Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Why Muslim Thinkers Missed Quranic Meaning for So Long

“Maulana, you have unfolded the meaning of the Quranic word 'Leader of Mankind'. Your explanation provides a key to understanding the divine plan of contemporary developments. Why have Muslim thinkers remained ignorant of this for so long?”Asked by Shad Hussain

He answers at 1:18:48 in Discovery of Modern Age · 2 min 58 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:18:47
baqi is ko g ol banana aur ladai chhodna aur logon ko maar kaat karna, yeh to bilkul sarkashi ki baat hai. Maulana, agla sawal Kashmir se hai Shad Hussain sahib ka. unhon ne likha hai: "Maulana, you have unfolded the meaning of the Quranic word 'leader of mankind'. Your explanation provides a key to understand the divine plan of contemporary developments." Why Muslim thinkers remained ignorant from this for so long? Dekhiye, yeh yeh kuch din sitarit ko incidents do baat ek saath aai,
1:19:30
yani modern modern jo age hai, woh ayat usi ke saath saath colonialism aa gaya. saath saath, yani musalmanon ne is waqt empire dunya mein thi 28 sadi tak, jagah jagah mughal empire, yani ottoman empire. to yeh sari empire jo thi, woh tod diya hai logon ne. to ek yeh questions tha, woh alag cheez thi, woh alag cheez thi. modern jo age aaya tha, woh ek alag age tha.
1:20:07
usi ke saath saath yeh ek naya phenomena aaya ke kuch logon ne, yani woh ubre europe se ubhar kar ke asia aur africa mein apni hukumatain qaim kar lin, to negative ho gaye. log soch nahi paye ke ek doosra pul hua hai, woh ek alag cheez hai, yeh alag cheez hai. dono ko alag kar ke nahi dekh sake, dono ko alag kar ke nahi dekh sake. woh, yani they fail to differentiate between the two. yeh hai basic wajah. is obsession mein jinhein lage ke hamari hukumaton ko tod diya, unhon ne hamare empire ko tod diya, unhein ladna hai, un se ladna hai, nateeja hai ke is se unhein ghafil ho gaye ke modern age ek blessing laya hai, opportunity laya hai, mawaqe laya gaya, is ko hum avail karna hai.
1:20:57
is se bekhabar ho gaye. wohi hua jo japan mein hua. japan wale bekhabar the to japan mein aise leader paida hue. khud jo hero heater tha, hero heater bohat zabardast parha likha aadmi tha, jo king of japan is waqt tha. us ki speech aap dekhein, usi kitaab mein us ki speech di hui hai. us ne lead di the muslim dunya mein. koi hero jaisa aadmi pata nahi jo lead diya, lead usay lead diya. bohat time par lead diya ke dekho, karne ka woh nahi hai.
1:21:32
yeh hai to hamare haan koi aisa paida nahi hua jo lead de, kyun ke sab obsession mein jeete rahe. wohi haye hukumat, haye hukumat, haye hukumat. to yeh wajah thi mere nazdeek. Maulana, agla sawal karachi pakistan se aaya hai abdul latif sahab ka.
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