Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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Human Knowledge and Divine Knowledge February 17, 2008

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References in this lecture 12
Musnad al-Bazzar, Hadith no. 5088
Deuteronomy, 18:18
Al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah by Ibn Kathir, vol.2, p.114
3 min 1 sec
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A 40-year-old unanswered question about knowledge's origin
“1959 mein Bijnor mein ek multi-religious conference hui thi”
39 sec
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The conference question: how did knowledge begin
“Gyaan ka aghaz kis tarah hua?”
4 min 54 sec
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From colliding stones to the pattern of all discovery
“Mujhe ye discovery hui, anthropology ke ek bayan se”
2 min 44 sec
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Stone age spark: the beginning of human knowledge
“Stone Age ke do aadmi aapas mein jhagad gaye”
59 sec
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Stone age men's fight sparks first discovery
“Do aadmi aapas mein jhagad gaye”
47 sec
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Every discovery reveals more to discover
“Har discovery ne ek nayi discovery ka clue diya”
3 min 50 sec
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Ibrahim and Archimedes: always something beyond the known
“Char hazaar saal pehle Prophet Ibrahim Iraq mein aaye”
1 min 44 sec
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Archimedes discovers why boats float
“Uske samne ek challenge aaya: paani par naav kyun tairti hai?”
48 sec
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Archimedes' Eureka bathtub discovery
“Yeh up-thrust naav ko paani ke upar chalata hai”
1 min 51 sec
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Telescope, microscope, electron: knowledge without end
“Galileo ne 1608 mein telescope se aasman dekha”
1 min 59 sec
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Human knowledge's final stage is only probability
“Aaj insaan yahan tak pahuncha hai ke sirf probability”
46 sec
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The Prophet's claim to final knowledge
“Insaan ke samne ek claim hai, Prophet ka claim”
4 min 19 sec
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The Prophet's full 'Wa Sabaha' hilltop story
“Che sau das ka waqia hai ye”
2 min 27 sec
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Prophet's clever hilltop declaration to Mecca
“Aap us par charhe, aawaz diya: Wa Sabaha!”
22 sec
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Hadith: I know what you don't know
“Ana A'lamu ma la ta'lamun”
3 min 36 sec
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Full argument: from stone-age spark to examining the Prophet's claim
“Insaan ki journey shuru hui jab do pathar takraye”
32 sec
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Science reaches only probability, not certainty
“Iske aage kuch nahi. Certainty tak nahi.”
1 min 27 sec
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Prophet claims to see beyond space and time
“Hum space and time ke frame mein hi soch paate hain”