I went through the links, glanced over the discussions and I fail to see how they are relevant to the point of Ghamidi Sb. being an Islamic scholar or not. I am sorry if I am missing something obvious and would appreciate if you can put your point forward directly.
dear kxr sb, I try to explain two things when it comes to deen of islam. 1)the proper or solid way to understand things which none of us human beings can dispute, be one muslim or not, and 2)the different meanings of words used in the quran. My claim is, none can understand the quran properly unless one comes to understand the method needed for proper understanding of the quran. I have explained this method in detail in the provided links.
When others including ghamidi sb try to explain the quran, they start from the quran and hadis and not from the very beginning ie right from the day we are born and how we learn things. I try to make people realise the fact that we humans have been created with ability or capability or capacity to figure out things for ourselves right from the very start. This is why as soon as we are born we start figuring out things for ourselves.
This means we are born intellectuals with potentialities and talents or if you like scientists and philosophers etc etc. We learn each and everything for which we have been created right from the very start by way of experimentation or by experimenting with things. All by ourselves we figure out how to use our own bodies or body parts by way of experimenting with them. Our knowledge increases with time as we build our own databases. At the time we have no idea who God is or what the quran and hadis are. In fact when we are born we have no idea what we are or what this universe is or is all about. No body makes us scientists or philosophers etc etc, it is all magic of our own God given minds and bodies and direct and indirect experiment based learning.
Just as we figure out realities of our own real world so we come to know about God and his revelation ie by figuring out things all by ourselves. Our first learning method is direct learning method whereby we have hands on experience with or about things. The other method of learning is indirect method whereby we share our own personal experiences with each other. This is what we learn in our universities or learning institutions or centres.
Revelation of God is not direct experience of everyone but only of a few human beings out of huge human population whom we call messengers of God. These people then shared with others what they had received from God and what they made of it. Since human beings in general do not have direct experience of God talking to them or interacting with them therefore revealed message of God needs a spacial way for its proper decoding or understanding. The main reason is God wanted to convey his own thoughts to human beings through use of some words meanings of which are unknown to human beings when it comes to God talking to human beings. The reason is, no direct interaction between God and human beings as they interact with each other. This is why the questions, what is human language and what is language of God, what is the difference between them and why is there that difference etc etc?
This is where in comes proper way of knowing as to what human language is and how it works or where it has come from and how ie where the words came from as well as their meanings and how they came about etc etc. Once we come to know these things only then we are ready for experimenting with the revealed message of God in order to make proper sense of it. We will be able to decode message of God as well just like everything else we have managed to learn by figuring out for ourselves. Along the way we will be making many mistakes as we have been with all other things we figured out or learned but gradually we will overcome those mistakes provided we keep on learning things as they ought to be learned and not go off the track of proper learning methods we have been using right from the day we were born. We cannot build a proper overall method for figuring out message of God if we will keep on using conflicting methods for this purpose. I have explained how all these methods of learning fit together perfectly and neatly eg direct method comes first then indirect method and so on and so forth.
After learning about methods we need to learn, we need learn the methods which help us decode the quran for ourselves. Here our main point is proper context of the quranic text ie the very reason why God chose to reveal his message. Again this has been clearly explained in my various posts. The purpose of creation has been explained as well as purpose of human creation and why it was necessary for God to reveal deen of islam ie a way of life whereby human beings could fulfil the purpose for which God has created all things. I have explained in detail the purpose for which God has created everything including people. All these things are related or interconnected or interlinked and they fit in perfectly. This is an overall picture of things which is not in minds of people at all. Mullaans have taken people away from this track and put them on wrong track that confuses them ie track of mazhab eg pooja paat.
Concept of mullaans about God as it comes across is, God is a tyrant, cruel, brutal, unjust, unfair and oppressive being like a madman or a spoiled child that throws about tantrums. He punishes people left right and centre. This God has created people for testing them and punishes them if they fail etc etc. This God does not fit the proper context of the quranic text. The quran begins with an idea of God that is very opposite of mullaans' kind of God. The whole idea of ghamidi sb about God is based upon his misunderstandings of the message in the quran. The quranic God himself is a highly intellectual being, he has created human beings who too are highly intellectual or rational beings and he has revealed a message for them that is totally rational or scientific. On the other hand if we accept mullaan nonsense then we have a God who has no idea what he is talking about. Mullaan translations and interpretations of the quran are nothing more than utter nonsense. It is all because mullaans have refused to raise their level of intellectual learning. They are stuck with nonsense, harmful and destructive beliefs and practices. Quranic God is great because he has best possible attributes ie asmaa al husnaa. Mullaan concept of God is miles away from that.
So I suggest, you go through my provided links to get hang of where I am coming from and why. I am not differing with concepts of people about God and his revelation just for sake of it. This is my position with all people in the world regardless of what they claim to be. If they talk nonsense about God then they are in trouble with me because I refuse to accept God is an evil being as they do, be they atheists or theists, hindus, parsis, jews, christians, muslims, sikhs etc etc. Wrong translations or interpretations of the quran be they by muslims or nonmuslims cannot be justified by anyone.
Meanwhile regards and all the best.