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Love of God, May 03, 2009

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Quran 2:165 · Al-Baqarah
Sahih Muslim, Hadith no. 2701
Quran 2:30 · Al-Baqarah
Quran 7:187 · Al-A'raf
Quran 1:2 · Al-Fatihah
Mark, 12:30
Sahih Muslim, Hadith no. 223
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 19895
Quran 3:14 · Aal-Imran
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 22030
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2 min 57 sec
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defining love of God as strongest human emotion
“Aaj ke liye jo topic hai woh hai khuda se mohabbat”
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love is the most powerful human emotion, reserved for God
“Insaan ke andar sabse powerful jazba mohabbat hai”
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true believers love God more than anything else
“Believers love God most”
54 sec
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true object versus false object of human love
“Ek hai true object of love, ek false object”
5 min 5 sec
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creation of Adam, angels' doubt, God's promise fulfilled
“Jab Allah ne insaan ko banaya aur farishton se kaha”
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God promises servants who believe without seeing Him
“Main insaan ko freedom of choice doonga, khuda ne kaha”
2 min 8 sec
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audience falls silent realizing they can be God's pride
“Maine dekha sare mobile achanak band ho gaye”
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loving God means reading and unfolding your own nature
“Yeh hai ashad-o-hubbillah — apne nature ko padho”
4 min 55 sec
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Al-Hamdulillah explained as love multiplied beyond measure
“Al-hamdulillah rabbil aalameen — pehli aayat ka khulasa”
33 sec
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Hamd defined as the name of love plus more
“Hamd dara-asal mohabbat plus ka naam hai”
1 min 5 sec
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thumb injury story shows only God gives you existence
“Ek zamane mein mujhe electric burn hua tha”
36 sec
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hadith: best servants praise God the most
“Khair-e-ibadillah al-hammadoon — sabse achhe bande hamd karne wale”
50 sec
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worldly beauty is a test to tear through
“Yehi to test hai — false beautification ka parda phaadna”
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Bible verse: we played the flute and you did not dance
“We played the flute for you and you did not dance”
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love means making God your sole consent, not romantic ishq
“Mohabbat ka matlab hai khuda ko solid consent banana”
1 min 32 sec
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shirk versus tawheed defined through solid consent
“Khuda ko sole consent banana hi tawheed hai”
3 min 54 sec
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Newton's obsessive focus as a parable for discovering God
“Newton ke paas itna time nahi hota tha khana khane ka”
2 min 32 sec
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breakfast gift story shows God caring for the humble
“Aaj subah telephone aaya Mrs Batra ka”
2 min 25 sec
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discovering your own nothingness precedes discovering God
“Khuda ki dariyaft se pehle apni dariyaft hoti hai”
3 min 29 sec
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a glass of water as a lesson in gratitude
“Ek sahabi the, unke saamne pani laya gaya”
2 min 33 sec
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greeting non-Muslims and rejecting identity politics in Islam
“Kya kisi ghair Muslim ko Salam kaha ja sakta hai?”
23 sec
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Islam means human-friendly behavior, not Muslim-friendly behavior
“Insaan-friendly behavior ka naam Islam hai, yaad rakhiye”
1 min 14 sec
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hatred and lying are worse sins than a bank job
“Sabse bura kaam bank ki naukri nahi hai”
52 sec
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no need to change your name after converting to Islam
“Is it necessary to change one's name after converting to Islam?”
1 min 30 sec
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wanting paradise is the minimum condition to receive it
“Can a good non-Muslim still hope for paradise?”
2 min 23 sec
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loving the Prophet's family is natural, not a creed
“What do we mean by Ahl-e-Bait, and must we love them?”
51 sec
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realizing God is like a child finding his lost mother
“Jab bachha apni maa ko bheed mein paa leta hai”
2 min 12 sec
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anger is really rebellion against God, patience is the answer
“Man gets angry over trivial things — what should one do?”
52 sec
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your anger at others is really anger at God
“Ghussa insaan ke khilaf nahi, khuda ke khilaf hota hai”