Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Meaning of Furqan in Quran

“In the Quran it says that We sent down the Furqan. Please explain about it.”Asked by Dr. Muslimah, Delhi

He answers at 1:27:33 in The Problem of Evil · 1 min 48 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:27:33
doctor Muslima ne Delhi se sawal likha hai. unhone poocha hai ke Quran mein aata hai ke hum ne Furqan utara. is ke bare mein aap kuch bataein. dekhein, Furqan ke ka lafzi matlab jo hai, woh hai do cheez ke darmiyan farq karna. asal al fasl min al shai' yani to differentiate between between the two. to Quran jo hai, us ki ek sifat yeh hai ke woh Furqan hai yani cheezon mein farq karna batata hai ke yeh right hai, yeh wrong hai, yeh theek hai, yeh theek nahin hai, yeh is mein aadmi ko faida hai, is mein faida nahin hai.
1:28:20
to yeh jo hai, jab aadmi Quran mein sochega, bahut zyada ghor karega to us ke andar ek ek ek sense develop hoga. sense of Furqan yani Quran mein saari baatein do do chaar chaar likhi hui nahin hain. aisa nahin hai ke do do chaar chaar har cheez likhi hui hai. lekin jab aadmi sach much bahut is mein parhega aur bahut ghor karega, bahut us ko yaani samajhne ki koshish karega to us ke andar ek salahiyat develop karegi jis ko kehte hain Furqan yani principle of differentiation. to yeh to mutaarif hota hai, gehri studies hota hai aur sincere study. main samajhta hoon ke sincere ka lafz shamil karna zaroori hai ya serious study.
1:29:12
jab serious study karta hai aadmi, tab ja kar ke woh sense develop hota hai. nahin to parhega, parhega, hoga kuch nahin. Mr. Sajid Anwar ne Roorkee se sawal kiya hai. unhone likha hai ke Maulana, during course of a discussion with one of the mullahs, I told him that Quran is my discovery.
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