Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Ta'lif al-qulub and Surah Al-Kafirun

“You wrote in an issue of Al-Risala that there is no limit to ta'lif al-qulub (reconciliation of hearts). Please tell me why Surah Al-Kafirun was revealed? Is there any difference between the two?”Asked by منصور سردار, تھانے

He answers at 58:54 in Lessons from My Journey to Canada II · 1 min 41 sec

His answer, in his own words
58:54
maulana, agla sawal thane se aya hai mansoor sardar sahab ne kiya hai, aur unhone likha hai ke "maulana, aap ne al risala ke ek issue mein likha hai ke talif e qalb ki koi had nahi, to mujhe yeh batayen ke surah al kafiroon kyun nazil hua? kya dono ke darmiyan koi farq hai?" is ko wazeh karen.
59:18
surah al kafiroon se talif e qalb ka koi talluq nahi. is mein aisi koi baat to hai nahi. talif e qalb karo ya talif e qalb na karo, yeh to is mein kahin hai nahi. talif e qalb ka masla to surah at tubah mein hai.
59:39
to mein nahi samajh saka ke surah al kafiroon se is ka kya talluq hai. yeh dawat ka, talif e qalb ka mozu, dawat ka mozu hai, aur woh surah at tubah mein bataya gaya hai. Aur yeh fitrat ka qanoon hai. Jaise jo business man hotay hain, un ka haq aata hai customer behaviour, customer friendly behaviour.
1:00:06
Yaani business world mein bola jata hai customer friendly behaviour. Yahi to hai talif-e-qalb. To talif-e-qalb aik aik aam baat hai, aik laaf nature hai. Woh koi mushir cheez nahi hai.
1:00:20
Jis cheez ko business world mein kehtay hain customer friendly behaviour, wahi daai ke liye hai madu friendly behaviour. Bas madu friendly behaviour ka naam hai talif-e-qalb. Maulana, agla sawal Orissa se hai Dr. Hamid Hussain sahib ka, aur un ka sawal hai: "Many of
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