Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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Man's Place in The Universe June 17, 2007

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Quran 103:1 · Al-Asr
Quran 68:42 · Al-Qalam
Quran 25:63 · Al-Furqan
Quran 94:5 · Ash-Sharh
Quran 12:76 · Yusuf
John, 6:15
Mukhtasar al-Muzani, vol. 1, p. 29
Sahih Muslim, Hadith no. 2754
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 8069
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 6160
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Einstein's fame, achievements, and quiet despair
“This topic came to mind reading Einstein's life”
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Einstein offered but declined Israel's presidency
“Then you know he got the Nobel Prize”
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Einstein's despair despite fame as world's top scientist
“He said, I feel like a stranger in the world”
4 min 22 sec
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Einstein's isolation: the speech nobody understood
“When Einstein won the Nobel Prize, a friend invited him”
1 min 21 sec
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History's greatest figures all died in frustration
“This has been the story of all history”
35 sec
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Great conquerors who died without building their empire
“402 famous people, all of them died in frustration”
56 sec
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Quran's 1400-year-old verse: history proves man is in loss
“Look at the Quran, summed up in a few words”
6 min 6 sec
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The ice cream story: tracing origins to find humility
“A man buys his son ice cream at India Gate”
2 min 42 sec
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Two vast support systems made your ice cream possible
“How was it even possible, that ice cream?”
47 sec
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Everything has a price, yet everything is priceless
“Everything is priceless, you cannot pay its price”
4 min 47 sec
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Palestine vs India: pride, humility, and national destiny
“Today in Palestine, people are fighting each other”
2 min 29 sec
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India vs Palestine: one accepted reality, one didn't
“Both partitioned a year apart, but the result differs”
2 min 17 sec
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Life splits into a pre-death and post-death period
“God divided man's lifespan into two parts”
2 min 22 sec
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786 numerology is superstition, not Islam
“786 is just an innovation, no significance in Islam”
1 min 1 sec
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786 numerology has no basis in Quran or Hadith
“It's not in the Quran, not in the Hadith”
6 min 49 sec
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A full critique of Darwin's theory of evolution
“Some believe Darwin's theory best explains life's origin”
2 min 26 sec
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What is intuition: revelation versus inspiration
“Intuition is very hard to define”
2 min 40 sec
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Discover your unique quality, then develop it
“This is a very good question, let me explain”
45 sec
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Hazrat Ali: a person's value lies in their excellence
“The value of a person lies in excellence”
51 sec
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Young Newton was mocked as a 'lost boy'
“As a child, people called Newton a lost boy”
2 min 20 sec
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Debunking a fabricated hadith about escaping hell for free
“You want to reach God without paying any price?”
58 sec
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Newton's rabbit-cage story shows his total focus
“He called a carpenter, said build me a cage”
31 sec
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Hypocrisy defined as a mind of interest, not principle
“Hypocrisy is nothing but double standard, duplicity”
2 min 33 sec
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The three types of dreams according to hadith
“Dreams, according to hadith, are of three kinds”
58 sec
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Total freedom exists, but within nature's laws
“God gave man total freedom, total freedom”
2 min 41 sec
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Prayer works: half supplication, half required action
“Your prayer rises only when your effort pushes it”
1 min 54 sec
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Why eternal punishment for a lifetime of finite sin
“This question is asked often, but it's not logical”