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Love of God 19 Sept 2021 - Prof. Farida Khanam

Full lecture
Clip length
1 min
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Father-son analogy for how to love God
“Aap ka beta hai? Kaise us se mohabbat karte hain?”
2 min 31 sec
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Full parable on loving God and misdirected affection
“Maine ek Maulana Sahab ka article padh rahi thi 'Love of God' pe”
5 min 3 sec
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Loving God, misdirected affection, and diversion to the Prophet's titles
“Maine ek Maulana Sahab ka article padh rahi thi 'Love of God' pe”
30 sec
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Strong love for God is innate in human nature
“It's interwoven in human nature, we just have to discover it”
1 min 31 sec
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Universe's discipline and coordination as proof of God
“Khuda khud to invisible hai, lekin poori kainaat mein numayan hai”
30 sec
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Even a small building needs a builder, analogy for universe
“Chhoti si building bhi khud se nahi banti”
5 min
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Deifying prophets, blasphemy outrage, and two illustrative stories
“Isi liye mujhe aisa lagta hai ke Musalmano ka interaction Christians se hua”
1 min
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Student worried about anti-God books, not anti-Prophet ones
“Maulana Taqi Amini told me: a student once came to me very worried”
1 min
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Muslims angry at Rushdie but not at God-denying Dawkins
“Musalman Salman Rushdie par bahut naraz thay”
30 sec
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German girl says she doesn't need to believe in God
“Do you believe in God? No, I don't need to believe”
5 min 32 sec
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Personally discovering God through science, blessings, and gratitude
“Yeh jabhi hoga khuda se gehra taluq jab hamare andar khuda ki discovery hogi”
1 min
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Quran verse: everything in the universe subjected for humans
“Wasakhkhara lakum ma fis-samawati wal-ard, Chapter 45 Verse 13”
1 min 30 sec
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Sanjay Gandhi story: crediting the true benefactor
“Ek gaon mein ek aadmi tha, usne Congress join kar li”
5 min 3 sec
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From the Sanjay Gandhi story to acknowledging God's role in our lives
“Ek gaon mein ek aadmi tha, usne Congress join kar li”
2 min 32 sec
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Skin-grafting analogy: self rejects what isn't self
“Self will not accept not-self — jaisa body dusre ki skin ko reject karti hai”
30 sec
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Hadith: pass morning and evening without any grudge
“O my son, if you can pass your morning and evening without any grudge”
2 min 2 sec
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Minimum worship versus the deeper worship of Ihsan
“Namaz, roza, hajj, zakat — samajh lijiye woh minimum qualification hai”
30 sec
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Hadith of Ihsan: worship God as if you see Him
“Worship God as though you see Him”
2 min
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What derails a person's connection with God
“Deraillment zyada yehi hai ke hamare apne interest, hamari desires”
2 min 1 sec
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Hadith on the broad road of luxury versus staying with the Prophet's companions
“Muadh bin Jabal narrated that the Prophet once said you are on a wide and broad road”
30 sec
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Knowledge of God comes through reason, not just heart
“Khuda ki maarifat reason ke zariye se hogi, na ke heart ke zariye”