ka woh science ka subject nahi hai.
1:06:48
physical sciences mein chunkey physical sciences chunkey base karti hain mathematics par, to physical sciences mein mathematics ki wajah se wahan possible hota hai ke wahan ek hi baat sabit ho, interpretation na ho. interpretation to humanities ka phenomena hai. physical science mein expression nahi hota.
1:07:09
wahan to ek ek cheez jo hai, jo jo experiment kar ke jo maloom hoti hai, wahi baat hai. isi isi ko exact sciences kehte hain. to exact sciences mein interpretation ka ka farq nahi hota, lekin humanities mein hota hai. to yeh to hamesha hi rahega interpretation ka ikhtilaf, chahey woh Quran ho, chahey koi bhi cheez ho.
1:07:30
to yeh aur doosri baat yeh hai ke ikhtilaf koi evil nahi hai. isi ikhtilaf se to intellectual development hota hai. agar ikhtilaf na ho to aap kaise guftagu kaise karen ge? discussion kaise karen ge? dialogue kaise karen ge? to humanities mein is ko jo ikhtilafat hote hain, woh yaani ya farq hota hai jo sochne
1:07:51
ka, isi se discussion hota hai, isi se intellectual development hota hai. to mere nazdeek ikhtilaf koi evil ki baat nahi hai. woh to hum ko point of discussion deta hai. isi se hum apni intellectual life ko taraqqi dete hain.
1:08:12
mein nahi samajhta ke is mein koi evil ki baat hai. maulana, isi ke continuation mein aksar jo non-muslims hain, particularly woh yeh sawal karte hain ke ek group peaceful interpretation karta hai aur ek group violent interpretation karta hai. to woh yeh kehte hain ke aap jo peaceful interpretation bata rahe hain, aap kaise keh sakte hain
1:08:33
ke aap ka interpretation sahi hai? to is cheez pe kaise un ko convince kiya jaye? dekhiye, humanities mein ya mazhab mein hamesha aql ka istemal baqi rahega. jaise ek misaal deta hoon aap ko ke geeta ek kitaab hai, bhagwat geeta. ek kitaab hai, bohat ahem.
1:08:54
hamare prime minister sahab ne wahan ja kar ke diya un ko tohfe mein, japan ke prime minister ko. lekin aap ko maloom hai ke geeta ke kai interpretation kiye gaye hain. ek ek woh hai jis ke mutabiq, yaani geeta ladai ki kitaab hai kyunke is mein baqayda do fareeq ladte hain aapas mein.
1:09:15
ek ek interpretation ke mutabiq geeta jo hai, wisdom ki kitaab hai kyunke wisdom ki baatein hain. ek ek kitaab jo jo unhon ne kiya hai, yaani gandhi ji ne ke woh woh woh woh fighting ko mante hi nahi. woh woh kehte hain ke insaan ke spiritual level par woh sab kuch hota hai.
1:09:37
yaani kaurav aur pandav koi lade the kahin bahar zameen par nahi. insaan ke andar hi andar jo spiritual waqea tha, uska zikr hai is mein. to interpretation ka farq to rehta hai, lekin is ki wajah se kya aap geeta ko samajhna mushkil hai aap ke liye? aap geeta ko padhiye aur samjhiye, apni aql ko istemal kijiye.
1:09:58
log apne apne dhang par karte rahen, lekin hum hamare hamare paas bhi aql hai. hum apni aql se padhen geeta ko, jo samajh mein aaye ga, us ko manen ge. hum aise hi quran ka muamla hai. yeh sab kuch koi koi problem nahi hai.
1:10:19
yeh apni aql ko istemal karen, bas aap ki aql jo kahe, woh us ko padheye. mein aksar kaha karta hoon ke mazhab jo hai, yeh personal choice ka muamla hai. Personal choice koi kya kehta hai, us ko chhodiye. aap aap khud padhiye aur jo aap ki samajh mein aaye, us ko ikhtiyar kar lijiye.
1:10:40
mazhab naam bhi hai personal choice ka. mazhab jo hai, personal choice hi ka subject hai. to aap apni aql ko istemal kijiye. maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai, mushtaq ahmed bani sahib ka, aur unhon ne likha hai ke "You
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