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Process of Intellectual Development March 23, 2008

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References in this lecture 13
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 6168
Sahih Muslim, Hadith no. 2577
Sahih Muslim, Hadith no. 2577
Quran 2:26 · Al-Baqarah
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 25042
Sunan Ibn Majah, Hadith no. 4258
Sahih Muslim, Hadith no. 485
Sunan Abu Dawud, Hadith no. 4918
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 6168
Tafsir Ibn Kathir, vol 1, p. 571 Tafsir Al-Razi, vol 1, p. 119
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5 min 27 sec
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Everyone today is confused: the fitna dohma has arrived
“Agar koi ab aap se pooche, tumhari life ka shocking experience kya hai?”
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Maulana's shocking discovery: everyone lives in confusion
“Meri zindagi ka sabse bada shocking experience yeh hai”
1 min 27 sec
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Maulana's shocking experience: all humanity confused, Muslim and non-Muslim
“Meri zindagi ka sabse bada shocking experience yeh hai”
29 sec
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Hadith predicts four fitnas before Judgment Day
“Prophet said before Qiyamah four fitnas will come”
35 sec
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Meaning of fitna dohma: black intellectual fog
“Fitna dohma means black intellectual fog”
58 sec
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Hadith qudsi: all humans are astray without guidance
“Ae bando, tum sab bhatke huye ho”
5 min 23 sec
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Sorting truth from falsehood like an ant sorts sugar
“Khuda ne humara mind banaya, us mein memory hai”
2 min 58 sec
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How the mind records everything into permanent memory
“Har baat jo aap ne suni woh memory mein record ho jati hai”
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Ant sorts sugar from salt: parable of discernment
“Salt and sugar look same, but ant only takes sugar”
3 min 30 sec
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Being wrongly called arrogant for not greeting people
“1967 mein main Delhi aaya, purane Delhi mein rehta tha”
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Orange peel analogy for intellectual development method
“Intellectual development has no mysterious method, like an orange”
2 min 59 sec
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Reframing a colleague's sudden death as untimely
“Pichle itwar humara ek sathi accident mein guzar gaye”
5 min 23 sec
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Sudden death is a reminder, not a tragedy
“Maut ki do qismein hoti hain: natural aur unnatural”
3 min 29 sec
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Aisha's misunderstanding about the Prophet's night absence
“Hazrat Aisha ek raat rasool Allah ko hujre mein na paya”
2 min 57 sec
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Self-improvement requires painful self-hammering, not comfort
“Getting out of confusion requires a sacrifice”
5 min 31 sec
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Self-hammering versus accepting harsh external criticism
“Confusion se nikalne ke liye ek sacrifice chahiye — hammering”
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Calling out a compulsive talker as monologuer
“You are an excellent monologuer, I told him”
2 min 38 sec
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Caliph Umar strikes himself for wrongly punishing a man
“Umar Farooq raat ko Madinah mein raunds liya karte the”
5 min 2 sec
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Seeing everyone, even soldiers, as potential converts
“Kashmir mein non-Muslim nahi, hum dawat ka kaam kahan karein”
1 min 39 sec
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Advice for wife whose husband is converting religions
“Ek Muslim couple ka husband Christianity ki taraf ja raha hai”
2 min 31 sec
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Rukhsati wedding rituals have no basis in Islam
“Rukhsati kuch bhi nahi hai, Islam mein kuch bhi nahi”
29 sec
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Marriage without expense equals sincere faith
“Jo aadmi bila kharch shadi kare, wohi mukhlis momin hai”
29 sec
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Arabic proverb: advice beats praise
“Whoever advises you is better than one who praises you”
1 min 36 sec
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Prophet's prayer to see truth and falsehood clearly
“Allahumma arinal haqqa haqqan — a prayer to see truth”
2 min 37 sec
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Why people get angry at criticism, love praise
“Kyun log criticism par gussa hote hain, tareef se khush”
37 sec
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Modesty is the greatest good, arrogance the worst evil
“The greatest good is modesty, greatest evil is arrogance”
2 min 38 sec
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Salam as an icebreaker for spreading Islam
“Salam is a starting point for dawah with strangers”
3 min 51 sec
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Human freedom, the vast universe, and surrendering to God
“Yeh itni badi universe hai jise humne abhi tak nahi napa”