Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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The Importance of Intellectual Awakening September 30, 2007

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Quran 17:85 · Al-Isra
Al-Mustadrak Al-Hakim, Hadith No. 8144
Quran 27:27 · An-Naml
Quran 27:31 · An-Naml
Al-Muajam al-Kabeer by Tabarani, Hadith No. 13798
Quran 67:30 · Al-Mulk
Sahih Al-Bukhari, Hadith No. 7492
Quran 12:105 · Yusuf
Quran 20:131 · Ta-Ha
Quran 3:37 · Aal-Imran
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Human vs animal: intellectual awakening defines humanity
“Sab kuch zehni bedari par depend karta hai”
2 min 43 sec
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Dog in sunlight: what separates humans from animals
“Ek dog road par baitha hua tha, sunlight le raha tha”
3 min 21 sec
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Dog vs human: gratitude response earns paradise
“Ek dog road par baitha hua tha, sunlight le raha tha”
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Gratitude response to creation earns paradise
“Insaan shukar ka response deta hai, isi liye paradise”
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Newton discovered gravity but missed its Creator
“Isaac Newton ek apple garden mein tha”
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Science doesn't deny God but seeded atheism
“Khuda ka inkar science ka subject nahi hai”
4 min 13 sec
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How modern science unintentionally gave birth to atheism
“France ka philosopher tha Descartes”
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96% of the universe is unobservable, science admits
“Universe ka 56 percent mass observable nahi hai”
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Why people overeat: the mind's 20-minute delay
“Jab aap khana khate hain, pait ko pata nahi chalta”
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Principle: know everything before it happens
“Aapko har baat pehle se, hone se pehle jaanna parega”
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Hadith: the doctor who found no patients in Medina
“Ek aadmi Syria se doctor bankar Medina aaya”
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Cain and Abel: anticipate consequences before you act
“Aadam ke do bete the, Habeel aur Qabeel”
5 min 59 sec
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Anticipating consequences: from murder to overeating
“Aadam ke do bete the, Habeel aur Qabeel”
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Anticipation saves you, its absence destroys you
“Jo anticipate kar sake wahi bachayega apne aap ko”
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Animals never overeat; humans must use their mind
“Koi animal kabhi overeating nahi karta”
2 min 57 sec
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Hadith: angel asks God the best and worst places on earth
“Duniya ki sabse achi jagah kaunsi hai?”
5 min 38 sec
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Prophecy of the market: how money replaced God
“Aaj ke akhbar mein khabar hai Richard Garriott ki”
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Why believe in God when the market has everything
“Why should I believe in God? Market has everything.”
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Human mind shifted from God-centered to money-centered
“Pehle sab khuda se milta tha, ab sab paise se”
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Fasting as a reminder of human helplessness before God
“Roze ki sabse badi cheez hai bemadad hone ka ehsaas”
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Two gases make water only by God's command
“Do gases milkar pani banti hain, khuda ke hukum se”
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The Jain ascetic who stopped eating and drinking
“Main Rajasthan gaya, ek aadmi ko dekh kar ibrat hui”
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Ascetic who stopped eating: alive but like dry wood
“Zinda tha wo, magar bol nahi sakta tha”
2 min 21 sec
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Intellectual awakening starts with knowing your own helplessness
“Zehni bedari ka yehi aghaz hai”
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Every deed rewarded 10-700x, except fasting
“Har amal ka sawab das gune se saat sau gune tak”
2 min 24 sec
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Turning partial hunger into total awareness, a human task
“Jab pyaas aur bhookh ka juzvi tajurba ho”
2 min 6 sec
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Muslim by birth vs Muslim by discovery and choice
“You are Muslim by birth, I am Muslim by choice”
5 min 54 sec
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Spirituality is a mind-based discipline, not a heart-based one
“Roohaniyat zehn par mabni discipline hai”
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Heart-based spirituality is empty, mind is real discipline
“Dil mein to kuch hai hi nahi”
2 min 35 sec
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Mary's spiritual food: elevated thought, not literal fruit
“Hazrat Maryam haikal ke ek kamre mein rehti thi”
3 min 42 sec
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The art of converting the material into the spiritual
“Ek dog dhoop mein leta hua hai”
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Your mind can discover the entire universe
“Itna qeemti zehan hai aapka”
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Prophecy fulfilled: the shopping mall as worst place
“Ek zamana aayega jab sabse buri jagah shopping center banegi”