Zakir Naik – How to Remove the Difference between Hinduism and Islam

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The concept

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of God in Hinduism.

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If you ask a common Hindu,

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that how many gods does he believe in?

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Some may say 3.

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Some may say 100. Some may say 1,000.

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While others will say 33 crows, 330,000,000.

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But if you ask a learned Hindu who's

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well versed with the scriptures, he will tell

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you that the Hindus

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should believe and worship only 1 God.

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But the common Hindu, he believed in a

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philosophy

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known as pantheism.

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Pantheism means that everything is God.

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The sun is God. The moon is God.

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The tree is God. The human being is

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God. The snake is God. What we Muslims

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believe

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that everything belongs to God. Everything is God's.

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G o d with an apostrophe. Yes. Everything

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belongs to God.

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The sun belongs to God. The moon belongs

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to God. The tree belongs to God. The

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human being belongs to God. The snake belongs

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to God.

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So the major difference

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between the common Hindu

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and the common Muslim is,

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the Hindu says everything is God. We Muslims

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say everything is God's.

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God with an apostrophe s. If we can

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solve this difference

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of apostrophe s, then the Muslim will be

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united.

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Now when we read the secret scriptures of

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the Hindus,

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it's mentioned in the Upanishad. Upanishad is the

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one of

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the higher category of sacred scriptures of the

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Hindus. It's mentioned

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in chapter number 6, section number 2, verse

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number 1.

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God is only 1 without a second.

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It's mentioned in the

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chapter number 6, verse number 9.

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Of that God, he has got no parents.

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He has got no Lord. Almighty God has

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got no mother, no father, no superior.

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It's mentioned

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in chapter number 4, number 19.

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Of that God,

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there is no

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in Sanskrit means an image,

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an idol, a picture, a photograph, a painting,

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a sculpture, a statue. Of that god, there

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is no

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of that god, there is no image. No

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idol. No picture. No painting. No portrait, no

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statue, no sculpture.

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It's really mentioned

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chapter number 4, verse 20,

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that almighty God

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is imageless.

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And amongst

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the Hindu scriptures,

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the most widely read scripture is Bhagavad Gita.

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It's mentioned in Gita. Chapter number 7, verse

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number 20.

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All those whose intelligence has been stolen

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by material desires, they worship demigods.

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That all those are materialistic people,

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they worship demigods.

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Gods besides the one true God.

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It's mentioned

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book number 20. Hymn number 58, verse number

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3.

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Verily great is

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almighty God.

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It's mentioned in chapter

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number 32 verse number 3.

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Of that god, there is

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no Of that god, he has got no

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images.

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No idol. No picture. No painting. No portrait.

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No sculpture. No statue.

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It's mentioned in chapter 40 verse number 8.

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That almighty God,

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he is imageless and pure. It's mentioned

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chapter 40 verse number 9.

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Means darkness.

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Means

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entering. They are entering darkness.

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Those who worship

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the in Sanskrit

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means the natural things. Water, fire, air.

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The Jewve chapter number 40 verse number 9

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says, they are entering darkness. Those who worship

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the the natural things like water, fire, air.

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And the verse continues, they are entering more

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in darkness, those who worship the

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Those who worship the created things like table,

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chair, idols, etcetera. Who says that? The Jurveda

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chapter number 40 verse number 9.

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The Vedas are the most sacred amongst all

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the scriptures of the Hindus.

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And amongst the Vedas,

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the most important, most sacred is Rigved.

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It's mentioned Rigved. Book number 1. Hymn number

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164. Verse number 46.

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Truth is 1. God is 1. Sages and

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saints call him by different names. The same

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message is repeated in Rigved,

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book number 10.

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Hymn number 114, verse number 5. That God

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is 1,

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but saints call him by a variety of

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names.

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And there are

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no less than 33 attributes

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given to almighty God in Rigveda book number

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2, hymn number 1 alone. One of the

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attributes is in Rigveda book number 2, hymn

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number 1 verse number 3, is brahma.

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Brahma

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is called as the creator God.

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If you translate creator into Arabic, it means.

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We

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Muslims have got no objection. If someone calls

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almighty God

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as

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or creator or Brahma. But if someone says

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Brahma is almighty God who has got foreheads.

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And on each head of the crown, we

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Muslims take strong exception to it. Because we

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are going against.

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Chapter number 4. Verse number 19 which says,

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of that God, there is no. There is

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no image. There is no idol. There is

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no picture. There is no painting. There is

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no portrait. There is no statue. There is

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no sculpture.

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The other attribute given

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to Almighty

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God in Rigveda, book number 2, hymn number

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1, verse number 3, is Vishnu.

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Vishnu

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is called as

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the sustainer God,

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the cherisher.

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If you translate

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sustainer or cherisher

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to Arabic, it is somewhat similar to rub.

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We Muslims have got no objection. If someone

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calls almighty God as rub or cherisher or

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sustainer

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or Vishnu. But if someone says Vishnu is

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almighty God

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who's traveling on the sea, on a bell

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of snakes, who has got 4 hands. On

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one hand is the chakra and flying on

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the bird by the name of Garuda. We

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Muslims take strong objection to it. And we're

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going

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against chapter number 32. Verse number 3 which

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says,

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of that God, there is no. There is

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no image. There is no idol. There is

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no picture. There is no portrait. There is

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no painting. There is no sculpture. There is

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no statue.

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It's further mentioned in Rigved. Book number 8.

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Hymn number 1. Verse number 1.

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Do not worship him except

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the one and only. Praise him alone. It's

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mentioned in Rigved, book number 6.

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Hymn number 45,

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verse number 16.

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It says,

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praise him alone, one God.

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Only praise him.

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And the Brahma sutra

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of Hinduism. The fundamental creed of Hinduism is,

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There's only one God. Not a second one.

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Not at all. Not at all. Not in

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the least bit.

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So if you read the Hindu scripture, you'll

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understand the concept of God in Hinduism and

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understand Hinduism in the right perspective. And that

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will help to increase the brotherhood between the

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Hindus and the Muslims.