Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Truth of Satanic Verses

“What is the actual truth of the so-called Satanic verses? Do they have any place in the history of Islam? What has remained of their place in the history of Islam?”Asked by Mr. Abu Al-Hasan, Canada

He answers at 1:02:24 in Don't Be Angry Culture · 2 min 28 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:02:24
Jab tashaddud karte hain aap to maqsad to hasil nahi hota aur bahut si baatein bigad jati hain. Maulana, agla sawal Canada se Mr. Abu Hassan ne likha hai: What is the actual truth of so-called Satnic verses? Do they have any place in the history of Islam? Islam ki tareekh mein in ka kya maqam reh gaya? Yeh to kuch bhi nahi, Nothing hai. Islam ki tareekh mein is ka maqam ka koi matlab hi nahi. Baqi woh kitab jo hai, Yaani bilkul hi is ki koi qeemat nahi is kitab ki.
1:03:11
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1:04:01
kuch bhi is ki Literary Value nahi hai. lekin shor o ghul jo kiya gaya is ke khilaf, to is ki wajah se woh bikne lagi. to beharhal mein samajhta hoon ke musalmanon ko ek sabak lena chahiye ke ek be qeemat cheez bhi is ke khilaf shor o ghul kiya jaye to yeh media ka zamana hai. media mein aati hain baatein aur woh is ko log samajhte hain ke acha kiya kiya cheezein parhna chahiye is ko le kar ke log khareedne lage is ko. to Satnic Verses jo hai, woh is ki koi na to Literary Value hai, na koi Historical Value hai, na koi Rational Value hai. sirf musalmanon ke shor o ghul se is ko ek ahmiyat mil gayi media ke Through, yeh mein kahunga.
1:04:52
Maulana, agla sawal Karachi Pakistan se aaya hai Mr Abdul Lateef sahib ka.
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