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The Concept of Spirituality In Islam - I January 27, 2006 Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

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4 min 43 sec
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Origin story of Ghazi, nonviolence as a real power
“So, I think the Ghazi was a unique personality”
2 min 12 sec
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Tiger telegram story shows the power of nonviolence
“It is a story that one English magistrate...”
48 sec
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Great minds can afford a simple spiritual style
“A thinker has said, only great minds afford simple style”
44 sec
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Love your enemy is the crux of spirituality
“You know, the Gospel has said, love your enemy”
2 min 50 sec
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Swami Ramtirth's spiritual gesture wins him a lifelong friend
“Swami Ram ji was a great son of India”
1 min 41 sec
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Quran verse: turn your enemy into a friend
“There is a very relevant verse of the Quran”
56 sec
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Quran: answer evil with good and gain a friend
“Do good deed in return for a bad deed”
31 sec
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Your enemy is your potential friend, Quran teaching
“Our enemy is our potential friend, revolutionary idea”
1 min 30 sec
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Modern violence in the name of jihad is not jihad
“Those engaged in violence today are not doing jihad”
29 sec
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Only the state may declare war in Islam
“No organization other than the state may go to war”
2 min 48 sec
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Rabbaniyat: the Quran's real word for spirituality
“The Persian and Urdu word for spirituality is Ruhaniyat”
2 min 27 sec
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Pure spirituality versus applied spirituality explained
“There are two different aspects of Islamic spirituality”
59 sec
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Sufi couplet on staying detached while in the world
“Haidat ke qabil meri tajrid tasavvur karta hoon”
41 sec
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Adopt God's character in public behavior
“Takhallaqu bi akhlaqillah — adopt divine character”
55 sec
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Hadith: a true believer harms no one
“A Muslim is one by whose hands people are safe”
3 min 3 sec
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Prophet honors a non-Muslim funeral procession
“Let me tell you a story of the Prophet of Islam”
5 min 3 sec
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Prophet stands for a Jewish funeral, all humans are siblings
“One day the Prophet of Islam saw a funeral procession”
51 sec
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Prophet's daily reminder: all humans are siblings
“I bear witness all human beings are siblings to each other”
5 min 33 sec
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Hadith on a wise man's first two spiritual moments
“Let me tell you a hadith about a spiritual person”
3 min 40 sec
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Contemplating God's creation and the four spiritual moments
“The third moment is contemplating the creation of God”
41 sec
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Every leaf of a tree is a book of God
“Every leaf of a tree is a great book of God”
5 min 16 sec
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Sulh kul: the Sufi formula for peace with all
“Sufi people have said, sulh kul — peace with all”
43 sec
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Reconciliation, not confrontation, is always the best
“As-sulhu khair — reconciliation is the best”
32 sec
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No excuse for violence, always choose reconciliation
“No excuse for violence, no excuse for intolerance”
4 min 3 sec
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Positive thinking is the essence of Islam
“Positive thinking is the greatest teaching of Islam”
42 sec
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Without positive thinking, there is no Islam
“Without positive thinking, there is no Islam”
37 sec
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Live as a harmless person if you can't be useful
“If you can't live as a useful person, be harmless”
2 min 29 sec
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Are harsh Islamic punishments right for today's society?
“In Muslim countries they give rather rigorous punishments”
1 min 47 sec
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Differences in scripture interpretation are natural, not division
“What interpretation should we take? There are different ones”
1 min 48 sec
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Does Islam have a single leader like the Pope?
“Sir, does the Church have a particular leader?”