Mufti Abu Layth Archive: arts/philosophy-and-ideas/language-and-semioticsAnswers on arts/philosophy-and-ideas/language-and-semiotics, newest recording first.https://muftiabulayth.org/feeds/topics/arts-philosophy-and-ideas-language-and-semiotics.atom.xml2021-04-26T00:00:00ZMufti Abu Layth Archivepipeline/feeds.pyDo we think in words or in images?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/6/2021-04-26T00:00:00Z2021-04-26T00:00:00ZDo we think in words or in images?
The guest argues that shapes are more fundamental than words or pictures; Mufti Abu Layth says words are also reductive, forcing profound things into limited form.
Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: general teaching
Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 25:25)
A more recent answer on wellbeing/islamic-psychology exists (19 August 2022): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/9/
Watch on YouTube at 26:43: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYiiPEhuiHA&t=1603s<p><b>Do we think in words or in images?</b></p>
<p>The guest argues that shapes are more fundamental than words or pictures; Mufti Abu Layth says words are also reductive, forcing profound things into limited form.</p>
<p>Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: general teaching</p>
<p>Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 25:25)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on wellbeing/islamic-psychology exists</b> (19 August 2022): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/t0phqrnjjby/s/9/">Why did Salman Rushdie write The Satanic Verses?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYiiPEhuiHA&t=1603s">Watch on YouTube at 26:43</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/6/">Open the segment</a></p>Did Lupe Fiasco's way with words come naturally?https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/5/2021-04-26T00:00:00Z2021-04-26T00:00:00ZDid Lupe Fiasco's way with words come naturally?
The guest says words did not come naturally: he trained himself by copying words from magazine covers into raps until metaphors and images came easily.
Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)
Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 19:02)
A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists (18 October 2025): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/
Watch on YouTube at 19:40: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYiiPEhuiHA&t=1180s<p><b>Did Lupe Fiasco's way with words come naturally?</b></p>
<p>The guest says words did not come naturally: he trained himself by copying words from magazine covers into raps until metaphors and images came easily.</p>
<p>Answer from 26 April 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Kind: quoted view (stated in order to be discussed, not necessarily held)</p>
<p>Recording: Lupe Fiasco | Stardom, Semiotics & Soul-searching | MindTrap#56 | Mufti Abu Layth al-Maliki MALM (at 19:02)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on dialogue/guest-conversations exists</b> (18 October 2025): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/onzjd7xmdhe/s/32/">How should Muslims engage people with very different views of the religion?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYiiPEhuiHA&t=1180s">Watch on YouTube at 19:40</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/5/">Open the segment</a></p>Why names intrigue Mufti Abu Layth: a name that sounds rude in Urduhttps://muftiabulayth.org/r/ijwbevcc6o8/s/24/2021-02-02T00:00:00Z2021-02-02T00:00:00ZWhy names intrigue Mufti Abu Layth: a name that sounds rude in Urdu
Mufti Abu Layth jokes about a name that sounds rude in Urdu and says he finds names intriguing.
Answer from 2 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors
Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #200| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:45:28)
A more recent answer on arts/philosophy-and-ideas/language-and-semiotics exists (26 April 2021): https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/6/
Watch on YouTube at 2:45:28: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijwBevcC6o8&t=9928s<p><b>Why names intrigue Mufti Abu Layth: a name that sounds rude in Urdu</b></p>
<p>Mufti Abu Layth jokes about a name that sounds rude in Urdu and says he finds names intriguing.</p>
<p>Answer from 2 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors</p>
<p>Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #200| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:45:28)</p>
<p><b>A more recent answer on arts/philosophy-and-ideas/language-and-semiotics exists</b> (26 April 2021): <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/oyiipehuiha/s/6/">Do we think in words or in images?</a></p>
<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ijwBevcC6o8&t=9928s">Watch on YouTube at 2:45:28</a> · <a href="https://muftiabulayth.org/r/ijwbevcc6o8/s/24/">Open the segment</a></p>