Zakir Naik – Living in Pakistan How To Study Comparative Religion for Dawah

Zakir Naik
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The speaker discusses their interest in studying comparative religion and gives examples of past lectures and books. They stress the importance of starting with common language and using common language to achieve their goal. The speaker emphasizes the importance of sh McCarthy in the Islamic religion and gives examples of their past lectures and books. They encourage listeners to refer to their book on similarities betweenTwoiledtes and encourage them to use the platform Islamic expiration be upon him.
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As-salamu alaykum, Dr. Sahib.

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Walaykum as-salam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh.

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Muhammad Nawaz, University teacher from Peshawar, Pakistan.

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Alhamdulillah, I have studied the Quran.

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I want to study other religions.

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What way should I adopt to study comparative

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religion?

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If there are your lectures in which you

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have taught the way, so please share the

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link.

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The brother said that he has studied the

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Quran, he wants to study comparative religion.

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So can I guide him which lecture should

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he refer to?

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Is there any talk of mine, any program

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where I teach about comparative religion?

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There are many of my talks, my public

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lectures which are on comparative religion and there

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are books written by me.

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Since you are from Pakistan, you can surely

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in the religions that you should concentrate more

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on comparative religion is Hinduism and Christianity.

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Since these two religions are the religions which

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are maximum followed besides Islam.

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So if you want to study on comparative

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religion, Hinduism, my talk on similarities between Hinduism

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and Islam is a very good talk.

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You can even refer to my talk on

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Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam in the various world

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religious scriptures.

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You can refer to my talk on Muhammad

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sallallahu alaihi wasallam in Hindu scriptures.

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There is also a talk of mine concept

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of God image over religion.

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Regarding Hinduism, you can refer to my talk

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as well as my book on similarities between

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Islam and Christianity.

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You can refer to my book on Muhammad

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sallallahu alaihi wasallam in the Bible and the

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other lectures and books on concept of God

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image over religion, Muhammad sallallahu alaihi wasallam in

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the various world religious scriptures and various lectures

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of mine are there on comparative religion like

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Salah, the program of righteousness.

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These talks, if you hear, it is mainly

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based on one of the important verses of

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Dawah where Allah says in the Quran, in

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Surah Imran, chapter number 3, verse number 64,

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Qul Jahlil Kitab, three or four pages of

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the book.

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Ta'ala ila kalimatin sawa im bainuna mainakum.

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Come to common terms, ask us and you.

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Which is the first term?

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Allah na'amuda izzallah.

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That we worship none but Allah.

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Wala nushrika bihi shayyam.

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That we associate no partner with the thing.

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Wala ittakhidha ba'dhuna ba'dhana arba'a bimrindunillah.

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That we erect not among ourselves lords and

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pits other than Allah.

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Fainthawallahu.

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Then if you turn back.

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Fakullu shaddu.

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Say it by vectors.

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Bi anna muslimun.

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That we are Muslims bowing our heads to

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Allah subhanahu wa ta'ala.

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So this is the master key for Dawah.

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Allah says Ta'ala ila kalimatin sawa im

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bainuna mainakum.

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Come to common terms, ask us and you.

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So while doing Dawah to a non-Muslim,

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it's very important that if you start with

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common terms, inshallah you'll be able to break

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the ice and you'll be successful.

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So you can start talking about common terms

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and Allah reminds us here in this verse.

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The most important is Allah na'amuda izzallah.

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That we worship none but Allah.

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Wala nushrika bihi shayyam.

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That we associate no partner with the thing.

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So while you're doing Dawah, you can start

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with things which are common for example science

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or maybe literature or whatever you feel is

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common between the person you're speaking and yourself

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or the religion who you're talking about and

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Islam but your main aim should be Tawhid.

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You may convince him to be truthful, you

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may convince him not to have alcohol, you

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may convince him not to have pork but

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if you do not remove the shirk from

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the life of your friend or the person

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you're talking to, your Dawah is useless.

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The most important is Tawhid.

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You can talk about other things but the

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most important is Tawhid.

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If you're not able to remove the shirk

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in his life, if you're not able to

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instill Tawhid, your Dawah is useless.

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So in comparative religion, the most important point

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of comparative religion is the concept of God

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in major world religions.

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If you're speaking to a Christian, you should

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try and prove Tawhid from the Bible.

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First you have to prove that Jesus Christ

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peace be upon him.

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He never claimed divinity and we can prove

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from the Bible and I say that in

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my talk and in my book.

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There is not a single unequivocal statement in

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the complete Bible where Jesus Christ peace be

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upon him says that he is God or

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he says worship me.

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He says I am God or he says

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worship me and you can hear my talks.

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So similarly when you're doing Dawah to a

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Hindu, your first concept should be that you

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should remove the idol worship from the life

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of the Hindu.

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Prove to him that according to the Vedas

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there is one God, you should worship him

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alone almighty God has got no image.

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So your first aspect of Dawah is Tawhid.

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Concept of one God that you worship him

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alone and no one else.

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So while doing Dawah this is the most

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important aspect.

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So first you should master the commonalities between

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the concept of God and Islam and other

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religion and try and win him over to

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Tawhid.

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The second most important aspect while doing Dawah

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which is the pillar of Islam.

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First pillar, we bear witness that there is

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no God but Allah and we bear witness

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that Prophet Muhammad is the messenger of Allah.

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The second aspect of Dawah is to prove

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to the non-Muslim that Prophet Muhammad is

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the last and final messenger of Allah subhanahu

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wa ta'ala.

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You can start with you know proving him

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about science if you think he is a

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man of science.

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No problem but your final goal should be

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first Tawhid, second is Risalah that Prophet Muhammad

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is the last and final messenger.

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As I mentioned earlier I've given talks on

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this topic.

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Muhammad peace be upon him in the Bible

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Muhammad peace be upon him in the Hindu

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scriptures Muhammad peace be upon him in the

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world religious scriptures and then you can go

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on for Akhira and for Salah and various

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aspects but these two are the most important

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aspects and if you are able to convince

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the non-Muslim on these two aspects, he

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can enter the fold of Islam.

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The remaining will follow.

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As far as knowing the structure of how

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should you be well-versed in compact religion

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or how should you do Dawah, I would

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advise you that you can visit our platform

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are questions, inshallah that will help you a

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lot in the comparative religion and will help

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you to become a good da'ee also.

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Hope that answers the question.

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