Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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Reinterpretation of Islam April 12, 2009

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Quran 37:102 · As-Saffat
Quran 17:79 · Al-Isra
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 23814
Kanz al-Ummal, Hadith no. 39079
Zuhr al-Firdaws, Hadith no. 403
Sunan al-Tirmidhi, Hadith no. 2460
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 16906
Al-Mu'jam al-Saghir by Al-Tabarani, Hadith no. 993
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 6168
Quran 67:2 · Al-Mulk
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1 min 41 sec
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Setting up the talk: what does modernizing Islam even mean
“Islam ka modernization - yeh baat bohot kahi jaati rahi hai”
2 min 19 sec
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Story of a Lahore scholar's phrase Quran must be re-revealed today
“Mujhe yaad hai partition se pehle ek sahab thay Lahore ke”
45 sec
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You understand an idea only once you translate it to your mindset
“Har aadmi ka apna ek bent of mind hota hai”
3 min 41 sec
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Story: how 'record of warning' became 'Creation Plan of God'
“Main aik example doonga is point ko samjhaane ke liye”
1 min 16 sec
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Why Jewish scholars now represent Islam better in modern terms
“Kal mujhe ek aur discovery hui”
1 min 18 sec
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Terminology defined, then the core thesis stated plainly
“Terminology kya hai? What is terminology?”
1 min 50 sec
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Scholars wrongly call modern Muslims apostates over terminology
“Iss ko samajhiye achay tareeqay se”
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Why non-Muslim scholars wrote Islam's most appealing modern works
“Ab main aapko chand baatein arz karoonga”
1 min 28 sec
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Why framing Islam's spread as 'empire' repels modern minds
“Sabhi log jaante hain Prophet Muhammad ke baad Islam ka political expansion hua”
5 min 30 sec
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Toynbee: monotheism, not politics, sparked the scientific revolution
“Arnold Toynbee ne likha hai yeh exploration itna delayed kyun tha”
28 sec
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Shirk defined simply as nature worship
“Polytheism, yani shirk. Shirk kya hai?”
5 min 56 sec
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Reinterpreting Ibrahim and Ismail's story as nation-building
“Hazrat Ibrahim apne bete Ismail ko le gaye Mecca ke paas”
4 min 57 sec
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Michael Hart's book reveals the true meaning of Maqam Mahmood
“Quran mein ek verse hai: maqam-e-mahmood”
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Core thesis: not modernizing Islam, but explaining it in modern terms
“Yehi hai - Islam ko modernize karne ka sawal nahi hai”
4 min 35 sec
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Dajjal fully explained as the deception of the media age
“Log samajhte hain Dajjal koi strange animal hoga”
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Dajjal is not a strange creature, it's an age phenomenon
“Log samajhte hain Dajjal koi strange animal hoga”
2 min 46 sec
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Mahdi explained: not mysterious, just Islam rediscovered
“Aise Mahdi ko log wait kar rahe hain”
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Mahdi is whoever rediscovers Islam's relevance in the modern age
“Mahdi ka matlab yahi hai ke wohi Islam”
4 min 25 sec
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The book that proved Islam spread through peace, not the sword
“Main aapko ek aur example deta hoon: The Preaching of Islam”
2 min 37 sec
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Hadith on Islam entering every home, reread for the telecom age
“Rasool Allah ne farmaya Islam ka kalma har ghar mein daakhil ho jayega”
32 sec
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Hadith: a person's death marks the start of their Qiyamah
“Jab hi dies, hiz qiyamah begins”
2 min 22 sec
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Q&A: how to approach non-Muslims to explain Islam
“Maulana, how can we approach non-Muslims to make them understand Islam?”