Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Guidance from Allah or self-acquired

“In the Quran, sometimes it is understood that guidance comes from Allah, and sometimes it seems that man obtains guidance by himself. What do you say about this?”Asked by انس صاحب, دلی

He answers at 1:05:42 in Man and Paradise · 2 min 4 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:05:42
Maulana, agla sawal Delhi se hai Anas sahib ka. unhon ne likha hai: "Quran mein kahin par yeh yeh samajh aata hai ke hidayat Allah ki taraf se aati hai aur kahin lagta hai ke insan khud se hi hidayat hasil karta hai. is ke bare mein aap kya kahenge?" dekhen, yeh is isloob ki baat hai. isloob ki insan khud hi insan ko dekhen, freedom of choice mila hua hai. to apne freedom of choice ko istemal kar ke woh sachai ko pata hai, hidayat hidayat ko pata hai. aisa nahi ke upar se hidayat us ko yani install kar di jaye. to phir test kis baat ka rahega?
1:06:31
aazmaish kis baat ki rahegi? to yehi to azmaish hai ke aadmi ne apne freedom of choice ko sahi istemal kiya ya galat istemal kiya. isi pe hidayat ka inhisaar hai. hidayat Allah taala se ki taraf se jabran nahi aati, wo aap hi ke yani azadi ke ke sahi istemal se aap ko milti hai.
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