Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Protecting Muslim nation vs spreading Islam

“A person said that protecting the intellectual and practical aspects of the future Muslim nation is necessary, not the spread of Islam. Please explain about this.”Asked by Maulana Iqbal Umari, Tamil Nadu

He answers at 1:39:47 in The Problem of Evil · 2 min 55 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:39:47
maulana, agla sawal aya hai maulana iqbal umri ka, tamil nadu se. unhon ne likha hai: "maulana, aik sahib ne farmaya anay wali muslim qaum ki fikri aur amli hifazat zaroori hai, na ke islam ki ishaat. is ke baray mein aap batayen." dono yaksa'n tor par zaroori hain, woh bhi zaroori hai, woh bhi zaroori hai. aap kahein ke khana khana zaroori hai, pani peena zaroori nahi hai. hain,
1:40:21
aap kahein jaagna zaroori hai, sona zaroori nahi hai. yeh to koi nazariya hi nahi hai. zaroorat kisi koi aik cheez ki nahi hua karti, aik hi cheez zaroorat nahi hoti. to aap apne ko tayyar karne ke liye, apne ko tayyar karna bhi zaroori hai, aur islam ke liye apni jo jo fariza hai, us ko ada karna bhi zaroori hai. kya phir se parhiye is ko? aik maulana, aik sahib ne farmaya: "anay wali muslim qaum ki fikri aur amli hifazat zaroori hai, na ke islam ki ishaat."
1:41:02
dekhein, aik to yeh mein kahunga ke log apne dimagh se bolte rehte hain. yeh baat jo hai, apne dimagh se hai. aap quran mein dhoondhiye ke kya yeh baat quran mein likhi hui hai? yeh quran mein likha hua hai. sab se bari musibat yeh hai ke sab aadmi apne dimagh se bolte hain. yeh nahi sochte ke woh quran mein likha hua hai ke nahi likha hua hai. quran mein likha hua hai, jabke "likoon ar rasool shaheedan alaikum wa takoon shuhada al nas". to aap kaise yeh keh sakte hain ke ummat muslima ki hifazat karna hai aur da'wati kaam phaar bajayen? woh hamari zimmedari nahi hai.
1:41:41
quran mein saaf saaf yeh hai ke "ummat akoon awwal aman aslam". aik taraf yeh hai, doosri taraf "da'i ila Allah bi yadi wa sirajun muneera". yani apne aap ko momin banana, muslim banana, aik yeh zimmedari hai. doosri yeh hai ke aap doosri qaumon ke aage da'wat Allah ka kaam karna, islam ki ishaat karna. to dono aik sath matloob hain. yeh is mein se koi aisa nahi hai jo ghair zaroori ho. to aap ko apne aap ko, ummat muslima ko musalsal tayyar bhi karte rehna hai, aur sath sath aap ko da'wat ka kaam bhi karte rehna hai.
1:42:24
jis tarah se pani peena hai, khana bhi khana hai, jaagna hai, sona bhi hai. to yeh to aik fitri nizam hai. aap aik ko le kar doosre ko chhod dein, yeh aap ko khud sakhta hai. quran se is ka koi ta'alluq nahi hai. maulana, agla sawal hai miss naghma siddiqui ka. unhon ne likha hai: "how can one do merciless introspection of oneself?" dekhein, aam tor par yeh hota hai ke aadmi apne ko bacha kar rakhna chahta hai,
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