Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Muslims' loss of intellectual base

“Why did the Muslims lose their intellectual base even after they had Quranic guidance?”Asked by Dr. Safina Tabassum, Ajmer

He answers at 46:26 in Realisation of God · 3 min 33 sec

His answer, in his own words
46:26
Maulana agla sawal Ajmer se aya hai Dr. Safina Tabassum ka. unhon ne likha hai: "Maulana, why did the Muslims lose their intellectual base even after they had Quranic guidance?" dekhein, hadith mein aya hai ke "hubbuka al-shay' yu'mi wa yusimm" yani kisi cheez ki dushmani, kisi cheez ki mohabbat tum ko andha behra bana deti hai. "hubbuka al-shay' yu'mi wa yusimm" har cheez ki mohabbat tum ko andha behra bana deti hai.
47:12
to yeh qaidah hai, balaghat ka usool hai ke is ka aise jumlon mein is ka bar'aks hi is mein mazfoof hota hai. matlab is mein yeh baat shamil hai ke "bughdhuka al-shay' yu'mi wa yusimm" yani kisi se aap ko nafrat ho jaye to aap us ke baray mein andhe bure ho jayenge. to Musalmanon ko kuch qoumi shikayatein huin, kuch siyasat shikayatein huin. main dekhta hoon yeh shikayatein bilkul be mani hain, baseless hain. jo Musalmanon ko kuch qoumi shikayatein aur sari shikayatein hain, woh mere nazdeek is qabil hain ke un ko khandaq mein daal diya jaye. kya shikayat kis baat ki?
47:52
lekin beharhal Musalmanon ko shikayat hui, siyasat shikayat, qoumi shikayat, madi shikayat. isi ki wajah se itna zyada manfi ho gaye ke dushman samajh liya, andhe bure ho gaye. woh al-maghrib ke contribution ke baray mein, yani bughdh, bughdh maghrib ki wajah se woh maghrib ke contribution ke baray mein andhe bure ho gaye. aur bughdh kyun hua? qoumi buniyad par, siyasat buniyad par. jo mere nazdeek deathing tha. to main is mein saaf yeh baat kahunga, chahe kisi ko achi lage ya buri lage, kyunke mere nazdeek bohat bari haqeeqat hai jis ka elan hona chahiye.
48:38
agar is ka elan na kiya jaye to qayamat hi ruki rahe gi. saada baat nahi hai. agar aap is ka elan na karein to qayamat aye gi nahi. main bohat hi serious is mamle mein hoon. to Musalmanon ko apna bughdh bilkul khatam karna pare ga, apne manfi soch ko khatam karna pare ga. yeh yeh dushman hai, woh
49:08
dushman hai. is nazariye ko bilkul hi mita dena pare ga taake Allah ke woh bande jinhon ne apni beshumar mehnatain keen, unhon ne apne aap ko qurban kiya, beshumar log is mein apne aap ko qurban kiya, unhon ne tab yeh cheezein daryaft huin. to aap agar un ki daryaft ka etraaf na karein to yeh yeh shaitani kaam hoga. shaitan para shakhs hai jis ne is sunnat ko qaim kiya ke mein etraaf nahi karta. to be etraafi ki sunnat shaitani sunnat hai. musalman is ghar mein phanse hue hain, un ko is se bahar aana chahiye. be etraafi ki sunnat se jab is se bahar aayenge to un ka aage khulega.
49:54
phir woh dekhein ke aal maghrib ka contribution bohat zyada hai, bohat zyada hai, bohat zyada hai. unhone balwasta andaaz mein woh wohi kaam kiya jis ko hadith mein taeed-ud-deen kaha gaya hai. taeed-ud-deen: "in allaha layu'ayyid-ud-deena bir-rajulil-fajir." maulana, agla sawal dilli se hai asrar ahmed sahab ka.
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