Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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Shukr Acknowledgment of God's Blessings April 21, 2020

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Quran 14:7 · Ibrahim
Quran 64:11 · At-Taghabun
The Golestan of Saadi, Story no. 21
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5 min 55 sec
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Airplane blessing ignored, crisis as divine warning
“1967 mein maine pehla hawai jahaz ka safar kiya tha”
2 min 5 sec
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First flight memory reveals people's blindness to blessings
“1967 mein maine pehla hawai jahaz ka safar kiya tha”
35 sec
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The strange feeling of noticing a flight's blessing
“Jab bhi jahaz mein baithta tha, ek ajeeb ehsaas hota tha”
51 sec
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Imagined loss of a blessing has now become real
“Agar dene wala hawai jahaz cheen le to log ka kya hoga”
1 min 17 sec
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Every blessing taken for granted, never truly acknowledged
“Yeh ehsaas har cheez ke baare mein hota tha, sirf jahaz nahi”
59 sec
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Shukr defined as true acknowledgement of the Giver
“Arabic mein ise shukr kehte hain, shukr”
1 min 36 sec
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Current crisis is a warning for human ingratitude
“Aaj kal jo crisis aaya hai, yeh nashukri ki warning hai”
21 sec
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Quranic promise: gratitude increases, ingratitude removes blessing
“Lan shakartum la azidannakum — shukr karo to zyada milega”
3 min 14 sec
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Call for rethinking, true gratitude, dua for restoration
“Aap logon ko rethinking paida karni chahiye, phir se sochna”
2 min 17 sec
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Rethinking, airplane seat story, real acknowledgement of blessings
“Aap logon ko rethinking paida kijiye apne andar”
3 min 1 sec
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Q&A: calamity from your deeds versus divine decree
“Maulana sahab, ek sawal aaya hai aapke liye”
1 min 25 sec
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Reconciling two Quranic verses on calamity's cause
“Quran mein ek jagah hai, musibat tumhare apne aamaal se aati hai”
20 sec
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Confirming: ungratefulness causes blessings to be withdrawn
“If we are not thankful, God will take away His blessings”
55 sec
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Hazrat Saadi: learning manners from the ill-mannered
“Hazrat Saadi se pucha gaya, adab kis se seekha?”
52 sec
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Defining ingratitude: not valuing or acknowledging what you have
“Nashukri kya hai? Mun'im ko dariyaft na karna nashukri hai”
30 sec
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Gratitude means reflection, which unlocks Allah's help
“Shukr karne ke maayne hain ghor o fikr karna”
1 min 22 sec
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Discovering your forbidden tree by avoiding negative thinking
“Aapki zindagi ka shajar-e-mamnu kya hai? Kaise jaana?”
1 min 7 sec
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Muslims themselves, not others, are responsible for their state
“Musalmano ke haal ka zimmedar kaun hai? Khud musalman”