Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Difference between poetic and divine reflection

“One of my companions told me that reflection can be poetic and also divine; a poet also draws lessons from events. Please explain the difference between poetic reflection and divine reflection.”Asked by Abdul Basit Umri, Doha, Qatar

He answers at 1:32:06 in Divine Ideology of Life I · 1 min 46 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:32:06
baat ko as a customs yeh araij hua. mein nahi keh raha hoon ke sahi galat, woh alag cheez hai. Maulana, agla sawal kya hai? Maulana Abdul Basit Umri ne Doha, Qatar se. unhon ne likha hai ke Maulana, hamare ek saathi ne mujh se kaha ke tafakkur shairana bhi hota hai aur rabbani bhi. Shair bhi waqiaat se koi sabaq nikalta hai. Hamein dono mein farq ko jaanna chahiye. Maulana, is bare mein wajahaat kijiye. Shair jo karta hai, uska naam hai takhayyul.
1:32:44
Tafakkur nahi hai woh. takhayyul. jaise Iqbal ne kaha: "nahi tera nashamand qasr-e-saltani gumbad par." toh tu shahi hai basera kar pahadon ki chataanon mein. Yeh kya hai? Yeh shairi hai. takhayyuli. Yeh tafakkur nahi hai yeh. kaun hai jo ja ke paanch chataanon mein rahega aur basti chhod dega? Iqbal ne bhi aisa nahi kiya. khud Iqbal ne bhi aisa nahi kiya. unhon ne apna ghar banaya Lahore mein. Maine khud unke ghar ko dekha hai. toh shair jo hai, us jo karta hai, uska naam hai takhayyul. takhayyul.
1:33:28
Aur doosri cheez jo hai, uska naam hai tafakkur, tadabbur, tadakkur. woh ek alag bilkul alag cheez hai. mein shairi ko bilkul bekaar samajhta hoon. Quran mein, Hadees mein isko kahin shairi ko pasand nahi kiya gaya hai. tamam Sahaba jo the, pehle shairi kiya karte the. Islam aaya toh sab ki shairi khatm ho gayi. Toh jo log shairi karte hain, unhein shairi chhod dena chahiye. yeh sab bol kar ke isko justify karein, yeh galat hai yeh. Maulana, unka ek aur sawal hai. unhon ne likha hai ke logon se be-niazi kaise ikhtiyar ki jayegi?
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