Was William Shakespeare A Muslim?
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- Опубліковано 18 кві 2023
- I read from The Merchant of Venice, Act 4, Scene 1
The quality of mercy is not strain’d,
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest;
It blesseth him that gives and him that takes:
‘Tis mightiest in the mightiest: it becomes
The throned monarch better than his crown;
His sceptre shows the force of temporal power,
The attribute to awe and majesty,
Wherein doth sit the dread and fear of kings;
But mercy is above this sceptred sway;
It is enthroned in the hearts of kings,
It is an attribute to God himself;
And earthly power doth then show likest God’s
When mercy seasons justice. Therefore, Jew,
Though justice be thy plea, consider this,
That, in the course of justice, none of us
Should see salvation: we do pray for mercy;
And that same prayer doth teach us all to render
The deeds of mercy. I have spoke thus much
To mitigate the justice of thy plea;
Which if thou follow, this strict court of Venice
Must needs give sentence ‘gainst the merchant there.
∞
Hadith on Mercy:
Abu Huraira reported:
The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “When Allah decreed the creation, he wrote in his Book with him on his Throne: My mercy prevails over my wrath.”
Source: Sahih Bukhari 3022, Sahih Muslim 2751
Subtitles now available in 14 major languages
شكرآ جزيلا لك على الترجمة العربية
The Arabic translation is very awkward and literal. I can help adjusting it if you wish, bro.
Which tool did you use for translation ?
أين هي الترجمة العربية ؟
Where is the Arabic translation?
@@user-mj9gn1tq8o أين هي يا سيدي .. أين أجدها
Indeed he was... William Sheikhspeare
You mean Syaikh Zubair? 😂
Hahahahaha 🤣
LOL..😂
Ramadan Mubarak and Happy Eid Fitr.
How can you?
Prove that idiot! start with the mosque and its location! ha ha ha
None can enter paradise without the mercy of Almighty even though he or she has many good deeds in account s !! So profound ❤
Earning money is hard .Going to Jannah is harder .
But we don't know what is in their hearts. They might believe in the creator and we don't know. That's why it is so important to treat all people with kindness and mercy.
Shakespeare's name was actually *Jacques Pierre* (a French writer).
English stole his writing & changed his name to "Shakespeare".
I'd like to know what your source for that assertion is, MargbarMK.
@@wurds509 , I'd like to know your source for your stupid assertion? Obviously all the stories that are signed by an imaginary person called "Shakespeare" are written by different individuals (they don't have the same quality of mentality by one writer).
Do not underestimate the reach of islam even back in those dark ages of europe. It is very much plausible that in those days certain individuals were exposed to islam. Either through their own travels or through muslim merchants
Very well said! MashaAllah
Shakespeare lived in the late Renaissance era, centuries past the Dark Ages.
@@lambert801 yes i am well aware of that fact. I didn't mean to refer to the "Dark Ages" era as used by historians, i just called them dark because islam hadn't vastly spread to europe yet. Maybe i should've used a different
MOMO himself never was a Muslim 😊
It doesn't matter if they were exposed to Islam (with a capital I) or not. All wisdom comes from the same Source.
All wisdom is due to islam (with a lower case i).
Fascinating; some years ago I came across a small book (pamphlet almost) in Dar Al Taqwa Bookshop in London, where Dr Martin Lings (himself a scholar of Shakespeare as well as Islam) explored this very theme. As a fan of Shakespeare, I enjoyed this :)
Alhamdulillah.
Love Shakespeare..always have..thanks for exposing this idea in such an open way!
@@BloggingTheology سلام عليكم I hope help me orphans l need medicine until insurance healthy Cut off about him
Please help
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It is only a delusional dumb that actually believes God gave birth to himself to have himself walk earth only to pray to himself, kill himself and raise himself after 3 days [So much for a sacrifice] - to further raise himself up to himself only to sit himself at the right hand of himself. So that he can forgive your sins ! Marvellous!
Hi Russel, I highly recommend Muhammad (saw): His Life Based on The Earliest Sources by Dr Martin Lings audio book (just remembered, it’s on UA-cam!)
Subhan Allah
That is unbelievable, you have provided translations in 14 languages including Urdu. May Allah accept your efforts 🙏🤞🙏🙏🙏.
Brother you are doing great job ❤ MaSha Allah
Pushing other people,s religion in other peoples lands! yeh nice job for parasites!
Sheik Hamza Yusuf would be a great guest to discuss Shakespeare. He has referenced him many times in his lectures.
He's a miss guided sufi
Normal practice is to learn to spell before criticising scholars
@Jillybe I don't know why Sheik Hamza receives such slander but I'm sure he doesn't take any notice
@@yeahbuddy4712 becuase he supports lgbtq and said that they are totally okay every muslim channel in the world attacked him, he s bribed by the west and trying to sugor coat our relegion to fit in there narrative
We Muslims need to understand the quality that nothing is black and white and stop being judgmental on each others , we are all humans we all make mistakes and we all add value to each others. Hamza Yousef is great scholar but he like almost all Muslim scholars had made and make and making mistake.
Never a dull moment, Brother Paul, always interesting, always enlightening, thank you!
Taqabbalallahu Minna Wa Minkum, Sending warm wishes on this Eid Ul-Fitr to my muslim brothers and siaters. May Allah bless you with good health, happiness, and success in all your endeavors. Your ,🇲🇨 brother here❤❤
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Please help
Syrian refugee Jordan.
Never read Shakespeare like that before. Thank you for enlightening me.❤
Enlightenment comes from Buddha.
Mohammad Was A Meditator.
WaliMiaShekPeer
@@onekumarajay But our prophet never mentioned Buddha. Can you please enlighten us?
@@tahirmirza4530 Enlightenment is often used in everyday English, as are other spiritual terms such as God, Soul etc.
However these terms are often not understood in precise detail - which is possible.
Enlightenment is known as Nirvana, Moksha...
And it means Release from Suffering...
And it is achievable in this life itself.
The last words of the Buddha:
"Strive for your own Liberation with Diligence"
Peace
@@onekumarajay but brother this didn't answer my question. I wanna how our Prophet and Buddha are connected
We studied the "The Merchant of Venice" play in high school in Iraq :), a lot of moral lessons in that play like debt's interest and mercy, etc. . I love your passion for the Islam and it's very inspiring !
Same here in india
Goodness, I studied Shakespeare in Uni and this is such a revelation - reading it with this perspective is mind blowing!
Yup
I wish this channel becomes the largest on UA-cam. اللھم آمین
Merchant of Venice was my favourite story .Never knew it had something special in it .
Thanks bro Paul for introducing the broader concept of Islam/Muslim to your audience. As you may be aware, both Muslims and non-Muslims confine Islam to prophet Mohamed's(pbuh) mission with Muslims doing so inadvertently. Non-Muslims totally think so while Muslims know that all prophets and messengers before Mohamed(pbuh) were Muslims. Still when confronted about Islam, they only refer to prophet Mohamed's(pbuh) period instead of fending off with statements like Jesus(pbuh), Moses(pbuh), Abraham(pbuh) were Muslims. The first Muslims were Adam(pbuh) and Eve(Hawa-Gbph). Shakespeare may have had the "Fitra" or the natural inclination to God(Allah) but the only way to know whether he was a Muslim is to find out whether he associated partners with God(Allah) or not because it's the essence of Islam and being a Muslim- Submission ONLY to God(Allah) without associating partners with Him in worship(e.g. Trinity) or worshipping other deities- Zeus, Apollo, Jupiter, Osiris, Baal, Hanuman, Lat, Uzza, Manaat etc. Allah or God is The One(as in One in One) Trinitarian Christians mistakenly call "The Father of Jesus".
Yes. After prophet Muhammad, the therm of Muslim is referring to syahadat.
May Allah make your life beautiful and easy
May you be among those who wield the torch of truth for us to follow
Jazakallha bilkhair my beloved for presenting such knowledge
Thank you brother Paul for this interesting video. May God reward you well for your good hard work. Your fan from Morocco.
We always learn so much with you brother Paul , look forward to your videos and the amazing ‘No Design ‘ creation . Subhanallah
May Almighty Allah Bless and Reward you Best in this Life and in the Hereafter.
Beautifully presented.. Ma sha Allah
As always, excellent production, Paul. I remember studying Shakespeare's plays in secondary school and the Merchant of Venice was one of my favourite along with Macbeth. The portrayal of Shylock the Jew, as a usurious lender really struck me because, as a Muslim, I knew of the interdiction of usury. Anyhow, such is the popularity of Shakespeare's works that no one has been able to criticise him for his accurate depiction of the jewish lender. However, I doubt today that a western filmmaker would dare make a movie out of it.
"They produced a movie called 'Merchant of Venice" starring Al Pacino, in which they made an effort to dispel the negative image associated with the character."
Classic Jew move
@@turan_kaya thanks for letting us know. Such editing of the character of shylock was to be expected.
Ah, you loved it because it reaffirmed your anti-semitic prejudice. Thats so nice.
@@grnzrn you have to be a semite first for anti-semitism to be applicable to you. 😅
Nicely put. Literature has this amount of quest to distinguish human ability to be good in the ongoing human struggle between to protagonists and the antagonists. Such stops in literature make the links to the human heritage of writers. Thank you. May Allah enlighten you more🤲
As far as I know, a famous German poet, Goethe was very interrested in Islam.
@@cattleyaaida1809 that's very true. Tolstoy as well.
@@cattleyaaida1809 you should recommend him to watch the Pakistani TV show Where the Muslims Sheikh Crying and begging allah to stop Muslim from Murtad 😊
@@kamekameha721
No probllem. Many Muslims left Islam, but at the same time, many European & American convert to Islam, including priests and evangelists.
Check one of them: chnl Blogging Theology
@@cattleyaaida1809 👍👍🙏
That is why in the Bible!!! There is a verse saying " that comes last will enter first '' " in the last day there will be falling away first" and if possible they will even deceive the elect"
That is not a surprise 😄
That is not shakespeare, that is Abu sheikh Zubair 😂❤ Mashallah
It is amazing i felt that way too after i studied merchant of Venice in school when i was 15 years old and i was not even a practicing muslim then.
Don't call him Shakespeare, call him Sheikh Zubair!
President Gadafi at one of his speech said Shakespear is not z correct name is Sheikh Zubair.
Exactly
We as kids used to call william Shakespeare as wali mian shaikh peer. Never knew 30 yrs later i would come across this.
Brother Paul you are an intelligent man's delight! May Allah preserve you.
Lol he could be. But this video is stupid.
person's
Wow! Such an eye-opener, wonderful video
This would never have crossed my mind
Great vid❤❤
What do you mean by "this," Omar Alqrni? Is it the fact that both The Merchant of Venice and the Qur'an mention mercy? Going back through my files, I see a couple of my own mentions of mercy. Do you suppose that makes me a Muslim? How desperate can Muslims become, anyway?
I remember my English teacher reading this story when i was in elementary school. The story was compressed in our book but my teacher, who like me is a muslim, still emphasised the fact that mercy is a quality shared by man and God both.
Years later i came to know about the fact that "God created the man in his likeness", which made me all the more fascinated about the coincidence.
It'd be really interesting to discuss this with my long seen teacher.
…”God created the man in his likeness”…this is not an Islamic line. Quran says there is none like Him. 112:4. It is the Bible that says God created man in his own image. 1:27
@@waseemsstudy9140 they both say similar lines, but Christians use it to defend the blasphemy that God is a man or looks like a man.
@@waseemsstudy9140
Muslim (2612) narrated that Abu Hurayrah said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “When any one of fights his brother, let him avoid the face, for Allaah created Adam in His image.”
@@CraigTheBrute-tf6hx thanks for the reference. I recall having heard it as a kid. It meant that since every person has somewhat uniquely God designed face, hitting on the face is like tempering God’s creation. other body parts are also designed by God but when looking at face one is reminded of God, he would stop fighting.
@@waseemsstudy9140 What is meant, according to the scholars, is that Allaah created Adam with the ability to hear and see, and to speak when he wants. These are also attributes of Allaah, for He is All-Hearing, All-Seeing, and He speaks when He wants, and He has a Face, may He be glorified and exalted.
But it does not mean that there is any resemblance or likeness. Rather the image of Allaah is different from that of created beings. What is meant is that He is All-Hearing, All-Seeing, and He speaks when He wants, and He created Adam also able to hear and see, with a face and hands and feet. But man’s hearing is not like Allaah’s hearing, his seeing is not like Allaah’s seeing, his speaking is not like Allaah’s speaking. Rather Allaah has attributes that befit His majesty and might, and man has attributes that befit him, attributes that are finite and imperfect, whereas the attributes of Allaah are perfect, with no shortcomings, infinite and without end.
I like the way you talk about concepts. They're very engaging!!! Thank you
Eid Mubarak brother Paul , thank you we always learn from your videos , may Allah reward you Jannat Al Khuld , جزاك الله جنة الخلد
Paul is a walking university. I admire his work. You’re so smart MashAllah!
Also this part
"The quality of mercy is not strain’d,
It droppeth as the gentle rain from heaven
Upon the place beneath: it is twice blest;"
Resembles these versus from the Quran
"It is Allāh who sends the winds, and they stir the clouds and spread them in the sky however He wills, and He makes them fragments so you see the rain emerge from within them. And when He causes it to fall upon whom He wills of His servants, immediately they rejoice
Although they were, before it was sent down upon them - before that, in despair.
So observe the effects of the *mercy* *of* *Allāh* - how He gives life to the earth after its lifelessness. Indeed, that [same one] will give life to the dead, and He is over all things competent."
Quran 30:48-50
MashaAllah
Eid mubarak, brother. May Allah bless us (the muslims) abundantly and grants us paradise
Paul u made my day by making this video bcoz I studied the whole play in my 10th ICSE boards.
Hey brother Paul. An amazing video ❤. Nobody taught me this play in this perspective on my school days. Also, in India we have a book called 'Thirukkural' written by 'Thiruvalluvar' (but his life history is not so clear & hidden). Could you do some research on the book too?
This is very very interesting. Brother Paul does an amazing job! 💯
Never ponder upon Shakespeare's works like this!! you give me new way thanks bro❤
Interesting. I really love your intellectual analysis.
The spiritual successor to your Newton video
Yes!
@@BloggingTheology Will you consider doing Maxim Gorky, some day, maybe?
Nice thought Paul! Only Allah knows upon which Deen shakespeare died and would be raised. I remember the story of one revert by the name of Samuel. He said as a child, his mom a Christian would often take him to the library and get biblical story books to read to him and would sit him on her laps and would say to him, Sammy, Sammy remember your God is the God of Abraham and he worshipped one God alone. Subhanallah! That woman in the 50s in the US might have never heard of Islam the way most people do these days, if at all. Yet her fitrah was upon islamic monotheism. I am not a scholar or anything and only Allah knows but I would like to believe she died and would be raised as a Muslim insha'Allah. So if shakespeare held such beliefs, then we would positively hope he was a Muslim too.
My father also told me about Abraham, peace be upon him. I was also told about Abraham and the star, moon and sun. It is in Qur'an 6:75. I think it must have been Dad who told me. He was a hardworking English farmer about 4 miles from Lutterworth, who was kind to the animals.
My brother, you are wise. Thank God you saved yourself, meditating and thinking a lot about God. I think whoever seeks the truth, should go your way, and he will find. Keep doing this, save others. God will give you enough in this world and lot lot more in the paradise. Salam from Kosova.
Thanks for sharing Sir!
Stay blessed!!
Thanks a lot for this insightful video. The same is said about Victor Hugo, who is reported to have been in touch with an Algerian Scholar. the German thinker and philosopher Goethe also has written a beautiful poem about Ali and Fatima, which suggests he might have converted shortly before his death. Jazaka Allahou Khairan
I think it's Arthur Rimbaud , not Victor Hugo . Vector Hugo hated the Algerian especially Al Amir And AlKader.
Goethe also has a great poem about Prophet Muhammad (pbuh), "Mahomets Gesang" or "Song of Muhammad".
(pbuh)
@@saifmaher3429
A university professor called Henry Gellman issued a book entitled "Hugo", in which he discussed Hugo's conversion to Islam and his pronouncement of the two testimonies in his apartment in Paris, in the presence of Sheikh Ibrahim al-Telmisani al-Jaza'iri.
@@user-zy9qu9uh3b thank you brother for complementing the onformation. I read about the stroy a long timeb ago and was looking for the name of the Sheikh. Baraka allahou fik
@@autumnicleaf I think it's the same song which mentions Ali and Fatima RA. Thanks for the precision
Asc brother Paul Williams and Eid Mubarak.
Based on what we have heard, Shakespeare was a pure monotheist and so he falls under the category of being a Muslim.
You inspire so many brother Paul!!
Eid Mubarak Paul. May Allah accept your work and fasting in Ramadan.
*After a long days work, it really is refreshing to come home to your videos; Especially during fasting. Ramadan Mubarak, brother Paul!*
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Please help
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Are you GAY?!! As you sound highly appreciative of the GAY perspective!
May Allah bless all of us with His mercy. Indeed He is the most and all the time. merciful. Amen.
Amazing argument. This is practically what i also beleived since the time i started reading Shaikh Pir since 1976. Thanx for pursuing and cwmenting my case, Sir ❤
That is such an interesting topic, wow!!! Can't wait to watch 🤩
I like you say "Peace be upon him" when you say a Prophet name :D ❤
Ending the blessed month of Ramadan with observatons about God's attribute of Mercy in Shakespeare''s work similar to islamic content is interesting. The natural disposition 'fitrah' can bring people to such understandings. As God is Almighty and fair in His judgement and He takes into consideration the circumstances, the exposure access to knowledge etc,, - for being a pure monotheist he could be considered muslim..Allah knows best.
Not really unless he believes in Prophet Muhammad PBUH because it's necessary to go to heaven
great similitude, I recalled the same hadith as you read from the play! :)
"All's well that ends well"
WIillam Shakespare
Now that sounds like someone who has Jannat and an end goal on their mind.
= )
Maashallah, might Allah admit all of us into his Jannah
In Shaa Allah
Hope it's never too late to wish Eid Mubarak to all the lovely followers of Br. Paul's engaging channel.
Thank you Paul, this is an interesting subject to talk about
Salamalikum brother. Great video.
Wa alaykumu s-salam
Sheikh imran hosein covered this exact thing a lecture many moons ago. Great to see u br Paul also derived to the same conclusion
Subhan Allah! This play i havw read in 2023 and it is the first play to be read in the UK - a masterpiece.
Supposedly he took a ton of inspiration from the Muslim World
nope. But western scientists certainly did
Please do a video on Queen Victoria and Abdul
I highly appreciate your reflection.
Interesting perspective. Thank you for sharing
If he was his name would definitely be Sheikh Safeer.
I couldn’t help myself. Great video Paul keep it up
Happy Eid to all!
Keep up the good work! ❤
Salute you brother Paul for your excellent deliberation.
Alhamdullilah...William Shakespeare is the most favorite playwrights and writers that I admire his studies... Thanks you Sir for your analysis love it❤
Hey Paul! Amazing video as always, have you ever considered covering a video on Sufism? It is much appreciated from those who are interested in it.
Sufism is not from Islam. My dear friend, never be a prey to the trap of so called Sufism, Tasawwuf or Mysticism as its not from Islam. Its not proven from the Islamic way of life. May Allaah protect you me and all from all sorts of deviations, bid'aat and heresies. Aameen.
After God has guided you, would you still seek the path of transgressors
Sufism is the way of Ihsan, majority of the Islamic scholars were sufis or had such connections, majority of Islamic warriors were sufis such as Malik Nurudin, Salahaldean Ayubi, Shaykh Shamil, Shaykh Omar Mukhtar, Shaykh Othman Dan Fodio, Shaykh Abdalqadir Jazairi, Mohammad Ahmad Mahdi, the Ottomans etc. Shaykh ibn Teimiya and IbnulQayim Jawziyya and also ibn Rajab ( big alem in the same lineage).
Sufis spread Islam throughout the Balkans, Africa, Indonesia etc.
Sufism is taught as science in Islamic universities world wide.
Sufism was a target of petro Islam, because it was right and some people wrongly think they can extinguish the light.
Sufism is also about loving the Prophet pbuh and his noble family an important Amana that the Prophet pbuh left us and which is nowadays widely forgotten outside of the sufi circles.
Sufism is the heart ❤ of Islam and it is attacked by the heartless and envious.
@@haledhajdari1154 I agree
The heck is Sufism?! There are no other sects of Islam but Muslim. No Wahhabi, Salafi, Sufi, Sunni, Shia, no. By claiming you are any of these sects is going against the Lord’s words.
Thanks for all that. Hello from Algeria . God bless you. Amen
Hi Mr. Williams, I wanted to express my gratitude for the enlightening episode you presented. JazaakAllahu khair!
I was wondering if it would be possible to have another episode with a similar theme featuring the well-known French philosopher, René Descartes, who likely lived around the same time as Shakes himself!
I recall reading that Descartes held some Islamic philosophies which went against the societal norms of that era, and his theories were highly convincing. It would be great to hear more about this topic.
As'salamu alykum brother Paul
Wa alaykumu s-salam
@@BloggingTheology
Is al lah ged?
Narrated Anas ibn Malik,
" I heard from the apostle of Allah, that he said, " Allah was SATAN in the form of an angel that revealed to me the verses and his book the Qur'an, and I am his prophet. "
- Umdah Al-Ahkam vol 3 pp 460
Suicidal thoughts are from DEMONS.
Simple questions,
- Why did moHamMad feels suicidal?
- Who cast out the demons of moHamMad?
Interesting, never knew that before
Enjoyed the video
Jazak Allah ho Khairan
For your great work
Very beneficial..
May Allah reward you
Well done Paul. Allah is the most merciful, on paper definitely Mr William Shakespeare during his time did not have islam accessibility so he will be judge accordingly. Allah knows best, we all hope and pray to enter jannah, who knows we might see Mr shakespeare there, Insha Allah.
Alhamdulillah! May Allah continue to bless you with courage, dear Brother Paul. It seems there is no academic proof of Shakespeare's contact with Muslims or withThe Qur'an, but there were times when he had potential access to a Latin " translation" of the Qur'an, and he had had to study Latin from 5 years old in Stratford. Additionally, there were Muslims in London in his time.
interesting!
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Please help
Syrian refugee Jordan.
What's interesting? That Shakespeare might have had access to a Latin translation of the Qur'ān? That, according to Denise Wan, 1) he'd had to study Latin from the age of 5 and 2) Muslims were in London during his time?
@@wurds509 maybe Joe, you may prefer to read "Who killed William Shakespeare " by Simon Andrew Stirling pub lished in 2013. This detailed book more or less proves that Shakespeare was a Roman Catholic.😊
I'm living in a large Asian city, Denice Wan, that hasn't enough respect for its residents to have a bookstore or more than one public library, at the city's main secondary school.
Eid Mubarak Paul. May Allah SWT bless u
Just excellent brother Paul!
The funny things is that when I was child at in secondary I used read some books in English literature to practice it when I saw Shakespeare' name several times I thought hung on this man seems Muslim person, then later I realised/told he was an English famous poet/writer.You might laugh about me saying yhis but reminds me now the Paul's question! Maybe he was Allah knows best, thanks Paul for every day enlightenment researches.
Also Erasmus, 16th century Dutch scholar of the Northern Renaissance.editor of the New Testament and author of The Praise of Folly. He had a great distrust of the individuals and structure of the Catholic church. He held that individuals will be responsible to God alone and not to any man.
Love the dedication with the trolling 🙏🙏🙏
He isnt trolling tho.
@@xeta180 how? Isn't it obvious that he wasn't?
@@xeta180 nvm I watched the end lmaoooo I thought he was gonna troll.
Ironic comment
@@thinkislamcheckmychannel I legit thought he was trolling st first
Eid Mubarak to you dear brother Paul,
All the best
Amazing. Thank you.
This reminds me of Tolstoy.... his ideas on God are super fascinating
This thoughts bring peace to my heart.
Indeed we will all hope for mercy.
So, how fair would it be to ask for it if one hasn't practiced it?
And mercy is not that hard...
Back to William, who knows?
Maybe he heard stories, or even had a chance to meet a Muslim.
Or about Islam, through a Jew?
Good morning Paul, going to bed after a night shift.
Your short fired my thoughts and feelings.👋🏽👋🏽👋🏽
ohh man , you are really full of knowledge , i hope to see you on tv , cuz you deserve to be known , may allah bless you and give you long life and anchor you on islam
Eid Mubarak PauL..
From Alaska Hunter
Amazing ❤❤
Brother the way you are presenting the theological side of Islam is fantastic and an example of its own
May God open the doors of happiness and prosperity for you❤. Happy Eid Mubarak with health, well-being and paradise, God willing. I ask God to accept our good deeds. May God grant you success.❤
Informative video
Fitrah is the only thing that solves my inner conflict when I think about fault of disbelievers in these times when atheism is widespread. I live in India and my 3 of my very few friends have turned to atheism. They are not exactly very learned or enlightened ones. One of them only knows that a theory called "Evolution" exists and he didn't even knows about the theory itself. He is an atheist because his favourite UA-camrs are atheist. Its terrifying that internet makes you belong in a delusional tribe and make you forget your own tribe, I know cause he often blames his family for not letting him do what he wants. This is precisely why I want to know more about my religion and perhaps one day I can make my friends see how unreasonable they are.
they were muslims ?
@@thamannaabdulkader1938 ameen
@@wawariro2247 yep
@@fahadn2002 you have to Ask them why they left islam
@@wawariro2247 I talk to them, their argument generally is: "religion is man made institutions to control humanity" " why does Allah require our worship?" "Why is there evil?" "why are there other religions?" Etc. Same old stuff. The problem is my knowledge itself is so little that I can't convince them.
Hey Paul! I am watching a lot of your content lately and they are so good! I was an avid reader once, but can't read as much now-a-days. Is there some tips you can give about reading? You seem to read a lot. What is the process you follow?
same case :(
I read more though but through internet articles ,etc but never books as I used to.
It has its advantage that you can be all around, but one good book about a subject may save you 20 hours of research, though it may take you reading that book 20 hours too..I always ask my self should I connect less and read books or connect more and read less of books.. The net articles etc are free, many articles, you jump around but not as deep as reading good books. Your thought..
I read and watch educational videos about various subjects, but would I have achieved more reading books in those years!! Your thought
@@sutil5078 Yeah, @BloggingTheology should make a video on this!
I don't think he reads everything from a book, there must be some procedures he follows
@@this_is_mac I agree on making a video about it.
As for reading everything in the book, I think he does in most cases, in many videos he points out notes in the footnotes and page number.. I am like him, I love to read everything in a book, it took me years to convince me self to skim some part but was not able.. the only book I threw in the garbage when I reached half of the book or one third, is divine Comedy.. I threw it in the garbage with pleasure (even before reading the bad part about Muhammad pubh) .. but your original post provoked in me the internal debate of reading vs. browsing etc..I have that thought always. I only read novels when I was learning a language to make the process more fun, but find internet more specific. Here is an example, I debate with many people about spirituality , Islam, Christianity etc.. and once I wanted to know the original name of Yahweh (which I had feeling it was from Arabic, Ya hay "O living one" just a guess, would you go and buy a book for that? on internet I quickly found an article in torahcom which says it is very possible it is from Arabic but they gave different words as the origin of the word, an article of maybe 3 pages.
here, "yhwh-the-original-arabic-meaning-of-the-name.. "
I notice that reading little article here and there give you much more advantage to be well rounded, and make reading much more fun and less dry, yet for specialized knoweldge books are better and more efficient. what do you think?
If you are in Dawah and read his other videos you will see many many good points and arguments, that save you huge time to read through all these book, still it is not the same as reading them yourself but the time saving is huge if one know where to look for on the net. feel free to refute, add, discuss, have a nice day. Salam.
I just read your comment again by chance, I see what you mean, I think you are alluding of how get the quote on the video.
I always think that he may have highlight the parts he like in a book because I myself do that, so I can find it easy when I want to re read it, instead re reading the whole book again which I would not do. I think many uses highlight, write on the margin, or notebook. I sometimes write it down in notebook if it is short info, (mainly if it is on the net , some may copy and paste, if it is some info from the net)..
Barak’ الله u fik !
There is also an article "Shakespeare and Sufism" by great Martin Lings.
do you have a fb page naming blogging theology
yes: facebook.com/groups/1562377784158862