Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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The Importance of Wisdom February 22, 2009

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References in this lecture 22
2 min 20 sec
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Gujarat's first Muslim police chief met with negativity
“Aaj hi ke paper mein aapne padha hoga ek khabar”
39 sec
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People always see situations as fully in their favor
“Yeh ajeeb baat hai ke saari history mein yehi nadani log karte rahe”
28 sec
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A wicked man's scheme still benefits the believer
“Iss duniya mein ek fajir aadmi bhi aisa karta hai ke sachuation create karta hai”
40 sec
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No human is without self-interest, use it wisely
“Modi koi angel nahi hai, Modi insaan hai”
3 min 59 sec
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Prophet Yusuf's full story of situation management in Egypt
“Ab main kuch historical example doonga aapko is baat ka, Surah Yusuf padhiye”
1 min 34 sec
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Prophet Yusuf accepts Egypt's food ministry under a pagan king
“Saat saal tak Egypt mein qehat lagatar jaari raha”
3 min 59 sec
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Why the Prophet accepted Medina's offer of leadership
“Rasulullah SAW ko Madina walon ki taraf se offer mila”
5 min 13 sec
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How Tatars and Christians turned conquest into opportunity
“Ab dekhiye ke Tatariyon ke qisse ko log bahut padhte hain, lekin samajhte nahi”
41 sec
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Complaining Muslims act like a protest community
“Complain Muslims jo hain aaj kal ke, woh Protestant community ban gaye hain”
1 min 45 sec
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How scholars wrongly justified the finality of prophethood
“Yeh sawaal tha logon ki taraf se ke Rasulullah khatam kyun hain?”
6 min 12 sec
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The scholarly error that gave birth to the Qadiani movement
“Yeh sawaal tha logon ki taraf se ke Rasulullah khatam kyun hain? Nabuwwat khatam kyun?”
2 min 56 sec
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Debunking the 'humanity reached maturity' argument
“That was traditional age, aaj hum ji rahe hain scientific age mein”
47 sec
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God guarantees the deen's protection, our job is dawah
“Khuda ne khud zimmedari le rakhi hai tahaffuz-e-deen ki”
4 min 17 sec
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Sir Syed and Malaviya seizing the British education opportunity
“Jaise main ek misaal doon aapko samajhne ke liye, angrez India mein aaye”
1 min 30 sec
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Real wisdom versus noise and sloganeering
“Aaj meri talk ka jo mauzu hai, wahi hai: the importance of wisdom in life”
34 sec
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Definition of a truly wise person
“A wise person is one who knows the reality value of things”
45 sec
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Moses' prayer: take everything but not our intellect
“Hazrat Musa ne Allah se kaha: mujhse sab chheen lena, magar aqal mat chheenna”
5 min 33 sec
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Kashmir's squandered opportunities: silk industry and railways
“Government of India ne jitna paisa pump kiya hai Kashmir ko, kisi bhi state ko nahi diya”
31 sec
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Admitting 'we were wrong' as the real starting point
“Jab aap maante hain ke main ab tak ghalati par tha, tabhi naya waqt shuru hota hai”
2 min 36 sec
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Against fatwa activism, for admitting scholarly error first
“Main fatwa activism ke khilaf hoon, isko main ek bidat samajhta hoon”
1 min 48 sec
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Companions' ijtihad over prayer timing at Banu Qurayza
“Rasulullah ne kuch sahaba ko bheja Banu Quraiza ki basti ki taraf”
2 min 19 sec
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Umar's wisdom: choice is between lesser and greater evil
“Hazrat Umar ka qaul hai: aaqil woh nahi jo khair aur shar ko pehchane”
53 sec
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Why wisdom is the rarest thing in the world
“Why is it that wisdom is the rarest commodity in this world?”
5 min 5 sec
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How reading transforms a negative mindset into wisdom
“Hum log nai nasl ke ulama ko positive soch ki taraf kaise layein?”
40 sec
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Shaping a mind is harder than shaping stone or iron
“Pathar ko tarashna aasan hai, zehn ko tarashna mushkil hai”