Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Why scholars view modern age negatively

“Today I found out that the modern age is an alternative age which is God's blessing for dawah. Why do scholars view this modern age negatively while they benefit from it?”Asked by Maulana Iqbal Umari, Delhi

He answers at 1:01:34 in Age of Alternatives · 3 min 6 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:01:34
Maulana, agla ek comment aur sawal hai jo Maulana Iqbal Umri ne poocha hai Delhi se aur unhon ne likha hai: "Maulana, aaj hi pata chala ke modern age is alternative age jo dawah ke liye Allah ki blessing hai". aur unhon ne jo sawal kiya hai Maulana, woh is tarah hai ke: "Maulana, is modern age ko ulama kyun negative mein lete hain jabke saare faayde hasil karte hain is se?" is ke bare mein batayein. pehli baat to yeh hai ke modern age ko ulama jante hi nahi. mere ilm mein koi ek bhi aalim nahi hai jis ne objective study ki ho modern age ki.
1:02:22
ba-akhbaron mein jo padhta hai, idhar udhar us ko le kar ke dicty tasveer bana rakhi hai. is ki ek misaal main doonga aap ko ke aap Syed Qutb ki kitab padhiye: "America allati raait". yani America jis ko unhon ne dekha, Syed Qutb ki kitab hai. is mein sawa kuch negative idhar udhar kuch unhon ne dekha, us ko likh diya. unhon ne koi study nahi ki. unhon ne America ki society kya hai, America ki thinking kya hai, America ka mind kya hai, koi study nahi. bas ek kitab likh diya: "America allati raait".
1:03:00
to ulama ne sachi baat hai ke maghrib ko jaana hi nahi to negative ho jayenge. woh to ab ab chuki jo jo cheezein technology ki shakal mein di hain maghrib ne, woh hamare liye istemal ke, hamare liye mufeed hain, to us ko us aitbaar se mufeed istemal karte hain. samajhte hain ke bas yani market item hai, shopping item hai. halanke is is shopping item ka kahan se wajood mein aaya? woh West ne to us ko banaya. to bas shopping market, us ko us ko samajhte hain ke woh woh shopping item hai.
1:03:46
aur baqi west ko alag se dekhte hain, woh is se negative ho gaye hain, is se lar rahe hain. yeh sab kuch is liye hai ke "al-nas 'adawa ma jahiloo". yeh aik maqola hai ke "al-nas 'adawa ma jahiloo " log is cheez ke dushman mein aate hain jis ko woh nahi jante honge. to yeh sare ulama west se bilkul hi bekhabar hain. agar kisi ka dawa ho, koi alam janta hai west ko to mujhe bataye. is kitab mein is ka tajziya karunga. koi aik alam, na arab ka alam, na ghair nan arab ka alam janta hi nahi ke west kya hai.
1:04:21
agar koi yeh kahe ke log jante hain to mujhe kitab ko na bata iye. main inshallah is ka analysis kar ke bataunga ke yeh bekhabari ki baat hai. to "al-nas 'adawa ma jahiloo" ke kaise in logon ka na janne ki wajah se dushman ban gaye hain? woh maulana, agla sawal ah ah london se hai lekin poochne wale ne apna naam nahi likha hai aur woh is waqt yeh program
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