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Contribution of Sufism in India May 29, 2011

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Letters of Swami Vivekananda, P. 148, Letter no. 86
Quran 4:128 · An-Nisa
Quran 13:17 · Ar-Ra'd
Quran 4:128 · An-Nisa
Sunan al-Nasa'i, Hadith no. 4454
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 4310
Quran 33:69 · Al-Ahzab
Quran 3:140 · Aal-Imran
Quran 14:24 · Ibrahim
Quran 33:21 · Al-Ahzab
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4 min 16 sec
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Sufis rebuilt Islam's image from sword to peace
“Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti's formula: peace between Hindus and Muslims”
35 sec
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Millions converted to Islam without any sword
“Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti converted lakhs, but never used a sword”
2 min 30 sec
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Sufism born in Baghdad as image-repair for Islam
“Sufism began in Baghdad during the Abbasid era”
2 min 11 sec
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Vegetarian langar as a deliberate symbol of peace
“Visit any dargah and you'll find a free langar”
1 min 4 sec
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Akbar walks to Sheikh Salim Chishti for a son
“Emperor Akbar had no children, so he went to Salim Chishti”
44 sec
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France's First Lady visits a Sufi shrine
“France's First Lady came to India, went straight to a dargah”
5 min 4 sec
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Shah Hamdan's mission is revivable, Salahuddin's sword is not
“There was a Sufi named Shaikh Ali Hamdani”
2 min 30 sec
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Shah Hamdan's Kashmir legacy vs reviving Ghori or Babur
“Shah Hamdani spread Islam in Kashmir, entirely non-political”
53 sec
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Khwaja Farid's scissors vs needle-and-thread parable
“A disciple brought Khwaja Farid a pair of scissors as a gift”
1 min 22 sec
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Why Sufism's relevance has grown in the WMD age
“Peace and love — every human being wants that today”
4 min 22 sec
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How Sufism shaped Maulana's own family across generations
“I'm not a professional Sufi, but by temperament I am”
1 min 10 sec
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The Sufi uncle who personally funded Maulana's education
“One elder in our family was a Sufi, Abdul Majeed”
1 min 3 sec
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Nizamuddin's area untouched by 1947 partition riots
“During Partition, Delhi burned — but this area stayed safe”
2 min 44 sec
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Nawab of Hyderabad breaks protocol for a Sufi's heir
“The Nawab of Hyderabad's train pulled into Delhi station”
5 min 56 sec
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Monuments are dead history; spiritual dominance is alive
“Muslims gave India the Taj Mahal, someone proudly said”
1 min 5 sec
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An anti-Muslim Hindu bows at a Sufi's shrine anyway
“A well-known anti-Muslim hardliner was seen bowing at a dargah”
2 min 37 sec
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Sufis as givers, kings as takers — why givers earn respect
“Sufis came as givers; conquerors came as takers”
34 sec
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Sufi poet dismisses kings, cares only for love
“We never heard of Alexander or Darius, says the Sufi poet”
1 min 35 sec
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A hardline group approves the books once they see 'Sufi'
“A hardline Hindu group questioned why we were spreading Islam”
4 min 2 sec
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Why the Sufi peace method is the only sustainable one
“This movement is called sulh-e-kul, total reconciliation”
33 sec
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The old formula that power lies in the sword is dead
“The old formula was: power lies in the sword”
5 min 50 sec
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Muslims confused the fall of empire with the end of government
“When Ottoman rule fell, some leaders reacted, not thought”
2 min 32 sec
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The hadith on arrogance, hidden and open, and its test
“A hadith: even a mustard seed of arrogance bars heaven”
38 sec
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A Hindi couplet on absorbing criticism gracefully
“A Hindi saying: bear the blow of words as a gift”
47 sec
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Definition of a true believer via reaction to praise
“When criticism doesn't upset you and praise doesn't please you”
2 min 19 sec
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Why you cannot separate Hadith from the Quran
“People who separate Hadith from Quran are badly misguided”
2 min 25 sec
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Love of God is history's rarest commodity
“The rarest commodity in the world is love for God”