Wahi Aur Tajurba: Jab Aasman Bolta Hai To Sunta Kaun Hai?

Ghar-e-Hira ke mazmoon mein hum aik sawal chhor aaye the, aur wada kiya tha ke wapas aayenge. Wo sawal yeh tha: jab mera andar ka tajurba aur duniya ka aam tajurba aik doosre ke khilaf gawahi dein, to faisla kaun kare? Ab wo sawal poora kholna hai — kyunke ghor se dekhiye to har mazhab ki buniyad mein aik hi qism ka lamha hai: aik ghaar, aik jalti jhari, aik bodhi darakht, aik darya ka kinara, aik pahar. Aik insaan, aksar akela, aur aik tajurba jo us ke bas se bahar tha. Baqi sab — kitabein, qanoon, saltanatein — us lamhe ke pairahan hain.

Andar Ki Gawahi

Pehle us tajurbe ko us ki apni zaban mein sunna chahiye. William James ne — jo khud momin nahi tha magar tajurbe ka sab se bara talib tha — apni The Varieties of Religious Experience (1902) mein hazaron bayanat jama kiye aur un mein chaar mushtarik nishaniyan payin: aisi haqeeqat ka ehsaas jo roz-marra se zyada asli lagti hai; bayan se bahar hona (ineffability); ilm ka ehsaas (noetic quality) — jaanne wala kehta hai maine dekha, mehsoos nahi kiya; aur guzar jana, magar nishan chhor jana. Rabia ki dua, Teresa ki wajd, Ramakrishna ki samadhi, Pascal ki wo raat jis ka kaghaz us ke coat mein sila mila — "Aag. Aag. Falsafiyon ka Khuda nahi — Ibrahim ka Khuda" — sab is naqshe par baithte hain. Aur sab se hairat-angez: yeh bayanat tehzeebon ke paar aik jaise hain. Sindhi sufi aur Spanish rahiba, jo kabhi nahi mile, aik hi zaban bolte hain. Kuch to hai jo insaan ke andar hota hai. Sawal sirf yeh hai ke wo kya hai.