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Muslims in the Modern Age, Jan 18, 2009

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  1. 0:21 Muslims unaware of present age Medium
  2. 0:21 Full lecture on Muslims in modern age Long
  3. 0:21 Muslims unaware and American example Long
  4. 1:16 Arab-Israel issue as offshoot Short
  5. 2:04 Lack of intellectual awakening Short
  6. 2:04 Intellectual awakening and American Muslims Medium
  7. 2:04 Intellectual awakening with examples Long
  8. 2:51 Phone call about bad dua Medium
  9. 3:00 Muslims in America doing bad dua Short
  10. 3:57 Critique of book title and intellectual bankruptcy Medium
  11. 4:26 Critique of a scholar's book title Short

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  1. 0:10 Rab ishrah li sadri wa yassir li amri wahlul uqdatan min lisani yafqahu qawli. رب اشرح لی صدری ویسر لی امری واحل العقدۃ من لسانی یفقہ قولی.
  2. 0:21 The theme for this morning is "Muslims in the Modern Age." The theme for this morning is "Muslims in the Modern Age."
  3. 0:34 Yesterday I happened to meet two English journalists. Yesterday I happened to meet two English journalists.
  4. 0:44 One was a senior journalist from India, and the second was a lady journalist from some foreign countr One was a senior journalist from India, and the second was a lady journalist from some foreign countr
  5. 0:55 y. Both wanted to know my opinion about the Palestinian problem or Arab-Israel problem. y. Both wanted to know my opinion about the Palestinian problem or Arab-Israel problem.
  6. 1:10 I said that I said that
  7. 1:16 the Arab-Israel issue is only an offshoot of a greater issue. the Arab-Israel issue is only an offshoot of a greater issue.
  8. 1:29 The Palestinian problem is only an offshoot of a greater problem. They wanted to know what is that greater problem with Muslims. The Palestinian problem is only an offshoot of a greater problem. They wanted to know what is that greater problem with Muslims.
  9. 1:43 I said that I said that
  10. 1:47 I have studied most of those materials published by Muslim scholars during the 20th century in Urdu, in English, in Arabic. I have studied most of those materials published by Muslim scholars during the 20th century in Urdu, in English, in Arabic.
  11. 2:04 And I can say with conviction that the most important problem with Muslims is that they lack And I can say with conviction that the most important problem with Muslims is that they lack
  12. 2:24 the the
  13. 2:27 intellectual awakening. intellectual awakening.
  14. 2:31 They don't know what is the present age. They don't know what is the present age.
  15. 2:37 I am saying this about all those Muslims, not only Indian Muslims, from Arabs to non-Arabs, from India to America. I am saying this about all those Muslims, not only Indian Muslims, from Arabs to non-Arabs, from India to America.
  16. 2:51 All these Muslims are quite unaware of what is the present age. All these Muslims are quite unaware of what is the present age.
  17. 3:00 Yesterday I received a telephone from America. One Muslim was speaking. He said that throughout America, in every city and in every mosque of America, Yesterday I received a telephone from America. One Muslim was speaking. He said that throughout America, in every city and in every mosque of America,
  18. 3:17 Muslims are doing bad dua, bad dua against their enemies. Muslims are doing bad dua, bad dua against their enemies.
  19. 3:26 Perhaps you know what Perhaps you know what
  20. 3:30 are those enemies. So, all the Muslims living in America, although they live in America, but they don't know. are those enemies. So, all the Muslims living in America, although they live in America, but they don't know.
  21. 3:40 They don't know. This is against Islam, against the spirit of the age. These people are living as blind persons. They don't know. This is against Islam, against the spirit of the age. These people are living as blind persons.
  22. 3:51 They don't know what is the spirit of the age. They don't know what is the spirit of the age.
  23. 3:57 I refer to only one example. One great scholar of Muslim, one great Islamic scholar has published a book perhaps in 1940, before independence. I refer to only one example. One great scholar of Muslim, one great Islamic scholar has published a book perhaps in 1940, before independence.
  24. 4:21 This book was originally written in Arabic. It is an Arabic book. This book was originally written in Arabic. It is an Arabic book.
  25. 4:26 He is a great scholar in Arabic. So, the title of this book was "Maza Khosrow He is a great scholar in Arabic. So, the title of this book was "Maza Khosrow
  26. 4:38 al-Alam Bin Hidayatul Muslimin." It means that al-Alam Bin Hidayatul Muslimin." It means that
  27. 4:45 what the world lost, L-O-S-T, what the world lost due to Muslims' decline. what the world lost, L-O-S-T, what the world lost due to Muslims' decline.
  28. 4:57 This kind of title is absurd. The correct title may be "Maza Khosrow al-Muslimun Bin Hidayatul Fikriyah," what Muslims lost due to their intellectual backwardness. This kind of title is absurd. The correct title may be "Maza Khosrow al-Muslimun Bin Hidayatul Fikriyah," what Muslims lost due to their intellectual backwardness.
  29. 5:22 This is the intellectual bankruptcy we are witnessing among Muslim scholars This is the intellectual bankruptcy we are witnessing among Muslim scholars