Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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The Philosophy of Creation 16 Oct 2011

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Quran 23:115 · Al-Mu'minun
Quran 7:17 · Al-A'raf
Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 3364
Quran 4:69 · An-Nisa
Tarikh al-Tabari, vol. 4, p. 19
Al-Mujalasah wa-Jawahir al-'Ilm by al-Dinawari: 225 The Quran 51:56
Quran 51:56 · Adh-Dhariyat
Quran 2:165 · Al-Baqarah
Quran 41:53 · Fussilat
Quran 56:25 · Al-Waqi'ah
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4 min 51 sec
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Introducing the philosophy of creation and ontology's failure
“Aaj ka topic hai: the philosophy of creation”
40 sec
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Quran's challenge: were you created without purpose
“Do you think We created you without purpose?”
1 min 36 sec
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Ontology's failure versus Quran's claim of purposeful creation
“Sara falsafiyana adab is sawal ka jawab nahi de saka”
5 min 21 sec
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The wrong yardstick: perfection, versus God's selection-ground plan
“Hamare falasifa ka artistry hi ghalat hai”
1 min 52 sec
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Humans are born perfectionists who misjudge creation
“Har insan paida hota hai perfectionist, idealist”
1 min 39 sec
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God's real plan: paradise first, this world as selection ground
“Khuda ne pehle ek perfect world banayi, jannat”
5 min 51 sec
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History's failed perfect systems and Satan's trap of hatred
“Purane zamane mein hamesha se kingship ka nizam tha”
34 sec
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Gratitude is the ultimate target of faith
“Shukr hi sab se bari cheez hai”
4 min 16 sec
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Individual greatness through history and paradise as true ideal society
“Puri tareekh mein bohot achay achay insan guzre hain”
32 sec
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Qabeel and Habeel: refusing to retaliate
“Agar tum mujhe maarne ko utho, main nahi uthunga”
1 min 27 sec
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Nooh's 900 years and Hajira's faith in the desert
“Nooh 900 saal tak logon ki khair khwahi mein jite rahe”
1 min 56 sec
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Why reformers fail trying to build paradise on earth
“Hamare falasfa chahte hain isi duniya mein jannat banayen”
26 sec
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God's real target is individuals, not systems
“Khuda ka jo duniya mein target hai, woh afraad hain, system nahi”
4 min 8 sec
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Imitating Greek philosophy and system-based versus self-reform
“Yunani falasifa haqeeqat ko three-dimensional samajhte thay”
39 sec
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Everything, including violence, begins in the mind
“Violence begins from mind — so does everything else”
1 min 31 sec
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Zia-ul-Haq's 200 incorruptible men story
“Zia-ul-Haq ne ulama se kaha: mujhe 200 aise aadmi do”
5 min 10 sec
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A communal riot's real cause and the Quranic principle of restraint
“Abhi India mein kuch dinon se baar baar fasad ho rahe hain”
53 sec
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Quran forbids insulting what others worship
“Quran says: don't insult what others worship”
48 sec
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Paradise as God's thrilling favor to humanity
“Kitna thrilling tasawwur hai ke main abadi jannat mein rahoon ga”
43 sec
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Spend nothing on weddings, spend on dawah instead
“Shaadi mein kitna kharch karna chahiye? Kuch nahi.”
1 min 43 sec
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The wedding-expense story with neighbor Batra Sahib
“Meri shaadi mein ek paisa kharch nahi hua”