Maulana Wahiduddin Khan
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Living in Falsehood December 15, 2013

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Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 9819
Declining nations, false pride, and rejecting reasoned criticism
“Nations built on revelation start living in falsehood as they decline”
Sunan Ibn Majah, Hadith no. 224
Real knowledge, martyrs, and the mission out of falsehood
“Not a single book by Muslims meets modern science's standard”
Hilyat al-Awliya, vol.9, p.142
“acha, kuch logon ne is mein kya kiya ke kuch ulama ne kaha ke ilm ki do qismen hain: al ilm wa al man, ilm al adyan wa ilm al abdan.”
Quran 41:52 · Fussilat
“bas yeh isi ko ilm samjha unhon ne. kaisi ajib baat hai ke quran mein dekhiye, ayat hai sanurihim ayatina fil afaqi wa fi anfusihim hatta yatbayyana lahum annahu al haqq. is ayat se saaf taur par maloom hota hai ke aik aik aur ilm hai, ilm al afaq.”
Quran 5:21 · Al-Ma'idah
Palestine, Suez, Rohingya: case studies in irrational thinking
“Take Palestine — every Arab nation is bound to this one issue”
Quran 17:34 · Al-Isra
Suez Canal story: emotion overriding reason
“Not one Arab scholar stood up to say: you're breaking a treaty”
Quran 3:120 · Aal-Imran
The conspiracy-theory excuse and its Quranic limit
“Everyone talks about conspiracy, conspiracy, conspiracy”
Sunan al-Tirmidhi, Hadith no. 3392
Conspiracy obsession versus the Quranic law of nature
“Read the Muslim press — all anyone says is conspiracy, conspiracy”
Quran 34:21 · Saba
“Satan ke bare mein kaha gaya hai ke laisa laka alaihim min sultani yeh bhi law of nature hai. yaad rakhiye,”
Quran 3:139 · Aal-Imran
No one has power to victimize you but yourself
“No one has the power to make you a victim — you make yourself one”
Sunan Abi Dawud, Hadith no. 236
“yani hauz al-nifas ka bab. is mein ek hadees hai ke al-nisa'u shaqaiq al-rijal”
Quran 4:123 · An-Nisa
“Quran mein dekhein, yeh hai ke lays bi amani kum wa la amani ahl al-kitab man ya'mal so yujza bi yani amani ka matlab hota hai wishful thinking,”
Sunan Ibn Majah, Hadith no. 224
“main ne arz kiya isi ko ke hadith jo hai ke rasool Allah ne farmaya ke talab al ilm farizah ala kull muslim ilm seekhna har musalman par farz hai.”
Quran 35:27 · Fatir
“halankeh dekhen, main aap ko ek ayat yaad dilata hoon. quran mein hai ke pahadon ke bare mein, pahadon ke bare mein minbar al jibal jo al dan bid al humr mukhtalif anwaruhu wa aghraww basud innama yakhsh Allah min ibadihi al ulama is ka matlab hai ke ilm wale hi darte hain Allah se.”
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 6635
“yani jaise restaurant mein farmaya ke la taghzab ghussa na karo. to ghussa kya hai?”
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 1737
“misal ke taur par main ek misal deta hoon aap ko ke min husn islami al-birr tarkuhu mala yani ek hadith hai min husn islami al-birr tarkuhu mala yani islam ki ki khubi yeh hai ke aadmi us cheez ko chhod de jis mein koi faida nahi.”
Sahih al-Bukhari, Hadith no. 6019
“man kan yoman billahi wal yawm al-akhir fa la yaqul khayran aw li yusmut”
Sunan Abi Dawud, Hadith no. 4918
Hadith: a believer is a mirror to another
“A believer is a mirror for another believer”
Sunan Al-Tirmidhi, Hadith no. 2686
Hadith: tie your camel, then trust God
“Should I tie my camel, or just trust in God?”
Quran 35:10 · Fatir
True meaning of tawakkul: plan fully, then trust God
“A man asked: should I tie my camel, or trust God and leave it loose?”
Musnad Ahmad, Hadith no. 9819
“hai. Dekhein woh jo hadithain hain jo hain is mafhoom ki ke "latatba'un sarra man kana qablakum" .”