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The Purpose of Existence I 9th Sept. 2012 - Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

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1 min 57 sec
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3000 years of philosophy failed to find life's purpose
“Today's topic: the purpose of human existence”
5 min 28 sec
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Three thousand years of failed answers to life's purpose
“For 3000 years, philosophers couldn't solve life's purpose”
32 sec
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Descartes found he exists but not why
“Descartes said: I think, therefore I exist”
1 min 42 sec
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Aristotle's theory that man needs a favorable system
“Aristotle said man needs a favorable system to flourish”
2 min
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Marx and Muslim thinkers both failed to fix society
“Marx secularized this idea, but it still failed”
30 sec
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Great minds trapped by immediate worldly gain
“Great minds get trapped in immediate gain”
43 sec
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Empire builders all die and leave everything behind
“Empire builders all died, left everything behind”
1 min 41 sec
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Only the Quran answers the purpose of existence
“My discovery: only the Quran answers this question”
2 min 11 sec
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Angels doubted man, Quran confirms corruption occurred
“Angels doubted man would spread corruption on earth”
5 min 31 sec
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Angels' doubt, Quran's confirmation, and the real answer
“Angels doubted, Quran confirmed: man became a corrupter”
30 sec
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History as little more than a register of crimes
“History is little more than a register of crimes”
33 sec
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Judging existence by the wrong criteria, hospital analogy
“We're judging existence with the wrong criteria”
1 min 51 sec
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You cannot judge God's creation by your own mind
“You can't judge God's plan by your own mind”
5 min 40 sec
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Why God created selected individuals with total freedom
“Why did God create selected individuals with total freedom”
1 min 49 sec
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Adam names the selected few, angels are satisfied
“Allah revealed the names of selected individuals to Adam”
35 sec
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God gave man total freedom without compulsion
“God gave man total freedom, without compulsion”
1 min 38 sec
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In this jungle, one man thinks independently and finds truth
“In this jungle, one man starts thinking independently”