Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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How to Decondition One's Mind 27 December, 2009

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References in this lecture 19
Sahih Ibn Hibban, Hadith no. 807
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 23814
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 11085
Quran 95:4 · At-Tin
Quran 91:9 · Ash-Shams
Sahih Muslim, Hadith no. 121
Quran 33:4 · Al-Ahzab
Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 36
Sahih Muslim, Hadith no. 1917 The Quran
Musnad al-Darmi, Hadith no. 675
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Opening hook: how to decondition your mind
“Aaj ka topic hai: how to decondition one's mind”
1 min 46 sec
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Rushing for prayer but arriving late to a spiritual talk
“Log der mein kyun aate hain? Isi liye ke unhone deconditioning nahi ki”
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The first-chance principle behind takbir-e-oola
“Har cheez mein hai takbir-e-oola”
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Weeping at the beauty of a new Quran translation
“Main isko dekh kar rone laga”
1 min 24 sec
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The shock of not being able to address the modern mind
“Main madrase mein Arabi to jaanta tha, English nahi jaanta tha”
3 min 39 sec
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Discovering the real divide: religion and era, not religion and world
“Yeh ek shock laga — is se yahan se shuru hoti hai deconditioning”
4 min 14 sec
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The fifty-year dream of a clear English Quran translation
“Iske baad maine angrezi parhna shuru kiya”
2 min 9 sec
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The Bedouin's new house — a parable of disbelief and awe
“Ek purcha nikalta hai America se, Reader's Digest”
5 min 9 sec
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How centuries of war conditioned Muslims to forget dawah
“Rasoolullah par jab Quran utra to aap sab ke samne pesh karte the”
2 min 49 sec
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Individual deconditioning: desire, temptation, the devil's pull
“Individual level par conditioning kya hai, aur deconditioning kaise ki jaati hai?”
3 min 20 sec
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The mocked uncle — discovering a lifelong debt of gratitude
“Humare khandan mein ek sahab the, hamare chacha, Sufi Sahab kehlate the”
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Peeling the onion to find your true nature
“Aap apne muhasib ban jayen, introspection karein”
4 min 25 sec
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Why old empires don't matter beside printing the Quran
“Aaj bas samajhta hoon ke Mughal Empire ke liye rote hain log”
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There is no such thing as a kafir today
“Kafir? Maine kaha: kafir koi hai hi nahi”
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Criticism is a blessing, like a mirror
“Main to kahoonga super blessing hai”
1 min 53 sec
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Belief must be perfect, but practice allows concession
“Aqeedah koi praasrar cheez nahi hai”
2 min 34 sec
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Worship only matters with spirit, not empty form
“Zikr aur ibadat ko log form ke maayne mein le lete hain”
2 min 56 sec
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Cutting pride down to size — the balloon analogy
“Pampering lafz sahi nahi hai, isko blessing kahiye”
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To err is human — repentance as deconditioning
“Insan se ghalti zaroor hoti hai”
2 min 29 sec
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Patience underlies every act of worship
“Sabr, main samajhta hoon ke sab kuch hai”
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Dogs bark, the elephant keeps walking
“Sabr aap ko positive big bird figure banata hai”