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Paradise as A Goal April 26, 2015

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Quran 20:76 · Ta-Ha
Quran 2:255 · Al-Baqarah
Quran 20:76 · Ta-Ha
Al-Maqasid al-Hasana by Al-Sakhawi, Hadith no. 1240
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 5926
Quran 2:30 · Al-Baqarah
Quran 7:12 · Al-A'raf
Tarikh Dimashq by Ibn Asakir, vol. 62, p. 247
Birr al-Walidayn by Al-Bukhari, Ather no. 45
Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 4907
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Earthquake as warning not tragedy
“Himalayan Tragedy? I say Himalayan Warning.”
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Earthquake as divine warning for all
“The newspapers titled it Himalayan Tragedy, but I would call it Himalayan Warning.”
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Earthquake warning against materialism and call to afterlife
“The newspapers titled it Himalayan Tragedy, but I would call it Himalayan Warning.”
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Materialism as modern religion
“Every person's only religion today is professionalism.”
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Materialism as false goal, disasters as warning
“Every person's only religion today is professionalism, making money.”
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Rituals not enough, need personality development
“For religious people, they think rituals will get them paradise.”
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Ritualistic approach to paradise
“Where are you going on the left? Walk right for paradise.”
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Discovering Creator through a leaf example
“For example, yesterday I was sitting in my spiritual corner.”
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Using daily experiences for personality development
“For example, yesterday I was sitting in my spiritual corner.”
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Discovering Creator through a leaf
“A leaf fell, and I realized I cannot create it.”
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Belief in Living God transforms life
“If you believe in a Living God, He will shape your life.”
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Anger management gives spiritual food
“When someone angers you and you control it, you gain paradise food.”
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Reason and intuition in discovering God
“I want to say a very important thing: discovering God is through reason.”
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Two levels of discovering God: reason and intuition
“The first level is rational discovery, then the second is intuition.”
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Wake up before death
“People are asleep; when they die they will wake up.”