Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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From The Spiritual Tree August 8, 2010

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References in this lecture 15
Quran 2:259 · Al-Baqarah
Shu'abul Iman by Al-Baihaqi, Hadith No. 118 The Quran 3:191 The Quran 4:82 The Quran
Quran 3:191 · Aal-Imran
Quran 4:82 · An-Nisa
Quran 8:25 · Al-Anfal
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith No. 23444
Al-Tabaqat Al-Kubra, Hadith No. 2901
Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith No. 6008
Quran 1:2 · Al-Fatihah
Quran 23:4 · Al-Mu'minun
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1 min 40 sec
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Tree revives after rain, echoing Quranic verse on life
“Garmi ke doran patiyan jhad gayin, shaakhen sookh gayin”
5 min 51 sec
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The spiritual tree parable: material vs spiritual content in everything
“Garmi mein hamara spiritual tree sookh gaya, phir baarish ne usse hara bhara kar diya”
2 min 17 sec
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How rain's desalination process explains spiritual growth
“Lekin baarish hai kya? What is rain?”
49 sec
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No mountain, ocean, or star can walk
“Kya koi pahad chal kar kahin pahunch sakta hai?”
27 sec
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Man with cancer who couldn't eat despite abundance
“Hamare ek sathi the, unko cancer ho gaya”
2 min 24 sec
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Nervous English lecture in Delhi despite no formal schooling
“Main ek bohot tough subject par English mein bol raha tha”
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Fear before speaking English at a Delhi lecture
“Khudaya, aage badhne ki himmat nahi, peechhe hatne ki ijazat nahi”
2 min 40 sec
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Critiquing pantheism: God is not literally in every atom
“Philosophers ne kaha har zarre mein khuda hai, ye ek fallacy hai”
1 min 27 sec
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Comparing eating chickpeas to what a horse eats
“Main bhi chana kha raha hoon, ghoda bhi chana khata tha”
5 min 53 sec
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From eating chickpeas to discovering humanity's unique sense of pleasure
“Main chana kha raha tha, ghoda bhi chana khata tha, farq kya tha?”
49 sec
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Sense of pleasure is unique to human beings
“Ek aisi cheez hai jo sirf insaan ko hai”
3 min
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Drinking pure spring water in Kashmir's Pahalgam valley
“Pahalgam mein ek chashme ka pani, aisi lazzat kabhi nahi mili”
4 min 18 sec
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Unfulfilled human desires point toward paradise and eternal life
“Insan ke andar desire hai, lekin ye duniya mein fulfil nahi hoti”
49 sec
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Eid card calling him a self-made man
“Self-made man ke naam jo Qutub Minar ki bulandiyon ko paar kar sake”
4 min 18 sec
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How one drop of negativity ruins one's capacity for dawah
“Ek dost America mein rehte hain, unhone kaha 'moral values' nahi hain unke yahan”
57 sec
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Extract the spiritual nectar, discard the material
“Ise extract kijiye, jaise shahad ki makhi nectar extract karti hai”
47 sec
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Thinking itself is a form of worship
“Lekin sochna ek ibadat hai”
4 min 41 sec
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Why Kashmir and Palestine suffer from their own flawed policies
“60 saal se Kashmir mein human rights ka naara chal raha hai, result kya nikla?”
2 min 21 sec
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What kind of knowledge should a person pursue
“Aap kaunsa ilm hasil karein jisse duniya o aakhirat sanwar jayein?”
5 min 35 sec
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Choosing between taqleed and ijtihad, and the price of scholarship
“Do options hain: taqleed ya ijtihad, teesra option kabhi nahi lena chahiye”
56 sec
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Trusting God despite family's worry over his path
“Yeh kashti apne sab sawaron samet bas Allah ke hawale hai”
2 min 52 sec
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Ingratitude to people reflects ingratitude to God
“Jo insaan ka aitraf nahi karega, wo khuda ka bhi aitraf nahi karega”