fantastic! thank you for sharing! Masha Allah! Salams from Polish Muslim community in the UK! for centuries people said we are the bridge between East and West!
Nice to hear that youre Polish and Muslim. Sadly Poland itself isn't a friendly place for Muslims. Secondary schools organise Auschwitz trips, but even locals start discriminating students of foreign descent.
Alhamdulilah....we benefit from your vast reading and learning.....we benefit from you hsving lived, learned and left Christianity....we benefit from your informed view of Islam...as a muslim....we benefit from you wanting to share your learning with us....may Allah swt Guide and Protect you always......jazakallah khairan
9:39 an iconic presentation moment. Alexander the Great is known as a mightly military commander but the prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) is belittled as warlord even though they both did basically the same thing! Paul pulling that tweet up was a such classy move.
I understand what you're trying to say, but saying that The Prophet and Alexander "did basically the same thing" is abominable, and disrespectful to the Prophet. Alexander wasn't a "good guy," and war atrocities were committed in his reign.
@@MPERTER Plus, Alexander the Great wanted to conquer the world out of greed and power, Muhammad alayhi salaatu wa salaam did not believe in wars for material gain, rather, everything was for that the words of Allah would be supreme, and his companions followed that, that's why they didn't divide into seperate states and fought each other, the same cannot be said for the companions of Alexander, who also held the same ambition, their master had.
@@aq4356 More precisely, he did it for fame first, while power and greed weren't his main objectives. He idolized Achilles, and wanted to engrave his name in history just like him, something that Islam abhors more than greed, which is vanity and ostentatiousness.
About time brother Paul had his own lecture! Haven't watched it yet but just had to comment because I am so happy you are delivering this lecture brother Paul.
I live in Australia, didn’t have the chance to meet you Paul in real life, i pray Allah (SWT) unites us in Jannah with his prophets. One of my dreams Regards Abdul Hamid 💙♾
Paul, You must provide these lectures back in the UK as live seminars for the Muslims here. We desperately need this knowledge so we know the landscape we are operating in. You come with a certain package which makes this even more appealing, white, westerner, ex-Christian, philosopher etc. the only other person I can think of like this is Timothy Winters
Fascinating lecture, really well delivered, and easy to understand. Bro. Paul you are an excellent speaker! Alhumdolilaah very charming, humble and English❤
Brother Paul is eloquent and this audience are knowledgeable and respectful.Everybody who watch this video must have been enlightened.Thank you and Salam from Singapore.
Omg it's been a while I saw u and now you are touring the globe preaching the word of God . What a drastic growth . Am inspired. Please forgive me for ever doubting your strength . Am inspired to learn more . If u made it to be from the duat of Allah and his prophet in ur age. Then I can. Prayers 🙏
Great lecture, Brother Paul. 10:47 I really like that point, that Alexander is looked on relatively positively in the West, but Muhammad (Saliyahu Alahi Wa Salaam) and his successors are viewed negatively as some kind of intolerant warlords...and yet, ancient religions, cultures, and even (in many cases) ancient languages still exist to this day in areas conquered by the Islamic Empire. Yet Alexander and his successors (especially people like Antiochus Epiphanes, who's deeds against the Jewish people are found in the Catholic Deuterocanonical books/Protestant Apocrypha) were brutal in their assimilation of other peoples. The double standard is really apparent when the Muslims are viewed as "occupiers" of Spain for the entire time they were there--800 years, a time three times as long as the United States has been in existence. Or how the Turks are viewed as "occupying" the Hagia Sophia when they've been there since before Columbus sailed. Turning to the west, the Israeli state hasn't been in East Jerusalem more than 55 years, but dare not call them "Occupiers"...and you'd never say the United States "occupies" its current geography, even though we've only existed as a nation for 1/3 of the time the Muslims were in Spain. This is especially egregious when you consider that the Muslim rule in Spain was demonstrably more tolerant, intellectual, technologically advanced and materially successful than what came before it and what came after it. In addition, the same Spanish state that kicked out all Muslims and Jews also began a horrible exploitation of the Americas in their lust spreading their Catholic faith, acquiring gold, and bringing personal glory to the conquerors.
I enjoyed and benefited from the lecture and look forward to the whole series - thank you. Just a quick point, the painting at the beginning illustrates Ibn Rushd (Averoes) and not Ibn Sina (Avicenna).
Thanks Dr. Paul for the lecture, could you please kindly give the audience a microphone in the future lectures so we can understand their questions?. Thanks as always
Brilliant talk! Bravo Paul 👏 Didn’t realize we needed our brother Paul up there in the stand giving pivotal lectures like this. We need more of this. Very much looking forward to watching all the videos in this series and really hoping for for lecture based contents like this. You look like you belong up on the stage, mashallah 😊😊
I am surprised at the people who are surprised by Br Paul being good at public speaking 🤷♂️. What do you think he has been doing all along in his TH-cam channel ?! If you say it's a different mode of delivery, I would say there are many common elements in the interviewing and public speaking. You should have noticed the dizzying eloquence and fluency of br Paul in his interviews. He many times very succinctly and eloquently summarized long chain of ideas of his guests. So, it shows his command of English as well as systematic thinking in delivering complex ideas. Thank you br Paul, it was very enlightening compact lecture.
Good going Paul Williams (can I say synonymous with the ever fascinating Blogging Theology). Salute! and salutations of peace and love from South Africa, the land of the freed but struggling with the modernist order of a liberal and constitutional democratic world.
I respect you brother Paul Williams very very much, May Allah grant you beneficial knowledge greatly. My mother tongue is Bangla and I am weak in English but still I learn from you
Well done Paul, Great presentation, Zaytuna and Shaykh Hamza would have been proud, they study and understand both the western and Islamic traditions. One of the few Muslim scenes that truly understand. Thanks
Jazak Allah Khair. I'm so glad you have uploaded this bit from the retreat. Really wanted to be a part of it but iqama was due for renewal which might have posed some visa issues.
Jazakallah Khair ustadh Paul. I wish the camera exposure can be adjusted so the slides can be seen better iA Edit: I watched the whole lecture. Really, the screen wasn't needed. I was able to learn so much that scholarly work was so easily explained and understood by a layman like myself. May this video (and this channel!) be testimony to Ustadh Paul's efforts for the deen.
This was in Istanbul? I was there a week ago along with London and Roma. Beautiful places. I also look forward to your future lectures Paul. Keep it up!
Beautiful introduction of the western tradition, emphasizing 'knowledge', 'intellectual development' and 'Islam' as the only surviving tradition leading us to 'divine design'. In Raphael's masterpiece Paul claims Ibn Sena and other Islamic intellectuals are shown (not identified by Paul), I think a separate list of great Islamic thinkers can be made from available arts. I hope Paul will keep up the British quest to find out the 400,000 books recovered from the library of Alhambra (many are reported buried in the sands around Timbuctoo), enabling Europeans to be freed from the dark ages into enlightenment.
CONGRATULATIONS bro.... ALLAH Bless you and expand your knowledge, You are a great source of learning especially to Westerners personalities...!! You are a great guy..
I really like to listen to your videos on Spotify. I think it will beneficial if you direct your listeners on TH-cam to your podcast. I find it easier to listen to an hour long conversation in podcast format.
Just a couple of observations pertaining to Raphael’s fresco: 1- Socrates is there in the fresco in profile - the guy standing in greenish clothes in the top center left. 2- it’s Ibn Rushd (Averroes) rather than Ibn Sina who is depicted in the lower left. Of course a number (some) of the people identified in the fresco are educated guesses by scholars as compared to others who are identified by the books etc they carry or by their actions etc. But terrific presentation as always!
Just a clarification, so it turns out that actually Socrates IS also in Fresco's Vatican painting. Along with Ibn Rushd (Averroes), Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle, and a few more prominent figures.
Nice job brother Paul. I always follow your lecture coz you just using a common English word. So it's can give a lot more understanding. Alhamdulillah.
I don’t know if it’s because of me or because of the sound of the video but I hear an annoying peep sound, sometimes it’s a little louder and sometimes it’s gone.
MashAllah this is brilliant. I have longed for a n explanation of the big picture of the western tradition more detailed than britanica but less detailed then a PhD thesis. May Allah give you strength to continue your search of knowledge and allow us to share the journey through your work
Mashallah, uncle Paul is a good public speaker.
@It's a Journey *He
@It's a Journey ?
@@Harbo1003 perhaps someone else is being referred to
@@vmarzein I've seen this person before in different channel, he is just trolling and calling people a different gender in comments.
Masha Allah
fantastic! thank you for sharing! Masha Allah!
Salams from Polish Muslim community in the UK! for centuries people said we are the bridge between East and West!
Nice to hear that youre Polish and Muslim. Sadly Poland itself isn't a friendly place for Muslims. Secondary schools organise Auschwitz trips, but even locals start discriminating students of foreign descent.
Wa alaykumu s-salam
Where is the polish community in in the UK?
Where is the best place to find polish material on Islam?
@@ysaviationtrains2313 been there , people aren’t really anti Muslim, it’s just that the country as a whole is against massive non European migration
Alhamdulilah....we benefit from your vast reading and learning.....we benefit from you hsving lived, learned and left Christianity....we benefit from your informed view of Islam...as a muslim....we benefit from you wanting to share your learning with us....may Allah swt Guide and Protect you always......jazakallah khairan
Aameen aameen yarabbal aalameen
@@seekthetruthandthetruthwil2388 cope
9:39 an iconic presentation moment. Alexander the Great is known as a mightly military commander but the prophet Muhammad (ﷺ) is belittled as warlord even though they both did basically the same thing! Paul pulling that tweet up was a such classy move.
I understand what you're trying to say, but saying that The Prophet and Alexander "did basically the same thing" is abominable, and disrespectful to the Prophet. Alexander wasn't a "good guy," and war atrocities were committed in his reign.
@@MPERTER Plus, Alexander the Great wanted to conquer the world out of greed and power, Muhammad alayhi salaatu wa salaam did not believe in wars for material gain, rather, everything was for that the words of Allah would be supreme, and his companions followed that, that's why they didn't divide into seperate states and fought each other, the same cannot be said for the companions of Alexander, who also held the same ambition, their master had.
@@aq4356 More precisely, he did it for fame first, while power and greed weren't his main objectives. He idolized Achilles, and wanted to engrave his name in history just like him, something that Islam abhors more than greed, which is vanity and ostentatiousness.
About time brother Paul had his own lecture! Haven't watched it yet but just had to comment because I am so happy you are delivering this lecture brother Paul.
I've found these presentations to be most fascinating. I'm glad to see they're online, to be revisited as need dictates.
Please see the rest of his channel inshAllah you will find it enthralling
I love a good dictator
I didn't know Paul is that good at public speaking ma sha' Allah. 😯
Assalamu aleykum veli
He does go to speakers corner as well
I live in Australia, didn’t have the chance to meet you Paul in real life, i pray Allah (SWT) unites us in Jannah with his prophets. One of my dreams
Regards
Abdul Hamid 💙♾
Paul,
You must provide these lectures back in the UK as live seminars for the Muslims here.
We desperately need this knowledge so we know the landscape we are operating in.
You come with a certain package which makes this even more appealing, white, westerner, ex-Christian, philosopher etc. the only other person I can think of like this is Timothy Winters
If you enjoy Paul's work, you should financially (whatever you can) support him I used PayPal.
many thanks!
Fascinating lecture, really well delivered, and easy to understand. Bro. Paul you are an excellent speaker! Alhumdolilaah very charming, humble and English❤
Please keep posting the rest of the lectures you mention in the beginning. Thank you Paul!
Brother Paul is eloquent and this audience are knowledgeable and respectful.Everybody who watch this video must have been enlightened.Thank you and Salam from Singapore.
Wow Paul is like a walking library, amazing how he synthesized and recalls all the things he read.
Assalam Alaykum. Lovely to see you in action on stage brother Paul. Just halfway through but thoroughly enjoying this. Thanks for uploading!
Omg it's been a while I saw u and now you are touring the globe preaching the word of God . What a drastic growth . Am inspired. Please forgive me for ever doubting your strength . Am inspired to learn more . If u made it to be from the duat of Allah and his prophet in ur age. Then I can. Prayers 🙏
Fascinating. Jazakallah khairan for sharing. I wish I was there attending your lecture
Yes I wish I could have attended too.
Paul, your delivery of ‘nausea’ did make me chuckle. Great presentation
Your body language is great brother Paul!
Paul is the man!
Mashallah! You're a very good lecturer. Clear and organized ideas, you must have spent days preparing 😯❤
Great lecture, Brother Paul.
10:47 I really like that point, that Alexander is looked on relatively positively in the West, but Muhammad (Saliyahu Alahi Wa Salaam) and his successors are viewed negatively as some kind of intolerant warlords...and yet, ancient religions, cultures, and even (in many cases) ancient languages still exist to this day in areas conquered by the Islamic Empire. Yet Alexander and his successors (especially people like Antiochus Epiphanes, who's deeds against the Jewish people are found in the Catholic Deuterocanonical books/Protestant Apocrypha) were brutal in their assimilation of other peoples.
The double standard is really apparent when the Muslims are viewed as "occupiers" of Spain for the entire time they were there--800 years, a time three times as long as the United States has been in existence. Or how the Turks are viewed as "occupying" the Hagia Sophia when they've been there since before Columbus sailed. Turning to the west, the Israeli state hasn't been in East Jerusalem more than 55 years, but dare not call them "Occupiers"...and you'd never say the United States "occupies" its current geography, even though we've only existed as a nation for 1/3 of the time the Muslims were in Spain.
This is especially egregious when you consider that the Muslim rule in Spain was demonstrably more tolerant, intellectual, technologically advanced and materially successful than what came before it and what came after it. In addition, the same Spanish state that kicked out all Muslims and Jews also began a horrible exploitation of the Americas in their lust spreading their Catholic faith, acquiring gold, and bringing personal glory to the conquerors.
Pual I initially thought that u are only Online intellectual but u are also extraordinary presenter
JazakALLAHukhairan brother @Paul Williams
I enjoyed and benefited from the lecture and look forward to the whole series - thank you.
Just a quick point, the painting at the beginning illustrates Ibn Rushd (Averoes) and not Ibn Sina (Avicenna).
Thanks for the correction!
This was so easy to follow. Thank you so much! Jazaka Allah Khairan :)
Glad it was helpful!
Nice session brother Paul thanks for sharing 🙌
Thanks Dr. Paul for the lecture, could you please kindly give the audience a microphone in the future lectures so we can understand their questions?. Thanks as always
Yes good point!
Excellent presentation, time just flew by.
I found it really helpful for my own sake, learned a lot.
Many thanks for sharing it with us.
👍🏽😘
Mashallah, Allah has gifted you with knowledge, And I'm glad your making use of it, good job brother Paul.
Brilliant talk! Bravo Paul 👏 Didn’t realize we needed our brother Paul up there in the stand giving pivotal lectures like this. We need more of this. Very much looking forward to watching all the videos in this series and really hoping for for lecture based contents like this.
You look like you belong up on the stage, mashallah 😊😊
Alhamdulillah
I am surprised at the people who are surprised by Br Paul being good at public speaking 🤷♂️. What do you think he has been doing all along in his TH-cam channel ?! If you say it's a different mode of delivery, I would say there are many common elements in the interviewing and public speaking. You should have noticed the dizzying eloquence and fluency of br Paul in his interviews. He many times very succinctly and eloquently summarized long chain of ideas of his guests. So, it shows his command of English as well as systematic thinking in delivering complex ideas. Thank you br Paul, it was very enlightening compact lecture.
Nice work Brother Paul...well done really happy for you...
Excellent lecture brother!
Good going Paul Williams (can I say synonymous with the ever fascinating Blogging Theology). Salute! and salutations of peace and love from South Africa, the land of the freed but struggling with the modernist order of a liberal and constitutional democratic world.
Interesting lecture. Looking forward to the next.
Very proud of you sir 😊
Well done Paul. You are building bridges between West and Muslims.
Now I am convinced that Brother Paul is the real person
Wonderful presentation, Bro!
I’m happy seeing your progress, Masha Allah!
How many nukes do you have?
Jazak'Allah Khair uncle Paul.
Looking young, energetic and wise....good luck.
I respect you brother Paul Williams very very much, May Allah grant you beneficial knowledge greatly. My mother tongue is Bangla and I am weak in English but still I learn from you
Thank you Paul
Salam aleykum from France brother Paul et thanks for the sharring
Paul is back in Turkey. Safe travels brother.
Mashaalah im proud of you brother Paul , i still didnt watch the video , i will grab my tea cup and start it now inshaalah !!
Well done Paul, Great presentation, Zaytuna and Shaykh Hamza would have been proud, they study and understand both the western and Islamic traditions. One of the few Muslim scenes that truly understand. Thanks
Good lecture. Brother Paul is a great lecturer
Very educational. Thank you Dr. Paul. Sallam from Libya. May Allah highly reward you for your efforts.
This is really fascinating, I had just watched a lecture on western civilization but this one takes the cake! really good!
Excellent ..job brother Paul. I love it .
I will watch this with interest
MashaAllah. Excellent public speaking. I would shiver and sweat on idea of giving 5 minute presentation 😂
Jazak Allah Khair. I'm so glad you have uploaded this bit from the retreat. Really wanted to be a part of it but iqama was due for renewal which might have posed some visa issues.
Thank you for your hard work
MashaAllah brother paul, i have been your fan since your speaker's corner days. ❤️ from your malaysian brother in islam. May Allah bless you.
MashaAllah, uncle Paul is a very good speaker🤲🏽
Outstanding lecture brother Paul
Jazakallah Khair ustadh Paul.
I wish the camera exposure can be adjusted so the slides can be seen better iA
Edit: I watched the whole lecture. Really, the screen wasn't needed. I was able to learn so much that scholarly work was so easily explained and understood by a layman like myself. May this video (and this channel!) be testimony to Ustadh Paul's efforts for the deen.
I hope you will also give interviews to religious youtubers in Turkey.
Wow this is such a treat!
You are truly a scholar Mr. Paul 🙂. Welcome to our country.
Nice and succinct overview. Thank you, Paul.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Masha Allah brother Paul, very hardworking indeed. May Allah reward your work for the Deen.
Looking forward to watching this tonight
This was in Istanbul? I was there a week ago along with London and Roma. Beautiful places. I also look forward to your future lectures Paul. Keep it up!
You’re a clever man Paul.
Beautiful introduction of the western tradition, emphasizing 'knowledge', 'intellectual development' and 'Islam' as the only surviving tradition leading us to 'divine design'. In Raphael's masterpiece Paul claims Ibn Sena and other Islamic intellectuals are shown (not identified by Paul), I think a separate list of great Islamic thinkers can be made from available arts. I hope Paul will keep up the British quest to find out the 400,000 books recovered from the library of Alhambra (many are reported buried in the sands around Timbuctoo), enabling Europeans to be freed from the dark ages into enlightenment.
CONGRATULATIONS bro.... ALLAH Bless you and expand your knowledge, You are a great source of learning especially to Westerners personalities...!!
You are a great guy..
Mashallah, barakallahu feek for the Presentation. I hope you enjoyed your time in turkey :)
Great Lecture! If you could somehow provide links to the slides/photos in description it would be really helpful.
Masha Allah brother.. may Allah increase you in knowledge, and bless you with happiness and success in this life and hereafter..
I really like to listen to your videos on Spotify. I think it will beneficial if you direct your listeners on TH-cam to your podcast. I find it easier to listen to an hour long conversation in podcast format.
Just a couple of observations pertaining to Raphael’s fresco:
1- Socrates is there in the fresco in profile - the guy standing in greenish clothes in the top center left.
2- it’s Ibn Rushd (Averroes) rather than Ibn Sina who is depicted in the lower left.
Of course a number (some) of the people identified in the fresco are educated guesses by scholars as compared to others who are identified by the books etc they carry or by their actions etc.
But terrific presentation as always!
Amazing series, I can’t wait to see the rest 👏🏾
Assalamualaikum dear brother,
Glad to hear your voice on interesting topic.
Keep it up. May Allah swt bless you.
Very well done Paul!
We are very proud of you
Just a clarification, so it turns out that actually Socrates IS also in Fresco's Vatican painting. Along with Ibn Rushd (Averroes), Pythagoras, Plato, Aristotle, and a few more prominent figures.
Unfortunately, although I am a Turk living in Istanbul, I could not attend. Maybe next time
Couldn't be better Masha Allah. Thank you for sharing.
Alhamdulillah
I really enjoyed this lecture! It’s good timing for me since I just finished reading Plato’s Republic!
Wonderful!
Very interesting talk. Thanks for sharing.
Outstanding ...impressive stuff Paul ..you are a legend !
May Allah increase you in knowledge Akhi
Nice job brother Paul. I always follow your lecture coz you just using a common English word. So it's can give a lot more understanding. Alhamdulillah.
I’ve only watched 5 minutes into and already looking forward to Saturday InshaAllah I get to finish this video first !
mashalla lovely uncle paul may allah reward u with paradise. i really appreciate ur efforts❤️❤️❤️
Oh man, this is brilliant!
I don’t know if it’s because of me or because of the sound of the video but I hear an annoying peep sound, sometimes it’s a little louder and sometimes it’s gone.
MashAllah this is brilliant. I have longed for a n explanation of the big picture of the western tradition more detailed than britanica but less detailed then a PhD thesis.
May Allah give you strength to continue your search of knowledge and allow us to share the journey through your work
I'm super proud of my Uncle/sheikh Paul ✨ boom
this is really beautiful. we need lectures and by Allah you did very well may Allah carry you and us to a greater cause 🏴🇹🇷🏳☝🏼
Please put all of those handouts and references in the description or a link to them on your website. Good work God bless you
It's such an absolutly amazing lecture .
That was eloquently done brother! My only problem is that it wasn't long enough. 😛
Thanks for adding the Arabic translation
I love to attend your lecture paul. I hope reward from allah for u paul.... may allah bless u....
*لا إله إلا ﷲ*
*لا إله إلا ﷲ*
*لا إله إلا ﷲ*
*لا إله إلا ﷲ*
*لا إله إلا ﷲ*
*لا إله إلا ﷲ* *محمد رسول ﷲ*