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Four Phases of Human History July 13, 2008

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Quran 35:34 · Fatir
Quran 54:55 · Al-Qamar
Quran 76:20 · Al-Insan
Quran 66:11 · At-Tahrim
Quran 7:172 · Al-A'raf
Quran 2:35 · Al-Baqarah
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 22288
Quran 36:55 · Ya-Sin
Quran 35:34 · Fatir
Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 6615
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God created paradise, gathering all His attributes
“God created this universe — then what happened?”
1 min 58 sec
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The single condition for entering paradise
“There was exactly one condition to settle in Paradise”
2 min 8 sec
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Humans think within space and time, unlike God
“We live inside space and time — so does our thinking”
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Refuting who created God, space-time analogy
“Some stupid people ask: if God created the world, who created God?”
3 min 4 sec
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Hirohito's speech and Japan's post-war rebuilding
“After WWII, America's atom bomb destroyed Japan”
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Suffering the insufferable to discover God
“No big target is achieved without suffering the insufferable”
1 min 44 sec
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Quran's single-verse explanation of paradise
“The Quran explains paradise beautifully in one verse”
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Quran verse: God removed sorrow in paradise
“Alhamdulillah alladhi adh-haba annal hazan”
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World with sorrow is hell, without is paradise
“With sorrow, the world is hell; without it, paradise”
2 min 8 sec
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Total freedom in this life is a crucial test
“We have total freedom in this world — that's the test”
2 min 32 sec
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The first divine covenant and the unconscious mind
“When God created every human, He asked: Am I not your Lord?”
2 min 13 sec
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Anthropology shows monotheism came before polytheism
“Anthropologists once assumed polytheism came first”
2 min 33 sec
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Distraction from Adam's tree to Obama's Iraq
“The first lesson given to man was about distraction”
3 min 38 sec
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Why most people rejected the prophets
“One hundred twenty-four thousand prophets came to humanity”
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Humans can't judge people purely on merit
“Recognizing someone purely on merit is the hardest task”
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Science as uncovering God's signs in creation
“Science is not a story — it's discovering God's creation”
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Modern industry as a glimpse of imperfect paradise
“Before modern science, human life was extremely rough”
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Irony of a town literally named Paradise
“There's a town in California literally called Paradise”
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The town called Paradise burns down
“There's a town in California literally named Paradise”
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California's Paradise fire as a symbol of global warming
“There's a town in California literally named Paradise”
2 min 51 sec
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DNA proves humans are eternal beings
“Decode human DNA and one word is missing: death”
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No one, rich or powerful, has true happiness
“Even the rich and powerful have no true happiness”
1 min 12 sec
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Charlie Chaplin's hidden sadness
“A troubled man went to see a psychiatrist”
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The purpose of life is self-purification
“What is the purpose of life? Kindly guide”
1 min 57 sec
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Pharaoh's queen prays for a home near God
“Pharaoh's own queen came to believe in Prophet Moses”
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Paradise means living in God's neighborhood
“Paradise simply means living in God's neighborhood”
3 min 27 sec
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Judging by merit alone, illustrated through Jesus
“How can we judge someone completely on the basis of merit?”
3 min 42 sec
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Sincerity, salvation, and the furious 'Dawah' man
“If someone worships but never does outreach, is he saved?”
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Sincerity (ikhlas) as the only basis for salvation
“Salvation comes on only one basis: sincerity”