Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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Importance of Peace December 16, 2012

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Quran 5:32 · Al-Ma'idah
Quran 74:7 · Al-Muddaththir
Quran 4:128 · An-Nisa
Quran 10:25 · Yunus
Quran 56:26 · Al-Waqi'ah
Quran 5:64 · Al-Ma'idah
Quran 4:128 · An-Nisa
Al-Ilal by Ibn Abi Hatim, Hadit No. 2066
Quran 20:76 · Ta-Ha
Quran 62:10 · Al-Jumu'ah
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5 min 31 sec
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Why peace is central to Islam, Quranic evidence
“Aaj ka topic hai: the importance of peace”
27 sec
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Peace as social summum bonum in Islam
“Allah ke nazdeek amn ki ahmiyat bohot zyada hai”
1 min 33 sec
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Cain and Abel, and the verse on killing
“Aadam ke ek bete ne, Qabeel ne, Habeel ko qatl kar diya”
1 min 6 sec
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Sabr verse: maintain peace through unilateral patience
“Surah Muddaththir mein ayat utri: wa lirabbika fasbir”
45 sec
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Unilateral patience to keep peace at any cost
“Sabr kar, yaktarfa sabr karke amn ko qayam karo”
41 sec
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Quranic verses: peace is best, Allah calls to it
“As-sulhu khair — peace is the best”
3 min 30 sec
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Workable peace versus ideal peace, the core distinction
“Duniya mein sirf workable peace qayam ho sakta hai, ideal nahi”
34 sec
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Accept workable peace, stop chasing ideal peace
“You have to accept workable peace in this world”
45 sec
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Individual peace achievable, mankind-wide ideal peace impossible
“Individual level par amn yaqeenan achievable ho jayega”
1 min 35 sec
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Prophet's dua that Allah only accepts peace, not violence
“Aap ne dua ki thi: Allahumma anta as-salam”
4 min 7 sec
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Hudaybiyyah treaty to League of Nations to UN
“Aap ka mission 610 AD mein shuru hua”
55 sec
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From 3 nations at Hudaybiyyah to 193 at the UN
“Teen nations se leke ab 193 nations tak”
3 min 27 sec
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Stars obey perfectly, humans have freedom, so only workable peace
“Allah ta'ala tareekh ko manage kar rahe hain”
2 min 13 sec
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Why human rights activism chases an impossible ideal
“Human Rights ka concept, ideal right par qayam hai”
39 sec
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Human rights activists always speak the language of complaint
“Sab complaint ki language bolte thay”
54 sec
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A US school shooting didn't stop our dawah work
“America mein ek shaks ne school mein 27 aadmi maar dale”
5 min 11 sec
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Individual selection for paradise, the diamond-necklace poem
“Kal mere paas ek parhe likhe sahab ka telephone aya”
1 min 25 sec
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Two Jewish converts to Islam: Muhammad Asad and Maryam Jameelah
“Mr. Leopold ne Islam qabool kiya, naam rakha Asad”
4 min 29 sec
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Street activism has no basis in the Quran
“Kaaba mein sainkron button, kya Rasool Allah ne mazahre kiye?”
54 sec
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Quran says disperse after prayer, not stage protests
“Jab namaz khatam ho to tum phail jao zameen mein”
2 min 19 sec
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The only dawah formula: sincere well-wishing and prayer
“Dawat ke maamle mein koi hard and fast rule nahi”
40 sec
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Distraction is not evil, it is a blessing
“Distraction to evil nahi hai, woh blessing hai”
2 min 36 sec
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Turning every challenge into intellectual food, avoiding stagnation
“Distraction to evil nahi hai, woh blessing hai”
2 min 24 sec
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Complaint culture among Muslims has never been workable
“Complaint ko apna haq samajh kar Musalman use har jagah istemal karte hain”
38 sec
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No one in history achieved anything by complaining
“Poori history mein kisi ne complaint kar ke kuch achieve nahi kiya”
34 sec
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Calling the language of complaint effectively forbidden
“Complaint ki language ko main bilkul haram samajhta hoon”
44 sec
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The hallmark of a positive personality is being hate-free
“Main samajhta hoon ke hate free hona hi asal cheez hai”