Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Limits of using intellect in religion

“What are the limits of using intellect in religion?”Asked by Maulana Yaqub Umari, Solapur

He answers at 1:27:26 in Material Science Vs Spiritual Science 20th May 12 SLOW · 5 min 43 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:27:26
maulana, agla sawal hai solah pur se maulana yaqoob umri sahib ka. unhon ne likha hai: "deen mein aql ko istemal karne ka hudood kya hai?" koi had nahi, had kya hai? had hai sincerity. koi had nahi hai, aap sincere hon, bas aap sincere hon.
1:27:46
misal ke taur pe ke main ek baat bataoon ke har aadmi padhta hai "alhamdulillah rabbul alameen" rozana namaz mein, aql ko istemal nahi karta. mujhe ek aadmi nahi mila jo aql ko istemal karta ho yahan, halanke is se bohat bara item hai is ke andar.
1:28:06
kisi bhi numaaish se aap poochein, bas "alhamdulillah rabbul alameen" padh liya baghair aql ko istemal kiye. main ne apni aql ko istemal kiya, main ne socha ke main keh raha hoon ke khudaaya tera shukr hai, to kaise bara shukr niklega jo Allah ke rabbul alameen ki shaan shaan ho? jabke main tarah tarah ke tajrube har waqt mujh se guzarte hain.
1:28:33
matlab, kisi ne mujhe saza diya, kisi ne mera nuksan kar diya, kisi ne mera maal hadap kar liya, kisi ne kisi ne koi nawishat create kar diya, use pareshan kar diya. is ko yani har har din, har subah sham log koi na koi aisi baatein, tajrube guzarte hain jis se shikayatein aati hain, complaint aati hain.
1:28:58
to main kaise kahoon bara shukr kaise mujh se niklega? main jee raha hoon nashukri mein, keh raha hoon khuda tera shukr hai. to main is ko daryaft kiya ke is ka matlab yeh hai ke "alhamdulillah rabbul alameen" jo hai, ek ek poore culture ko dawat deta hai.
1:29:20
is ka matlab kaha hai bande bhulao in baaton ko taake tum bara shukr kar sako. bhulao sab baaton ko, shikayaton ko bhulao aur nuqsan ko bhulao jo tum par pesh aa raha hai. yani yeh ayat yeh bata rahi hai ke aap bande bhulao in baaton ko, kyunke kaun duniya mein aisa hai jisko ke yani negative experience na ho raha ho? koi aisa nahi hai.
1:29:49
aisa to koi ek bhi insaan nahi milega aap ko jisko negative experience na hua ho. yeh log shikayaton mein jeete hain. har aadmi shikayat mein jeeta hai, jisse bhi miliye. aap abhi aap yahan nikal ke jaiye road par kahin se baat kijiye, woh shikayat koi nahi bolay
1:30:11
ga. kahin bhi aap dekhiye to har aadmi dil mein shikayat liye gaye, dil mein nafrat liye gaye, dil mein inteqaam jazba liye gaye, dil mein tarah tarah ke negative thought liye gaye. ab in is tarah ke kaifiyat mein woh jee raha hai, phir kehta hai "Alhamdulillah Rabb-ul-Alameen" to
1:30:34
Rabb-ul-Alameen ke darje ka shukr kaise niklega is ki zuban se? tab meri farmaya ke is ayat mein yeh yeh baat, yeh message ek chupa hua hai, woh yeh ke ae bande, tu agar chahta hai ke woh bari ibadat kar sake jisko "Alhamdulillah" kaha jata hai, to bhula ishq, shikayaton, shikayaton ko bhula, nafraton ko bhula, nuqsanaat ko bhula.
1:31:01
jab tak bhulaye ga nahi, tab baaton ko tab tak shukr nahi kar payega. جیسے برنارڈ شاہ نے کہا تھا کہ "The most uneducated person is one who has nothing to forget"۔ mein yeh kahunga ke sab se zyada yani na woh aadmi yani shukr, is ko mein is طرح کہوں گا کہ شکر کرنے کے لیے آپ کو forget کرنا پڑتا ہے۔
1:31:29
اگر آپ forget نہ کریں تو آپ ناشکری میں جئیں گے۔ zuban se kahenge "Alhamdulillah", haqeeqat mein aap nashukri mein jeene wale honge. to yeh aql ko istemal karni hi padti hai. baat samajh aayi? agar aap ko mein ne na istemal karta to kuch bhi samajh aata, bas "Alhamdulillah"
1:31:51
bolta rehta mein. to mein ne samjha hai ke "Alhamdulillah" jo hai, woh woh color hai tamam negativity ka. "Alhamdulillah Rabb-ul-Alameen" ek ek hi ayat nahi hai, woh qatil hai har qism ki manfi jazbaat ki, har qism ke bure khayalaat ki, har qism ki shikayat ki, har qism ki nafrat ki.
1:32:14
jitni bhi manfi item hain, woh sab ki qatil hai. aur jab aadmi is tarah namaz parh ke nikle to kaisa ek naya insan hoga? woh aap ghhor kijiye, jis tareeqe se "Alhamdulillah" wala culture ikhtiyar kare, us tareeqe se woh namaz parh ke nikle to ek naya insan hoga.
1:32:36
woh jo shikayaton se khali hoga, inteqam se khali hoga, manfi jazbat se khali hoga. kyun? woh samjhega ke agar main apne aap ko khali nahi kiya to main "Alhamdulillah" kehne ke qabil nahi rahunga. "Alhamdulillah Rabb al-Alameen" kehne ke qabil jab banunga main? jab ke apne aap ko purify karun, purify
1:32:59
karun apne aap ko, tab main keh sakun ke aye Allah, tera shukr hai. yeh aql ko istemal karne se yeh baat samajh ati hai. Maulana, agla sawal Raipur se aya hai Mr. Idrees sahib ka.
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