Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Did God create humans to think?

“I was very thrilled by today's talk. You said that DNA contains all information except death. So, did God create humans to think? Please explain.”Asked by Iqbal Umri, Chennai

He answers at 54:47 in On Death · 2 min 31 sec

His answer, in his own words
54:47
Maulana, agla sawal kiya hai Maulana Iqbal Umri ne Chennai se. Unhon ne likha hai ke. Maulana, aaj ke talk se bohat zyada thrill hua. aap ne jo aaj baat kahi ke DNA mein maut ke siwa tamam information hai. To kya Maulana, insan ko sochne ke liye Khuda ne aisa kiya? is ke bare mein batayein. dekhiye, agar maut hamari memory mein bilkul vivid jis ko kehte hain vivid memory.
55:25
vivid memory mein hoti hai. Har waqt hum ko yaad aata hai. Yaad aane ke maani hain ke DNA mein likha hota ke mujh ko pandrah July do hazar pandrah ko marna hai. mera matlab yeh hai ke DNA mein har cheez likhi hui hai. Meri aankh choti ho gayi ya badi ho gayi. Mera kaan chota ho gaya ya bada ho gaya. meri ungliyan kaisi ho gayi, sab kuch likha hua hai. To agar DNA mein likha hota ke mujhe marna hai pandrah July do hazar pandrah ko.
56:02
to kya hota, aap sochein. ek ek stagnation ka mahol rehta hai mere upar taari. achha, lekin jab aisa nahi hai, sochne ka item bana diya. To sochne ka item se kya hota hai? Intellectual development hota hai. Agar DNA mein likha hota to aata is se intellectual stagnation. jab nahi likha hua hai to mujhe think karna hai, sochna hai. Is se aata hai kya? Meri creativity badhti hai. Thinking process jaari hota hai.
56:37
Intellectual development hota hai. Yeh to bohat badi nemat hai. boht bari nemat hai agar d n a mein likha hua hota to us waqt yeh sab paate nahi ho sakte thay. tab na to creative thinking aati hai mere andar. na intellectual development hota. na sochne ka maada mere andar develop karta, yeh sab kuch na hota. to yeh Allah ki rehmat hai aur insan ko chahiye ke woh is ko samjhe aur is ko avail kare.
57:19
maulana, agla sawal dilli se kya hai doctor sajjit shukla ne. unhon ne likha hai ke "As Allah has made everything in pair, what will happen to those male and female who remain unmarried in this life?
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