Sadullah Khan – Parables and Wisdom from the Quran (Activism or Critism) Night 7

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The transcript describes a group of individuals criticizing the media and the media's views on the world. They argue that criticism is a harsher message than actual improvements, and that individuals should not be criticized in a civil manner. The group emphasizes the importance of finding the right balance between criticism and actual improvement.

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			Who may sit down and just be
critical of what they observe?
		
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			I wish to focus here on the on the
armchair critic, because in
		
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			today's ever connected and easily
accessible social media world
		
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			where anybody can be in touch with
everybody.
		
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			And almost everyone seems to be a
critic.
		
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			If you spend any time on the
blogosphere, you will soon find a
		
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			multitude of critics, critics,
well skilled, it seems, in turning
		
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			the smallest non issue into the
biggest issue of the day. Not only
		
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			that,
		
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			since social media is a global
phenomenon, these critics can
		
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			convey their criticism to the
whole wide world, on the World
		
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			Wide Web at the press of a button.
And in the moment,
		
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			you know, there's a very humorous
incident, about Moulin Rouge Dean
		
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			was going with his grandson to the
market to sell a donkey. And as
		
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			they were going to the market, he
put his grandson on the donkey,
		
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			and he was walking next to the
grandson and the donkey. And
		
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			people sit tight, and I'll walk.
So the old man got molesting on
		
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			the donkey and erode. And the
child walked. And people said,
		
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			look at today's world, the young
man is sitting down in the the
		
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			nobody will criticize us. They
both jump on the donkey. And as
		
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			we're writing people's and look at
Mala lessons is a big chef like
		
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			him. He's overriding the donkey.
He's overloading it, there's no
		
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			run. And he gives lectures about
things about mercy and look at
		
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			this. So that we're near the
marketplace, rather give down both
		
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			of us in walk, seeing all the
other. You see, it's easy to be a
		
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			critic. It's far more challenging
to be an activist, because
		
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			activists are builders, critics. I
mean, negative critics, by the
		
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			way, are like demolishes. You see
it takes builders decades, to
		
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			build something. To build a city
takes decades, for example, to
		
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			destroy your city, you can do it
in one day, one bomb blast, one
		
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			building leathers destroying the
day, you can't build in a day, but
		
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			you can destroy in a day, the F
accept criticism, or that we are
		
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			against critics, not at all. There
are those who provide constructive
		
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			criticism, which is highly
appreciated.
		
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			Those who ensure that they provide
advice without causing resentment,
		
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			providing advice without cutting,
causing any hurt. A lot of those
		
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			were made merely saying something
because they want to find fault,
		
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			but rather to provide some form of
correction so that they may be an
		
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			improvement. Those are people who
really care about you. However, in
		
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			rectifying an increasingly
advisors, ly
		
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			ill and cannot be consolidated
that don't rectify something, or
		
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			remove something bad in your mind.
When you make an correction, make
		
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			sure you have three, three things
in mind. One refeeds can be my
		
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			profit can be mine. I couldn't be
mad. I couldn't be my argument be
		
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			my argument makes sure that when
used, often the criticism that it
		
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			is kind
		
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			make sure that you offer criticism
that is just in fair, warranted
		
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			and make sure that when you give
criticism that you are
		
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			knowledgeable, you don't do it
from a point of ignorance.
		
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			The moral of all of this for us, a
person who provides positive
		
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			criticism realizes the day in
being critical, there is an
		
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			acknowledgement that human beings
do the ease the error that human
		
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			beings do commit and therefore, we
acknowledge the limitation of
		
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			human beings. At the same time, we
acknowledge the fact that as we
		
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			rectify others, we are also open
to correction, because we do do
		
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			also. How can we ensure that we
ourselves inculcate a culture of
		
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			positive criticism? wise ones have
advised very beautifully, they
		
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			couldn't fake and Marsha Bob
Kundra, Haman Mokuba is in common
		
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			with artifact.
		
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			At the enough sick, he said,
resolve condition yourself to be
		
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			tender with those who are young,
be compassionate with those who
		
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			are old, be sympathetic with those
who are struggling, be
		
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			understanding of those who make
mistakes, and be tolerant of those
		
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			who may be weak because somewhere
in your life at some time, you
		
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			will be or you would have been one
of these are all of these three
		
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			points for our reflection. One.
		
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			The activists who are involved
		
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			We are not equal to those who sit
in the armchair and criticize
		
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			Allah in the verse we have
referred to distinctly prefers the
		
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			strivers who make effort above
those critics who sit and do
		
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			nothing. Point number two, if we
are critical about something,
		
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			ensure that our criticism is
valid, that it is conveyed in a
		
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			civil manner and that we're not
criticizing merely to be critical.
		
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			And thirdly, in correcting others,
the aim is not to appear. The aim
		
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			is not to appear better than other
people.
		
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			Rather,
		
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			the aim is to facilitate a little
bit maybe an improvement in
		
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			whatever advice you'd give him a
call call Jada was stuck with
		
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			Allah Salam aleikum wa
rahmatullah.
		
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			wa barakatu. Anybody lost the
watch? I've got the Watcher in
		
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			front here with me insha Allah. If
you need some time I've got to
		
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			deal with