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The Real Problem before Mankind August 3, 2008

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Musnnaf Abdul Razzaq, Hadith no. 21263
Rabi' al-Abrar by Al-Zamakhshari, vol. 4, p. 339
Quran 1:2 · Al-Fatihah
Quran 3:139 · Aal-Imran
Quran 5:83 · Al-Ma'idah
Al-Mu'jam al-Saghir by Al-Tabarani, Hadith no. 948
Quran 3:139 · Aal-Imran
Quran 6:14 · Al-An'am
Sunan al-Tirmidhi, Hadith no. 2450
Musnad Al-Darmi: 675
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The real problem is people can't identify it
“The real problem is people can't identify the real problem”
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The real problem before mankind is insincerity
“The real problem is people can't identify the real problem”
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Praised for not taking things at face value
“Aap cheezon ko face value par nahi lete”
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Food shortage conference served twenty dishes
“A world hunger conference served twenty dishes”
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No one agrees on why India's Partition happened
“Hundreds of books, and everyone blames someone different”
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Two categories of lying, and why people lie
“There are two categories of lying”
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Man with ten vices told to quit lying first
“A man came with ten vices, asked which to quit first”
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Are you ready to face God tomorrow
“Are you ready to face God Almighty by tomorrow?”
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Angel of death circling, are you ready
“I see the angel of death circling above you”
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Elizabeth Taylor's family denied her dying state
“A famous actress was dying, but they denied it”
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Sweeper woman's retort about pride in her hut
“You're proud of your mansion, I'm proud of my hut”
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You cannot escape from death
“You cannot escape from death”
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Death, justified vs unjustified lifestyle, death as expulsion
“You cannot escape from death”
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Did you create yourself? Challenge to the proud
“Did you create yourself? How did you get all this?”
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What if God switched off the sun and oxygen
“What if God stopped the sunlight from reaching you?”
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Muslims have everything yet lack supremacy — why
“Muslims have all the wealth, so why no dabdaba?”
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Muslims have everything yet no real faith
“Why no supremacy? Because there's no real faith”
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True faith brings tears, God's vast universe
“Real faith fills the eyes with tears”
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A fortress wouldn't fall, so they blamed themselves
“They couldn't take the fort, so they searched within”
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Sahaba blamed themselves, not the enemy
“They searched for the fault within themselves”
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Japan lost the war, then rebuilt by blaming itself
“Japan lost the war and looked inward, not outward”
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Change yourself to change the world
“If you want to change the world, change yourself first”
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A man controlled his sugar with total sincerity
“He controlled his blood sugar in one month flat”
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Paradise has a price, like a Rolls Royce
“You won't get a Rolls Royce for cheap”
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Ordinary qualities make extraordinary people
“Ordinary qualities make extraordinary people”
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What makes a strong personality — no double standard
“A strong personality has no double standard”
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Definition of a true Muslim — total surrender
“A Muslim is one who surrenders completely”
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Mission mentality vs shopkeeper mentality, Maulana Ilyas story
“We're not shopkeepers, we're running a mission”
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We are not shopkeepers, we run a mission
“We are not shopkeepers, we're running a mission”
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Change happens only when it becomes your interest
“A shopkeeper lost customers until he changed himself”
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Father quits smoking instantly for his son
“He threw away his cigarettes for his son”
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Riba question — only two options, accept or reject
“You have only two options on riba”