Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Inviting to Dar al-Salam vs establishing peace

“I learned that we should invite the world to Dar al-Salam, not make unsuccessful attempts to turn the world into Dar al-Salam. Many speakers say that peace will be established through Islam. How correct is this?”Asked by Yahya Qamar, Delhi

He answers at 1:16:43 in Importance of Peace · 1 min 36 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:16:43
Maulana, in ka ek aur sawal hai. unhon ne likha hai: "Maulana, aaj mujhe maloom hua ke dunya walon ko dar-us-salam ki taraf dawat dena hai, na ke dunya ko dar-us-salam banane ki nakaam koshish karna." Maulana, aksar speakers yeh kehte hain ke Islam se hi peace qaim hoga. yeh kahan tak sahi hai? sahi kaha hai, bilkul absurd baat hai. kahan likha hua hai ke peace qaim hoga? yaani sankron saal se, kam az kam do sau saal se musalman yahi boli bol rahe hain. to qaim kyun nahi hoga? yeh bilkul alag baat hai. workable peace dunya mein aa sakta hai, sirf real ideal peace nahi. is raat ko nahi, koi ek shakhs bhi nahi samjha mere ilm ke upar, na ulama, na mufakkireen, na leader.
1:17:35
har aadmi peace peace peace ki boli bolta hai. lekin is dunya mein Allah taala ke creation plan ki wajah se, Allah taala ka jo qanoon hai, us ki bana par kabhi bhi ideal peace qaim nahi hoga. sirf workable peace qaim hoga. ideal justice nahi qaim hogi, sirf workable justice qaim hogi. is raat ko jo na jaane, woh andha jiye ga, andha mare ga. main bohat sakht, bohat sakht rai meri is baray mein hai. jo is raat ko nahi jaane ga, woh sirf andhe pan mein jiye ga, andhe pan mein mare ga.
1:18:09
kyunke Allah taala ka qanoon yahi hai. is ko ignore kar ke aap kahan jayen ge, siwaye nakaami ke? Maulana, agla sawal Miss Naghma Siddiqui ka hai Delhi se. unhon ne likha hai: "What is Islam's position on overthrowing of established governments as was done in Arab Spring
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