Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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What is Love of God January 21, 2024

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References in this lecture 27
4 min 51 sec
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Full argument: why believers love God and how to deepen it
“Jo aapne farmaya na: walladhina aamanu ashaddu hubbal lillah”
1 min 43 sec
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Why believers should love God above everything else
“Khuda jo hai wohi mun'im hai, wohi beneficiary hai”
23 sec
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God is all-powerful, man is utterly powerless
“Khuda qadir-e-mutlaq hai aur insan aajiz-e-mutlaq hai”
1 min 29 sec
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How conditioning and worldly focus distract us from God
“Ab mazhabi logon ka kya hai keh unke koi akabir hote hain”
43 sec
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Feeling God's presence in sunlight, shade, and breeze
“Is tarah se har waqt hum sochte hain ke Khuda”
2 min 5 sec
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Personalizing God's blessings turns gratitude into deep worship
“Iska matlab yeh hai keh agar sooraj nikal raha hai”
28 sec
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The universe is custom-made for humankind
“Poori kainaat aap jaante hain custom-made universe hai”
49 sec
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Helpless baby bird parable shows human dependence on God
“Chidiyon ke bachche bohot hi helpless hote hain”
1 min 46 sec
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A father's grief over a lost toy recalls the Creator
“It was about two people walking by a street”
43 sec
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Fear of God cultivates humility and self-correction
“Taqwa jab hoga jab hum Khuda se darenge”
58 sec
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Hadith of a dying man's hope and fear of God
“Hazrat Umar se poocha, aap kaise mehsoos kar rahe hain”
26 sec
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Gratitude is the greatest worship and price of paradise
“Shukar hi jo hai sabse badi ibadat hai”
2 min 47 sec
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Understanding tadabbur, tafakkur and tawassum via bee and ox parables
“Tadabbur, tafakkur — ek hi cheez hai, bohot gehri ghor-o-fikr”
3 min 10 sec
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Helplessness before God: sajda, Adam, Iblis and broken hearts
“It's a meeting point of man and God — helplessness”
22 sec
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Prostration is when man is closest to God
“Sajda karo aur qareeb ho jao, Quran mein aaya hai”
25 sec
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Hadith Qudsi: God is with the brokenhearted
“Main tootay dil walon ke paas hota hoon”
48 sec
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Satan's boast that most people won't stay grateful
“Iblees ne kaha, main tamam logon ko behkaunga”
2 min 4 sec
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Worldly distraction as root of sin, per Jesus's sayings
“Source of distraction is basically the cause of all problems”
4 min 9 sec
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Maulana's Manchester story: a child's question awakens the soul
“Main aik, Maulana ne apni kitab Islam Rediscovered mein likhi thi”
1 min 38 sec
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A child's innocent question sparks a spiritual epiphany
“17 June 1999 mein woh Manchester gaye the”
2 min 13 sec
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Nature personified: sun, river, wind and trees offer their gifts
“Unko mehsoos hua ke kainaat ki tamam cheezein maujood hain”
1 min 22 sec
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Satan's proudest triumph: discord between husband and wife
“Ablees, i.e. Satan, ek dafa apne throne se pukaara”
5 min 49 sec
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How to purify your personality to become worthy of paradise
“Quran mein hai: qad aflaha man zakka, wa qad khaaba man dassaha”
39 sec
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Keep your room pure so angels visit and inspire you
“Agar main comedy dekhoongi to mere kamre mein farishtay nahin aayenge”
52 sec
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Forgive instantly or negativity rusts the heart
“Jaise aapne dekha hoga chidiya ko, apni branch pe”