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The Importance of Dua | April 4, 2016 | Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Full lecture
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2 min 5 sec
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What is dua and why it needs a prepared mind
“Dua ka literal meaning hai pukarna”
5 min 39 sec
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Full teaching: what dua is and the pre-dua relationship
“Dua ka literal meaning hai pukarna”
2 min 33 sec
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Discovering the giver-taker relationship before prayer
“Ibadat khud ek dua hai”
31 sec
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God is the giver, man is the receiver
“Khuda dene wala hai, insan pane wala hai”
30 sec
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Human helplessness is the core reality
“Yeh reality hai ke insan poore manon mein helpless hai”
2 min
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Why a prophet's curse against enemies wasn't accepted
“Dua wohi qubool hogi jo creation plan ke mutabiq ho”
5 min 2 sec
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Full argument: dua's acceptance depends on God's plan and patience
“Dua wohi qubool hogi jo creation plan ke mutabiq ho”
30 sec
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A curse cannot change someone's fate
“Insan ke maamle ka faisla kisi ki bad-dua se nahi hota”
2 min 1 sec
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Why patience matters after making dua
“Khuliqa insanu min ajal — insan jald baaz hai”
2 min 31 sec
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Can Muslims pray for non-Muslims' guidance
“Curse karna tou jaiz hi nahi hai”
5 min 1 sec
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Full discussion: praying for non-Muslims and for material desires
“Curse karna tou jaiz hi nahi hai”
30 sec
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God only grants prayers that are genuine needs
“Dua mein dene wala Allah hota hai”
2 min 32 sec
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A train journey story about a flowering hope
“Boundh ka matlab hai bohot zyada umeed”
2 min 2 sec
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Why prayer doesn't need to be in Arabic
“Is maamle mein logon ko confusion hai”
30 sec
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The real strength of prayer is helplessness
“Dua ki taqat hai helplessness”
30 sec
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Language doesn't matter in prayer, spirit does
“Dua ke liye asal shart zaban nahi, spirit hai”
5 min 34 sec
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Two full prophetic prayer stories: Moses and Jacob
“Rabbi inni lima anzalta ilayya min khairin faqir”
2 min 33 sec
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Prophet Jacob's prayer of patience amid grief
“Yeh hain Hazrat Yaqoob ke kalimat”
31 sec
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Prophet Jacob's total surrender to God
“I leave everything in God, though I had complaints”
2 min
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Prophet Adam's prayer for forgiveness
“Hamare Rab, hum ne apni jaanon par zulm kiya”
1 min 30 sec
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Is praying at Mecca or Medina more effective
“Dua ka taalluq place se nahi hai”