Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Meaning of 'Leader of Mankind' in Quran

“You have unfolded the meaning of the Quranic word 'Leader of mankind'. Please explain further.”Asked by Shad Hussain, Kashmir

He answers at 1:22:09 in Discovery of Modern Age I 10th Feb. 13 · 2 min 53 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:22:09
maulana, agla sawal kashmir se hai shad hussain sahab ka. انہوں نے لکھا ہے: "مولانا، you have unfolded the meaning of the Quranic word leader of men kind. Your explanation provides a key to understand the divine plan of contemporary developments.
1:22:28
"Why Muslim thinkers remained ignorant from this for so long?" دیکھیے، یہ ایک کوسٹ ڈزنس تھا تاریخ میں۔ cost incidents do baat ek saath aai. یعنی ماڈرن ماڈرن جو ایج ہے، وہ آیا اسی کے ساتھ ساتھ کلonialism آ گیا۔ saath saath yani musalman is waqt empire dunya mein thi 18veen sadi tak.
1:22:51
جگہ جگہ مغل ایمپائر یعنی Ottoman Empire۔ to yeh sari empires jo thin, woh tod diya in logon ne. تو ایک یہ کویسچن تھا، وہ الگ چیز تھی، وہ الگ چیز تھی۔ modern jo age aaya tha, woh ek alag age tha.
1:23:09
isi ke saath saath yeh ek naya faragh aaya ke kuch logon ne yani woh ubhre europe se, ubhar kar ke asia aur africa mein apni hukumatain qaim kar lin. تو negative ہو گئے لوگ، سوچ نہیں پائے کہ ایک دوسرا پہلو ہوا ہے۔ woh ek alag cheez hai, yeh alag cheez hai.
1:23:31
donon ko alag kar ke nahi de sakte the. donon ko alag kar ke nahi de sakte the. وہ یعنی they failed to differentiate between the two. yeh hai basic wajah.
1:23:45
is afsar sahab yeh nahi lage ke hamari hukumaton ko tod diya unhon ne, hamare empire khatam kar diya, hamein ladna hai in se ladna hai. lagte hain ke is se unhein ghafil ho gaye ke modern age ek basic laya hai, opportunity laya hai, mawaqe laya hai ke is ka hum avail karna hai.
1:24:08
is se be khabar ho gaye. wohi to hua jo japan mein hua. japan wale be khabar thay. to japan mein aisay leader paida hue.
1:24:19
khud jo hero heitel tha, hero heitel bohat zabardast parha likha aadmi tha jo king of japan is waqt tha. is ki speech aap dekhen, isi kitaab mein is ki speech di hui hai. is ne lead ki.
1:24:36
muslim dunya mein koi hero heitel jaisa aadmi paida nahi jo lead de. lead usay lead diya, bohat time par lead diya ke dekho karne ka kaam woh nahi hai, yeh hai. to hamara koi aisa paida nahi hua jo lead de kyunke sab obsession jeetay rahay.
1:24:57
wohi hay hukoomat, hay hukoomat, hay hukoomat. to yeh wajah thi mere liye. maulana, agla sawal karachi pakistan se aaya hai abdul lateef sahib ka.
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