Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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Ramadan The Month of Spiritual Training September 20, 2008

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Quran 20:14 · Ta-Ha
Quran 62:10 · Al-Jumu'ah
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 7577
Quran 2:183 · Al-Baqarah
Quran 2:185 · Al-Baqarah
Quran 2:185 · Al-Baqarah
Quran 2:183 · Al-Baqarah
Mufradat Ul Quran by Imam Raghib Isfahani, p. 881
Tafsir Ibn Kathir, vol. 1, p. 255
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 10635
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3 min 31 sec
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Ramadan trains the spirit behind every act of worship
“Ramzan ek saalana training hai, annual training”
45 sec
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Ramadan's four names: patience, taqwa, gratitude, Quran
“Ramzan shahr-us-sabr bhi hai, shahr-ut-taqwa bhi”
5 min 43 sec
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Taqwa: its definition, a parable, and living it daily
“Ramzan ka mahina shahr-ut-taqwa hai, taqwa ka mahina”
2 min 55 sec
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What taqwa really means, explained through a parable
“Ek sahabi ne doosre se poocha: taqwa kya hai?”
57 sec
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A companion's thorny-path parable defining taqwa
“Kya aap kaanton bhare raste se guzre hain?”
1 min 33 sec
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Patience means forgiving instead of taking revenge
“Ghussa aaye to sabr karo ya be-sabri?”
56 sec
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Don't walk the earth with arrogance
“Zameen mein akar kar na chal — don't walk arrogantly”
25 sec
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Gratitude for the two feet God gave you
“Socho: Khuda ne mujhe do paon diye hain”
1 min 26 sec
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Seeing God's gift in every walk and car ride
“Socho: Khuda ne mujhe do paon diye hain”
2 min 25 sec
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Being grateful just for digesting water and food
“Hazrat Umar ne farmaya: pani ka ek glass piya”
39 sec
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God alone rewards fasting without limit
“Allah ne farmaya: roza mere liye hai”
1 min 14 sec
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The two angels recording every intention and action
“Har aadmi ke saath do farishte lage hain”
2 min 16 sec
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Only God's own standard judges a true fast
“Khuda agar kahe tumhara roza sacha tha, tabhi hai”
5 min 56 sec
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Seeing God's greatness in creation turns into gratitude
“Duniya mein sabse badi cheez Allah ko kya matloob hai?”
1 min 44 sec
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Why deprivation is the only path to gratitude
“Kisi cheez ki mehroomi hi se uska ehsaas hota hai”
1 min 43 sec
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Two stories on how comfort blinds us to blessing
“Ek school mein bachon ko likhna tha: gareeb ki kahani”
50 sec
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Rich man baffled the poor lack even cake
“Kya roti nahi milti to cake bhi nahi milta?”
4 min 39 sec
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Fasting builds lifelong self-control and discipline
“Roza aadmi ke andar ek discipline paida karta hai”
57 sec
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Car brake analogy for self-control
“Car mein agar brake na ho to kya hoga?”
41 sec
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Answer insults with 'I am fasting'
“Agar koi roze mein tumhe gaali de”
5 min 41 sec
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A purified soul is why fasting makes prayers heard
“Roze ki aayaton ke darmiyan dua ki aayat kyun hai?”
2 min 21 sec
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Only a purified soul's prayer reaches God
“Roza aur dua bahut zyada judhe hue hain”