Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Modern Inventions Already in Nature?

“The things we call progress today, like electricity, communication, steam power etc., were always present in nature. Is that correct?”

He answers at 35:02 in Wisdom of Hadith · 25 min 13 sec

His answer, in his own words
35:02
jaise Arnold Toynbee mein ne misaal di to us ne likha hai ke yeh aik sawal hai history ka ke jin cheezon ko hum aaj taraqqi kehte hain ke bijli, communication, steam power waghera, yeh sab nature hi mein maujood thi hamesha se. yani million billion saal se maujood thi.
35:24
to kya wajah hai ke abhi chand saalon ke andar yeh cheezein maloom hui hain? to us ne likha yeh aik sawal qaim kiya. yeh sawal jab qaim kiya to sochte sochte yahan tak pohancha woh ke tareekh ke pichle tamam adwaar mein hazaron saal se insaan jo hai nature ko poochta tha jis ko kehte hain shirk.
35:48
woh kya hai? shirk means nature worship. shirk means nature worship. to woh yeh sawal qaim karta hai ke jab nature ko aadmi object of worship bana le to isi waqt yeh mumkin nahin ke woh us ke liye object of investigation ban sake.
36:07
yeh tha rukawat. to tauheed ne is ko khatam kiya. jab tauheed ne nature ko divinity ke maqam se hataya, divinity, tab ja kar yeh yeh yeh shuru hua ke nature ko explore karna hai.
36:22
phir hote hote sari tehzeeb wajood mein aa gayi. yahi yahi tareeqa allah taala ne pure deen mein rakha hai ke aap sochen, ghor karen, apni aql ko istemal karen. tab aap ko deen ka wisdom milega.
36:39
deen ke andar jo gehraiyan hain, woh daryaft hongi aur aap ke andar intellectual development hoga. mera haal yeh hai ke main yani rasool Allah, Allah ke rasool thay, is ko main ne daryaft kya hai hadithon ke zariye se. is ko daryaft kiya hai hadithon ke zariye se.
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hadithon mein aisi aisi gehri baatein hain, aisi wisdom ki baatein hain ke main socha ke yeh yeh to paighambar hi kar sakta tha aur kaun kar sakta tha? Main misaal ke taur par ek baat arz karta hoon ke jab rasool Allah makkah mein thay, log sata rahe thay aur kuch logon ko bahar bhi dala tha unhon ne.
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to Hazrat Umar jo hain, bohat hi pehalwan aadmi thay, bohat taqatwar thay woh. to unhon ne rasool Allah se kaha ke hum jihad karenge, hum qital karenge, in se ladenge, in logon se, mukhalifeen se. is waqt aap ne kaha tha: "Ya Umar, ana qaleel." Aey Umar, hum thore hain.
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is par main ne ghor kiya. Aey Umar, hum thore hain? Kyun kaha unhon ne? Rasool Allah, naoozubillah, naoozubillah, buzdil nahi thay, bohat bahadur aadmi thay, bohat bahadur aadmi thay. ek pata hai, ek waqea aap parh sakte hain kitabon mein.
38:07
جب آپ مکہ میں تھے تو اس زمانے میں قبائل کے قبائل یعنی کا جو زمانہ تھا، age of tribes, to us waqt bar bar qabail hamla kiya karte thay. talwar le ke idhar ghus gaye, talwar le ke idhar ghus gaye. to ek baar yeh afwah uri makkah mein ke ek qabila aa raha hai makkah par hamla karne
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ke liye. yeh ek rubar uri makkah mein ke ek qabila makkah par hamla karne ke liye aa raha hai. to jante hain kya hua? To subah ko logon ne intezar kiya ke ujala ho jaye to nikle dekhne ke liye ke kya kya qissa hai.
38:53
to jab subah ko nikle to rasool Allah idhar se wapas aa rahe thay. unhon ne kaha ke main nikla aur ja kar dekha door tak, kaha kuch kuch nahi, afwah hai, kuch nahi hai, wapas chalo. akele chale gaye, akele.
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to rasool Allah bohat hi bahadur aadmi thay. تو ایک بہادر آدمی یہ کہے گا کہ: "یا عمر، انا قلیل۔" نہیں، اس کے اندر wisdom ہے۔ wisdom, وہ wisdom کیا ہے؟ Wisdom یہ ہے کہ جب کوئی تمہیں کوئی step لینا ہے، کوئی اقدام کرنا ہے، کوئی کارروائی کرنا ہے تو پہلے سوچو کہ کیا تم positive result نکال سکتے ہو؟ positive
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رزلٹ نکال سکتے ہو تم؟ Your actions must be result-oriented. is waqt makka mein jo halaat thay, us waqt yahi thay ke log larr kar shaheed ho jayen. yeh yeh hota to larr kar mar jayen, yeh to koi goal nahi hai. aaj kal ke zamane mein, is zamane mein bana rakha hai yeh goal ke larr kar mar jao.
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lekin yeh Islam ka goal nahi hai, aql ka goal nahi hai, yeh fitrat ka goal nahi hai. yeh to ke aap ne sabak diya hai apne is hadith ke zariye se, is qaul ke zariye se ke jab bhi koi iqdamm karna ho, koi step lena ho to sab se pehle yeh socho ke kya tum us us position mein ho ke koi positive result nikal sakte ho tum is se?
40:34
aisa to nahi ke woh counter productive ban jaye. to aisi halat mein kya hai? aisi halat mein amli iqdamm ke baghair khamosh planning, khamosh planning. phir aaj kya hua? dekhiye, makka chhod kar aap madina chale gaye. yeh thi planning.
40:52
yani makka mein larr jatay hain to log mar mar kar shaheed ho jatay hain. in logon ko le kar aap madina chale gaye aur aap ne reorganize kiya, replanning ki. aur bohat se waqiat hain, maine apni kitabon mein likhe hain, aap padh lijiye. to bajaye is ke ke larr kar mar jao, replanning karo, khamosh andaaz mein apne amal ka
41:21
naqsha banao jo natija khez ho. is tarah ki beshumar wisdom ki baatein hain hadith kitabon mein. is ko padh kar mujhe yaqeen hoga ke yeh insaan Allah ka rasool tha. rasool ke siwa koi aisi baatein nahi kar sakta.
41:38
meri kitabein hain, aap padh lijiye: mutala-e-seerat, paigham-e-pehgham-e-انقلاب, aur kai kitabein hain. is ko aap padh lijiye. maine in cheezon ko khola hai is mein. to khulasa yeh hai ke hadeesein jo hain, woh islam ka bohat hi qeemti سرمایہ hain.
41:57
quran agar quran hai to hadees quran ka applied, ab applied quran hai. yani quran agar quran hai to hadees applied quran hai. quran ko hadees ke zareeye historical base milta hai. historical base hadees ke zareeye hamein maloom hota hai kis tarah islam ne woh process jari kiya tareekh
42:19
mein, jise culmination tha modern civilization. to meri dua hai ke Allah taala mujh ko aur aap ko tofeeq de ke hum baaton ko saheeh zaawiyay se dekhein, right angle se dekhein. Allah mujh ko aur aap ko sirat-e-mustaqeem ki tofeeq de aur hum ko dunya aur aakhirat mein
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apni rehmat se, apni sa'adat se nawazay. ameen. Okay, ah, before, ah, we resume the question-answer session, there is an important update from CP. s international.
42:54
As you all know, that ah, the Quran distribution is being done at a global scale by C ps international and its associates, volunteers, and all those who are members of the organization. However, there is a greater need felt to do the translation in different languages. Last week, Maulana Sahib had released the Hindi translation of Quran and the response is phenomenal.
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In fact, at the World Book Fair in Delhi, there has been huge demand for Hindi translation of quran. So today, we will be sharing with you another update that there was work being done to translate the quran in dogri language.
43:41
This is a language which is widely spoken in the Jammu region and this task has been going on for a very long period of time and it has been taken up by the Shah Hamdan society which is headquartered in Jammu region. The Shah Hamdan Society has been founded by Maulana Abdul Qayyum Nadwi Sahib along with the other associates.
44:07
سو they have been doing this translation of Quran in Dogri language and recently, this ah ah translation has been done for the thirty para of Quran which has got concluded and ah this work has been done by Ms. Azra Chaudhry under the supervision of ah Maulana ah Maulana Maulana Abdul Qayyum Nadwi, who as the founder of the Shah Hamdan Society.
44:34
So today, Maulana Sahib will be releasing ah the book. However, before he does that, I would request Maulana Abdul Qayyum Nadvi Sahab, the founder of Shah Hamdan سوسائٹی، to come here and introduce the Shah Hamdan Society and also say a few words. bismillah-ir-rahman-ir-rahim.
44:55
bari musarrat ki baat hai ke aaj ke sunday class mein hum kashmir se bees log shareek ho rahe hain aur Maulana ke aaj ke is lecture se hum ne mustafeed hua. is mauqa par Shah Hamdan Society ke talluq se main pichli baar jab do hazar barah mein hum log yahan shareek hue thay aisi aik session mein, us waqt hum ne Shah Hamdan Society ke baray
45:24
mein bataya tha ke Maulana ki tehreeron se jo kashmir ke baray mein likhi gayeen aur is mein khaas tor par aap ne Shah Hamdan Ameer Kabir Shah Ali Shah Hamdan ke baray mein, un ke mission ke baray mein likha aur isi se hamein inspiration hui ke Shah Hamdan Society woh kaam kare jo Hazrat Shah Hamdan ne us waqt kiya jab kashmir ki halat lag bhag kuch aur wajuhaat ki
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bunyaad par aisi thi ke wahan musalman dhoonde koi milta tha. society mein ghareebi thi, nadari thi, rastay masdood thay. yeh saari cheezen dekh kar unhon ne ek jamia program banaya aur khitta kashmir ko islam ke sath sath wahan ki ek society ki tashkeel ki jise hum ek kashmiri samaj kehte hain aur wahan par
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bade mustahkam andaaz mein wahan ki sanat o harafat, wahan ki rohani riwayat, wahan ka aapsi mil jul, is ki buniyad jo hai hazrat ameer kabir shah ali shah hamdani ne dali. to isi jazbe ke sath hum ne shah hamdan society ki tashkeel di hai aur is ka buniyadi kaam kya hai, woh mujhe lagta hai ke aah batane ki zaroorat nahi hai kyunke jab koi beemar
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ho to beemar ke liye dawai ki zaroorat hoti hai aur doctor ki zaroorat hoti hai. kashmir ke jo halaat hain ya pichle bees saal se jo halaat rahe hain, is ne is maashre ko dobara itna scatter kiya hai, itna aah tod phod kar is ko aisi halat mein daal diya hai ke jahan par har insan kisi na kisi tarah se ek marz mein mubtala hai, stress ka
47:18
shikar hai, khatre aur aah khatraat aur pareshaniyon se dochar hai aur woh cheezen ek taweel bees arse saal ke arse mein paida hui hain. aur is mein sab se bari sitam zaryfi ki baat yeh hai ke jahan aur cheezon ka exploitation hota hai, wahan par mazhab ko aur phir islam jaise deen ko bhi exploit kiya jata hai.
47:43
aur is dauran hum ne dekha ke in logon ki, in aah logon ki dukanein bohat chamki hain jinhein hum kahenge ke aah neem khanda ulma ya aah khud gharz qisam ke log jinhon ne kisi ne rohaniyat ke naam par, kisi ne kisi ilaaj ke naam par itni sari dukanein khol li hain ke woh mareezon ko shifa ke bajaye un ke marz ko aur barha rahe hain.
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aur jo hazrat maulana farma rahe thay abhi ke ahadees ka taalluq quran se kya hai aur islam ki buniyad jo hai woh ahadees hai, wohin par yeh sitam zaryfi hai ke ahadees ke naam par mauzu zaeef aur ghair ma'roof ahadees ka ka sahara le kar islam ki tashreehat logon ke samne ki jati hain aur aise ek do nahi, bees yun qisam ke asar-o-nasar society mein sar-garm amal hain.
48:44
is liye aise log jo deen ko samajhte hon, deen ki rooh ko samajhte hon aur islam ke aalmi paigham par jin logon ki nazar ho, un logon ke liye ek platform hai jise hum shah hamdan society ke naam se jante hain ya woh jis ka shah hamdan society ke naam se hum ne aaghaz kiya hai.
49:09
is society ke kaam mein yahi buniyadi kaam hai ke society ki tashkeel no ki jaye aur is mein un ko bataya jaye ke Allah taala ne ek kitaab bheji hai, Quran Kareem, aur is se apna ta'alluq joda jaye aur woh kitaab shifa hai aur woh kitaab rehmat hai, woh sari dunya ke insanon ke liye bheji gayi hai.
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CPS aalmi satah par jo kaam kar rahi hai, woh is waqt ke insanon ki zaroorat hai aur angrezi, Hindi mein bohat sare tarajim jagah jagah pahunch chuke hain. chunki Dogri zaban ek maqami zaban hai, Kashmir ke teen ilaqe hain. ek Ladakh, Leh Ladakh hai, ek Kashmir hai aur ek Jammu hai.
49:58
in ilaqon mein Kashmir mein Kashmiri zaban boli jati hai. Leh Ladakh mein Ladakhi aur Bodhi zabanein boli jati hain. aur Jammu mein bhi kai choti moti zabanein, local dialects hain lekin is mein largely boli jane wali zaban Dogri zaban hai.
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aur is zaban ki sister language mein Pahari language aati hai, Punjabi aati hai, yeh languages bhi is se milti julti hain. to hum ne is pehli koshish mein yeh kiya hai ke teesvan para Quran Pak ka is zaban mein tarjuma kiya hai.
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aur is ke sath ek ajib ek ittefaq aisa hua ke ek khatoon, us ne musharraf ba Islam hone ke baad Hindi mein MA kiya aur Dogri mein MA kiya. aur woh yeh samajhti nahi thi ke maine Dogri mein kis liye MA kiya hai, Hindi mein kis liye maine MA kar rakhi hai.
51:01
to meri rafiiqa hayat se un ka wasta pada. ta'alluq hua to woh is ke liye tayyar ho gayin aur bohat hi ibadat guzar aur bohat hi basalahiyat khatoon thi jinho ne is tarjume ko anjam diya hai. aur aage bhi baqi quran pak ka tarjuma jo hai, woh ho raha hai, lagbhag pandrah sipare
51:25
ho chuka hai. pehlay marhalay mein hum teesvan para jo hai, pesh kar rahay hain. aur humain bari khushi hai ke Maulana Wahiduddin Khan sahib, jo Tazkir-ul-Quran se hi yeh maakhuz hai aur Tazkir-ul-Quran ka jo muqaddama hai, pesh lafaz jo bohat hi جامع معنی qism ka aur
51:47
bara mustahkam qism ka muqaddama hai, Quran ka taaruf, woh bhi hum ne is mein shamil kiya hua hai. to mein darkhwast karunga Maulana se ke woh dua karein ke Allah taala is ko qabool qabool farmaye.
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Ameen. Assalam o Alaikum. release the ah ah the the 30th para of Quran translation. ab ab ab bhai haan.
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I would now request Maulana Sahib to give the first moment to Farooq Mustafa Sahib, patron of Himalayan ki sample wearing foundation. Rajouri. I would request Nisar Rahim Sahab, he is a prominent academician of Pir Panjal region to come here
52:34
and receive a copy from Maulana sahib. Jazakmullah. I would request Talib Malik Sahab, retired collector of Pir Panjal region to come here and receive a copy.
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ji ji. ji ji. Masha Allah Jazakmullah. Okay we have among us today Mr Javed Anwar sahib from Banaras, who is running a magazine Tehreek
53:00
آداب and he is being carrying Maulana Sahib's articles regularly in his magazine, which is titled Tehreek-e-Adab. I would request him to come here and receive a copy from Maulana sahib. Mr Javed Anwar is the editor of Tehreek Adab. Masha Allah Jazakmullah.
53:19
I would now request Dr. Farida Khanum to come here and receive a copy from Maulana Sahab. ji ji ji ke ulta karein gay. nahi nahi theek hai Maulana. theek hai Maulana.
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aise hi karen. achha. Doctor Fareeda Khanam. aagai? aai hoon.
53:39
JazakAllah. In the end, I would request Ms. Naghma Siddiqui to come here and receive a copy from Maulana. Sahib. We would like to tell everyone and the viewers that if they want a copy of degree
53:58
translation, deen it is available from the Shah Hamdan Society at Jammu. In case of there is any difficulty, you could write to CPS International at info at CPS global.org and we will connect you with our representative there in Jammu.
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So we will now resume the question answer session. ek baat mein ultaana chahta hoon. daai jab kaam karta hai to aksar is ko ehsaas hota hai ke mujhe jis tareeqay se deen ko pesh karna chahiye tha, mein pesh nahi kar saka.
54:38
jis tarah mein dawat ka kaam karna chahiye tha, us tarah nahi kar saka. to dekhiye yeh ehsaas jo hai, ek hai aap ke kaam ka zaahir ka hissa. yani external part aap ke kaam ka. ek internal part.
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external part ke aitbar se woh jaisa bhi ho, perfect na ho, lekin aap ka woh ehsas is ko internally perfect bana deta hai. یعنی آپ کی جو internal personality ہے، اس کے اندر ایک perfect version اس کا بنتا ہے۔ woh aakhirat mein aap ka hissa hoga.
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تو یہ مت سمجھیے کہ اگر آپ نے کسی کام کو ideal شکل میں، perfect شکل میں نہیں kya to aap koi kami ho gai. nahi yeh in amal aamaal bil niyyat ka ek pehlu yeh bhi hai ke daikhli tor par jo aap ko ehsaasaat paida hue, ek spiritual jo aap ke andar ek ek storm aaya, to spiritual personality jo
55:42
aap ki bani, woh is se bhi ziyada bari cheez hai ke kyunke aakhirat mein aap apni isi spiritual personality ke saath uthen ge. isi ko Quran mein kaha gaya hai roshan roshan chehray walay. to aap kabhi mat samjhiye, understatement mat kijiye apne da'oti kaam ko ke main kam kar saka
56:05
hoon. aap ka jo spiritual content hai is kaam ka, woh is kaam ko itna bara bana deta hai ke is se bohat zyada, ab woh is ka woh hissa aakhirat mein numayan hoga inshallah. hamare liye yeh bhi ahad al hasanain ki baat hai, hamein kisi haal mein apne ko miffed nahi hona
56:28
chahiye. maulana yeh sawal aaya hai pennsylvania usa se khwaja kaleemuddin sahib ka, unhon ne likha ہے: "I have come across one Hadith in which the Prophet of Islam says: One of the things "I am afraid of most is the misleading leaders of Muslim Ummah." Maulana Sahib, kindly explain this.
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implication of this hadith. dekhiye ilm ke do hisse hain, ek woh jis ko hum physical sciences kehte hain ya exact sciences kehte hain, doosra woh jis ko hum humanities kehte hain. to physical science mein saari baat metrics par base karti hai, to wahan ghalat interpretation ke chance nahi
57:15
hain. kyunke do aur do chaar hi hoga, do aur do na paanch hoga na teen hoga. lekin humanities mein hamesha gunjaish rehti hai interpretation ki. to in seen se log jo Allah se na darte hon, woh kya karte hain? wahi log hain
57:34
jo is ka shikar hote hain. jab aap Allah se na darenge, aap accountability ka jazba na hoga, aap ko yeh ehsaas na hoga ke mera bola hua lafz, meri likhi hui tehreer, sab aakhirat mein pesh hogi mere saamne, aur wahan mujhe apne ko justify karna padega.
57:56
yeh ehsaas na ho to aap kuch bhi hote hain nikaal lenge. to duniya mein aise log hamesha kam hote hain jo Allah se bohat darne wale hon, jo bohat zyada aakhirat ka un ko khauf ho. zyadatar log aise isi hote hain jo in seen se rakhte hain.
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to wahi log hain jo Quran ka hadith ka mis interpretation karte hain, ghalat matlab nikaalte hain. yeh pehle bhi the, aaj bhi hain. rasool Allah ke zamane mein bhi thay, aaj bhi hain aur hamesha rahen ge. to ek to logon ko bachna chahiye ke koi bhi kuch keh de ga to use maan lein.
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aisa nahi hai. kuch bhi is ulti seedhi baat sochi, is kitaab likh di, chhaap di, aap is ko parh rahe hain, aap is ka asar le rahe hain. to ek warning hai is mein un logon ke liye jo aisi cheezon ko parhte hain.
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aur warning doosri hai ke likhne walon ko ke deen ke maamle mein tum aisa kayi nahi karte. tum deen ke maamle mein tum ko aisa nahi karna chahiye ke bas ek khayal dimagh mein renga aur aap ne kitaab likh dali. bohat ziyada chhaan been, bohat ziyada tehqeeq, duaen, aur yani ek poora marhala guzarta hai aadmi ke upar,
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tab is ko kitaab likhna chahiye. dua ka, ibadat ka, tehqeeq ka, mutale'e ka. to is hadith mein jo baat kahi gayi hai, woh do tarafah hai. yani jo parhte hain aisi kitabon ko, un par bhi kaha gaya hai ke tum Allah ke haan
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bach nahi sakte ga ke kitaab mein parha tha, woh aise likha hua tha. tumhein maana hai ke tum ne koi maan kyun liya? yeh poocha jae ga. aur jo likhne wala hai, use kaha jae ga ke tum ne yani haq kyun nahi ada kiya tehqeeq ka? kaise kitaab likh dali? to dono ke liye warning hai, aur dono ke liye aakhirat mein
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pakar hogi. maulana agla sawal Islam abad Pakistan se hai Muhammad Waseem Bari sahib ka.
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