Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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Ramadan and Roza July 14, 2013

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Quran 2:185 · Al-Baqarah
Musannaf Abdul Razzaq, Hadith no. 6193
Quran 2:183 · Al-Baqarah
Quran 1:1 · Al-Fatihah
Quran 42:30 · Ash-Shura
Quran 13:11 · Ar-Ra'd
Quran 38:29 · Sad
Quran 2:186 · Al-Baqarah
Quran 2:184 · Al-Baqarah
Quran 23:60 · Al-Mu'minun
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5 min 20 sec
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Ramadan's core purpose is deep Quran study not just fasting
“Quran ki surah Baqarah mein Ramzan ke baare mein aaya hai”
34 sec
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Arabic word for fasting means symbolic abstinence
“Roze ke liye Arabic lafz hai soum, matlab abstinence, rukna”
1 min 46 sec
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Fasting means abstaining from all distraction, not just food
“Roze ke Arabic lafz soum ka matlab hai rukna, lekin kis cheez se?”
32 sec
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Quran's meanings are endless like the ocean
“Quran ke maane kabhi khatam nahi honge, jaise samandar ka pani”
20 sec
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Worldly mind wants more money, believer wants more wisdom
“Duniya parast logon ka zehen: more money, more money, more money”
1 min 55 sec
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Fasting connects you to the whole chain of prophets and history
“Roza poori insaani tareekh mein har payghambar ki ummat par farz raha”
5 min 50 sec
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Ramadan as a month of introspection through Quran study
“Maine likha ke Ramzan ka mahina goya introspection ka mahina hai”
1 min 19 sec
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Your calamities are the result of your own actions, Quran says
“Jo museebat bhi tum par padti hai, woh tumhare apne kiye ka nateeja hai”
43 sec
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Allah doesn't change a people until they change themselves
“Allah kisi qaum ki halat tab tak nahi badalta jab tak woh khud na badle”
1 min 26 sec
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Change yourself first if you want your condition to change
“Allah kisi qaum ki halat tab tak nahi badalta jab tak woh khud na badle”
1 min 59 sec
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Quran contemplation as visiting God's endless divine library
“Jab mere bande mere baare mein poochein to keh do main qareeb hoon”
55 sec
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Reflecting on Quran is like sitting in God's library
“Quran mein tadabbur karna goya khuda ke kutub khane mein baithna hai”
4 min 52 sec
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Physical vs spiritual fasting: exemption still earns full reward
“Jinke liye roza rakhna mushkil ho jaye, woh fidya dein”
2 min 13 sec
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Battle of Tabuk story: spiritual participation earns equal reward
“Rasoolullah ke zamane mein ek ghazwa tha, Ghazwa-e-Tabuk”
2 min 14 sec
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A believer's increased rizq in Ramadan is spiritual, not material
“Roza woh mahina hai jab momin ka rizq badha diya jata hai”
1 min 48 sec
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Egyptians recite Quran daily yet keep killing each other
“Aaj kal Misr mein Musalman Musalman ko maar raha hai”
6 min 7 sec
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Egypt violence shows recitation without reflection changes nothing
“Aaj kal Misr mein Musalman Musalman ko maar raha hai”
22 sec
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Egyptians shocked realizing they're killing fellow Muslims
“Jis ne ek momin ko jaan boojh kar mara, woh jahannam mein jayega”
2 min 22 sec
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Ritual completion of Quran recitation without understanding is empty
“Ramzan mein ek pur-israr lafz hai: khatm-e-Quran”
30 sec
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Aisha's verdict: they recited but did not truly read
“Hazrat Ayesha ne kaha: unhon ne parha magar unhon ne nahi parha”
2 min 51 sec
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Quran actually forbids Muslims from insulting others' beliefs
“Aaj kal Musalman jahan Rasoolullah par baat ho, hangama shuru ho jata”
5 min 2 sec
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Quran calls for self-restraint, not outrage, over insults
“Aaj kal Musalman jahan Rasoolullah par baat ho, hangama shuru ho jata”