Zakir Naik – The Greatest Leader of History

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The speaker discusses the three criteria that leaders should fulfill in leaders of history. The first is that leaders should provide a social organization where people feel secure, and the second is that leaders should provide a set of beliefs. The third is that leaders should fulfill a statement made by Jesus and Moses, which says, peace be upon him, if he assumes the dictatorship of the modern world. The speaker also mentions a book written by a famous creative named Michael H Hart, which focuses on the importance of Prophet Muhammad's peace be upon him, and how he gives peace to the world.

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			I'll just mention a couple to you. There
		
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			was an article that came in the Time
		
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			Magazine
		
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			on the 15th July,
		
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			1974.
		
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			And the title was
		
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			great leaders of history.
		
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			And many
		
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			people gave their reasoning. Who was the greatest
		
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			leader in human history?
		
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			Historians gave their views, writers
		
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			gave, military men gave, businessmen gave, many people
		
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			gave.
		
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			1 person,
		
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			he gave his reasoning.
		
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			His name was
		
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			Jules
		
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			Masserman.
		
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			He was a psychoanalyst,
		
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			a professor
		
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			in the University of Chicago in USA.
		
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			And before he mentions
		
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			the great leader of history,
		
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			he gives
		
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			reasons
		
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			that a great leader
		
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			should fulfil 3 criteria.
		
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			Number 1,
		
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			that leader,
		
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			number 1, should provide
		
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			for the well-being of the led.
		
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			Number 2.
		
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			He should provide
		
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			a social organization
		
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			in which
		
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			the people will feel secure.
		
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			Number 3,
		
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			he should provide
		
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			a set of
		
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			beliefs.
		
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			Then,
		
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			Jules Massaman,
		
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			he gives
		
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			a name of few leaders.
		
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			He says
		
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			that Pasteur and Salk
		
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			were great leaders in the first sense.
		
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			Gandhi
		
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			and Confucius,
		
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			on 1 hand,
		
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			and Alexander,
		
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			Caesar, and Hitler, on the other hand,
		
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			were leaders
		
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			in the second sense.
		
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			Some maybe also in the third sense.
		
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			Jesus and Buddha
		
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			were only leaders in the 3rd sense.
		
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			But
		
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			the greatest leader of humankind,
		
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			which fulfilled
		
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			all 3 senses,
		
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			was Muhammad,
		
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			peace be upon him. And
		
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			Moses to a lesser extent.
		
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			Jules Masserman,
		
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			a psychoanalyst
		
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			from the University of Chicago, USA, he says
		
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			that pastures and sulk may be the first
		
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			category
		
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			they fulfilled. They were leaders
		
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			who provided the well-being of the led.
		
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			Gandhi
		
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			and Confucius
		
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			on 1 hand. And Alexander,
		
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			Caesar and Hitler on the other hand, they
		
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			were
		
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			of the second sense.
		
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			That means they gave a social organization
		
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			in which
		
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			the people felt secured, and some extent maybe
		
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			second. Some set of beliefs they gave.
		
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			Jesus and Buddha,
		
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			he says,
		
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			only in the third sense, they give a
		
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			set of belief. But the greatest leader who
		
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			fulfills in all 3 categories, according to Jesus
		
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			Messer,
		
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			provides
		
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			the well-being of the led,
		
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			provides a social organization which people feel secure,
		
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			provides a set of beliefs,
		
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			is Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him.
		
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			And Moses to a lesser extent. Maybe I
		
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			believe, maybe I think so.
		
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			Judas Massaman was a Jew, so he put
		
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			Moses also.
		
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			And fulfilling
		
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			Deuteronomy chapter 18 verse number 18, that Prophet
		
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			Muhammad, peace be upon him, is like Moses,
		
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			peace be upon him, and Jesus, peace be
		
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			upon him, is unlike Moses, peace be upon
		
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			him.
		
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			There was a book written by a famous
		
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			historian by the name of Michael h Hart.
		
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			The topic
		
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			of that book was
		
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			100 most
		
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			influential
		
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			persons in history.
		
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			Right from Adam, peace be upon him, till
		
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			the time the book was written, a few
		
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			years back.
		
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			And number 1,
		
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			Michael L. A. Charlie is not a Muslim,
		
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			maybe a Jew or a Christian.
		
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			He puts number 1,
		
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			the most influential human being in the world.
		
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			He places prophet Muhammad
		
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			Jesus,
		
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			number 3.
		
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			And he says Jesus and Moses, their influence
		
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			put together is no way compared to Prophet
		
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			Muhammad, peace be upon him, alone.
		
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			George Bernard Shaw.
		
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			He says
		
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			that if a man was to assume
		
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			the dictatorship,
		
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			he talks about Prophet Muhammad
		
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			Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, a man,
		
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			if he assumes the dictatorship
		
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			of this modern world,
		
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			he will succeed
		
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			in solving the problems
		
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			of humankind.
		
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			And
		
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			he would give
		
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			the much needed peace and security to this
		
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			world. He's talking about Muhammad
		
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			That if Prophet Muhammad
		
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			was to become a dictator of the modern
		
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			world,
		
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			he would give the solution to the problems
		
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			of humankind,
		
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			And would give it peace and security which
		
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			is much needed. Allah says in the Quran,
		
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			chapter number 46,
		
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			verse number 10.
		
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			Say,
		
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			if this book,
		
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			the glorious Quran, is from almighty God, Allah
		
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			Subhanahu Wa Ta'ala, and you reject it after
		
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			a messenger
		
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			from the Bani Israel, from the children of
		
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			Israel, testifies to it.
		
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			He believes in it and you are arrogant.
		
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			You are unjust.
		
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			Allah guides not the unjust.
		
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			Surah Qawsar, chapter number 108,
		
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			verse number 1 to 3, which says,
		
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			Allah Almighty says, to the Prophet Muhammad
		
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			we have granted the font of abundance.
		
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			So turn to thy Lord in prayer and
		
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			sacrifice.
		
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			Anyone who hates prophet Muhammad, peace be upon
		
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			him, he would be cut off from all
		
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			future hopes.