Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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Problem and Shukr March 15, 2015

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References in this lecture 11
Quran 1:2 · Al-Fatihah
Quran 90:4 · Al-Balad
Quran 22:35 · Al-Hajj
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 7504
Quran 39:10 · Az-Zumar
Quran 2:31 · Al-Baqarah
Sunan Al-Tirmidhi, Hadith no. 2784
Quran 2:216 · Al-Baqarah
Quran 22:11 · Al-Hajj
Sunan Al-Tirmidhi, Hadith no. 3392
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Hamd truly means gratitude, not praise
“Hamd ke maayne hote hain shukr, praise nahi”
3 min 53 sec
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Full argument: reconciling gratitude with life's hardship
“Quran ki pehli aayat hai: Alhamdulillahi rabbil aalameen”
1 min 44 sec
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Resolving Quran's contradiction: gratitude to God, patience with people
“Allah ke fazl se aaj hi subah mujhe iska jawab mila”
2 min 5 sec
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World as a custom-made blessing from God
“Allah ka shukr karne ka matlab kya hai? Yeh duniya di hai”
4 min 15 sec
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Blessings of creation, then the hadith on gratitude toward people
“Allah ka shukr karne ka matlab kya hai?”
34 sec
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Universe is custom-made for humanity, scientist's quote
“Kisi scientist ne kaha: universe is a custom-made universe”
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Hadith: ingratitude to people blocks gratitude to God
“Man lam yashkur an-naas lam yashkur Allah”
1 min 29 sec
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Hadith explained: ingratitude to people blinds you to blessings
“Man lam yashkur an-naas lam yashkur Allah”
1 min 25 sec
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Magazine full of complaints, no gratitude to God
“Kal mere paas ek Muslim mahnama aaya”
2 min 10 sec
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World is house of praise for God, house of hardship for man
“Allah ne duniya ko banaya ek aitbaar se dar-ul-hamd”
4 min 11 sec
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Human potential, freedom, and why problems drive discovery
“Quran mein likha hai: allama Adam al-asmaa kullaha”
27 sec
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Patience defined as acceptance of reality
“Sabr ka maayne hai acceptance of reality”
5 min 47 sec
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Patience, complaint, and their effect on spiritual and mental growth
“Sabr ka maayne hai acceptance of reality”
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Avoid complaint and protest at all costs
“Aakhri had tak shikayat se bacho, protest se bacho”
5 min 17 sec
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The complaining mindset: ignoring 99% blessings for 1% negativity
“Shikayati zehen yeh hai ke kuch negative item ko nikal nikal kar badhana”
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Intellectual dishonesty called the greatest crime
“Intellectual dishonesty gets crime hai”
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Hadith: paradise ignored, hellfire chased
“Maine dekha jannat itni qeemti hai lekin log sote hain”
32 sec
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Complaining and protesting declared spiritually forbidden
“Main yeh kah sakta hoon ke shikayat haram hai”
1 min 49 sec
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Living evil vs dead evil: the Kaaba curtain story
“Ek hai living evil, ek hai dead evil”
1 min 12 sec
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How to build strong conviction in God: avoid distraction
“I want to develop strong conviction in God, but find myself lacking”
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Complaints about a system are really complaints about people
“Yeh to aapne sirf lafz badal diya, system kaun banata hai?”
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Patience is the price you pay for gratitude
“Patience jo hai wahi price hai duniya mein hamd ke sath jeene ke liye”