Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Possibility of Muslim intellectual revival amid negativity

“Today in your lecture you said that Muslims have entered the next phase of intellectual revival. But how is that possible when all the literature they collect information from and every gathering they sit in, they only hear and read negative news and conspiracies of others?”Asked by Mr. Imran, Bahrain

He answers at 52:32 in Revival and Revivalist · 1 min 13 sec

His answer, in his own words
52:32
Maulana, yeh agla sawal aaya hai Mr Imran ka Bahrain se. Maulana sahib, today in your lecture, you said that Muslims have entered next phase of intellectual revival. but how is it possible when every literature they collect information from and every gathering they sit in? they only hear and read negative news and and conspiracy of others. dekhiye, maine yeh nahi kaha hai ke ke woh culminating point tak pahunch pahunch gaya. maine kaha hai ke process shuru ho gaya hai, culmination ka point abhi nahi aaya hai.
53:16
to hum aap koshish kar ke is ko boost karein, is process ko boost karein yahan tak ke woh culminating point tak pahunch jaye. to maine jo kaha hai, woh process ka shuru hona hai, process ka ka culmination mein pahunchana nahi hai. is ka mani ke hamari ab hamari zimmedari yeh hai ke hum is ko boost karein, hum booster banein. to inshallah woh mukammal ho jayega. mani yeh agla sawal kiya hai doctor fareeda khanum ne dehli se. nowadays muslims are laying great emphasis on form in their worship.
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