He welcomed the new ideas and scientific research. He even was critical of Syed Ahmad Khan for bringing out an edition of Abul Fazl's book. He said in his preface to the book which Syed Ahmad Khan wanted him to write what was the use of publishing that ancient text when new scientific discoveries and inventions were being made in Europe. One should perpetually struggle to discover new truths. It is a tragedy that Urdu is considered the language of the Muslims.
Nothing is farther from truth.
In fact no language can ever be associated with any religious community. Even Arabic cannot be associated with Muslims alone though the holy Qur'an had been revealed in that language and all classical works on Islam had been written in that language. The Christian Arabs also speak that language in several Arab countries like Egypt, Palestine, Syria, Jordan, Lebanon etc. It is the language of churches in these countries. Their sermons are delivered in it and the Bible has also been translated by them into Arabic.