Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Prejudices about Arabic Quran and Prophet

“Some people seem to have prejudices about Arabic Quran and Arabic Prophet. Some have argued with me in this way: the Middle East is a region where all non-prophets came. So it seems as if it is in their genes to follow prophets and prophets emerging out of that region. But why is it that they want other regions to follow them as learning and understanding Arabic Quran?”Asked by جمیل اختر, دلی

He answers at 1:00:36 in Age of Democracy · 3 min 13 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:00:36
maulana, in ka ek aur sawal hai. unhon ne likha hai: "some people seem to have prejudice about arabic quran and arabic prophet. some have argued with me in this way, that middle east is a region where all known prophets came. so it seems as if its in their genes to follow prophets and prophets emerging out of that region. but why is it that they want other regions to follow them as learning and understanding arabic quran? promotion of arabic quran means bringing the world under the sway of arabic nationalism." Maulana, what is your comment on this?
1:01:21
dekhiye, yeh sab is ko kehte hain table talk. aap is tarah kyun sochte hain? aap yeh sochte hain ke mera purpose of life kya hai? main kyun paida hua? post death kya hai? pre death kya hai? yeh sab jo question hai, is ko janne ki koshish karenge, tab aap ko samajh mein aayega is ki ahmiyat kya hai. yeh sab irrelevant, irrelevant question, irrelevant. yeh sab yeh sab relevant question nahi hai. relevant question to yeh hai ke main apne bare mein janoon. to jab main janne ki koshish karta hoon to mujhe lagta hai ke sirf quran hi mein is ka jawab hai aur kahin is ka jawab hi nahi.
1:02:02
yeh khuda ne, yani quran mein to bataya ke har jagah khuda ne bheje apne paighambar, lekin history mein to kisi paighambar ka record hi nahi hai. rasool Allah sal Allahu alaihi wasallam ke siwa kisi paighambar ka history mein koi record hi nahi. to aap kaise keh sakte hain ke woh doosre jo hum paighambar nahi aaye, jab keh aap jante hain keh Jesus Christ jo qareebi zamanay ke peghambar hain, un ke baray mein likha hai batan sir ne keh historically it is quite doubtful whether Christ ever existed at all. to history ne jab record hi nahi kiya hai peghambaron ko, to aap kaise keh sakte hain keh peghambar wahin aaye aur nahi kahin aaye?
1:02:48
kis birth ke, yani yani kis base par aap keh sakte hain aisa? jab history mein record nahi hai to aap ke paas yeh eknomical koi base nahi hai. ho sakta hai keh har jagah peghambar aaye hon, lekin chounkeh history mein record nahi hua, is liye aap jante nahi un ko. is ko yaad rakhiye keh jitne peghambar aaye hain, un mein aik hi peghambar hai jis ko historical posheeda hasil hai, woh Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam. aap ke baray mein aik likha hai, aik aik scholar ne keh Muhammad was born with in full light of history. to yeh aik exception tha.
1:03:26
to sawal hai keh history se to aap jante hain peghambaron ke baray mein aur history mein record hi nahi hai. to kis base par aap kahengay keh doosray jagah peghambar nahi aaye? to baharhal yeh yeh is ki, yani yeh yeh yeh koi koi scientific question nahi. maine dekhiye. maulana, agla sawal lete hain jo pakistan se bheja hai abdul latif sahib ne. unhon ne likha hai: "aik shakhs apni azadi ka ghalat istemal kar ke hamein ghussa dilata hai, to hamein ghussa nahi hona chahiye.
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