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The Importance of the Quran May 15, 2016 Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

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39 sec
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Return to Quran after decline
“After rise comes decline, that is the law of nature.”
47 sec
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Quran turned from guidance to pride
“Look, it never happens that any community abandons its book.”
2 min 49 sec
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Quran from guidance to pride argument
“Look, it never happens that any community abandons its book.”
5 min 35 sec
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From pride in Quran to reviving its spirit
“Look, it never happens that any community abandons its book.”
2 min 52 sec
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Imam obligation from history not Quran
“What do all scholars say? That appointing an imam is obligatory.”
5 min 36 sec
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Imam obligation is not from Quran
“Appointing an imam is obligatory on Muslims.”
2 min 25 sec
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Government's purpose is stability not absolute form
“In Islam, pattern of government is not absolute.”
5 min 30 sec
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Government's purpose is stability not sharia enforcement
“This means that in Islam, pattern of government is not absolute.”
54 sec
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Political power's purpose is not system
“The purpose of political power in Islam is never to establish a system.”
2 min 33 sec
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Apostasy and blasphemy are da'wah subjects
“In later times, our jurists made many issues: kill the apostate.”
23 sec
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Later Islam stuck in history
“How great an event that later Islam got stuck in history.”
27 sec
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Muslims have pride but no modesty
“Look, people have much pride but no modesty.”
37 sec
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Freedom of expression in Islam
“You have no right to say kill Rushdi.”
44 sec
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Only Quran and Sunnah, not history
“The Prophet said: I leave you Quran and Sunnah.”
2 min 28 sec
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Return to Quran and Sunnah is starting point
“Today when Muslims are suffering decline, this is the starting point.”