Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Difference between Allah and Khuda

“Many people use the word Allah and some people use the word Khuda for God. What is your comment on this?”Asked by Dr. Pradhan, Delhi

He answers at 53:32 in Realisation of God · 3 min 2 sec

His answer, in his own words
53:32
maulana, un ka ek aur sawal hai. unhone aap se poocha hai ke "my people use the word allah and some people use the word khuda for god." waat is your comment on this? daikhen, yeh aik yeh bhi aik fitna nikala hai kuch logon ne ke kehte hain ke Allah is mein zaat hai aur Khuda ya koi aur lafz is ne nahi kiya ja sakta. yeh bilkul baseless baaten hain. khud Quran se sabit hai ke mushrikeen lafz Allah boltay thay. "la man khalaq la yaqoon illa Allah" zaroor kahengay ke Allah ne mushrikeen ke baray mein aaya hai to khud Quran keh raha hai ke mushrikeen lafz Allah boltay thay.
54:12
yeh kahan se nikale logon ne? yeh sirf moj zamanay ki bid'aten hain, yeh bhi aik bid'at hai. ab bid'at kahan se aayi hai? musalmanon mein is zamanay mein aaya hai ke jis ko kehte hain shanakht, identity. sab se bari cheez samajhte hain hum pehchan, shanakht, identity. halankay Islam mein koi haqeeqat nahi shanakht ki. identity Islam ke musalmanon ki identity jo hai, woh character hai, yeh sab alfaaz nahi hain. to yeh jo nikala hai logon ne, yeh bilkul bid'at hai ke lafz Allah jo hai, woh Allah ki ism zaat hai aur koi doosra haq nahi
54:50
rakhti. yahan tak ke aap suna hoga aap ne aik aik Muslim country mein baqayda is pe muqadma kiya gaya aur doosron ko mehroom kiya gaya. doosra lafz Allah bol nahi sakte, sirf musalman hi bol sakte hain. is halat mein yeh sab bilkul bid'aten hain. lafz khud Quran mein yeh baat maujood hai ke mushrikeen lafz Allah boltay thay. to kaisay aap kehte hain ke Allah hamari monopoly hai? Allah aap ki monopoly kaisay ho jaye gi? mere nazdeek yeh sab kuch bhi nahi, bilkul be-haqeeqat baaten hain. aur lafz Allah durust hai, Khuda bhi durust hai, God bhi durust hai.
55:29
is mein koi Islami o ghair Islami ki baat nahi hai. yeh is ka taluq dekhiye riwaj aam se hai. kuch cheezen riwaj aam mein nahi aayi hain to woh woh nahi istemal karna sahi hoga. jo cheez riwaj aam mein aa jaye, Arabi mein kaha jata hai ke "al-ghalath al-aam fashih". al-ghalath al-aam fashih yani koi cheez jo aam ho jaye, riwaj pa jaye to wahi fashih hai, wahi sahi hai. to Khuda aam ho chuka hai aur God aam ho chuka hai, to bilkul durust hai. woh is mein koi harj nahi hai.
56:08
lekin kalma jo hai, mislan is mein lafz Allah hi bola jayega. "la ilaha illallah" mein Allah hi rahega, wahan aap God nahi shamil karenge. jo jo Quran hai, asal matan matan mein wahi rahega jo hai. matan mein aap tabdeeli nahi kar sakte, lekin tarjmay mein tabdeeli kar sakte hain. aap koi harj is mein nahi hai. Maulana, agla sawal lene se pehle aik comment parhna chahenge jo Miss Toti Malhotra ne Delhi se likha hai.
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