Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Are Sufi concepts like kashf acceptable?

“Some people say that Sufi concepts like kashf, ilham, and istara do not go against the Quran, so they are perfectly acceptable. What is your opinion?”Asked by Zubair, Ghaziabad

He answers at 1:45:45 in Material Science Vs Spiritual Science 20th May 12 SLOW · 3 min 28 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:45:45
agla sawal ghaziabad se hai mr zubair sahab ka. انہوں نے لکھا ہے: "People say that the Sufi concepts like kashf, ilham, etcetera, do not go against the quran, so they are perfectly acceptable. what is your opinion? nahin, nahin, yeh kashf waghera kuch bhi nahin, be-haqeeqat hai.
1:46:06
quran hi criterion hai. jo cheez quran se mutabiqat rakhe, usi ko mana jayega. jo mutabiqat na rakhe, wo nahi mana jayega. is ko kashf koi independent source nahi hai.
1:46:20
kashf jo hai, wo koi independent source nahi hai. main is ko independent source nahi manta. mustanad source jo hai, authentic source, is ko quran aur sunnat hai, bas aur kuch nahi. maulana, ye sawal aya hai maulana zikwan nadvi ka dilli se.
1:46:38
unhon ne likha hai: "kal raat ko ek sahib ka phone aya, unhon ne kaha ke is waqt yahan mere sath kai log bethe hue hain. un ka sawal ye hai ke quran mein darhi ke bare mein kya hukum diya gaya hai?" main ne kaha ke is tarah ka sawal durust nahi.
1:47:01
koi shakhs jab ek poda lagata hai to pehle wo apni apna sara focus jar par deta hai, na ke patiyon par. اس طرح ہم کو قرآن کے بارے میں سوچنا چاہیے کہ کیا ہم قرآن کی basic teachings پر qaim hain ya nahi, maslan allah ka khauf aur insan se mohabbat wagera.
1:47:24
is sawal ke bare mein aap kya farmayenge? darhi kon hai? ji haan, ji haan, to theek jawab, theek jawab diya bhai. yehi se, yani islam ki beginning jo hai, darhi se nahi hoti. ye to ek maloom baat hai ke islam ki beginning darhi se nahi hoti hai.
1:47:45
islam ki beginning hoti hai marifat se, yani intellectual development se. to pehli agar aap kahein darhi rakho to ye to ye aap ka apna tareeqa hoga, ye quran o hadith ka tareeqa nahi hoga. baqi darhi, darhi mein bhi darhi rakhi hai, aap dekh lijiye darhi ko.
1:48:06
main agar na manta to main koi darhi rakhi hui thi. okay, we will end the session now. thank you.
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