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Materialism and Intellectual Dwarfism 29th April 2012

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Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 19697
Quran 55:29 · Ar-Rahman
Quran 95:4 · At-Tin
Quran 17:70 · Al-Isra
Quran 20:76 · Ta-Ha
Quran 50:17 · Qaf
Sahih Muslim, Hadith no. 2749
Quran 2:35 · Al-Baqarah
Tarikh al-Tabari, vol. 1, pp. 133-134
Sunan al-Tirmidhi, Hadith no. 2667
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Materialism secretly causes intellectual dwarfism
“Log jo material culture ikhtiyar karte hain, ban jaate hain...”
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You can't develop body and mind at the same time
“Insan do cheezon ka bana hai: body aur soul”
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Youth energy fades, old age comes, then you die alone
“Jab aadmi paida hota hai to bachpan mein badi energy hoti hai”
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Body is a vehicle, don't starve the mind
“Sabse badi cheez jo aapko mili hai, wo baadi hai”
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'Work hard, party hard' just trades one stress for another
“Badqismati se aajkal sabka yahi haal hai”
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Asked successful people worldwide for wisdom — got no answer
“Jab bhi main kahin milta hoon to hamesha ek sawal karta hoon”
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Couple can't adjust at home but adjust fine for their boss
“Kal main radio sun raha tha, feature tha single parenting par”
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Visitor expected a lion, found an ordinary man
“Ek sahab mera magazine parhte the, mujhse milne aaye”
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Ideal, world, and village government — none was ever built
“Top ke philosopher the Aristotle aur Plato”
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Called 'stupid' as a child, later unlocked his potential
“Mere bade bhai mujhko kehte the Mirza Phuya”
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Every moment of existence is a fresh blessing from God
“Quran mein surah 55 hai, iska naam hai Ar-Rahman”
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Every breath is a moment-by-moment blessing from God
“Main bol raha hoon to har lamha khuda ki blessing aa rahi hai”
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No one is average — everyone is a masterpiece
“Koi bhi yaad rakhiye, average nahi hota”
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Merit, not immigrants, built America's success
“Main America gaya to wahan ke log mujhse poochte the”
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Material culture is 'color culture' — mind turned animal
“Kitni badi fallacy hai jisme jeete hain log”
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Evolution theory misreads similarity in creation
“Secular logon ki ek bahut badi hamaqat batata hoon aapko”
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Creation shows diversity, not evolution
“Khuda ne billi paida ki, phir bhediya, phir sher”
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Created in the best form, but potential left unfulfilled
“Shayad yahi baat kahi gayi hai is surat mein”
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Paradise is earned by personality development, not rituals
“Jannat jo hai kya hai? Ye bhi ek badi fallacy hai”
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How Adam's repentance transformed him into a prophet
“Hazrat Adam alaihissalam jannat mein rakhe gaye”
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Making mistakes is human — insisting on them is the real sin
“Hum is duniya mein is liye nahi aaye ke animal ban kar rahein”
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Need, comfort, luxury — the line only you can draw
“Angrezi mein teen lafz bola jata hai: need, comfort, luxury”
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No one can hand you the list of your own distractions
“Koi doosra aadmi aapko uski list nahi de sakta”
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Real gratitude requires forgetting your complaints
“Aise kaifiyat mein jeete hue wo kehta hai Alhamdulillah”