Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Apparent and inner meaning of Quranic verses

“A Quranic verse has an apparent meaning and an inner meaning. Please explain this, because a sect called Batinites has emerged in Islam.”Asked by Jameel Akhtar Khan, Delhi

He answers at 56:34 in Realisation of God · 1 min 33 sec

His answer, in his own words
56:34
Maulana, agla sawal lene se pehle aik comment parhna chahenge jo Miss Toti Malhotra ne Delhi se likha hai. unhon ne likha hai: "Maulana, thank you for showing the right path and making all of us realize the missing link between God and us." Maulana, agla sawal Delhi se hai Jameel Akhtar Khan sahab ka. unhon ne likha hai: "Quran ki ayat ka aik zahir hai, aik batin hai. is ki wazahat karen kyunke Islam mein aik firqa paida hua, batini batiniyat. aaj bhi is ayat ki ajeeb o ghareeb taweel ki jati hai." daikhiye, isi ayat ki baat nahi hai. har cheez ki ajeeb o ghareeb taweel hua karti hai.
57:21
sooraj ki ajeeb o ghareeb taweel thi ke sooraj jo hai, Khuda hai. to insan ko Allah ne azadi di hai, us ki azadi ko aap chheen nahi sakte. to ajeeb o ghareeb taweel ko bhi chheen nahi sakte aap. woh to karta rahega har cheez ki ajeeb o ghareeb taweel. kya karenge aap? ajeeb o ghareeb taweel aik aisi cheez hai jo insan ke apni azadi ko misuse karne ki bina par hoti hai. yeh kisi lafz se mutaliq nahi hai. woh aur jahan tak is ka talluq hai, is pe bar bar mein risale mein likh chuka hoon. is par yeh yeh jo hadith hai: "lekin ayat muna zahir o batin" to yeh bar bar likh chuka hoon.
58:00
yahan bhi bar bar lecture mein yeh baat aa chuki hai. aap is ko parh lijeye. molana, in ka aik aur sawal hai. unhon ne likha hai: "islam ki lambi tareekh mein meditation ka tareeqa jari raha, mind base spirituality ka tareeqa nahin.
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