Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Why Muslims blame God for their own mistakes

“Today I learned that oppression is not in God's dictionary. Why do Muslims attribute their own mistakes to God, and why do they think they are being oppressed simply because they are Muslims?”Asked by Iqbal Umri, Chennai

He answers at 55:15 in Importance of Patience · 2 min 18 sec

His answer, in his own words
55:15
maulana, agla sawal kya hai? chennai se maulana iqbal umri ne, aur unhon ne likha hai: "maulana, aaj hi maloom hua ke zulm khuda ki dictionary mein nahi hai. musalman apni ghalati ko khuda par kyun dalte hain? aur yeh samajhte hain ke musalman hone ki wajah se hi zulm ho raha hai." is ke bare mein bataen. musalman hote to zulm hi na hota. yeh to khud sakhta logic hai. quran mein dekhen hai ke "lan yaj'al allahu lilkafirina sabila".
55:59
is ayat ke hote hue aap yeh nahi keh sakte ke musalman hone ke barabar zulm ho raha hai. aap ko to yeh ayat ka inkar karna padega. is ayat ka inkar karna padega. yeh aayat batati hai ke agar tum islam par ho to kabhi kisi ko zulm karne ka Allah mauqa nahi de ga. yeh to jhooti baat hai. hum musalmanon ne aise zulm baraye is se bara jhoot koi nahi. jhoot mein is liye keh raha hoon ke is se quran ke nafi hoti hai, khuda ke qanoon ki nafi hoti hai. asal cheez hai ke musalman ki soch qoumi soch
56:38
ban gayi hai. qoumi soch jaise doosri qoumein sochti hain, waise musalman sochte hain. is qoumi soch ko unhon ne islamize kar rakha hai. yaani apni khud sakhta ladai ko jihad bana rakha hai. khud sakhta siyasat ko islami hukoomat bana rakha hai. khud sakhta hangame karein ge aur kahein ge nizam e mustafa yeh hai. to apni qoumi, yaani apni qoumi sargarmiyon ko unhon ne islamize kar rakha hai. yeh mein kahoon ga ke is ko islam ka title de rakha hai.
57:21
koi bhi shakhs jo sacha ho, mein samajhta hoon ke ek baar sirf quran parhe, ek baar to apni ghalti ki ki daryaft kar le ga. woh maulana, agla sawal kya hai? aamir bin yusuf sahib ne pakistan se, aur unhon ne likha hai ke quran ke chapter 64, verse number 16 mein aaya hai:
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