Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera – Atheism and How to Deal Questions about Islam

Abdur Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangera
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The speakers stress the importance of understanding the " tours of Islam" and realities of people's dreams, showing faith in one's parents and parents to convince them to drive on a ship, protecting oneself and their children from evil behavior. They also emphasize the need to learn about Islam and its verses to make it a habit, but acknowledge that science cannot explain everything because it is impossible to create a new god. The speakers stress the importance of science as the only God who can create a stone or a man Manufacture a stone, and emphasize the need to learn about Islam and its verses to make it a habit.

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			Smith learn your Walkman you're
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			on already him
		
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			me
		
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			get the
		
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			label evil love how
		
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			clean
		
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			the Hanged
		
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			good man girl
		
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			been frozen
		
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			when levena is Daddy
		
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			let
		
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			me oh one Meizu mousou length
		
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			movie
		
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			in good
		
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			sleep Oh nothing's
		
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			one that
		
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			doesn't want me send me
		
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			what up Oh lovely Mia
		
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			Nanda Rahim hamdulillah Hamden
gift here on the human Mubarak
		
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			confy Mubarak and hardy.
		
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			Come on your boy Robina
		
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			Jalla Jalla who
		
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			was salatu salam or either so you
will have we will Mustafa
		
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			sallallahu alayhi wa aalihi wa
sahbihi wa Baraka was seldom at
		
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			the Sleeman kefir on laomi Dean
		
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			a mother it
		
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			call Allahu Tabata Kawata Allah,
Quran emoji, we will for corneal
		
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			Hamid, where Elijah who Camila who
had La ilaha illa, who are Rahman
		
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			Rahim,
		
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			my dear brothers and sisters.
		
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			This topic is a
		
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			unusual topic, in the sense that
if we're talking about atheism,
		
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			agnosticism, possibily, ism,
apathy, etc, everything related to
		
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			the non recognition of God of
Allah, maybe denial of Allah
		
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			subhanaw taala then why am I
speaking to those people who
		
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			already believe in Allah subhanaw
taala?
		
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			So let me ask you a question. Are
there? Is there anybody who's got
		
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			doubts about their religion? So I
know which way to go with this.
		
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			Otherwise, I don't want to bore
you. There's no point in telling
		
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			you something that mashallah
you're convinced about? So is
		
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			there anybody with doubts or
questions about their religion? I
		
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			will give you in fact, most of
this is going to be based on
		
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			questions and answers. Um, if you
don't have any questions, I'm
		
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			going to provide several different
questions which relate to which
		
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			come from people who
		
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			don't believe in a God. We're not
sure maybe, or some people who
		
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			actually deny God. So I thought it
would be more useful to do it that
		
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			way. Because if there's none of
you who have any doubts about God,
		
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			then I may as well make this an
exercise of how you can benefit
		
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			others who may deny God at your
workplace, at your study place, in
		
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			your universities, in your
workplaces, or in with your
		
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			neighbors because this is a big
discussion right now.
		
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			So any hands?
		
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			Anybody got problem with atheism
here?
		
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			I'm saying this because the last
time I did a program well, one
		
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			time we did a program like this,
it was up up north in another
		
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			city, and there was actually one
of the low
		
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			called youth to actually did not
believe in God had major problems
		
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			but he would come and listen to
the lectures. You were searching
		
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			which is fine, it's good
hamdulillah
		
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			Allah subhanahu wa Tada says about
himself in the Quran mashallah the
		
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			verses our quarry recited they
were very pertinent as well. And
		
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			there's numerous other verses the
whole AYATUL kursi Allahu La ilaha
		
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			illa who al Haj Europa Yun, the
whole idea of this verse is to
		
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			tell us who Allah subhanaw taala
is, give us some of his
		
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			characteristics. Give us some
understanding of who he is and how
		
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			his interaction with this world is
by pondering over it. Allah says
		
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			La ilaha illa who
		
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			Allah Aziz will Hakeem, there is
no god except Him. He is the
		
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			mighty, and he is the wise one
mighty one, he has power over all
		
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			things. So that explains his Quran
his power. Then he says, His
		
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			Hakeem, he is the wise one. So
whatever he's done in this world
		
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			is based on wisdom. It's not
foolishness. It's not randomness,
		
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			it's not something that he just
did. And then he decided, oh, this
		
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			was wrong, what I did, everything
was premeditated, fully
		
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			volitional. And everything was pre
planned. God, never Allah subhanaw
		
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			taala never does anything. And
then he thinks, oh, I shouldn't
		
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			have done it that way. Because his
omniscient knowledge, his
		
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			knowledge, knows about how things
will be even before he's created
		
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			them. So for us, about us, for
example, now that we are already
		
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			here, it hasn't changed the
knowledge of Allah in any way
		
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			whatsoever. He knew about us the
way we are, even before He created
		
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			us, he knew how we were going to
be, these changes only take place
		
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			for us for Allah. He knows about
all of these things from before.
		
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			I know that's for us impossible to
even comprehend sometimes. Because
		
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			for us, we don't know about things
before they've been brought up to
		
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			us. So how can we think even of
someone who may know that, but
		
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			that's the whole idea that God is
beyond what anything we can think
		
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			of and conceive of. So just
because we can't understand how
		
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			God could know these things,
doesn't mean he doesn't know them.
		
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			Right? Just because we can't
understand something doesn't mean
		
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			it doesn't exist. Just because we
haven't seen places in the world
		
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			doesn't mean that they don't
exist. I give you a simple
		
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			example. When was the last time
you had a really realistic dream?
		
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			Everybody can think of a realistic
dream when you are in your dream,
		
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			especially if it was a nightmare.
May Allah protect from Shaytaan,
		
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			right? And you think, oh, no, I'm
dead. Right? You get into some big
		
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			trouble. Maybe you had an accident
or something Allah prevent Allah
		
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			forbid. But when you're in that
dream, doesn't it feel as real as
		
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			anything in this world? When
you're in that dream? Right? You
		
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			could be losing your job in your
dream, you could be divorcing your
		
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			spouse in your dream, and you're
like, oh, no, what have I done to
		
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			myself? Right? It feels so real.
But as soon as you wake up,
		
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			sometimes you wake up after the
dream. Sometimes you wake up in
		
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			the midst of that dream. Sometimes
you wake up, as soon as you're
		
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			about to have an accident or
something. You wake up your dream
		
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			and Alhamdulillah that was just a
dream.
		
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			Can you guys relate to that? I
mean, I'm not getting any
		
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			reaction. So I'm just wondering if
I'm like,
		
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			do you guys, do you understand
what we're speaking about the
		
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			reality the way the dream feels so
realistic? And you wake up? And
		
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			like, oh, that's just the dream?
Does anybody have doubts about
		
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			that? It being a dream. Now what
Imam has already mentioned, he
		
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			uses this example that when a
person is in their dream, they
		
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			feel they're in a real world in a
real paradigm. They don't
		
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			understand that this is just a
dream that feels real soon as you
		
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			come out of your dream,
immediately. It's a dream. So the
		
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			real the reality we're living in
right now, when we're not in our
		
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			dream in our wakeful state,
		
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			everything we're experiencing, how
do we know he says that we're also
		
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			still not in another level of a
dream? And that we can wake up
		
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			from this and look back and think,
did I really do all of that? That
		
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			was just a dream. Do you
understand what I'm saying? That
		
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			how do you know that this is also
not a dream? Why does he do this?
		
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			This is to give us an
understanding that if you want to
		
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			question things,
		
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			if you're a person who likes to
question things, and don't want to
		
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			take things unless you
		
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			see it in front of you. There's
people who will even question that
		
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			this bottle of water exists here.
They will say how does it exist?
		
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			Is that real water? Is that just
an optical illusion of my mind? I
		
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			know I can feel it. But again,
isn't that just an optical because
		
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			if you get into the scientifics of
that, you could even deny that but
		
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			Is it real or not?
		
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			You might say that people don't
deny their parents. There are
		
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			people who deny their parents
		
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			How'd you prove that you're a
child of your parents?
		
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			How would you prove to somebody
that we are children about
		
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			parents?
		
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			Okay. Let's start with a birth
certificate. That's easier, right?
		
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			We don't have to go to a DNA.
Let's start off with a birth
		
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			certificate. Somebody produces a
birth certificate. Right? The
		
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			birth certificate is from England,
or maybe it's from India,
		
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			Bangladesh somewhere? How
difficult is it? Do you think it's
		
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			impossible to forge a birth
certificate?
		
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			No. I mean, you can, you can forge
things that you've got the right
		
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			amount of money, the right amount
of contacts, you can forge a birth
		
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			certificate. So somebody is going
to say that this is my proof of my
		
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			relationship to my mother or
father, right? My mother or
		
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			father? Can I prove it using a
bursary of birth certificates open
		
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			to speculation, okay, let's do a
DNA test. DNA tests are not 100%
		
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			either. They're about 99%.
Recently, I know a person who
		
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			works in a fertility lab, in what
a very prominent fertility lab,
		
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			they had somebody come in for
fertility treatment treatment,
		
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			they took the egg and the sperm
from the couple. They, they did
		
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			everything the wife became
pregnant that the woman became
		
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			pregnant. And then they come back,
and they saying this is not my
		
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			child. Even though everything
happened there, they had to then
		
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			send for DNA test to some of the
greatest experts in DNA to
		
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			America, etc. And they were
shocked that this was an unusual
		
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			case.
		
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			This was an unusual case that
there were so many things that
		
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			were different, but yet there were
so many things that matched and it
		
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			created confusion in that. So if
you want to be a skeptic, a
		
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			questioner not believing in
anything, unless you see whatever
		
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			is absolute proof to you, then you
can deny anything and everything.
		
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			Everything is possible to deny if
you want to be that skeptic. So
		
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			where is your skepticism? Going to
stop? Where is your question?
		
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			Where are your questions going to
stop? When are you going to start
		
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			accepting things? Have you how
many of you have seen your great,
		
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			great grandfather?
		
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			I've seen my great grandfather
haven't seen my great, great
		
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			grandfather. I'd love to see I've
seen a picture of his but I
		
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			haven't seen him a passport
picture. But that could have been
		
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			made up in India, you can make up
anything?
		
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			How would you prove that your
grandfather, your great great
		
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			grandfather existed?
		
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			You can't But don't we believe it?
How do we prove that we were in an
		
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			embryonic stage in the stomach's
of our mothers? Does anybody
		
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			remember that?
		
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			But I don't think anybody's going
to deny that one.
		
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			Does anybody remember when Allah
subhanaw taala took out all of the
		
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			children of Adam Alayhis Salam in
the form of small, small ends or
		
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			as they resembled. And then he
said to them, I am your Lord. And
		
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			I your Lord, allow us to be an
obstacle? And instead of course
		
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			you are Does anybody remember
that? No. There are some people
		
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			who say we can we can recall that
experience. There are some people
		
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			maybe it to the unknown, I think
it was from him or somebody. That
		
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			doesn't mean it didn't happen. So
all of this takes us to the
		
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			understanding that it's not only
through seeing something or
		
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			hearing something that you can
receive knowledge about something.
		
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			There are many ways of receiving
knowledge, receiving beliefs about
		
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			some things. You have not seen
your great grand, great, great
		
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			grandfather, you've never heard
him. You've never held him. You've
		
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			never hugged him. Right. So none
of your senses can bear witness to
		
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			our great great grandparents. But
we believe now that nevertheless,
		
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			how do we believe it? We do
induction we do inference, right?
		
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			We use various different ways of
reaching a conclusion.
		
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			So just because you can't see
Allah subhanaw taala doesn't mean
		
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			he does not exist. There are so
many things that we can't see but
		
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			we believe in them.
		
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			That's why Allah subhana wa Tada
		
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			says, Virdi como la hora, bukem.
		
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			That is Allah He is Allah, that is
He is Allah your Lord
		
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			La ilaha illa who constantly there
is no God except he hardly Coco
		
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			Lishi the creator of everything.
For Abu do so now worship Him,
		
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			because He is responsible for
everything that you are. So
		
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			worship him, show him your
devotion. Well who are the
		
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			conditions in working? Allah says
Rama only rule in law, the Buddha
		
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			Allah has really seen it, in fact,
that none of us were my only rule
		
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			in law, the Buddha ILAHA Heda
they've only been told to worship
		
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			one Lord, one deity, one of
they've only been told to take one
		
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			object of worship.
		
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			La ilaha illa who there is no God
		
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			Except he
		
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			Subhanallah, who I'm usually
called glorified and transcendent
		
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			He is above what they
		
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			bring us partners to him. Are they
important to him?
		
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			So now, the first thing that you
do whenever you come into any of
		
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			these questions with anybody is
never jumped in to try to answer.
		
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			There are so many questions about
I'll give you another example. I
		
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			was in a, in a college just some
time ago. And I was, I was, it was
		
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			myself and this other Muslim
sister who was representing the
		
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			Muslim opinion. It was essentially
in a Sixth Form College. And they
		
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			had invited people from different
faiths to talk about their faith.
		
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			So the Christian
		
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			clergy person, he spoke first. And
then after that, they told the
		
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			sister to speak. And as she had
finished these, these are all
		
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			teenagers, you know, your
716 16 1718 that year, that age?
		
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			As soon as she finished the talk,
hands went up? Why do you have to
		
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			cover your head?
		
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			Why do you have to wear a hijab?
		
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			What is the normal answer? What
what do you see? I say, when
		
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			somebody asks you that question.
That's, that is the right answer.
		
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			To be honest, you have to come
back to that eventually. But if
		
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			you say that, like Man, this
guy's, you know, somewhere else?
		
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			The typical answer that people
give, and they think it's a really
		
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			good answer is, oh, because it's
my choice.
		
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			That's not a very good answer. To
be honest. It is your choice in
		
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			sha Allah, it is your choice. But
that's not the answer you're
		
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			looking for. Why is it your
choice?
		
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			Right, if you prod, it's because
the religion has told you this is
		
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			good. So they're gonna say, oh,
it's because you've been made to
		
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			believe
		
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			you been made to believe that this
is the thing you must do. So then
		
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			you've chosen it, because that's
where you've been led to choose.
		
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			So you get stuck with that answer.
		
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			So I couldn't say anything,
because it wasn't my turn to
		
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			speak, I let her deal with it. And
then after that, eventually, when
		
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			it was my turn, and I finished, in
fact, in my talk I dealt with I
		
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			said, Look,
		
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			I want to ask you guys a question.
Because remember, a lot of these
		
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			questions, don't ever jump into
answering them. Because as soon as
		
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			you jump into answering them, you
have already accepted their
		
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			premise, you've accepted the way
they have formulated. So it's like
		
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			you've accepted half of the way
they think, and you're trying to
		
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			answer it according to the way
they think. But it's totally wrong
		
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			from the basis of it. So my
question to them was, to these
		
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			young guys who are asking the
question, why is it a problem? If
		
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			she if she covers her?
		
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			Why is it an issue? What is the
point on the body after which it's
		
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			not good to cover? Their their
their? Where is it? Who made that
		
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			decision?
		
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			The only reason you've got a
problem with her covering her head
		
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			is because you're not used to it.
You're used to women not covering
		
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			their hair, but who makes that
value judgment as to which is
		
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			better? If she feels that is
better for her than let her do
		
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			that. And if you feel that it's
better for you not to do it,
		
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			that's up to you. But who makes
the judgment? And why is your
		
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			judgment that the hair should not
be covered and women should leave
		
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			their hair out? Why is that a
better judgment than this? Where's
		
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			the science behind it? Where are
your statistics? Or studies or
		
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			research that shows that is better
than that? One? Where is that? Can
		
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			you see don't ever get caught up?
In the question. Always take the
		
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			question and see why they're
asking the question. Is this
		
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			somebody who genuinely has a
query? Who wants to understand,
		
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			always prompt them? Like, why are
you asking that question for why
		
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			is that so important for you?
		
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			Always do that, then have a
discussion. Go for coffee, if you
		
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			want somewhere? Go for a tea
somewhere? Let's discuss this
		
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			right? You can't just answer this
just like that.
		
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			Don't jump into a question try to
answer because you'll generally
		
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			get stuck. Always try to
understand why somebody's asking
		
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			the assumptions behind why they're
asking that question. And then you
		
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			can find some common ground where
they accept certain things do
		
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			other traditional people, what do
they accept as truth? What can you
		
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			use, then you can try to
understand how best to convince
		
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			them. A lot of people ask, what is
the best book to give to somebody
		
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			who's interested in Islam?
		
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			And that's, that was that's always
been a very difficult answer. The
		
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			reason is that the person who's
asking you that question, he may
		
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			be interested in science. He
doesn't care about spirituality.
		
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			So you need to give him a book
that is related from a scientific
		
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			perspective about Islam. There are
some people who are more
		
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			spiritual, they don't care about
science. So you need to get a book
		
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			on Introduction to islam about
from a spiritual perspective,
		
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			right? Somebody might be
interested in a more philosophical
		
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			dimension, they might philosophize
a lot of things. They're very deep
		
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			thinkers. So now if you give them
a
		
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			book that is related to not
related to deep thoughts about
		
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			Islam, then that's not going to be
useful to them. But now I can say
		
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			there is actually one book, which
mashallah deals with everything. I
		
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			think, when I read it, I benefited
hugely for it from it's called,
		
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			give me a copy. A Thinking
Person's Guide to Islam is written
		
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			by a person with two PhDs, and he
happens to be a prince. Right? But
		
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			don't don't let that don't let
that discount the book, a thinking
		
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			Person's Guide to Islam.
		
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			Written by Prince Ghazi, he
explains what Islam is the various
		
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			different aspects of Islam, it's
only came out I think about two
		
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			years ago, and it's already been
translated into several languages,
		
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			because it's done in such a
beautiful way. It's such a
		
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			convincing way, because the author
has two PhDs, he's a philosopher,
		
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			and he's a very good mashallah a
practicing Muslim.
		
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			Right. So it's always nice for all
of us, especially in this current
		
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			day and age, where we're working
with non Muslims, we're working
		
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			with people who are going to be
constantly and then Islam has
		
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			become so criticized because of
some of our own doing some of our
		
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			own inaction, some of our some of
our unfortunate brothers out, then
		
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			you know, who do weird things in
the name of Islam. And then we
		
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			just sit back and not do enough to
counter that sometimes, or we
		
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			don't give them a positive idea.
We have brothers and sisters who
		
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			are cheating the system, and
creating blameworthiness because
		
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			of that, right? So all of that is
there. That's why we really need
		
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			to understand what's necessary so
that we can answer this. So now
		
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			let me look at a few different
different questions. One of the
		
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			best ways that you can explain to
somebody who Allah subhana wa,
		
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			tada is, is will by what they call
is the beautiful design of the
		
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			universe. How can something be so
beautifully designed, and not have
		
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			any designer behind it? I mean,
this book is beautifully designed,
		
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			right? So there must be a
beautiful designer behind it. It
		
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			just couldn't come up randomly.
Once Imam Abu Hanifa, right, was
		
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			sitting there. And there was a
group of atheist or agnostics they
		
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			were they were mohideen. They were
people who denied Allah and they
		
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			had confusions about that they
came to him and says, We want to
		
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			ask you some questions. Right. So
imagine you're sitting there big
		
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			scholars sitting there. And these
atheist, they're Arabs, you know,
		
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			and they come in to ask the
question, we're gonna ask you some
		
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			questions about, about God. So he
So Imam, Abu Hanifa. He said, You
		
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			know what?
		
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			I can't take your questions right
now.
		
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			I can't take your questions right
now. Because right now, I've got a
		
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			question that I'm already dealing
with. It's a very complex
		
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			question. And I don't know, I'm
thinking about it right now. So
		
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			they got curious and say, what is
that question? He says, I've been
		
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			told about a ship, right about a
freight liner, a ship, right, that
		
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			travels on the ocean. And it's
traveling without
		
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			a captain. There's nobody
		
00:28:03 --> 00:28:07
			governing its course. It's
traveling on its own. And it's
		
00:28:07 --> 00:28:11
			going through the waves, and it
knows exactly how to navigate. And
		
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			it goes from
		
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			its place of origin to its
destination, and it doesn't go
		
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			wrong. And they asking me about
this, and I can't understand this.
		
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			Now, that question, if it came
today, we could all understand
		
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			that it's just a smart ship. It's
got automated functions. I mean,
		
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			you could you could,
		
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			planes can be basically flown
right now, with a remote control,
		
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			they just have a person sitting
there, just to make sure that if
		
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			the computer doesn't malfunction,
otherwise, most pilots, they just
		
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			sit there, they put an autopilot.
They do certain things manually. I
		
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			mean, if you've driven a Tesla,
you may have had that experience,
		
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			I mean, you you're you're you're
writing it, and you can put it on
		
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			automatic, and it will avoid the
cars in front. But then sometimes
		
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			it does cause a problem because it
just the computer at the end of
		
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			the day, for us this thing has
become a reality now. But in those
		
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			days, that was impossible to
imagine.
		
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			It'd be impossible to imagine a
keyless entry of a kind those
		
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			days. So I mean, ship driving
itself is impossible. So now when
		
00:29:09 --> 00:29:10
			he said that to them,
		
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			they said, Man, this is a crazy
idea. How can a ship drive by
		
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			itself? Right? Can you not
understand that? How can you ship?
		
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			They're like trying to answer the
question for him like why are you
		
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			even entertaining this question?
It's such an absurd question.
		
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			And that's when you want when he
does it. That's exactly my point
		
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			to you. This is your answer. You
guys cannot accept one small ship
		
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			that can drive on its own. Without
a driver without. And you think
		
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			this entire universe with all of
its beauty and everything you
		
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			think that can drive on its own,
that can be done that can be
		
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			designed and it can run on its
own. And that's when they realized
		
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			their fault. So you could tell
that they were not arch skeptics.
		
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			They had genuine they were genuine
seekers. hamdulillah they all they
		
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			all
		
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			They all came back into the faith.
		
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			So what I'm trying to say is that
with a lot of these questions, you
		
00:30:06 --> 00:30:09
			can't Don't be so naive and just
kind of jump into it and try to
		
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			explain in our, you know, naive
way we can't do it. Sometimes you
		
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			have to just stop, take a step
back and say, Why are we asking
		
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			this question? Why is that so
important to you? What is life to
		
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			you first? Where do you think
you're going? Ask him where he's
		
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			going? First? What do you believe
him?
		
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			See, because out there, you've got
people who absolutely deny Allah,
		
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			like, actively. They have they
they hate God, they hate the whole
		
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			concept of God, they hate anybody
that believes in God, they have a
		
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			government approach to this. And
they're there to they're seeking
		
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			to actually destroy anything
related to God, like Arch atheist.
		
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			And that's the difference between
this generation, the last 40
		
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			years, and maybe hundreds of years
before that, because the militant
		
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			atheism has been around as you
know, there's always somebody or
		
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			the other who deny a god. I mean,
that's just generically a human
		
00:31:04 --> 00:31:08
			trait for some people, right? But
from around, you can do a trace of
		
00:31:08 --> 00:31:13
			the of atheism for about from
about 16 1700. But in those days,
		
00:31:13 --> 00:31:16
			Christianity was very strong in
Europe. Now remember, Europe,
		
00:31:16 --> 00:31:21
			where we live, never had a profit.
Right? Europe has never had a
		
00:31:21 --> 00:31:24
			profit, the Middle East has had a
profit, right? Many other places
		
00:31:24 --> 00:31:27
			have a profit, but Europe has not
had a profit. That's why their
		
00:31:27 --> 00:31:31
			profits are the major philosophers
like Kant, and others. That's
		
00:31:31 --> 00:31:34
			where they take a lot of this from
today. The other thing that Europe
		
00:31:34 --> 00:31:38
			has dealt with, right is
persecution by the Christian
		
00:31:38 --> 00:31:40
			church, because the church
dominated Europe.
		
00:31:41 --> 00:31:44
			If you look at if you go to the
University of sorry, non
		
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			University, if you go to the
Museum of London isn't anywhere,
		
00:31:46 --> 00:31:50
			whether it's the Museum of London,
where is it? Right, it's in that
		
00:31:50 --> 00:31:53
			area, Barbican and beyond that,
it's very interesting, you should
		
00:31:53 --> 00:31:56
			go there to understand this way
how this great city started,
		
00:31:57 --> 00:32:02
			right? A Roman garrison city, on
the Thames, right? If you look
		
00:32:02 --> 00:32:05
			there, as it develops, there's a
huge amount of churches.
		
00:32:07 --> 00:32:09
			It's just chirp, chirp, chirp,
chirp, chirp church, like, you
		
00:32:09 --> 00:32:12
			know, when you go to Blackburn,
you see mustard on every corner,
		
00:32:12 --> 00:32:16
			it was like that. Well, it's still
like that. But just in one year
		
00:32:16 --> 00:32:19
			alone, I saw the economist a few
years ago, just in one year alone,
		
00:32:19 --> 00:32:22
			50 churches in London were sold.
And this was a few years ago,
		
00:32:22 --> 00:32:26
			they've been church, they're being
sold 50 churches were sold to
		
00:32:26 --> 00:32:28
			either become community centers,
		
00:32:29 --> 00:32:33
			luxury homes, or something like
that. There are a huge number of
		
00:32:33 --> 00:32:37
			churches in London alone, because
Christianity was quite widespread
		
00:32:37 --> 00:32:42
			throughout Europe, the worst place
that where there's a lot of
		
00:32:42 --> 00:32:45
			persecution and oppression
committed by the church was in
		
00:32:45 --> 00:32:46
			France.
		
00:32:48 --> 00:32:52
			So today, you actually see that
the French are probably the most
		
00:32:52 --> 00:32:57
			antagonistic towards any religion.
And because Islam is so strong and
		
00:32:57 --> 00:33:01
			powerful, and manifests, and
people like to practice it, Islam
		
00:33:01 --> 00:33:04
			becomes their main enemy. That's
why the whole Constitution is
		
00:33:04 --> 00:33:09
			based on what they call a lie set
a, an extreme form of liberal of
		
00:33:09 --> 00:33:13
			secularism, that doesn't even
allow religion. That's why they
		
00:33:13 --> 00:33:14
			have such a problem
		
00:33:16 --> 00:33:19
			with religion, less problem than
the British have done the UK have.
		
00:33:19 --> 00:33:25
			That's why even in Canada, which
is mostly English, part French
		
00:33:25 --> 00:33:28
			influence that Quebec, Canada,
they're part friends, it's from
		
00:33:28 --> 00:33:32
			Quebec, that they're trying to ban
the hijab right now, not the rest
		
00:33:32 --> 00:33:33
			of the country.
		
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			And the French have some problem,
right? They have a really weird
		
00:33:38 --> 00:33:41
			relationship with and yet Francis,
the probably the most Muslims in,
		
00:33:42 --> 00:33:46
			in Europe, but they've had a one
of the reasons for that is they've
		
00:33:46 --> 00:33:50
			just had a bad experience with
religion. A lot of the time,
		
00:33:50 --> 00:33:53
			people who deny God is because
they've had a bad experience.
		
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			And if I stop talking about
Christians, and I start talking
		
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			about Muslims, it's a very similar
picture here. One of the reasons
		
00:34:05 --> 00:34:09
			why some Muslims have left the
faith or are leaving the faith is
		
00:34:09 --> 00:34:14
			because Islam has been presented
to them. In culture only.
		
00:34:16 --> 00:34:19
			You know, the green and gold and
red glitter of marriage of
		
00:34:19 --> 00:34:20
			weddings.
		
00:34:21 --> 00:34:23
			There's nothing else beyond that.
		
00:34:24 --> 00:34:28
			What true religion is they have no
idea. It's a cultural religion
		
00:34:28 --> 00:34:31
			that has been presented to them.
And then sometimes, they've been
		
00:34:31 --> 00:34:35
			forced to marry somebody they
don't want to marry like their
		
00:34:35 --> 00:34:39
			cousins and saying this is Muslim
and Islamic. The only way Islam
		
00:34:39 --> 00:34:40
			crept up in the whole discussion.
		
00:34:42 --> 00:34:46
			I spoke to a woman who lives in
London somewhere. She is older.
		
00:34:46 --> 00:34:49
			She's a Pakistani woman, older,
meaning probably about 14 now.
		
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			She's married to a non Muslim. She
knows she's doing wrong. She knows
		
00:34:52 --> 00:34:55
			I'm this is a bad marriage. I
shouldn't be in this marriage. How
		
00:34:55 --> 00:34:59
			do you get there? I said, she said
I was forced to marry my cousin.
		
00:35:00 --> 00:35:04
			From Pakistan is brought over, I
couldn't get along with him. And I
		
00:35:04 --> 00:35:07
			lost my faith. Now she's coming
back to her faith, she is
		
00:35:07 --> 00:35:11
			realizing this is not faith that
was forced into it. So there could
		
00:35:11 --> 00:35:13
			be many real, this isn't the only
reason there could be many reasons
		
00:35:14 --> 00:35:17
			of why person leaves the faith.
Right? It could be many, many
		
00:35:17 --> 00:35:23
			reasons we have to own up to this.
So one of the one of one group of
		
00:35:23 --> 00:35:26
			people who don't believe in God,
or those who absolutely deny it.
		
00:35:27 --> 00:35:30
			The other thing we've had is in
the last 4050 years, we've had
		
00:35:30 --> 00:35:33
			what they call the five horses or
the four horses, right? These are
		
00:35:35 --> 00:35:39
			these very confident atheists that
some of them were very articulate,
		
00:35:39 --> 00:35:43
			you know, your Sam Harris and
Richard Dawkins, and Hitchens.
		
00:35:44 --> 00:35:48
			They have, they have basically
taken the discourse with their
		
00:35:48 --> 00:35:52
			very articulate way of argument by
having debates with people who are
		
00:35:52 --> 00:35:57
			maybe not as good and then they,
they break them down. So people,
		
00:35:57 --> 00:36:01
			there are people I know who've
there are about three Muslim youth
		
00:36:01 --> 00:36:04
			that I've dealt with who had
questions about their faith, and
		
00:36:04 --> 00:36:08
			all the arguments that they
articulated were primarily from
		
00:36:08 --> 00:36:09
			Dawkins.
		
00:36:11 --> 00:36:15
			Now, the thing is that the same
arguments same criticism he is
		
00:36:15 --> 00:36:20
			putting on to Islam of why, for
example, it's a simple question.
		
00:36:22 --> 00:36:30
			Why do women get half of what a
man gets for inheritance? Why does
		
00:36:30 --> 00:36:34
			a woman Why is a woman not allowed
to issue a divorce in Islam? Why
		
00:36:34 --> 00:36:38
			is it only the man who can? These
are some of the questions? Why
		
00:36:38 --> 00:36:39
			does a woman have to cover up?
		
00:36:41 --> 00:36:42
			When a man doesn't?
		
00:36:43 --> 00:36:48
			Okay, these are questions. If you
focus on them, you can you can see
		
00:36:48 --> 00:36:51
			why these questions are being a
problem, because it seems like
		
00:36:51 --> 00:36:54
			there's no equity. There's no
equality.
		
00:36:55 --> 00:36:58
			When are men going to stand up?
I'm not saying that they should.
		
00:36:58 --> 00:37:03
			But let's say men started getting
really angry about this. And they
		
00:37:03 --> 00:37:06
			started taking their manhood back,
because right now masculinity is
		
00:37:06 --> 00:37:10
			in crisis, right? And they started
saying, Why can't men have babies?
		
00:37:12 --> 00:37:15
			We want * as well. We want
to be able to feed.
		
00:37:17 --> 00:37:21
			We want to be as emotional, we
want to cry more as well. We can't
		
00:37:21 --> 00:37:23
			cry. You guys just cry over
everything.
		
00:37:24 --> 00:37:27
			Why can't we cry so easy. We want
to do it as well. This is
		
00:37:29 --> 00:37:32
			inequality. How could God created
this, we're not going to believe
		
00:37:32 --> 00:37:34
			in this religion anymore. We're
not going to believe in God, we're
		
00:37:34 --> 00:37:36
			going to deny God because of that.
		
00:37:39 --> 00:37:42
			similar arguments, I mean, this is
just a few arguments, there's so
		
00:37:42 --> 00:37:45
			many more things that men can say
if they want to, I'm not saying
		
00:37:45 --> 00:37:48
			they should do because it's
absolute lunacy to do so. Right?
		
00:37:49 --> 00:37:52
			What I'm saying is that where you
don't cause a problem, there
		
00:37:52 --> 00:37:57
			shouldn't be a problem for
hundreds of years, 1000s of years,
		
00:37:57 --> 00:38:02
			this has been the case. Right?
Women did what they did best men
		
00:38:02 --> 00:38:04
			did what they they are
complementary roles. There is
		
00:38:04 --> 00:38:05
			gender equity.
		
00:38:06 --> 00:38:11
			Gender equality is a is a false
idea is gender equity, where you
		
00:38:11 --> 00:38:15
			help one another. Women are very
good at certain things. Men are
		
00:38:15 --> 00:38:18
			very good at other things. They
help together. That's how they
		
00:38:18 --> 00:38:22
			produce children, and the race
continues. But what's happened
		
00:38:22 --> 00:38:25
			right now is that the discourse
through the media and through some
		
00:38:25 --> 00:38:29
			ideologues, and through these arch
atheists, they've just put the
		
00:38:29 --> 00:38:34
			focus on women in equality, nobody
is forced, forced on so called
		
00:38:35 --> 00:38:38
			male equality. And that's why
that's not a problem. This is a
		
00:38:38 --> 00:38:38
			problem.
		
00:38:40 --> 00:38:45
			It's all about who creates the big
discourse. Who, who, who manages
		
00:38:45 --> 00:38:46
			the narrative.
		
00:38:48 --> 00:38:51
			We have to be able to see through
this, I'll give you an example.
		
00:38:54 --> 00:38:55
			In France,
		
00:38:56 --> 00:39:01
			in America, and in the UK, a man
is allowed to run bare chested
		
00:39:03 --> 00:39:06
			if he wants to go and do a jog
outside in the park, I don't think
		
00:39:06 --> 00:39:10
			there's any law about not wearing
a t shirt is there for men, right?
		
00:39:10 --> 00:39:13
			But if a woman wants to do the
same thing, do you think she would
		
00:39:13 --> 00:39:18
			survive? That's illegal. But in
France, it's okay to do that at
		
00:39:18 --> 00:39:19
			the beach.
		
00:39:20 --> 00:39:23
			Right in front Italy. In fact,
even in Spain, it's okay to do
		
00:39:23 --> 00:39:24
			that the beach
		
00:39:26 --> 00:39:30
			right. But in England, it has to
be specially designated. Why is
		
00:39:30 --> 00:39:31
			the inequality
		
00:39:34 --> 00:39:36
			what justifies this what justifies
that?
		
00:39:38 --> 00:39:44
			In Egypt, about 85 to 90% of women
wear hijab? So if the country
		
00:39:44 --> 00:39:47
			decided that he job must become
necessary for every woman,
		
00:39:49 --> 00:39:50
			why should that be a problem?
		
00:39:52 --> 00:39:55
			The reason it's going to be a
problem is because anti West is
		
00:39:55 --> 00:39:59
			not the dominant ideology right
now. People will make a big fuss
		
00:40:00 --> 00:40:04
			for that 10% People will make the
biggest fuss. But there's so many
		
00:40:04 --> 00:40:07
			other things happening. Nobody
makes a fuss about those things,
		
00:40:07 --> 00:40:11
			just depends on what the discourse
is. That's why don't get caught up
		
00:40:11 --> 00:40:15
			in the question and then trying to
be box and then be boxed in and
		
00:40:15 --> 00:40:16
			find you're trying to find your
way out.
		
00:40:17 --> 00:40:21
			challenge their assumptions. So I
said to these young guys, what is
		
00:40:21 --> 00:40:26
			it that makes that part of the
body not to be covered? Why is
		
00:40:26 --> 00:40:31
			somebody in a T shirt and jeans
superior to somebody in an abaya?
		
00:40:31 --> 00:40:35
			And in a hijab? Why is that one
person superior to this person?
		
00:40:37 --> 00:40:39
			Can anybody give a reason?
		
00:40:40 --> 00:40:44
			It's only superior because we're
used to it. It's a deep seated
		
00:40:44 --> 00:40:47
			ideology that has been fed to us.
And we've taken in, we don't even
		
00:40:47 --> 00:40:48
			know why we think that,
		
00:40:49 --> 00:40:51
			scientifically, why is that better
than this?
		
00:40:56 --> 00:40:59
			Why should your judgment be
superior to my judgment? If you
		
00:40:59 --> 00:41:02
			want true freedom of expression,
and if you want true freedom of
		
00:41:02 --> 00:41:05
			whatever you want to do, then let
her be like, then let her be like
		
00:41:05 --> 00:41:06
			that? If that's what you're
saying.
		
00:41:08 --> 00:41:12
			So why do we believe in something
we can't see? That's a famous
		
00:41:12 --> 00:41:13
			question, right?
		
00:41:14 --> 00:41:18
			So actually, let me go back to the
first person who denies the second
		
00:41:18 --> 00:41:23
			type of people are those who don't
deny God. But they say that we
		
00:41:23 --> 00:41:25
			don't have enough evidence to
prove it yet.
		
00:41:27 --> 00:41:31
			We don't have enough evidence.
These are agnostics. agnostics,
		
00:41:31 --> 00:41:33
			which is the topic of the title.
So I better cover agnostics,
		
00:41:33 --> 00:41:38
			right? So, agnostics are those who
say we don't know yet. We're still
		
00:41:38 --> 00:41:39
			looking.
		
00:41:40 --> 00:41:43
			I was like, how long you're gonna
look for? Right? We're still
		
00:41:43 --> 00:41:45
			looking, we're still exploring.
		
00:41:47 --> 00:41:50
			I mean, there's enough evidence,
Therefore Allah if you want, Allah
		
00:41:50 --> 00:41:54
			is such an essential reality that
your own self will call out to
		
00:41:54 --> 00:41:55
			Him.
		
00:41:56 --> 00:41:59
			When you're when, when you're in
the greatest state of desperation,
		
00:42:00 --> 00:42:02
			I remember listening to a TED
talk. And she was explained, she
		
00:42:02 --> 00:42:03
			said, you're going to call out
		
00:42:04 --> 00:42:08
			to the heavens, they just don't
want to use God.
		
00:42:09 --> 00:42:12
			When you're in trouble, you're
going to call out to something
		
00:42:12 --> 00:42:16
			because it's a human nature, that
is God has implanted to call on
		
00:42:16 --> 00:42:19
			something greater than you. What
is that greater thing? You're
		
00:42:19 --> 00:42:22
			going to just intellectually
convinced yourself that, oh, it's
		
00:42:22 --> 00:42:28
			heaven, whatever that means. It is
nature. Whatever that means,
		
00:42:28 --> 00:42:31
			right? Just these different ideas.
		
00:42:32 --> 00:42:37
			You know, people say, oh, gosh,
that's essentially just, instead
		
00:42:37 --> 00:42:40
			of saying, Oh, God, that's just
the way of saying, oh, gosh,
		
00:42:40 --> 00:42:43
			instead of people need an
expression, why do you say, Oh,
		
00:42:43 --> 00:42:45
			God, uh, me.
		
00:42:46 --> 00:42:49
			Whatever you say, like, you know,
for your mother, you just calling
		
00:42:49 --> 00:42:51
			on to somebody who you think
you're going to get something
		
00:42:51 --> 00:42:54
			from? So you say, Oh, God, so you
call out to Gosh, who the heck is
		
00:42:54 --> 00:42:54
			that? Gosh.
		
00:42:55 --> 00:42:59
			Like, why would you call out to
that, it's a human need to call on
		
00:42:59 --> 00:43:05
			to something. So that's the second
that agnostics. The third set of
		
00:43:05 --> 00:43:05
			people.
		
00:43:07 --> 00:43:09
			Apathy, apathy means they don't
care.
		
00:43:11 --> 00:43:15
			They have no interest in finding
out whether it is a God or not.
		
00:43:16 --> 00:43:18
			They don't even want to discuss it
Oh, that doesn't, when they're
		
00:43:18 --> 00:43:23
			just indulgent in the dunya. We're
happy, we just have lots of money,
		
00:43:23 --> 00:43:29
			we can enjoy ourselves, we can eat
and entertain ourselves to death.
		
00:43:29 --> 00:43:32
			That doesn't bother us. We're not
worried about tomorrow, we're not
		
00:43:32 --> 00:43:33
			worried about the hereafter.
		
00:43:34 --> 00:43:38
			Apathy is a massive problem.
That's why you have a lot of
		
00:43:38 --> 00:43:40
			Muslims who do believe in God at
the back of their mind, but they
		
00:43:40 --> 00:43:44
			have a lot of apathy. They don't
want to learn, they don't really
		
00:43:44 --> 00:43:47
			care, they don't really know it's
not a reality for them, what's
		
00:43:47 --> 00:43:48
			going to happen afterwards.
		
00:43:49 --> 00:43:52
			So apathy is a massive problem, it
needs to be cured.
		
00:43:53 --> 00:43:56
			Then there's a fourth possibility,
there's a author that I was
		
00:43:56 --> 00:44:02
			reading, and he studied the brain
in depth. So he is neither an
		
00:44:02 --> 00:44:06
			atheist, neither an agnostic
neither and neither apathy. He
		
00:44:06 --> 00:44:09
			says that I'm a possible list,
		
00:44:11 --> 00:44:15
			essentially saying that, what it
is, is that he is basically saying
		
00:44:15 --> 00:44:19
			there's probably enough evidence
for there to be something, but I'm
		
00:44:19 --> 00:44:23
			not willing to accept to you, but
I'm saying possibly is better than
		
00:44:23 --> 00:44:27
			the others at least you're getting
closer. Right? These are just
		
00:44:27 --> 00:44:31
			various ideas of the denial of God
because as our order might have
		
00:44:31 --> 00:44:35
			explained to us that people have
different types of gopher one is
		
00:44:35 --> 00:44:39
			called Khufu, javelin, the
disbelief of ignorance where you
		
00:44:39 --> 00:44:41
			don't know about God. Nobody's
told you about it. So you're
		
00:44:41 --> 00:44:43
			ignorant about it. Why do you
don't know there could be many
		
00:44:43 --> 00:44:46
			reasons why you don't know you
haven't bothered trying? Or you
		
00:44:46 --> 00:44:49
			did try but you couldn't find I
believe that anybody who searches
		
00:44:49 --> 00:44:52
			God will find him that's a promise
from a lie think that anybody who
		
00:44:52 --> 00:44:56
			searches for God will find him. So
that's cool through Joel. Just
		
00:44:56 --> 00:44:59
			ignorance, then there's Khufu.
Renard and Khufu
		
00:45:00 --> 00:45:04
			Who would basically go through
enter this? I know, but I'm not
		
00:45:04 --> 00:45:05
			going to believe that.
		
00:45:06 --> 00:45:09
			I know but I'm not going to
believe inside, you know, it's
		
00:45:09 --> 00:45:11
			right. But you cover it up.
		
00:45:12 --> 00:45:17
			And you stubbornly refuse to
believe. You stubbornly refuse to
		
00:45:17 --> 00:45:21
			believe you're obstinate. If I
really want to be fair with
		
00:45:21 --> 00:45:26
			myself, I should believe but I've
got too much to lose. I need to
		
00:45:26 --> 00:45:29
			do. Why do a lot of people not
believe because if you start
		
00:45:29 --> 00:45:31
			believing in God, he puts you into
		
00:45:32 --> 00:45:33
			laws.
		
00:45:35 --> 00:45:39
			God puts laws down, following the
laws of God are not easy.
		
00:45:40 --> 00:45:43
			Right? That's why a lot of will
say what do you know if you're a
		
00:45:43 --> 00:45:45
			Muslim? Would you have to do Oh,
you have to stop eating yourself.
		
00:45:45 --> 00:45:48
			Stop drinking, stop womanizing,
man, amazing, whatever, you know,
		
00:45:48 --> 00:45:52
			whichever way it is, right? Now, I
can't do that. That's difficult.
		
00:45:53 --> 00:45:57
			Right? Maybe later, whatever. You
know, it takes a while. It's just
		
00:45:57 --> 00:46:02
			human beings. But Allah subhanho
wa Taala says FM and sha Allah who
		
00:46:02 --> 00:46:04
			saw their holy Islamic for who
Allah God Mirabai.
		
00:46:05 --> 00:46:07
			reason I say that is because
		
00:46:09 --> 00:46:14
			there was a group of atheists in
America, that was a young Asian
		
00:46:14 --> 00:46:18
			Pakistani background. And they
		
00:46:21 --> 00:46:24
			had become atheist. Now they were
going around the different
		
00:46:24 --> 00:46:29
			universities giving a lecture and
telling them about their
		
00:46:29 --> 00:46:30
			experience.
		
00:46:32 --> 00:46:36
			And subhanAllah. One of the names
is Muhammad, the atheist? It just
		
00:46:36 --> 00:46:39
			sounds such an oxymoron. Like, how
can you have a Muhammad was a
		
00:46:39 --> 00:46:41
			atheist. It's just doesn't make
sense. But
		
00:46:42 --> 00:46:47
			something went wrong somewhere.
And, you know, there's Muhammad,
		
00:46:47 --> 00:46:47
			the atheist.
		
00:46:50 --> 00:46:54
			And one of the questions that
really struck me was that they
		
00:46:54 --> 00:46:56
			were talking about their
difficulty with their family and
		
00:46:56 --> 00:46:57
			their parents.
		
00:46:59 --> 00:47:01
			How they were trying to deal with
their parents and difficulty of
		
00:47:01 --> 00:47:05
			not being accepted now being
alienated, and so on and so forth.
		
00:47:06 --> 00:47:06
			So
		
00:47:08 --> 00:47:10
			the person asked him, wouldn't it
have been easier for you to just
		
00:47:10 --> 00:47:11
			believe?
		
00:47:12 --> 00:47:14
			And he said, of course, but we
can't.
		
00:47:16 --> 00:47:20
			Now think about that. That's a
very deep answer. It's a very
		
00:47:20 --> 00:47:20
			telling answer.
		
00:47:22 --> 00:47:26
			We would love to believe I'm
interpreting, we wish that would
		
00:47:26 --> 00:47:30
			have been easy for us, but we
can't believe what's going on
		
00:47:30 --> 00:47:30
			here.
		
00:47:31 --> 00:47:32
			What's going on here?
		
00:47:34 --> 00:47:40
			What's going on? Is that if Allah
says in the Quran, by taba Allahu
		
00:47:40 --> 00:47:40
			Allah, Quran, Bell,
		
00:47:42 --> 00:47:46
			gullible Rana, Allah kuruva him
this taba, Allah Febi, Monique
		
00:47:46 --> 00:47:51
			Nemeth. When Allah puts a seal for
whatever reason, then it doesn't
		
00:47:51 --> 00:47:57
			matter what you try. You get the
best people to explain to you who
		
00:47:57 --> 00:48:03
			God is, try to answer your, your
all your questions, you just won't
		
00:48:03 --> 00:48:03
			get it.
		
00:48:05 --> 00:48:09
			At the end of the day, you must
call on to align yourself. Now
		
00:48:09 --> 00:48:12
			this is not to say we don't have
answers. This is not like you must
		
00:48:12 --> 00:48:16
			understand the Trinity even if you
don't get it. Like you must just
		
00:48:16 --> 00:48:17
			believe that's not the point.
		
00:48:19 --> 00:48:23
			We have many many answers for all
the questions but if answers were
		
00:48:23 --> 00:48:26
			convincing other people but it did
not convince you that maybe
		
00:48:26 --> 00:48:30
			there's a deeper problem, which is
that it's just there's a seal on
		
00:48:30 --> 00:48:34
			the heart. And the only way to
remove the seal is FM and sha
		
00:48:34 --> 00:48:38
			Allah Saleh al Islam. It is the
one for whom Allah subhanaw taala
		
00:48:38 --> 00:48:42
			has opened his heart up for Islam.
For who Allah God Mirabai that
		
00:48:42 --> 00:48:44
			person is on the light of his
Lord.
		
00:48:45 --> 00:48:47
			That person is under light of his
Lord.
		
00:48:48 --> 00:48:51
			That's why at the end of the day,
it's it's really that which which
		
00:48:51 --> 00:48:51
			matters.
		
00:48:54 --> 00:48:55
			When you have a wet ground
		
00:48:56 --> 00:48:58
			Don't you know that it's rained,
		
00:48:59 --> 00:49:01
			but somebody could have just
sprayed it.
		
00:49:02 --> 00:49:06
			But we generally believe in rain
we make certain calculations think
		
00:49:06 --> 00:49:09
			if it's just a small area, okay,
maybe there was a garden hose. But
		
00:49:09 --> 00:49:11
			if it's a very large area and you
keep seeing it then okay, it was
		
00:49:11 --> 00:49:15
			probably rain. You can even smell
the rain in there sometimes. So we
		
00:49:15 --> 00:49:20
			didn't see the rain. But we saw
the ground wet. We inferred we it
		
00:49:20 --> 00:49:23
			was a it was a calculation that we
did with our mind is a syllogism.
		
00:49:23 --> 00:49:27
			We put two and two together. And
that's what we said it is. That's
		
00:49:27 --> 00:49:30
			why we have many things of the
unseen to believe in like the
		
00:49:30 --> 00:49:34
			hereafter that we can't see with
our senses. But we have to
		
00:49:34 --> 00:49:39
			understand how can this world have
been created without a person
		
00:49:39 --> 00:49:44
			without a being rather, right who
has the following capabilities
		
00:49:44 --> 00:49:47
			because there's no way this world
would have been so beautiful.
		
00:49:47 --> 00:49:49
			Forget the entire well let's just
look at some fruits right now.
		
00:49:50 --> 00:49:54
			There are some people who have
recognized Allah just by fruits
		
00:49:57 --> 00:49:59
			look at the orange for example.
		
00:50:00 --> 00:50:04
			Right, it's a simple fruit that we
don't pay too much attention to.
		
00:50:05 --> 00:50:08
			It's got a thick skin that's
orange on the outside, white on
		
00:50:08 --> 00:50:11
			the inside. When you remove that
skin, there's still another layer
		
00:50:11 --> 00:50:16
			that protects the different
segments. The segments then have a
		
00:50:16 --> 00:50:21
			skin. It's segmented into however
many are perfectly placed together
		
00:50:21 --> 00:50:25
			in that round shape. You you
remove the segments, you separate
		
00:50:25 --> 00:50:28
			the segments, then you take each
individual segment, and you can
		
00:50:28 --> 00:50:32
			remove the skin. And then inside
it's not like a mango. But it's
		
00:50:32 --> 00:50:37
			actually the flesh inside is made
up of different
		
00:50:38 --> 00:50:42
			however you describe that,
alright, you look at a mango is
		
00:50:42 --> 00:50:46
			completely different. It's solid
inside, it's soft. You look at a
		
00:50:46 --> 00:50:50
			watermelon, it's this many percent
water, but look at the way it is.
		
00:50:51 --> 00:50:54
			If you make that same thing into
juice, it won't last for long. But
		
00:50:54 --> 00:50:57
			if you leave the watermelon, it
will last longer. You look at the
		
00:50:57 --> 00:50:58
			jackfruits
		
00:51:00 --> 00:51:01
			right.
		
00:51:02 --> 00:51:05
			I don't really do much jackfruit
but durian if anybody's had
		
00:51:05 --> 00:51:09
			durian. It's an amazing fruit.
It's got a very thick skin. Right?
		
00:51:09 --> 00:51:13
			Very thick, prickly skin, you open
it up, and it's got these concaves
		
00:51:14 --> 00:51:18
			in which there is this, the flesh
of the fruit inside, which is like
		
00:51:18 --> 00:51:24
			cream. So amazing. But it's got a
very bad smell. Right? How Allah
		
00:51:24 --> 00:51:27
			just there was somebody who became
Muslim just by observing fruit
		
00:51:27 --> 00:51:30
			that there's no way this could
have just been done in random
		
00:51:30 --> 00:51:34
			without a god, somebody must have
created this. Let me give you a
		
00:51:34 --> 00:51:38
			few examples. Like if somebody
says, if God loves us, then why
		
00:51:38 --> 00:51:41
			should he not help us to
understand him? Now think of this
		
00:51:41 --> 00:51:44
			question somebody actually. Okay.
So if God is supposed to be loving
		
00:51:44 --> 00:51:48
			and everything merciful, and He
loves us, then why shouldn't he
		
00:51:48 --> 00:51:50
			help us to understand him? How
would you answer that?
		
00:51:53 --> 00:51:57
			How do you know? Exactly? You have
to challenge the question.
		
00:51:58 --> 00:52:02
			Basically, they're trying to tell
you that God hasn't helped you.
		
00:52:02 --> 00:52:06
			Now if you start answering no, but
you know, why doesn't help us? Oh,
		
00:52:06 --> 00:52:10
			you already get caught in the net.
You already accept God hasn't
		
00:52:10 --> 00:52:12
			helped us say, Well, how do you
know God hasn't helped us cause
		
00:52:12 --> 00:52:15
			he's helped us. He sent all of
these prophets. He sent books he
		
00:52:15 --> 00:52:19
			sent, he sends you evidences of
proof signs from the cosmos, all
		
00:52:19 --> 00:52:22
			of these things tell us that
there's a God. So why are you
		
00:52:22 --> 00:52:26
			saying that? There's no, that he
hasn't helped us? That's just an
		
00:52:26 --> 00:52:29
			assumption that you have. Don't
ever get caught in assumptions,
		
00:52:29 --> 00:52:32
			because not everything. That is an
assumption is correct.
		
00:52:33 --> 00:52:37
			Just because an atheist puts a
question out there and criticizes
		
00:52:37 --> 00:52:41
			God or religion doesn't mean it's
true. Just because it sounds
		
00:52:41 --> 00:52:41
			official.
		
00:52:43 --> 00:52:46
			That's the problem that we just
think that if somebody said it,
		
00:52:46 --> 00:52:49
			hey, that must be a bigger, nobody
must have answered it. There are
		
00:52:49 --> 00:52:52
			even with regards to evolution, so
many things have been answered.
		
00:52:52 --> 00:52:55
			But the textbooks mentioned the
same thing over and over again,
		
00:52:55 --> 00:52:59
			they've been disproved various
different graphs and various
		
00:52:59 --> 00:53:01
			different things. They've been
disproved, they still use them
		
00:53:01 --> 00:53:03
			over and over again, if you don't
know the answers, then you'll just
		
00:53:03 --> 00:53:04
			be confused.
		
00:53:05 --> 00:53:08
			A lot of these things have been
answered, but we're just sitting
		
00:53:08 --> 00:53:11
			back not doing anything. We need
to take this and understand these
		
00:53:11 --> 00:53:12
			things.
		
00:53:14 --> 00:53:18
			Why should God punish you with
eternal hellfire? If you have
		
00:53:18 --> 00:53:19
			disbelieved in this world?
		
00:53:20 --> 00:53:21
			Very common question.
		
00:53:23 --> 00:53:25
			Well, that one you're going to
have to answer, right, because
		
00:53:25 --> 00:53:28
			very straightforward question.
Well, one of the reasons is that
		
00:53:28 --> 00:53:32
			God has given you enough time in
this world to believe or
		
00:53:32 --> 00:53:38
			disbelieve. And at the end of the
day, if you have not believed, in
		
00:53:38 --> 00:53:40
			30 years, 50 years, 40 years,
because any child who dies, they
		
00:53:40 --> 00:53:44
			don't that they're not considered
to be in punishment anyway. So
		
00:53:44 --> 00:53:47
			children out of this is only after
you become discerning and become
		
00:53:47 --> 00:53:51
			an adult, and that's when you're
going to be that's where you're
		
00:53:51 --> 00:53:54
			going to be liable. Right? So
you're going to be accountable.
		
00:53:55 --> 00:53:59
			The reason why you're punished
forever, is because gopher has
		
00:53:59 --> 00:54:02
			become your state. It's not an
action anymore. It's not like I
		
00:54:02 --> 00:54:05
			only did it for five years, it was
only caffeine for 10 years or 20
		
00:54:05 --> 00:54:10
			years. It's your state that's your
*. That's who you are. Now,
		
00:54:10 --> 00:54:13
			that's who you are. So that's a
state is very powerful. It's
		
00:54:13 --> 00:54:15
			that's very revealing about
somebody.
		
00:54:17 --> 00:54:17
			So
		
00:54:19 --> 00:54:22
			some say if you have a merciful
God, why is there suffering in the
		
00:54:22 --> 00:54:22
			world?
		
00:54:23 --> 00:54:26
			How would you answer that one?
First thing is what is suffering?
		
00:54:26 --> 00:54:30
			Let's decide what suffering is
first. And why is suffering bad?
		
00:54:30 --> 00:54:32
			Why are you making the big deal
for why suffering bad isn't some
		
00:54:32 --> 00:54:35
			suffering good actually makes you
a better person if you suffer? It
		
00:54:35 --> 00:54:38
			takes you down from your arrogant
state like you because you got a
		
00:54:38 --> 00:54:41
			lot of money or you got very you
know, and you have to then suffer
		
00:54:41 --> 00:54:43
			you like really think about
yourself, there's a purpose behind
		
00:54:43 --> 00:54:46
			suffering. Why should it be bad?
Okay, some suffering may be
		
00:54:46 --> 00:54:48
			considered bad, but why all
suffering? What is that decision?
		
00:54:51 --> 00:54:54
			So there's lots of answers like
this, lots of questions like this.
		
00:54:55 --> 00:55:00
			So I stop here. And my final thing
is that what we need to do is we
		
00:55:00 --> 00:55:03
			need to constantly to protect
ourselves and our children we need
		
00:55:03 --> 00:55:05
			to constantly remember Allah
subhanho wa Taala the more we
		
00:55:05 --> 00:55:08
			remember him inshallah the
stronger he will be in our hearts.
		
00:55:08 --> 00:55:12
			So the small small things will not
faze us. Number two, we need to
		
00:55:12 --> 00:55:14
			gain knowledge and we need to
understand more about Allah deep
		
00:55:14 --> 00:55:17
			reading of the Quran, especially
the verses about Allah, they are
		
00:55:17 --> 00:55:21
			very helpful. And other really
good books on Islam and about
		
00:55:21 --> 00:55:24
			Allah. They're very useful like,
like, as I mentioned, this really
		
00:55:25 --> 00:55:26
			gives a good modern understanding.
		
00:55:28 --> 00:55:30
			And then number number three,
don't get caught up with these
		
00:55:30 --> 00:55:35
			questions. Right? You can't answer
these things in a simple,
		
00:55:35 --> 00:55:38
			simplistic way you have to
challenge the assumptions and
		
00:55:38 --> 00:55:41
			ideas and you will feel that if
you have the confidence and the
		
00:55:41 --> 00:55:44
			trust in Allah insha Allah you
will be able to prevail. So you
		
00:55:44 --> 00:55:47
			must have a lot of trust in Allah
subhanho wa Taala We ask Allah
		
00:55:47 --> 00:55:51
			subhana wa Taala to keep us
straight, steadfast, along with a
		
00:55:51 --> 00:55:55
			Bittner along with a Bitna a dean
that's very important, robbing
		
00:55:55 --> 00:55:58
			Allah to collude and bad data data
no habla Nabila Adam Carolla in
		
00:55:58 --> 00:56:01
			the country, Wahab, these are very
important to us to make. So
		
00:56:01 --> 00:56:06
			inshallah I stopped here. If you
have any basic questions I can I
		
00:56:06 --> 00:56:12
			can take it as long as hazard here
allows. So the question is, the
		
00:56:12 --> 00:56:17
			question is that if God is all
powerful, then Why can he not
		
00:56:17 --> 00:56:21
			build a can he build a stone or
manufacture a stone that He cannot
		
00:56:21 --> 00:56:25
			lift? Right? The same? To be
honest, to be honest, it's the
		
00:56:25 --> 00:56:28
			same question, Why can't he
develop another God? Just like
		
00:56:28 --> 00:56:32
			him? If he's so powerful? Why
can't he do that? So this is a
		
00:56:32 --> 00:56:34
			quite a simple question, to be
honest. And there's a very simple
		
00:56:34 --> 00:56:35
			answer to that.
		
00:56:37 --> 00:56:42
			God is defined as being all
powerful, that he can do whatever.
		
00:56:43 --> 00:56:47
			Right. Now, there are two answers
here. Number one, there can't be
		
00:56:47 --> 00:56:51
			anything in existence. It's an
absurdity. It's a logical fallacy,
		
00:56:51 --> 00:56:55
			and absurdity for there to be
anything that God can't do in
		
00:56:55 --> 00:57:00
			existence. It's like asking the
question that can you build? Can
		
00:57:00 --> 00:57:03
			you design a square that is
triangle?
		
00:57:06 --> 00:57:08
			Can you have a triangle, which is
square or a square, which is
		
00:57:08 --> 00:57:12
			triangle? You can't, because by
the very definition of what a
		
00:57:12 --> 00:57:15
			triangle is, it's a three sided
		
00:57:16 --> 00:57:21
			is a three sided shape. And a
square is a four sided shape. So
		
00:57:21 --> 00:57:24
			you can't say why you can't do
that. Now, if you get the best
		
00:57:24 --> 00:57:27
			mathematician and you are tricked,
what is it trigonometry? Is that
		
00:57:27 --> 00:57:30
			what you call it? And you tell
them that you're not good enough?
		
00:57:30 --> 00:57:32
			If you can't do that, it's just
absurdity. It's a silly question
		
00:57:32 --> 00:57:36
			to start with. Because God is all
powerful by his very intrinsic
		
00:57:36 --> 00:57:40
			nature. So if I say, Why can't God
create another god is the same
		
00:57:40 --> 00:57:41
			thing? Why?
		
00:57:43 --> 00:57:46
			God, another intrinsic
characteristic of Allah is that
		
00:57:46 --> 00:57:52
			he's one. If he created another
one, it'd be absurdity. Because it
		
00:57:52 --> 00:57:55
			means he's no longer one anymore.
You can't have the same as God.
		
00:57:55 --> 00:58:01
			It's impossible because God is
one, you can't have two, once you
		
00:58:01 --> 00:58:04
			understand that unique ones,
right? Because it's something
		
00:58:04 --> 00:58:09
			else. These are absurd questions
that are being asked like, if this
		
00:58:09 --> 00:58:14
			is white, can you make that duck,
but it's still white? It's just a
		
00:58:14 --> 00:58:18
			silly question. And I'm not saying
your question is silly. I'm saying
		
00:58:18 --> 00:58:21
			the idea is a silly one. To say
that because it's self defined.
		
00:58:22 --> 00:58:24
			The other answer, which is like a
simplistic answer is that why
		
00:58:24 --> 00:58:28
			should God do something so stupid
that is self defying? Why should
		
00:58:28 --> 00:58:32
			he create a stony count lifts? But
that's not really the strongest?
		
00:58:32 --> 00:58:35
			That's not really a very good
answer. Anyway, the main thing is
		
00:58:35 --> 00:58:40
			that God has ability over all
things that are possible.
		
00:58:41 --> 00:58:44
			This is an image in
conceivability. This is not even
		
00:58:44 --> 00:58:48
			you can't even rationally think
this thing. So the question is
		
00:58:48 --> 00:58:48
			that the,
		
00:58:49 --> 00:58:53
			the first part of your question
was this we have science and
		
00:58:53 --> 00:58:54
			science.
		
00:58:56 --> 00:58:58
			That is the that is the way we
know things. Right? Generally,
		
00:58:58 --> 00:59:02
			science is the modern way by which
we know things, and right now
		
00:59:02 --> 00:59:05
			sciences and told us there's a
God. Right? There's a number of
		
00:59:05 --> 00:59:07
			problems with this question to
start with, right? There's a
		
00:59:07 --> 00:59:11
			number of assertions being made
here, which are not entirely
		
00:59:11 --> 00:59:15
			accurate. First of all, science,
God is outside the realm of
		
00:59:15 --> 00:59:19
			science. Science is based on right
now on empiricism, which means,
		
00:59:20 --> 00:59:25
			what things you can observe and
test and repeat. Right? Can
		
00:59:25 --> 00:59:29
			science, answer the question of
beauty, aesthetics, what is
		
00:59:29 --> 00:59:33
			beautiful and what is not built?
That's a judgment that is a value
		
00:59:33 --> 00:59:36
			judgment. Science can't answer
that science can tell you how this
		
00:59:36 --> 00:59:41
			thing is made. Right? And that
this thing is so hard, and this
		
00:59:41 --> 00:59:45
			thing is so tall or whatever.
Science is not even there to
		
00:59:45 --> 00:59:49
			answer this. This is not like a
criticism of science to say that
		
00:59:49 --> 00:59:54
			science doesn't deal with God.
It's beyond the scope for science
		
00:59:54 --> 00:59:57
			to deal with God. Because science
doesn't tell you where things
		
00:59:58 --> 00:59:59
			the purpose of things
		
01:00:00 --> 01:00:02
			It tells you how things are, it
doesn't tell you about the purpose
		
01:00:02 --> 01:00:03
			of things. So
		
01:00:06 --> 01:00:08
			science cannot, science cannot.
		
01:00:10 --> 01:00:14
			Science cannot explain ethics, for
example, because ethics is outside
		
01:00:14 --> 01:00:18
			the realm of science. Right? How
you should eat
		
01:00:19 --> 01:00:23
			the ethics of eating the ethics of
not cheating? How does science
		
01:00:23 --> 01:00:26
			even deal with that? It's a
different paradigm. That's a
		
01:00:26 --> 01:00:30
			different idea whatsoever. So
people have started saying, or
		
01:00:30 --> 01:00:34
			study believing that science must
be able to answer everything. But
		
01:00:34 --> 01:00:39
			it can't answer everything. It has
a limited scope. So these things
		
01:00:39 --> 01:00:43
			are outside the science, limits of
science. Muslims have never had a
		
01:00:43 --> 01:00:46
			problem with science, Christians
have had a problem with science.
		
01:00:46 --> 01:00:49
			So when Christians have had a
problem with science, people have
		
01:00:49 --> 01:00:51
			thought if Christians have had a
problem with science, Muslims, as
		
01:00:51 --> 01:00:54
			another religion must have a
problem with science as well. We
		
01:00:54 --> 01:00:57
			don't, because we understand that
science can only answer certain
		
01:00:57 --> 01:00:58
			things, while
		
01:00:59 --> 01:01:04
			it can answer other things. Number
two, for Christian scientists,
		
01:01:04 --> 01:01:06
			when they go into a laboratory,
they have to leave their faith at
		
01:01:06 --> 01:01:11
			the door. Right? Because it's not
reconcilable for us, it's not a
		
01:01:11 --> 01:01:14
			problem. Because for us, science
doesn't deal with anything to do
		
01:01:14 --> 01:01:17
			with God anyway. And then to say
that
		
01:01:18 --> 01:01:21
			they try to say that scientists
are you saying that scientists
		
01:01:21 --> 01:01:22
			aren't religious people,
		
01:01:23 --> 01:01:26
			as many religious people as you
have in the community in the
		
01:01:26 --> 01:01:29
			society, the same proportion,
there were two studies done on
		
01:01:29 --> 01:01:33
			this, the same proportion of
people, the same proportion of
		
01:01:33 --> 01:01:37
			believers you find in people, as
opposed to non believers, you will
		
01:01:37 --> 01:01:40
			find the same proportion of
believers among scientists over
		
01:01:40 --> 01:01:44
			non believers in science. It just
represents so if you believe and
		
01:01:44 --> 01:01:47
			you do science, you can do it. And
if you don't believe in science,
		
01:01:47 --> 01:01:50
			and you you do, you will just come
up with a different conclusion.
		
01:01:50 --> 01:01:54
			But science has got nothing to do
with God. Science can explain the
		
01:01:54 --> 01:01:56
			universe but it can't explain why
the universe
		
01:01:57 --> 01:01:59
			like why is the universe that they
can't explain that