Mufti Abu Layth Archive: arts/philosophy-and-ideas/narrative-and-story

What inspired the story of Lupe Fiasco's album The Cool?

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

What inspired the story of Lupe Fiasco's album The Cool?

Mufti Abu Layth describes a classical tale of a poet's journey through paradise; the guest explains the resurrection story behind his album The Cool and the slave-ship myth of Drogas Wave.

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 1:15:55)

A more recent answer on arts/arabic-poetry-and-letters exists (22 February 2023): Did some Muslim scholars say homosexuality is not haram?

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Is the soul the same thing as consciousness?

Mon, 26 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Is the soul the same thing as consciousness?

The guest describes storytelling as a syncing of minds; Mufti Abu Layth says he feels consciousness is synonymous with the ruh and links people weakly at a distance.

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 33:13)

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Why does every spiritual awakening story have a time of withdrawal?

Tue, 09 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0000

Why does every spiritual awakening story have a time of withdrawal?

Mufti Abu Layth agrees that the ascetic phase in awakening stories is an archetype, like Tolstoy's two plots. Mufti Abu Layth says the ascetic phase in awakening narratives is like an archetype.

Answer from 9 February 2021 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: Monday Nights with Mufti #201| Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth (at 2:04:12)

A more recent answer on arts/philosophy-and-ideas/narrative-and-story exists (26 April 2021): What inspired the story of Lupe Fiasco's album The Cool?

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How should Muslims read the stories in the Quran?

Tue, 08 Jan 2019 00:00:00 +0000

How should Muslims read the stories in the Quran?

Quranic stories can be read as narrative and for lessons, but where they suggest the supernatural we must ask how to read them, unlike myths we never take as real. Mufti Abu Layth says some stories in the Quran suggest supernatural events without explicitly stating them.

Answer from 8 January 2019 · auto-transcribed, may contain errors

Kind: general teaching

Recording: In Depth: Sulaiman (a.s.), the Throne of Sheba, and Miracles in the Quran -Mufti Abu Layth (at 0:00)

A more recent answer on quran/hermeneutics exists (18 October 2025): Does 3:188 mean everyone who likes praise will be punished?

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