Living Links: The Precious Pearl, 1 of 21

Content Outline:
0:0:14 Du’a/Asalaamu Alaikum (Faraz Khan)
0:01:07 Look and Reflect
0:05:55 Believers Gathering For the Sake of Allah
0:06:38 About the Course and Author
0:08:35 Imam Al-Laqani: Humility (I)
0:12:39 Imam Al-Laqani: Humility (II)
0:16:02 Imam Al-Laqani: Humility (III)
0:17:51 Imam Al-Laqani: Fortitude
0:20:20 Quote: “The basis of a saint having a miracle, is his following the way of [his] Prophet.”
0:20:33 Regarding the Text: Al-Jawhara Al-Tawhid
0:24:41 The Name of the Text (I): Al-Jawhara
0:26:46 The Name of the Text (II): Tawhid
0:30:06 Names For the Science of Tawhid
0:34:46 Aqidah and Kalaam
0:38:45 The Medicine of Kalaam
0:40:37 Defining God
0:42:36 Theology: Outward and Inward
0:45:24 The Age of Narcissism
0:48:40 Beginning the Text
0:48:44 Bismillah
0:51:55 Aqidah and the Bismillah
0:53:48 Alhuamdulillah...
0:55:10 Al-Rahman Al-Rahim
0:56:21 Everything is in the Bismillah
0:58:00 Hamd
01:01:41 Shukr
01:05:12 Quote: “They say that the wise man, his tongue is behind his heart.”
01:06:43 Gratitude on the Tongue

Comments, Questions and Answers

01:10:45 Question 1: Can you elaborate more on (inaudible Arabic) “The essences of things are real” (translation)?
01:11:45 Question 2: Is this text, leaning more towards a certain (theological) school?
01:16:40 Question 3: Can you explain what is meant by dialectical or discursive theology?
01:18:56 Question 4: If truth is objective and self-evident, then how do we explain committed people of other faiths as believers of their truth?
01:21:03 Question 5: The term kalam is more used in a way that concerns the protection of the creed, while aqidah is more individual?
01:21:53 Question 6: Do the imams of tasawwuf teach about aqidah differently than imams of kalam and which books from the imams of tasawwuf would you recommend on aqidah?
01:23:27 Question 7: In the postmodern world we live in, it’s all relative and you mentioned that this science can be like an armor, but you also mention that a prerequisite is to believe in the absolute?

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