Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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Role of Reasons in Theology August 24, 2008

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Kashf al-Khafa, Hadith no. 2016
Hidden treasure hadith: God wanted to be known
“Kunta kanzan makhfiyya — I was a hidden treasure.”
Quran 2:31 · Al-Baqarah
Full argument: God gave Adam all knowledge, nature worship buried it
“Quran mein bataya gaya hai ke jab Khuda ne paida kiya pehle insaan ko.”
Quran 14:36 · Ibrahim
How nature worship blocked humanity from using reason
“Sabse pehle insaan nature ko poojta tha.”
Sharh Kitab Al-Ibanah by Hasan Abu Al-Ishbal, vol.18, p.18
How Greek philosophy hijacked Islamic thought and stalled science
“Lekin science bohot aage musalman na barha sake, iska kyun aisa hua?”
Quran 21:96 · Al-Anbiya
Quran's call to reason and Europe carrying science forward
“Islam ne us daur ko khatam kiya jab har taraf cheezein secret samjhi jaati theen.”
Quran 23:33 · Al-Mu'minun
“Waqt ka jo opinion makers class hai, har zamane mein dekhiye, opinion opinion makers hote hain. Jaise Quran majeed mein aap padhenge ke peghambaron ne jo address kiya tha, to Quran ke lafzon mein woh the "mulla wa qala al-mala alladhina min qawmi", yani mulla ko address kiya tha unhon ne.”
Quran 21:96 · Al-Anbiya
“Lekin woh bhi break ho gaya, wahan bhi aage process chala nahi. Is ke baad jin ko mauqa mila kaam karne ka, woh woh European qaumein theen jin ke mutalliq maine arz kiya ke woh Quran mein un ko Yaajooj Maajooj kaha gaya.”
Quran 3:190 · Aal-Imran
“surah al imran ka aakhri ruku parhiye, is mein aap paayenge yahi baat ke sochna, ghaur karna, contemplation karna. to sab se bari ibadat hai marfat”
Quran 41:53 · Fussilat
“yeh baat prediction ke taur par quran mein maujood thi bohat pehle se. sanureehim ayatinā fīl āfāqi wa fī anfusihim ḥattā yatabayyana lahum annahūl ḥaqq.”
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 8419
“to jin logon ko hadith mein hai ke khuda se firdaus mango, to firdaus mangne ka matlab nahi ke aye khuda, mujhe firdaus de de, jannat ul firdaus de de.”
Quran 4:123 · An-Nisa
“aksar log jo hain, woh kya hain? woh wishful thinking mein mubtala rehte hain. quran mein aaya hai ke "laysa bi ayatinā wa lā bi amāniyil kitāb" ke wishful thinking se kisi ko kuch milne wala nahi hai.”
Quran 55:46 · Ar-Rahman
Two paths: one-man-one-mission vs one-man-two-mission
“Mission ka jo ideal concept hai, wo yehi hai...”
Quran 76:20 · Al-Insan
Q&A: should mission be your whole life or half of it
“When a person resolves to serve a mission, should it be his priority over the rest of his life?”
Ezekiel, 38:2
“dekhen, yajuj majuj ka zikr bible mein bhi hai, gog my gog ke naam se. to yeh chala aa raha hai tradition jo hai, yani biblical tradition mein bhi hai aur islam mein bhi hai ke koi yajuj majuj hain, woh khole jayenge, yeh fateh hat ke maani khole jayenge.”
Quran 21:96 · Al-Anbiya
“dekhen, yajuj majuj ka zikr bible mein bhi hai, gog my gog ke naam se. to yeh chala aa raha hai tradition jo hai, yani biblical tradition mein bhi hai aur islam mein bhi hai ke koi yajuj majuj hain, woh khole jayenge, yeh fateh hat ke maani khole jayenge.”