Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
GuidanceQ&AClipsReferencesVideosMoreIn Maulana’s wordsStories Maulana returns toAbout MaulanaFeedbackSign in
All lectures

Man & Paradise Aug 18, 2013 - Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Full lecture
Clip length
1 min 52 sec
•••
Truth requires discovering helplessness
“First I want to say one thing”
4 min 34 sec
•••
Helplessness as key to discovering truth
“First I want to say one thing”
19 sec
•••
Helplessness is starting point for truth
“Starting point is helplessness”
52 sec
•••
Realizing ignorance leads to knowledge
“When you realize your ignorance”
1 min 7 sec
•••
Example of helplessness biting tongue
“Yesterday while eating, my tongue got under my tooth”
2 min 39 sec
•••
Ataturk's rejection of Surah At-Tin
“This became clearer to me through a reference”
5 min 57 sec
•••
Ataturk's story and Quran's guidance
“First I will tell you a story”
38 sec
•••
Helplessness prerequisite for truth
“Until you discover your helplessness”
1 min 38 sec
•••
Why man is sad world offers less
“Now the question is: why is man sad?”
5 min 44 sec
•••
Contradiction perfection seeking and imperfect world
“Now the question is: why is man sad?”
1 min 18 sec
•••
Man perfect seeking world imperfect
“Asfala safileen means man was created as perfection-seeking animal”
29 sec
•••
World is for preparation not achievement
“This world is a world of preparation”
5 min 54 sec
•••
Paradise is man's true habitat
“Then studying Surah Kahf”
38 sec
•••
Islam's goal is peace not freedom
“Islam's summum bonum is peace, not freedom”