Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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Importance of Peace August 17, 2014

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References in this lecture 11
Musnad al-Muwatta by Al-Jawhari: 783
Musnad al-Bazzar, Hadith no. 3626
Maghazi by al-Waqidi, vol.1, p.350
2 min 1 sec
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An educated man asks Islam's greatest contribution to history
“Ek bohot hi educated aadmi se meri mulaqat hui”
41 sec
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Islam's greatest contribution is the peace formula
“Sabse bada contribution Islam ka yeh hai”
2 min 50 sec
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Tribal-age wars and the psychology of chain wars
“Pehle zamane mein samaj jo tha, wo tribal samaj tha”
4 min 57 sec
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Full argument: chain wars and Islam's peace solution
“Har war hamesha ek chain war paida karti hai”
53 sec
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Quran verse: reconciliation is the best
“Sura An-Nisa mein yeh ayat hai: reconciliation is the best”
1 min 58 sec
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Quran's reconciliation verse and unilateral peace
“Sura An-Nisa mein yeh ayat hai: asl al-khair”
5 min 44 sec
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Full story of the Hudaybiyyah peace treaty and its victory
“Rasool Allah ne saatvi sadi ke pehle quarter mein Makkah mein mission shuru kiya”
38 sec
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The historic question: what is the greatest good
“History mein hamesha yeh sawal raha hai: summum bonum”
2 min 21 sec
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Alexander the Great and the failure of political power
“Yunan ka badshah Alexander, duniya ka sabse bada fateh”
2 min 2 sec
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Bill Gates and the failure of wealth as ultimate good
“Kuch logon ne samjha ke sabse badi cheez wealth hai”
41 sec
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Bill Gates: wealth beyond a point buys nothing more
“Once you get beyond a million dollars, it's the same hamburger”
2 min 44 sec
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Freedom as false ideal: Skinner's 'we cannot afford freedom'
“Yorop mein logon ne samjha freedom is the summum bonum”
48 sec
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Unlimited freedom ends in anarchy, even in marriage
“Aap dekhiye, azaadi ne kahan tak pahunchaya logon ko?”
30 sec
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Peace opens every door of opportunity
“Jahan amn hai, wahan sari taraqqiyon ke darwaze khule hain”
2 min 36 sec
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Germany accepted defeat and became Europe's top economy
“East Germany aur West Germany, aur Germany ne accept kar liya”
5 min 54 sec
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Germany and Japan vs Palestine: accepting status quo brings peace
“Second World War ke baad Germany ka partition hua”
5 min 40 sec
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Differentiating Muslim culture from the religion of Islam
“Musalman tou lar rahe hain idhar udhar”
2 min 45 sec
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How to respond to unfair criticism without reacting
“Jo tanqeed kar raha hai, use allegation ki zaban nahi bolni chahiye”
2 min 14 sec
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Maulana's method: revealed knowledge plus scientific knowledge
“Islam mein do hi cheezon ko basic mana gaya hai”
2 min 28 sec
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Advice: become a scholar yourself or trust one you can
“Kun aaliman aw mutaalliman, ya aalim bano ya student”
33 sec
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Hadith: be a scholar or a student, not neither
“Kun aaliman aw muta'alliman, ya to aalim bano ya student”
1 min 58 sec
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Unity despite disagreement, done for God's sake
“Ikhtilaf ke bawajood ittehad kisi insaan ke muqable mein hota hai”
5 min 21 sec
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Are Muslims being tortured, or is this retaliation?
“Japan aur Germany developed huye war rokne ke baad”
53 sec
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Rejecting the claim that Muslims are being tortured
“Is se bada jhoot koi nahi ke musalman torture kiye ja rahe hain”
2 min 53 sec
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Kashmir problem as a refusal to accept history's verdict
“Kashmir ka jo problem hai, wo history se larne ka hai”
2 min 37 sec
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Explaining peace to those who lost loved ones to war
“How can peace be explained to those full of revenge?”