Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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Purpose of Creation September 28, 2014

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Quran 51:56 · Adh-Dhariyat
Quran 2:30 · Al-Baqarah
Quran 45:13 · Al-Jathiyah
Quran 2:31 · Al-Baqarah
Quran 11:37 · Hud
Quran 31:20 · Luqman
Quran 17:62 · Al-Isra
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 23814
Al-Bidaya wa-l-Nihaya by Ibn Kathir, vol. 2, p. 20
Henri Pirenne, History of Western Europe, p. 46
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3 min 19 sec
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Qur'an's purpose of creation: marfat, khilafah, taskheer, Adam's names
“Quran se maloom hota hai takhleeq ka maqsad kya tha”
2 min 27 sec
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Qur'anic purpose of creation: man as khalifa over universe
“Wama khalaqtul jinna wal insa illa liya'budoon”
5 min 26 sec
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full theory of discovery: Adam's names, Noah's ark, elephant contrast
“Allah Ta'ala ne Aadam ko saare hi naam bata diye”
2 min 29 sec
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theory that every invention pre-exists as a mental blueprint
“Har cheez ka misal, chahe boat ho ya hawai jahaz”
37 sec
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why animals cannot invent things, mind's blueprint
“Haathi bohot intelligent hota hai magar kuch create nahi kar saka”
45 sec
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Iblis becomes man's eternal rival, defies Allah
“Dekhiye kya hua ke Iblis insan ka rival ban gaya”
47 sec
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rise of kingship ends human freedom
“Sabse bada problem create hua — political”
5 min 38 sec
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rise and fall of kingship leading to the Crusades
“Sabse bada problem create hua woh tha political”
2 min 19 sec
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Crusades as turning point pushing history toward science
“Crusades ka waqia ek turning point tha human history mein”
31 sec
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Crusades defeat reframed as historical turning point
“Yeh jeet aur haar ka mamla nahi tha”
43 sec
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mocking the idea of good terrorism vs bad terrorism
“Good terrorism aur bad terrorism — kaisi ajeeb baat hai”
4 min 4 sec
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Muslims' wrong turn and the two-point roadmap forward
“Terrorism tou terrorism hai — good ya bad nahi hota”
1 min 41 sec
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two-level roadmap for Muslims: translate Qur'an, argue intellectually
“Duniya ki jo major zabanein hain un mein Quran ka tarjuma”
43 sec
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success needs both human effort and Allah's help
“Har kaam mein 50% insaan ki koshish, 50% Allah ki madad”
2 min 20 sec
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Prophet Yunus's story of leaving, repenting, and succeeding
“Hazrat Yunus ne dawat di lekin log maanne wale nahi they”
4 min
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Yunus's u-turn story applied to modern Muslims 'under siege'
“Yeh misal Quran mein hai jo aaj ke musalmano par sadiq aati hai”
2 min 20 sec
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Q&A debunking the myth Islam spread by the sword
“Islam jo hai talwar se phaila — yeh myth khatam ho chuka hai”
2 min 12 sec
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Q&A: peace for opportunity, not peace for justice
“Aap chahte hain peace aaye aur justice bhi”
59 sec
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political activism is just material activism renamed
“Political activism doosra naam hai material activism ka”