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Five Periods of Human History March 8, 2009 Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

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4 min 14 sec
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Five periods of human history from the angle of dawah
“Today's topic: the five periods of human history”
53 sec
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First period: prophets ignored, never historically recorded
“Prophets came again and again, but man ignored them”
55 sec
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Second period: Muhammad as historically acknowledged prophet
“God gave him Maqam Mahmood — a purely historical phenomenon”
40 sec
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Third period: the Quran as God's preserved book
“Earlier scriptures were lost — the Quran alone stayed preserved”
2 min 16 sec
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Reframing Quran's 'infallibility' as a rational consistency claim
“Muslims believe the Quran is an infallible book — how can we accept that?”
2 min 36 sec
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Geocentric theory discarded once telescope proved heliocentric truth
“For over a thousand years, people believed the earth was the center”
41 sec
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Karl Marx's failed prediction about Paris revolution
“Karl Marx said communist revolution would come first in Paris”
3 min 20 sec
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Marx's failed prophecy versus the Quran's fulfilled prophecy
“Karl Marx predicted revolution in Paris — it never came true”
3 min 27 sec
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Shroud of Turin's claim debunked by carbon dating
“In Turin, Italy, a cathedral holds a cloth said to be Christ's shroud”
3 min 24 sec
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Pharaoh's preserved body confirmed exactly as Quran described
“Now take a parallel example — the Quran's verse about Pharaoh's body”
3 min 30 sec
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Science behind the two-women-one-man witness rule
“The Quran says two women's testimony equals one man's — why?”
1 min 49 sec
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Quran's three membranes of the womb confirmed by science
“The Quran says a baby forms within three layers of darkness”
2 min 48 sec
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Big Bang theory foretold in Quran's 'heavens and earth were joined'
“The heavens and earth were one mass, then We split them apart”
4 min 17 sec
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Desalination process matches Quran's 'purified water' verse
“The Quran says: We sent down purified water from the sky”
1 min 14 sec
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Why dawah must speak to the modern rational mind
“Today's mind believes in reason — you must speak its language”
1 min 53 sec
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Does faith (iman) actually increase over time?
“The Quran says faith increases — so how does it grow?”
1 min 45 sec
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Real study versus reading novels as entertainment
“A woman on the radio said 'studying is my habit' — she meant novels”
59 sec
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Reframing problems as challenges, not problems
“The Quran says: don't see a problem as a problem”
59 sec
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Your enemy is your potential friend
“According to the Quran, your enemy is your potential friend”
3 min 42 sec
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Witness rule's scope, biology, and value of intellectual exchange
“Does the one-man-two-women witness rule apply beyond business?”
56 sec
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Origin of Bismillah in the Quran
“Tell us about the genesis of Bismillah in the Quran”
2 min 21 sec
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Why prophets were considered unworthy of historical record
“Old-style history only recorded kings, wars, and conquests”
52 sec
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Difference between honesty and true faith (iman)
“Anyone can be honest — but is that the same as iman?”
2 min 49 sec
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Darul Islam and Darul Harb are outdated concepts today
“Why do Muslims still argue about Darul Islam and Darul Harb?”
2 min 34 sec
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Rational versus wishful thinking, explained with examples
“What is rational thinking, and what is wishful thinking?”
57 sec
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Defining rational thinking versus subjective thinking
“Thinking is of two kinds: subjective and objective”
2 min 43 sec
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Why the Quran's preservation history beats the Bible's
“We say the Bible isn't preserved, but the Quran is — why?”
42 sec
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Saints' miracles (karamat) dismissed as superstition
“I consider these things pure superstition”
2 min 44 sec
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An egoist cannot discover God — modesty is the door
“Can an egoist ever discover God and reach higher realization?”