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Kashmir, A Lesson September 14, 2014

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Quran 28:88 · Al-Qasas
Quran 103:1 · Al-Asr
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 19697
Quran 7:117 · Al-A'raf
Quran 20:70 · Ta-Ha
Quran 20:72 · Ta-Ha
Quran 103:1 · Al-Asr
Quran 26:89 · Ash-Shu'ara
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 7925
Al-Mustadrak by al-Hakim, Hadith no. 5643
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Kashmir flood devastation: villages destroyed, crops ruined
“2 September ko Kashmir mein zabardast flood aaya”
4 min 26 sec
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Kashmir flood recontextualized through Quran's verse on impermanence
“Kashmir flood: the land once called paradise on earth”
1 min 42 sec
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Kashmir's lost reputation as paradise on earth
“Kashmir was once called jannat nazeer, a paradise”
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Jahangir's verse: if paradise exists, it's here
“Mughal emperor Jahangir called Kashmir paradise on earth”
1 min 36 sec
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Quran: only God has eternal existence, all else perishes
“Everything perishes except the Face of God, Quran says”
30 sec
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Death is total detachment from worldly achievement
“Death means total detachment from everything you achieved”
3 min 19 sec
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Physical vs spiritual achievement: what actually survives death
“Kashmir reminds us: your material achievement won't go with you”
1 min 29 sec
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Material vs non-material achievement: one leaves you, one doesn't
“In this world you achieve two kinds of things”
5 min 32 sec
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Full story: magicians choose eternal faith over Pharaoh's sword
“Pharaoh's magicians converted the instant Moses' staff swallowed the snakes”
29 sec
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Every daily accident is a divine lesson
“Kaisa ajeeb sabaq hai jo har din milta hai”
5 min 37 sec
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Divine unconsciousness in suffering, illustrated by a childhood accident
“How could the magicians bear such brutal torture without breaking”
1 min 50 sec
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Maulana's childhood fall and losing consciousness from pain
“I fell from the second floor and blacked out”
48 sec
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Reflecting on human powerlessness before God's power
“Khudaya, tu Al-Powerful hai, main Al-Powerless hoon”
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Physical wealth stays behind; only the soul travels on
“Your physical earnings stay here, they don't go with you”
2 min 28 sec
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Signs of arrogance: rejecting truth, belittling people
“Doctor asks: how do I recognize arrogance in myself”
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Hadith: even a grain of arrogance bars paradise
“No one enters paradise with an atom of arrogance”
1 min 53 sec
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How to regain focus when concentration breaks
“Why do we get diverted from focusing on abstract things”
2 min 3 sec
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Defining spirituality as Rabbani, God-oriented thinking
“What's the difference between ideal Islam and spiritual Islam”
5 min 44 sec
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Human freedom makes an ideal social system impossible
“Why can no prophet ever build an ideal society”
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God gives humans absolute freedom, even to deny Him
“Did God break the hands of atheist authors? No”
2 min 34 sec
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Why dismissing rescuers' service as 'just duty' is wrong
“Someone said the army was just doing its duty”
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Hadith: gratitude to people is gratitude to God
“Whoever doesn't thank people doesn't thank God”
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Kashmir flood disproves the idea of earthly paradise
“Nature proved paradise cannot be built on earth”
2 min 10 sec
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Why ancient truth-seekers converted faster than modern people
“The magicians surrendered instantly, why don't people today”
2 min 9 sec
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Explaining why flood victims turned hostile toward rescuers
“Kashmiris pelted stones at rescue helicopters, how is this possible”