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The Importance of Thinking November 10, 2013 Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

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5 min 55 sec
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Why thinking is the greatest act of worship in Islam
“The Qur'an is full of verses telling man to use his intellect”
33 sec
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Greatest worship is deep reflective thinking
“Hadith says the greatest worship is tadabbur”
2 min 7 sec
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Every good deed multiplies 700-fold, Qur'an explains
“Qur'an and Hadith both say deeds are rewarded 700 times over”
2 min 43 sec
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How life experiences trigger a chain reaction of thoughts
“Every experience, if you take it deeply, triggers your mind”
4 min 9 sec
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The mind-trigger theory behind the believer's wondrous life
“Life's experiences trigger your mind into a chain reaction”
45 sec
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Newspaper said stop thinking, mind rebelled
“Today's newspaper had an item: 'Stop Thinking'”
27 sec
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You cannot switch off your own mind
“How can anyone stop thinking? The mind's job is to think”
42 sec
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True meaning of 'mu'min' is a prepared mind
“Here 'mu'min' means a prepared mind”
2 min 23 sec
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A radio song about death sparks reflection on mortality
“I turned on the radio and a song was playing”
5 min 26 sec
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Iblis's story: arrogance as the ultimate forbidden pleasure
“Remember death often, the destroyer of all pleasures”
47 sec
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Iblis chose hellfire over admitting he was wrong
“Allah asked: why did you refuse to bow?”
23 sec
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Hadith: an atom of arrogance bars paradise
“No one with an atom's weight of arrogance enters paradise”
2 min 36 sec
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Why people cling to arrogance despite knowing it's forbidden
“No one enters paradise with an atom of arrogance in them”
4 min 24 sec
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Priya Malik's boss story mirrors Judgment Day recognition
“There's a woman in Delhi named Priya Malik”
2 min 59 sec
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Aim for the highest goal: Paradise itself
“Hadith says: when you ask Allah, ask for Jannat-ul-Firdaus”
2 min 22 sec
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The Nizam of Hyderabad honors the man everyone ignored
“Before independence, India had over 500 princely states”
6 min 4 sec
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Nizam's humility story leads to lesson on true modesty
“Before independence, India had over 500 princely states”
44 sec
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Modesty is the highest stage of spiritual knowledge
“Modesty is the final stage of ma'rifat, not pride”