Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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Ramadan and Roza August 5, 2012

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Quran 2:185 · Al-Baqarah
Quran 2:183 · Al-Baqarah
Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 3231
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 22190
Sirat Ibn Hisham, vol. 1, p. 221
Quran 96:1 · Al-Alaq
Quran 2:183 · Al-Baqarah
Quran 1:2 · Al-Fatihah
Quran 42:30 · Ash-Shura
Quran 47:6 · Muhammad
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Real purpose of fasting is feeling actual hunger
“Roza rakh kar jo maqsad hai woh kya hai?”
3 min 21 sec
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Taqwa as sensitivity: the stoning of Ta'if and the gold offer
“Roza ka maqsad kya hai? Taqwa yaani sensitivity”
45 sec
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Prophet refuses angel's offer to turn valley to gold
“Farishta bola: Makkah ki wadi sona bana dein?”
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Psychology's concept of high sensitivity explained
“Psychology mein ek concept hai: high sensitivity”
3 min 29 sec
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Reciting the exact words first spoken by Jibreel in Hira
“Kal Quran sun raha tha, ek ajeeb ehsaas hua”
1 min 6 sec
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First revelation: Jibreel commands Iqra in cave of Hira
“Ghar-e-Hira mein Jibreel aate hain: Iqra ya Muhammad”
2 min 21 sec
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What taqwa really means, applied to Alhamdulillah
“Faras waqi — zakhmi ghoda jo sambhal kar chalta hai”
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Have you truly praised Allah or just paid lip service
“Kya maine zindagi mein Allah ki hamd bayan ki?”
47 sec
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Quran: every calamity is the result of your own deeds
“Jo museebat tum par padti hai, tumhare kiye ka nateeja hai”
4 min 12 sec
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Calamities are self-caused: the Ramadan weight-gain challenge story
“Jo museebat tum par padti hai, apne kiye ka nateeja hai”
1 min 19 sec
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Visualizing Jannah so vividly it feels real
“Jannat unke liye hai jo usay visualize karne lagein”
5 min 48 sec
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Why Jannah must be visualized: humans as desire-seeking beings
“Insaan ek pleasure aur desire seeking animal hai”
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Man is a pleasure-seeking animal never fully satisfied
“Insaan ek pleasure-seeking animal hai”
2 min 46 sec
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World has a life-support system but no desire-support system
“Duniya mein life support hai, desire support nahi”
1 min 55 sec
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Why Surah Yusuf is the Quran's only full prophet biography
“Quran mein sirf ek surah hai jis mein poori nabi zindagi hai”
5 min 55 sec
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Lesson from Yusuf: build power without clashing with rulers
“Ek mushrik badshah ne Hazrat Yusuf ko mauka diya”
2 min 26 sec
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Ramadan's spirit lost to overeating and shopping frenzy
“Ramadan aata hai, log bas overeating karte hain”
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Hindu neighbor notices Muslims shopping more in Ramadan
“Hindu ne poocha: Ramadan mein shopping zyada kyun?”
2 min 39 sec
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Prophet rebukes over-zealous fasting during travel
“Ek sahabi safar mein roza rakh kar be-dam ho gaye”
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Hadith on hastening to break the fast
“Log khair par rahenge jab tak iftar mein jaldi karein”
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Religious extremism illustrated by a companion blinding himself in wudu
“Ghuluw bahut hi mohlik cheez hai”
3 min 41 sec
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Aisha's hadith: rebuking excessive worship that misses the real mission
“Kaanahum taqaaluhu — unhein Rasoolullah ki ibadat kam lagi”
1 min 46 sec
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Quran's goal is deep study, not just finishing recitation
“Yeh maqsad nahi ke bas Quran khatam kar dala”
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Quran as Furqan, a criterion to judge yourself by
“Quran ko Furqan kaha jata hai, yaani criterion”