Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Criterion to identify the true religion

“There are hundreds of new and old religions in the world. In such a situation, what is the criterion by which one can judge the true religion?”

He answers at 1:14:35 in Age of Democracy · 2 min 39 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:14:35
maulana, in ka doosra sawal is tarah hai. inhon ne likha hai ke dunya mein sankaron naye purane mazhab hain. aisi halat mein woh konsa peymana hai jis se sachche mazhab ko parkha ja sake? dunya mein major religion to sirf ek darja hai, ek darja, ek ek darjan se zyada nahi hai. major religion. aur agar aap sachche seeker hain to bohat asan hai pata karna. ab mein aap ko misaal deta hoon doctor rishi kanth rabadiya ki. doctor rishi kanth rabadiya the, sachche seeker the woh.
1:15:24
yeh bangali, bengal mein hindu family mein paida hue woh. to aur bohat padhe likhe aadmi the, bohat well educated aadmi the, kai language jante the. to unhon ne kya kiya ke sachai ko talash shuru ki unhon ne. philosophy ko padha, legend ko padha, history ko padha, doosre mazhabon ko padha.
1:15:53
lekin unhein kahin unhein woh cheez nahi mili jo woh chahte thay. aakhir mein islam ko parha to unhein mil gayi. woh kya? woh chahte thay ke aisa koi prophet jis ko historical credibility hasil ho. hum keh saken ke yeh aadmi ek aisa ek insaan tha jo paida hua falan date ko, falan date ko is ki wafat hui, yeh is ka mission tha ya aisa is ne kiya. to aap jante hain ke jitne bhi major religions hain, un mein kisi ki bhi history nahi hai.
1:16:29
kisi ki bhi nahi hai. to jab unhone islam ko parha aur rasool Allah ko parha to us waqt unhone ek kitaab likhi hai, is par aap is par aap parh sakte hain. unhone is mein likha hai ke "oh what a relief to find after all a truly historical prophet to believe in". to meri kitaab hai, is ka naam hai "Islam Rediscovered". is mein maine un ke case ko naqal kiya hai. is ek chapter hi ke baray mein hai doctor Rishicarat Rabadiya ka. is ko aap parhiye. "Islam Rediscovered" ka ek poora chapter hi isi par hai.
1:17:08
is ko aap parhen ge to inshallah is masle ki wazahat ho jaye gi. maulana, agla sawal raipur se kiya hai Idris sahib ne
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