Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Why did political Islam ignore Prophet Yusuf?

“Prophet Yusuf was a slave and yet he was a caliph of God; he was running his khilafat while being a slave. Why have the promoters of political Islam ignored Prophet Yusuf completely?”Asked by Basit, Delhi

He answers at 53:22 in Islam and Politics · 3 min 47 sec

His answer, in his own words
53:22
maulana agla sawal dilli se kya hai basit sahib ne unhon ne likha hai prophet yusuf was a slave and yet he was a khalifa of god he was running his khilafat while being a slave why have the promoters of political islam ignored prophet yusuf completely jo khilafat ka lafz hazrat yusuf ke liye to istemal nahin hua hua aisa nahin hai quran mein yeh nahin kaha gaya ke hazrat yusuf zameen ke khalifa the aisa to kuch nahin hai to yeh sawal jo hai ji yani is ka wazeh nahin hai ke is sawal ka matlab dekhen hazrat yusuf alaihissalam jo the quran se sabit hai ke deen mulk ka tha ma kaana liya khuz fi deen mulk yani is waqt jo the jab ke hazrat hazrat hazrat yusuf ko koi position jo mili hui thi
54:25
is position ke bawajood wahan par jo deen tha yani wahan deen lafz qanoon ke mani mein hai qanoon jo qanoon tha woh badshah ka tha to jab badshah qanoon tha to hazrat yusuf yani misr ke khalifa to ho nahin sakte misr ke khalifa to woh badshah hi tha
54:48
to hazrat yani hazrat yusuf ki jo misal hai woh yeh hai ke agar badshah se tum takrao na karo to sare mawaqif wale khul jayenge jo aaj maine kaha woh usi ki is ki misal hai woh hazrat yusuf ne badshah se koi political takrao nahin kiya jaise sachin tendulkar ki misal mein di secular aitbar se ke sachin tendulkar ne hukumat se koi political takrao nahin kiya to kya hua non political king ban gaye woh non political king ban gaye woh to yeh secular misal hai hazrat yusuf ki misal islami misal hai ke unhon ne badshah se takrao nahin kiya to woh bhi wahan par non political king ban gaye amalan kyunke woh sare mawaqe un ke liye khule hue the jis tarah chahe kaam karen to bas main bataun hazrat yusuf ka jo mamla hai woh bohat zabardast misal hai is baat ki
55:54
baqi chunchke ab musalmanon ke upar musalmanon ke mani un ke jo rehnuma hain un ke jo jo so called leader hain un ke upar chhaya hua hai iqtadar to hazrat yusuf ki misal un ko dikhai nahin deti jab aap ke upar koi cheez chha jaye to aap band ho jate hain blind hubkash yumi wism to mohabbat siyasat logon par ghalib hai to logon ka andar andar bane hue hain itni bari misal quran ki hai jisko asal al-qasas kaha gaya hai is ko is mein kuch un ko hidayat nahin milti kyunke unhon ne to political power ka qabza karna hai isi misr mein jis misr mein yeh misal hazrat yusuf ki hai isi misr mein political power ke liye khoon kharab ho raha hai aaj kal aap jante hain isi misr mein aur yeh sab arabi dan log hain in ko quran samajhne mein koi mushkil nahin hai to obsession bohat buri cheez hai jab bhi aap ko political obsession ho jaye to aap blind ho jayenge kuch aap ko dikhai nahin dega yeh sare log sare log jo hain yeh hai in ka case jo hai political obsession ka case hai maulana agla sawal tamil nadu se aya hai maulana ilyas ka
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