Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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From Superstition to Science April 19, 2009

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Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 7078
Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 7078
Quran 23:1 · Al-Mu'minun
Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 1060
Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 1741
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 22947
Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 5301
Sahih Muslim, Hadith no. 1013
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 12579
Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 2799
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5 min 59 sec
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Prophet's farewell sermon and the second-audience hadith
“Aap jaante hain Rasul Allah 23 saal tak paighambar rahe”
2 min 35 sec
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Hadith: the later listener may understand better than the first
“Aap ne ek bahut hi anokhi baat kahi thi”
46 sec
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Hadith: pass my message on, generation after generation
“Jo yahan hain wo un tak pohncha dein jo yahan nahin”
28 sec
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Later followers may be better in God's sight
“Kya is se badi koi khushkhabri ho sakti hai?”
37 sec
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Arabic word 'awa' means a better container
“Lafz 'awa' ke maayne hote hain better container”
35 sec
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Old superstitions about eclipses: a snake swallowing the sun
“Aasman mein koi bahut bada saanp hai, wo nigal leta hai”
1 min 59 sec
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Prophet's emergency sermon rejecting eclipse-death superstition
“Log kehne lage prophet ka beta mar gaya isliye eclipse hua”
28 sec
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Prophet calls emergency meeting over eclipse rumor
“Aap ne emergency meeting ki, sab log masjid mein aa jayein”
5 min 59 sec
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Eclipse superstition debunked, then confirmed by modern astronomy
“Itni si baat par aapne emergency meeting bulai”
2 min 50 sec
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Sun, earth, moon size comparison reveals divine precision
“Suraj ko Himalaya ke barabar maanein to zameen football ke barabar”
21 sec
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Vivid size analogy: sun as Himalaya, earth as football
“Suraj Himalaya pahaad ke barabar, zameen football ke barabar”
2 min 46 sec
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Earth's buried treasure: gradual human discovery from foot to steamship
“Zameen apne khazane ugal degi”
25 sec
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Hadith's 'treasure' meant inventions, not gold
“Ek treasure zameen mein chhupa hua hai, wo baahar nikal aayega”
5 min 58 sec
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Earth's hidden treasures: invention, comfort, and gnosis of God
“Nature ko explore kar ke humne ye sab cheezein banayi hain”
31 sec
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From walking on foot to taming the first horse
“Sabse pehla insaan apne dono paon se chalta tha”
2 min 53 sec
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Two streams of history: hedonism versus gnosis of God
“History mein do dhaare chal pade”
1 min 47 sec
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God's blessed groups through history: prophets then companions
“Puri tareekh mein kuch insaan khuda ke khaas bande the”