Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Enemy verses vs Madhu concept

“There are verses in the Quran which say Jews and Christians are your enemies. If they are our enemies, how can we take them as our Madhu?”Asked by وقار, غازی آباد

He answers at 1:08:52 in Study of The Quran · 1 min 39 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:08:52
Moulana, agla sawal poocha hai Ghaziabad se Waqar Sahab ne, aur unhon ne likha hai: "Moulana there are verses in the Quran which says Jews and Christians are your enemies. My question is if they are our enemies then how can we take them as our Madhu?" Yeh to main abhi keh chuka hoon. Is se murad hai contemporary Jew. Aaj ke Jew nahin. Yani jo Rasool Allah se ladne ke liye tayyar ho gaye the. Aaj ke Jew se is ka koi talluq nahin. Aaj ke Christians se koi talluq nahin. Is mein lafz bana lijiye contemporary. Tab samjhenge aap is ko.
1:09:36
Aaj ke jo Jew hain, bohat hi different hain woh. Main do baar ya teen baar kaha hoon Israel, bohat different hai. Kyun is different hai? Unhon ne science, bohat zyada scientific education un ka phaili. Aaj ka jo Yahudi hai, woh ek scientific community hai. Us waqt jo Yahudi tha, woh doosra tha bilkul. To Quran mein jo hai, woh aaj ke Christian ke bare mein nahin hai, aaj ke Jew ke bare mein nahin hai. Woh is zamane contemporary Jew ke bare mein hai, jo mar chuke hain, khatam ho chuke hain, ab woh maujood nahin hain un ka. Is ko aaj ke Jew par aap apply karen to aap gunah karen, gunah.
1:10:19
Is ka talluq Islam se ya Quran se nahin kuch hoga. Bohat bara gunah aur sarkashi hogi yeh ke aaj ke logon par aap apply karen. Moulana, agla sawal Mumbai se kiya hai Ahmed Sahab ne, aur unhon ne likha hai: "Moulana you always say that we have to see the verses in the context of its background when they were revealed.
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