Recordings › Monday Nights with Mufti #210 | Q&A Unscripted & Unrestricted! 😉 | Mufti Abu Layth · 13 Apr 2021 › Segment 46 of 50
Was Adam a real person?
ramadhan ramzan ramazan ramadaan udhiyah qurbani qurbaani udhiya udhiyya kurbani muftis akhirah akhira aakhirah akhirat afterlife salam as-salamu alaykum assalamu alaikum assalamualaikum salaams salam alaykum wa alaykum as-salam peace greeting al-din ad-deen ad-din religionWas Adam a literal person? And critics who cannot enjoy life
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machinesummary, machine-writtenYes: Mufti Abu Layth believes Adam was a literal person, the father of the cognitive revolution, though he accepts some read him as a metaphor.
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As he begins to wrap up, Mufti Abu Layth is asked whether Adam is literal and says he does believe Adam was a literal person, the father of the cognitive revolution, while accepting that some see him as a metaphor and referring to his video on the subject. Responding to chat jokes about a critic, he says such people have boxed themselves into a cult-like mentality, cannot enjoy life and resent that others can, since their consolation was that they would have it in the hereafter, so someone who enjoys life makes their sacrifice look like an arbitrary choice of misery. He mentions returning to the gym that day.
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Mufti Abu Layth says he believes Adam was a literal person, the father of the cognitive revolution, while accepting that some see him as a metaphor.
“adam in my understanding is literal yes i do believe that i believe he was the father of the cognitive uh revolution”
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uh is adam for real literal i do believe adam alaihi salaam was a literal person and i have got a video explaining what my thoughts on adam are i do accept some people see him as a metaphor uh zebra that is why i would only have a child with an intelligent and good man may allah bless you with that and bless everyone with that amen right is adam literal again well you see adam in my understanding is literal yes i do believe that i believe he was the father of the cognitive uh revolution
gangu can be your assistant i'd love to you know like treat take him out somewhere get him a meal or something just just make him you know just talk to me about your issues man what's what's her name oh sorry what's his name [Laughter] you know that's that's all it is with these people you know they really are just suffering in life like they they've boxed themselves into this cult-like mentality and they can't enjoy life
and they hate that others can because their only solace before was that well okay we won't enjoy life but that's because we're going to get it in the akira and then along comes somebody like me [Laughter] it's like a huge thorn in the because it makes them think that well actually no you missing out is just your loss because you could be enjoying everything and that just makes because it would mean the entire sacrifice and life
he used miserable life amounts to nothing it's just been an arbitrary choice of misery so you can understand i guess why they have a problem binyamin ramadan mubarak mufti much love much love gym routines yeah i've just gone back today you know it's been it's been ages and i i just i made an insta thing saying i've just been baptized again
all right thank you for being my light through the deen geode right so creepy though thinking about people [Laughter] it is it is it it's a very it's a sad top topic but it is this is why i say people listen the lord has made this dunya for you let me give you some advice you know people let's and what we'll do is we'll wrap this up because somebody had messaged me and it ties a bit into this they'd ask me about you know about advice on enterprising and you know
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