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Dr Khalil Andani (guest)

Cited in 23 segments across 1 recording · 2020 · scholar/scholar:khalil-andani

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3 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Opening: welcoming Dr Khalil Andani to MindTrap Housekeeping: Mufti Abu Layth opens the stream and introduces his guest, Dr Khalil Andani, a scholar of Islamic theology and history. Announcementguest speechDr Khalil Andani (guest) machine2 min 07 s0:54on YouTube
3 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Who is Dr Khalil Andani and how did he come to study Islam academically? The guest describes leaving a career in accountancy to study Islamic studies at Harvard, where he finished a PhD and now teaches religion at a US college. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechDr Khalil Andani (guest)Harvard University machine3 min 47 s3:01on YouTube
3 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Did Muslims always see the Quran as God's word in the form of a book? The guest argues that the idea of the Quran as God's literal words in book form was not held by all Muslims historically, and that the Quran presents itself as a series of oral revelations manifesting a heavenly writing. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechDr Khalil Andani (guest)Dr Shehzad [?] (Shehzad Saleem)ahruf machine6 min 11 s7:40on YouTube
3 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth What difference does it make that the Quran was first oral and only later written down? The guest argues that the Mushaf is a secondary product that loses the context and immediacy of the oral revelation, like a printed map compared with live navigation. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechDr Khalil Andani (guest)Mushafwahy machine6 min 59 s13:26on YouTube
3 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Did revelation end with the Prophet, or does inspiration continue? The guest says that for Shi'is, Sufis and arguably jurists some form of revelatory inspiration continues; Mufti Abu Layth says the Quran will always continue to mean different things to different people over time. Discussionguest speechDr Khalil Andani (guest)Imamateawliya (friends of God)Jalal al-Din Rumi machine2 min 38 s19:58on YouTube
3 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Does 'Kitab' in the Quran mean a book? Kitab in the Quran means divine writing or prescription rather than a physical book; the guest distinguishes the heavenly Kitab Mubin from the Arabic Quran, and Mufti Abu Layth agrees Kitab cannot mean book. Discussionguest speechDr Khalil Andani (guest)al-Kitabal-Kitab al-MubinQuran 2:183 machine5 min 22 s22:36on YouTube
3 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is the 'Book of Allah' the same thing as the written Quran? The guest argues that equating Kitab Allah with the Mushaf is a later interpretation that downsized the Quran's concept of a transcendent divine writing. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechDr Khalil Andani (guest)Kitab AllahMushafreport: the book of allah is sufficient for us (unresolved; cited as in Sahih al-Bukhari, number not stated) machine5 min 55 s27:58on YouTube
3 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Do Ash'aris and Maturidis believe the Arabic Quran is God's eternal speech? In Ash'ari and Maturidi theology God's eternal speech is not Arabic sounds and letters; the Arabic Quran expresses it and is created. Discussionquoted view, not his positionguest speechDr Khalil Andani (guest)al-BaqillaniKalam Allahkalam nafsi machine5 min 51 s34:47on YouTube
3 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Why do so many Muslims think God speaks Arabic if their scholars said otherwise? Mufti Abu Layth says scholars' habit of not discussing this before ordinary people helped the public believe something different from their own scholars; the guest describes the popular Hanbali view that even the Mushaf is uncreated. Discussionguest speechDr Khalil Andani (guest)al-BajuriJawharat al-TawhidHanbali machine6 min 40 s40:15on YouTube
3 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is the Ash'ari view of God's speech really different from the Mu'tazili view? The guest says the Ash'aris borrowed heavily from the Mu'tazila but differ on whether speech is sounds and letters or meaning; Mufti Abu Layth says sectarian politics produced ambiguous creeds. Discussionguest speechDr Khalil Andani (guest)Ash'ariMu'tazilaMaturidi machine4 min 07 s46:24on YouTube
3 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is Arabic an eternal, divine language? Mufti Abu Layth rejects grammarians' claim that Arabic is eternal; both describe the Ash'ari view that revelation takes the language of its audience. Discussionmay contain a quoted viewguest speechDr Khalil Andani (guest)Abu Ali al-FarisiIbn Abbasreport: jibril was given the message of every prophet in arabic and translated it (unresolved; attributed to Ibn Abbas) machine2 min 02 s50:31on YouTube
3 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Was revelation words dictated by Gabriel, or inspiration the Prophet put into words? The guest argues that Quranic wahy is non-verbal inspiration through the ruh which the Prophet put into Arabic; Mufti Abu Layth says he finds himself with those who hold revelation was expressed within the Prophet. Discussionguest speechDr Khalil Andani (guest)wahyruhal-Ruh al-Amin machine4 min 57 s53:07on YouTube
3 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth How reliable is the story of the first revelation in the cave? The guest doubts the historicity of the cave story, attributing it to al-Zuhri; Mufti Abu Layth says he would take the whole description with a pinch of salt. Discussionguest speechDr Khalil Andani (guest)ruhKhadijahWaraqa ibn Nawfal (not named on air) machine5 min 38 s57:30on YouTube
3 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Were the companions allowed to change words of the Quran, and was that only a temporary concession? The guest argues the Prophet allowed multiple oral forms of the Quran; Mufti Abu Layth says this dynamism was the Quran's inherent nature, not a temporary concession. Discussionguest speechDr Khalil Andani (guest)ahrufreport: the quran was revealed in seven ahrufImam Malik machine6 min 54 s1:03:43on YouTube
3 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth How did Muslim theologians reconcile God being one with his many names and attributes? The guest and host trace how the Mu'tazila, Hanbalis and Ash'aris reconciled God's oneness with his many names and attributes. Discussionguest speechDr Khalil Andani (guest)Ahmad ibn HanbalMu'tazilaAsh'ari machine10 min 42 s1:10:57on YouTube
3 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Do Salafis believe God has a body? Mufti Abu Layth says Hanbalis and modern Salafis in effect believe God has body parts and so project a human image onto God; the guest notes philosophers and Isma'ilis objected that attributes give God parts. Discussionguest speechDr Khalil Andani (guest)HanbaliSalafiIsma'ili machine3 min 20 s1:21:43on YouTube
3 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Where do anthropomorphic ideas of God in Islam come from? Mufti Abu Layth suggests anthropomorphic texts were partly inherited from the Judeo-Christian tradition; the guest describes the Sufi, philosophical and Isma'ili view that God's names describe relations, not his essence. Discussionguest speechDr Khalil Andani (guest)report: allah created adam in his imageImam MalikIsma'ili machine4 min 41 s1:24:04on YouTube
3 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Viewer questions begin; the guest's connection drops Housekeeping: Mufti Abu Layth opens viewer questions and reconnects the guest after his connection drops. Announcementguest speechDr Khalil Andani (guest) machine4 min 25 s1:28:45on YouTube
3 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is love one of God's attributes in Islam? The guest says Sufi traditions understand God's mercy as love even though Kalam rarely speaks of it, and rejects the polemic that the God of Islam is not loving. Question from live chatquoted view, not his positionguest speechDr Khalil Andani (guest)Ibn ArabiRumirahmah machine1 min 52 s1:33:37on YouTube
3 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth If the Quran wasn't a book, why is it on a heavenly tablet? The guest says the one verse on the guarded tablet refers to 'a recitation', not an Arabic text, and that the Quran became Arabic for its audience. Question from live chatquoted view, not his positionguest speechDr Khalil Andani (guest)Quran 85:21-22al-Lawh al-Mahfuz (the guarded tablet)Quran 41:3 [?] (fussilat ayatuhu) machine1 min 49 s1:35:02on YouTube
3 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Is the Quran eternal, or was it created? The guest says the Arabic Quran in the tablet is, on most views, pre-existent but created; only God's languageless speech is eternal for Ash'aris and Maturidis. Question from live chatquoted view, not his positionguest speechDr Khalil Andani (guest)Kalam AllahmufassirunAsh'ari machine1 min 47 s1:36:51on YouTube
3 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Does God not love non-believers? The guest reads the verse as saying that certain deeds block God's love from reaching a person, not that God's love is selective. Question from live chatquoted view, not his positionguest speechDr Khalil Andani (guest)Quran 3:32 [?] (Allah does not love the disbelievers)rahmah machine1 min 30 s1:38:38on YouTube
3 Jul 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Closing: where to find the guest, and sign-off Housekeeping: the guest says where to find him and Mufti Abu Layth signs off. Announcementguest speechDr Khalil Andani (guest) machine1 min 35 s1:40:08on YouTube