AS a Christian I'm happily surprise with the depth of Mr. Hamza knowledge and his ability to convey this thoughts, and passages of Islam in a clear manner, after listening to this episode of closer to truth, I maybe be closer to truth.
As a danish man who convertet to Islam after looking for the truth for so long I can only say: I never regrettet becoming a muslim. That is ten years ago. Hope you find happiness in Islam too. Greeting from Denmark.
Learnt so much about Islam from this gentleman today. All my respect and gratitude to this great religion. Also realized many similarities between vedas and Quran about existence, consciousness, God without attribute and God with attribute .. World needs more scholars like him to teach us about the correct interpretations of these old scriptures.. see religion is not but it’s the people with blind faith and who were brain washed bring bad names to the religion .. Interested to learn more about Quran after hearing this gentleman, thank you
Mr. Kuhn ends his interviews usually with a two-liner which dismisses the episode as being amiss of key questions unanswered or still in doubt. To me after seeing such repeated dismissals I gave up on Mr. Kuhn’s sincerity in his quest for truth. In all his previous episodes he did not interview muslims and if Islam did arise in any episode it was with a dismissive tone almost always. And so I’m rathar speechless of what I saw of my favorite scholar and so dear to my heart br Sheikh Hamza Yusuf answer Mr. Kuhn so easily and unperturbed. Mr. Kuhn I dreaded would dismiss this interview too. But he didn’t !!! And I might say he couldn’t. It is my fond hope that Mr. Kuhn has the courage to interview Sh Hamza Yusuf again a few times until The Truth prevails. My duas to Allah SWT to protect and preserve Sh Hamza Yusuf and increase him in knowledge and grant him Aafiyah in this life and reserve for him the loftiest place in Jannatulfirdaus in the Aakhirah. Aameen 0 seconds ago
You learnt about Sufism, the strand that mainstream Islam followers as much as hate but yet in the comment section has 'blown' many of their minds, and many other main streamers want to take credit for.
it is rewarding to be a self acknowledged muslim, especially at your age. i would advise to seek more knowledge. dont tap yourself on your shoulder, but i think your miles ahead, and that can only grow. ma shAllah
Also try never to be biased. It may lead you astray from your religion. But promise yourself to be sincere and loyal to Truth and only Truth. Study abiogenesis and the formation of the solar system for starters.
Wow. And here I thought I had started early (a long time ago when I was 14). I myself am a Catholic but what I'll tell you applies to all religions of the one God. Being a religious leader is a big responsibility, especially in this new century. I have read some parts of the Quran and let me tell you, there is much deep wisdom in it. May God guide us.
I am blown away by the amazing respectful questions and phenomenal answers by our teacher Sir, Hamza Yusuf. I am so honoured and proud to be Muslim. What an amazing feeling and gift to be certain of the existence of God and powered by divine teachings and guidance of the last revelation from God. BELIEVE
Wow! I'm blown away by this episode. Thank you Robert for interviewing this great Islamic scholar Sh. Hamza Yusuf. He is so knowledgeable not only in Islam but also in all Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Islam and Judaism). Great questions, Robert. Please bring him more often.
@@alsanabani Here's your quran & the moon god allah's number is...666.... Hebrew 666 is allah -- the Exact sequence of Hebrew letters... W W l ....is mentioned 3 times in the Bible matching the arabic allah perfectly...
I have been listening to Syaikh Hamza Yusuf lectures since 2013 online. I think I haven't missed any lectures that Syaikh has delivered on RUclips. I hope someday I could learn directly from Syaikh. Syaikh Hamza has helped me to understand Islam deeper. Thank you very much Syaikh.... May Allah SWT guards your vision and missions and blesses them with tawfeeq 🤲 Love from Indonesia ❤️ .
@@IsmailFahmi7 senang sekali ada teman follower hamza yusuf di Indonesia. Saya rasa koleksi saya lengkap dari masa mudanya beliau. Btw beberapa kali beliau datang ke Malaysia tapi di Indonesia belum pernah. :(
What a beautiful lecture. No one can explain God as he/Islam did. It filled my heart with joy and mercy...may Allah keep this love for him alive until I die.
As a Roman Catholic, I enjoyed this discussion. My view is that if we all acknowledge and adhere to the guidance of the Holy Books then we can't go far wrong - except through our sinful human nature if we allow that to guide us. As a Roman Catholic, I have always held a certain respect for Islam and The Qur'an and think Roman Catholicism is the closest of all the various Christian denominations to Islam. Before he mentioned it I could already tell that Hamza Yusuf was an ex-Catholic by his attitude and demeanour.
Yes. There are many similarities between Roman Catholic and Orthodox (Sunni) Islam. Even in the mind-body it's quite difficult at least for me to differentiate concursus dei and kasb. But in the ontology cmiiw mainstream Catholicism more close to perennial philosopher's works (e.g Avicenna and Averroes) via Thomas Aquinas than occasionalism (e.g Al-Ghazali) via Nicolas Malebranche.
There are many similarities! But the Muslims maintain its blasphemous to say God is 3. Basically polytheism. The Holy Spirit is the Ángel Gabriel Jesus Son of Mary was an honorable Prophet and Messenger peace be upon them all
I believe he grew up both in the Greek Orthodox and Catholic Church but his mother always reminded him to be open minded and even taught him about Buddhism and other spiritual traditions. Shaykh Hamza Yusuf is a gem in Islam. He is a devout worshipper, scholar, and an amazing human being. Masha’Allah. May God protect him and preserve him.
Hamza Yousuf, this guy has made me felt overwhelming many times. As a muslim, I must say that he has opened many doors or eyes that nobody did before as much as he has done.
Finally my favorite speaker... Hamza just took it to the top. His explanation of everything is so clear and perfectly thought out. Can't say the same for so many other people that Lawrence interviewed. Please bring on more Hamza. Also looking to Jeffrey Lang And obviously Timothy Winters. These are all top Western scholars and followers of Islam.
He is an exceptional Scholar of our time. He has opened my mind and my heart to understand the real problem of the ummah in our time. I used to be radical in my belief and rigid in way of practicing Islam, but he has made me understand my mistakes. Traditional Islam is what he teaches about, without him and Allah guidance, maybe I would stand together with those radicals Isis. Thanks Allah SWT for giving him good health and never give up on his effort.
But he can't demonstrate that his belief is true and in fact he has a philosophy that asserts without evidence and is just another religiously motivated moron that cannot reconcile his belief with the universe. He dismisses the universe being eternal and posits his delusional god in its place an eternal.
@@ministryofarguments3525 universe being eternal is an empirical and mathematical absurdity and contradiction to reality. Unless you can prove it that isn't the case, what even makes you think that you are not the one who is delusional as your theory seems to contradict objective reality? Any ideology that contradicts reality is false. And yours is such. And you seem to distort the meaning of belief : an acceptance that something exists or is true, especially one without proof. So your notion that a belief ought to be demonstrated is merely your subjective assertion which is baseless.
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Hamza speaks a lot of sense and appears to be a profound scholar, offering many insights. G-D has created a perfect world especially for those that follow his ways.
@Bibibibi Pipipi nope it talks about the poeple of the book the book .it can be reference to the hidden Quran within the book or the Book of disteny witch was written before time in islamic lure .the word is used "ketab". Book not scripture and no not any polithists the one who mix the worship of Allah with another Gods the word "mushrekeen" means those who worship others with God more specifily Allah I think it's time for u to think 😊🐋
@Bibibibi Pipipi Bro stop watching hateful people plz with fanclubs mentality . even the word that means cursing in Arabic can have a deffrient meaning in Old Arabic raugh interpartion the one he need to be removed from his fall .Satan is just an elder who lost his way in the end by his choice he can go back to it .
@Bibibibi Pipipi bro he is talking about specife people who where given a spicfice book and instructions u have to read a lot of passages before u see that .what ur doing like this is reading a story from the meddile and cherry picking for what exactly ? Learn this something u cannot understand in it's original language and have ill trust to it drop it and Gods have dark sides when u tell one of them that there evil it will grant u ur wish by becoming ur evil approach them with respect or leave them
@Bibibibi Pipipi I follow Judaism, which is the oldest of the G-D based faiths. Where we encounter fellow Jews who have strayed from the path, we try to engage them so that they come back to the fold and show them how G-D can be a part of their lives. You don't need to condemn all non believers out of hand or send them to hell. Many professed atheists have come back to G-D as a result of having Near Death Experiences or other spiritual encounters. This is what G-D is looking for in the end. Did you try to encourage such people to re-engage with their faith?
@Bibibibi Pipipi Judaism is based on the Torah which was given to us 3,300 years ago atop Mount Sinai. Tell me of a G-D based faith which preceded that.
@@IshkalShow what exactly is beautiful about these men invented, genital and gender discriminating ideas?? Useless, serving for nothing, resolving nothing, proving nothing, helping with nothing except creating separatism and leading possibly rational people to believe in evil fairy tales.
Listening to Islamic theology, philosophy and religious views for non Muslims is like a whole new window opened on ideas and principles that we never thought off. Just because in the west we think all things religion must be Christian like and never contemplated that there is something beyond.
Hamza the great luminary of America! May God bless him richly. Its always spiritually uplifting to hear him. Closer to truth is a great program. Robert is the great explorer. May Allah guide him!
@Rabid Dog Is Wikipedia really a good source for history hahahaha you're really an amateur. On Wikipedia, everyone can change and put information History proves that Islam spread because it is a truth in the past and now. Now there are no wars and it is the fastest spreading religion. So there is no need to rely on Wikipedia. History books prove it. A question about who the caused of the first and second world wars and the Christian ethnic cleansing and much more. History proves that Christianity has more murders then atheism by a small margin. but Islam is so far Islam is the religion of truth
@Rabid Dog I know the stories better than you. So you don't have to tell me. Ask any academic person about whether Wikipedia is a source he will laugh at you because it is like Facebook . But do you deny that Christianity is many times more?
Mr. Kuhn ends his interviews usually with a two-liner which dismisses the episode as being amiss of key questions unanswered or still in doubt. To me after seeing such repeated dismissals I gave up on Mr. Kuhn’s sincerity in his quest for truth. In all his previous episodes he did not interview muslims and if Islam did arise in any episode it was with a dismissive tone almost always. And so I’m rathar speechless of what I saw of my favorite scholar and so dear to my heart br Sheikh Hamza Yusuf answer Mr. Kuhn so easily and unperturbed. Mr. Kuhn I dreaded would dismiss this interview too. But he didn’t !!! And I might say he couldn’t. It is my fond hope that Mr. Kuhn has the courage to interview Sh Hamza Yusuf again a few times until The Truth prevails. My duas to Allah SWT to protect and preserve Sh Hamza Yusuf and increase him in knowledge and grant him Aafiyah in this life and reserve for him the loftiest place in Jannatulfirdaus in the Aakhirah. Aameen
Thank you Global Philosophy of Religion Project for opening the doors for understanding one another. We share this world and understanding and appreciating each other is essential for promoting empathy and co-existence. Your work is much appreciated.
Actually there are many ex-Christians that are scholars of Islam. Hamza Yusuf Timothy Winters Bilal Philips Khalid Yasin Dr. Lawrence Brown Abdulrahman Green I can literally name thousands of them. You just don't know how many people are converting to Islam from Christianity every day.
Yeah, that conversion is a two way street. Besides, Sufism is probably the only strand of that religion that is noble because it gets it right, and its therefore ok if they go to that specifically.
Please interview Abdul Hakim Murad also known as Dr Timothy Winters, the president of Cambridge Muslim College. He is an extremely eloquent and intelligent speaker with profound insight. He would make for a wonderful interview.
Interesting. Indeed, Aquinas' arguments are based on the works of Muslim philosophers. The works of the Greek philosophers were translated by the Muslims which also influenced Muslim thoughts. Knowledge is indeed universal.
Long live professor Hamza Yusuf..Hats off to a great personality on whom Allah Subhanahu WathaAla has bestowed his infinite mercy of the proper understanding of the Religion and strengthen him with the ability to explain the intricacies of the Religion in an exhaustive manner.
@@AntonySachin "It has no connection with an arabic culture". Just to be very simple and concise. Who is the father of western thought? Socrates whom we know from the great Plato, and his student Plato, and his student Aristotle. Aristotle, literally called The Philosopher was known through Ibn Rushd (Averroes) that he was named by the westerners who read Aristotle through him as "The Commentator" Did you know the only single work of Plato known to the west was the first part of Timaeus? So how did the other texts reach the west? Literally by Plethon taking them from Constantinople. Algebra is الجبر which literally comes from Khawarizmi's name of his book Algebra الجبر Chemistry is a renaissance era change of the word Alchemy which is from the root الكيمياء or Alchemy or The Chemistry. The element system literally comes from Jabir ibn Hayyan. The Book of Optics literally comes from Ibn al-Haytham. "In the book, he presented a study of the phenomenon of the camera obscura (his thousand-year-old version of the pinhole camera) and delved further into the way the eye itself works. Using dissections and the knowledge of previous scholars, he was able to begin to explain how light enters the eye. He asserted that the light ray is focused, but the actual explanation of how light projected to the back of the eye had to wait until 1604. His Treatise on Light explained the camera obscura, hundreds of years before the modern development of photography" Who literally outlined natural selecrion and darwinism a thousand years before darwin? Al-Jahiz! Who formulated the scientific method? Jabir ibn-Hayyan (Geber) I mean I don't even have to go deep, rhis is all elementary basic knowledge. Their own numbers are "arabic numerals" and Fibonacci found them in algeria and spread them through europe lol. To say something as sumb as this is as if someone said the west had no influence from hindu and greek science. Complete nonsense lmao
Without evil how can we be great people? What makes a great person is learning from mistakes and trials , learning from experiencing evil, this what makes a great nation ! Without evil we would be at loss and dumb founded .
It was amazing to learn more about Islam perceptive. Thanks so much Mr. Kuhn and your team in arranging this interview. I’m sure your subscribers would be happy to see more interviews like this telling us more about Islam in your future episodes ❤️
Well done Robert for this brilliant scholar; he is well versed in lslam, Christianity and to a certain degree in Judaism. He presents Islam perfectly well, I like to listen to him... I usually watch your channel, CTT, your effort is highly appreciated to be closer to truth. Best wishes.
GOD's Name ISN'T.....allah --------------- satan in the Bible is moon god allah of the quran.... >>>>>> ZERO Miracles in the quran.... Over 160 Miracles in the Bible.... >>>>> 1 False Prophet in quran
This channel is called closer to truth and if you are here watching this you’ve arrived at it 💚 Thank you for bringing this giant of our modern tradition! May Allah bless Hamza Yusuf and guide us all!
Excellent talk elaborate explanation very satisfying to the intellect. Every word spoken was so important. Amazing how what I would describe as an ocean of knowledge. It goes tell us how little we know and how limited our capacity is in relationship to God.
Sir I have been seeing your program even before you invited Hamza Yusuf and really your program is very very good .But there was one think I always thought may you ask this question of yours from an Islamic Scholar who is aware of the modern world too and get the Islamic perspective as well And Alhumdulillah you got the right man for your right questions
The approach of the Shaykh is very enlightening and it shows genuine scholarship not of just your own tradition as an adherent of one but it shows also a deep appreciation of tradition in faith regardless of personal standpoints MashaAllaah Alhamdulillaah BaarakaAllaahu feekum
One of the greatest Muslim scholar of this time I have never came across any one beside malclom who has same depth of understanding. جزاك الله خير for your efforts
Shaikh Hamza cited some verses from the Holy Quran nicely and precisely. Reading the Quran and think and ponder with a present mind will deepen the understanding of the presence of God. It is the only revelation where Allah speak directly to mankind and uses deferent forms of speech dialogue,story,challenge , history & past theology.
He makes a brilliant point at 43:29 when he alludes to the Muslim belief of how God is the witness the only true mind or only real observer this relates perfectly to quantum mechanics and the phenomenon of waveform wave function collapse
@@Sapphire1721 Study the phenomenon of wave form or wave function collapse which indicates the quantum nature of consciousness and how that's related to witnessing and measurement
I love Robert Quest for the truth and the and the open mind approach to all school of thought, and Love Hamza Yusuf and his wide knowledge and wisdom "I wanna see a social mercy movement!"
Nice discussion. Shaykh Hamza's ending comment, "Hopefully we will all get closer to The Truth (God Almighty who is Al Haqq - The Truth)" was wonderful.
Hamza Yusuf is truly a gem of our time. God protect and bless him here and hereafter. What a beautiful interview and I love the questions asked. Please try and interview Abdul Hakim Murad and Bilal Philips.
Omg, Sheikh Hamza rocking that enlightened, "I'm so occupied with reflection/tafakkur that I have no time for outer vanities", handsome derwish style haircut - didn't expect to see that. Sheikh Hamza Yusuf Hanson/Handsom.
God has the picture, we have the pixel. So on the surface something may seem evil to us, but we don't have all the knowledge in the world to judge whether or not something evil per se. A child cud die of cancer but we may not know, if the child grew up, he might become a murderer. So God, knowing this, might decide to do what he knows to be good. Simple. We don't know everything. It's as simple as that. Problem of evil isn't a real problem at all for denying God
omg I really thought about that, that would really interesting.. I appreciate these two minds honestly, I hope Dr Peterson would learn more about Islam.
“The baseline is 5 times a day. Many people do more than that”.. Very true. I think an average muslims pray 5-8 times per day. I pray 10-11 times per day. And I’m an ER doctor, but I still find time to perform more prayers whenever I could. Alhamdulillah all praise be unto God for giving me more opportunities for me to worship Him. O Allah I ask for Your Guidance, please don’t forsaken me O Allah. The All-Perfect, The King of all kings, The Most Sacred Most Holy, God of the worlds.
Such a great learned man to go this early! It’s unbelievable that Hamza Yusuf has been diagnosed with testicular cancer. Muslims will feel at loss to say goodbye to him this early as it would be difficult to find another person of his calibre to replace his role so soon.
This was such a wonderful and profound discussion. Shaykh Hamza Yusuf Masha’Allah was at his best. Wonderful questions from Robert that stimulated great responses. Thank you may Allah bless you for sharing this.
Why is video unlisted ? everybody wants to get closer to truth , this video should be in close proximity to everyone so that they can also get closer to truth
Oh my. such a wholesome comment section and a wonderful discussion. Just people sharing knowledge without bickering or debating that doesn't take things anywhere. Peace all.
I started watching one minute and then watched it all without skipping a second. Prof Hamza has his answers ready. Amazing talk and one of the best by CTT . Thank you
What an amazing debate! The title is true to its content, really! Closer to truth. I'm lost for words and for the good reason because the thoughts and spiritual feelings are much more profound and immense than the words to describe. God bless both and God bless the true souls and may God be merciful to lost souls. I'm a bit of a lost soul for a long time now.
My heart feels abit worried seeing Shaikh Hamza white hair and beard growing more.May Allah keep him long with us and make many benefit from his knowledge.Thank you Mr Robert for being polite and seeking truth.May Allah guide good hearts.
SubhanAllah 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️ I am really overjoyed to see my favourite scholar here and seeing him representing islam is the best thing ever. Intellectual and so scholarly.
This type of discussions and questions are more productive then debates, and more effective in bringing people of variuose faiths together and close to the Truth . I would like to see more of them. Thank you both.
AS a Christian I'm happily surprise with the depth of Mr. Hamza knowledge and his ability to convey this thoughts, and passages of Islam in a clear manner, after listening to this episode of closer to truth, I maybe be closer to truth.
Never stop searching for the truth.
You found it!! No doubt the Quran is revelation from the Creator of the Universe 💚💚💚
I think you'll like this playlist by him.
ruclips.net/p/PLLWosYrkNwE9_IdtxX_sI2BuOdmr8P8xQ
As a danish man who convertet to Islam after looking for the truth for so long I can only say: I never regrettet becoming a muslim.
That is ten years ago. Hope you find happiness in Islam too.
Greeting from Denmark.
@@danishbro3777 indeed Islam is the Truth and answers the ultimate questions of life and satisfys both the intlect and spirituality.
Learnt so much about Islam from this gentleman today. All my respect and gratitude to this great religion. Also realized many similarities between vedas and Quran about existence, consciousness, God without attribute and God with attribute .. World needs more scholars like him to teach us about the correct interpretations of these old scriptures.. see religion is not but it’s the people with blind faith and who were brain washed bring bad names to the religion .. Interested to learn more about Quran after hearing this gentleman, thank you
Muslims also will understand more their religion by learning hindu philosophy....
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سلام
May God give you the knowledge u seek
Mr. Kuhn ends his interviews usually with a two-liner which dismisses the episode as being amiss of key questions unanswered or still in doubt. To me after seeing such repeated dismissals I gave up on Mr. Kuhn’s sincerity in his quest for truth. In all his previous episodes he did not interview muslims and if Islam did arise in any episode it was with a dismissive tone almost always.
And so I’m rathar speechless of what I saw of my favorite scholar and so dear to my heart br Sheikh Hamza Yusuf answer Mr. Kuhn so easily and unperturbed. Mr. Kuhn I dreaded would dismiss this interview too. But he didn’t !!! And I might say he couldn’t.
It is my fond hope that Mr. Kuhn has the courage to interview Sh Hamza Yusuf again a few times until The Truth prevails. My duas to Allah SWT to protect and preserve Sh Hamza Yusuf and increase him in knowledge and grant him Aafiyah in this life and reserve for him the loftiest place in Jannatulfirdaus in the Aakhirah. Aameen
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You learnt about Sufism, the strand that mainstream Islam followers as much as hate but yet in the comment section has 'blown' many of their minds, and many other main streamers want to take credit for.
At 11 years old this is alot to take in I hope to be a religious philosopher I myself am Muslim edit:thanks for all the love guys.
May Allah bless you bro
Wow bro, this is alot to take and im 20
it is rewarding to be a self acknowledged muslim, especially at your age. i would advise to seek more knowledge. dont tap yourself on your shoulder, but i think your miles ahead, and that can only grow. ma shAllah
Also try never to be biased. It may lead you astray from your religion. But promise yourself to be sincere and loyal to Truth and only Truth. Study abiogenesis and the formation of the solar system for starters.
Wow. And here I thought I had started early (a long time ago when I was 14).
I myself am a Catholic but what I'll tell you applies to all religions of the one God. Being a religious leader is a big responsibility, especially in this new century. I have read some parts of the Quran and let me tell you, there is much deep wisdom in it.
May God guide us.
“I wanna see a social mercy movement.” Brilliant
I am blown away by the amazing respectful questions and phenomenal answers by our teacher Sir, Hamza Yusuf. I am so honoured and proud to be Muslim. What an amazing feeling and gift to be certain of the existence of God and powered by divine teachings and guidance of the last revelation from God. BELIEVE
Wow! I'm blown away by this episode. Thank you Robert for interviewing this great Islamic scholar Sh. Hamza Yusuf. He is so knowledgeable not only in Islam but also in all Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Islam and Judaism). Great questions, Robert. Please bring him more often.
@@alsanabani Here's your quran & the moon god allah's number is...666....
Hebrew 666 is allah -- the Exact sequence of Hebrew letters... W W l ....is mentioned 3 times in the Bible matching the arabic allah perfectly...
I have been listening to Syaikh Hamza Yusuf lectures since 2013 online. I think I haven't missed any lectures that Syaikh has delivered on RUclips. I hope someday I could learn directly from Syaikh. Syaikh Hamza has helped me to understand Islam deeper.
Thank you very much Syaikh.... May Allah SWT guards your vision and missions and blesses them with tawfeeq 🤲
Love from Indonesia ❤️
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ma sha Allah
sama. saya mulai 2009. Anak saya 9 tahun, namanya Hamza Yusuf, after him.
Me too, since 2009. Hundreds of video and Mp3. I even named my 9 years old son, Hamza Yusuf after Syeikh Hamza.
@@hanjasolo Wah, anak kedua saya juga 😀 salam kenal .. sekarang 6 yahun 🙏
@@IsmailFahmi7 senang sekali ada teman follower hamza yusuf di Indonesia. Saya rasa koleksi saya lengkap dari masa mudanya beliau. Btw beberapa kali beliau datang ke Malaysia tapi di Indonesia belum pernah. :(
What a beautiful lecture. No one can explain God as he/Islam did. It filled my heart with joy and mercy...may Allah keep this love for him alive until I die.
As a Roman Catholic, I enjoyed this discussion. My view is that if we all acknowledge and adhere to the guidance of the Holy Books then we can't go far wrong - except through our sinful human nature if we allow that to guide us. As a Roman Catholic, I have always held a certain respect for Islam and The Qur'an and think Roman Catholicism is the closest of all the various Christian denominations to Islam. Before he mentioned it I could already tell that Hamza Yusuf was an ex-Catholic by his attitude and demeanour.
Yes. There are many similarities between Roman Catholic and Orthodox (Sunni) Islam. Even in the mind-body it's quite difficult at least for me to differentiate concursus dei and kasb.
But in the ontology cmiiw mainstream Catholicism more close to perennial philosopher's works (e.g Avicenna and Averroes) via Thomas Aquinas than occasionalism (e.g Al-Ghazali) via Nicolas Malebranche.
There are many similarities! But the Muslims maintain its blasphemous to say God is 3. Basically polytheism.
The Holy Spirit is the Ángel Gabriel
Jesus Son of Mary was an honorable Prophet and Messenger peace be upon them all
Yes. He was Catholic
I believe he grew up both in the Greek Orthodox and Catholic Church but his mother always reminded him to be open minded and even taught him about Buddhism and other spiritual traditions. Shaykh Hamza Yusuf is a gem in Islam. He is a devout worshipper, scholar, and an amazing human being. Masha’Allah. May God protect him and preserve him.
@@saipansoul Many thanks for the additional information - it is greatly appreciated.
Hamza Yousuf, this guy has made me felt overwhelming many times. As a muslim, I must say that he has opened many doors or eyes that nobody did before as much as he has done.
Indeed . Though, he has his critics .
Man never imagined that Closer to truth would bring Ustadh Hamza Yusuf!!
MashaAllah!! 🥰🥰
Pls Robert try to bring Sheikh Abdal Hakim Murad!! 🥺
I love Hamza Yusuf .. I have learned so much through him ... A real gem of our Islamic community
Finally my favorite speaker... Hamza just took it to the top. His explanation of everything is so clear and perfectly thought out. Can't say the same for so many other people that Lawrence interviewed. Please bring on more Hamza. Also looking to Jeffrey Lang And obviously Timothy Winters. These are all top Western scholars and followers of Islam.
He is an exceptional Scholar of our time. He has opened my mind and my heart to understand the real problem of the ummah in our time. I used to be radical in my belief and rigid in way of practicing Islam, but he has made me understand my mistakes. Traditional Islam is what he teaches about, without him and Allah guidance, maybe I would stand together with those radicals Isis. Thanks Allah SWT for giving him good health and never give up on his effort.
Bless you brother; may Allah continue to increase ShaykHamza and make us beneficiaries of his knowledge
This religion is the most intolerant,communal and fantic in the world.
Quran has no place in a modern world, it's just too dumb and wrong in so many ways, is simply unacceptable.
Yup alway stick to those with knowledge and sanad
@@shadowoffire4307 atheism and Christian ity have higher kill count than Islam is better
Sheikh Hamza Yusuf is one of my favorites.
he promotes perennialism, which is the opposite of Islam. his teacher is hossein nasr.
@@multanprarie2600 and you’re a nobody
@@multanprarie2600 Allah says in the Quran that he sent a Prophet or Guide to every nation. So Islam is a Perennialist religion.
I can't have enough of his lectures. I will certainly listen to more of Sheikh Hamza Yusuf's lectures/ discourses on Islam.
Same here.. I was looking at the length of the video and was nervous when it was ending .
Yesss i love his talks 🥺 may Allah SWT bless him immensely in this world and the next !
Ah ! Finally ! Was really waiting for this. Closer to truth is one of my favorite shows. Really wanted to see Sh Hamza Yusuf here. Thank you so much !
But he can't demonstrate that his belief is true and in fact he has a philosophy that asserts without evidence and is just another religiously motivated moron that cannot reconcile his belief with the universe. He dismisses the universe being eternal and posits his delusional god in its place an eternal.
Mashallah I’ve watched this channel for a while they haven’t had to many Muslims on
It's America, land of the free, somebody will make a lot of money with selling popular BS to uneducated masses.
@@ministryofarguments3525 universe being eternal is an empirical and mathematical absurdity and contradiction to reality. Unless you can prove it that isn't the case, what even makes you think that you are not the one who is delusional as your theory seems to contradict objective reality? Any ideology that contradicts reality is false. And yours is such.
And you seem to distort the meaning of belief :
an acceptance that something exists or is true, especially one without proof.
So your notion that a belief ought to be demonstrated is merely your subjective assertion which is baseless.
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Hamza speaks a lot of sense and appears to be a profound scholar, offering many insights. G-D has created a perfect world especially for those that follow his ways.
@Bibibibi Pipipi nope it talks about the poeple of the book the book .it can be reference to the hidden Quran within the book or the Book of disteny witch was written before time in islamic lure .the word is used "ketab". Book not scripture and no not any polithists the one who mix the worship of Allah with another Gods the word "mushrekeen" means those who worship others with God more specifily Allah
I think it's time for u to think 😊🐋
@Bibibibi Pipipi Bro stop watching hateful people plz with fanclubs mentality . even the word that means cursing in Arabic can have a deffrient meaning in Old Arabic raugh interpartion the one he need to be removed from his fall .Satan is just an elder who lost his way in the end by his choice he can go back to it .
@Bibibibi Pipipi bro he is talking about specife people who where given a spicfice book and instructions u have to read a lot of passages before u see that .what ur doing like this is reading a story from the meddile and cherry picking for what exactly ?
Learn this something u cannot understand in it's original language and have ill trust to it drop it and Gods have dark sides when u tell one of them that there evil it will grant u ur wish by becoming ur evil approach them with respect or leave them
@Bibibibi Pipipi I follow Judaism, which is the oldest of the G-D based faiths. Where we encounter fellow Jews who have strayed from the path, we try to engage them so that they come back to the fold and show them how G-D can be a part of their lives. You don't need to condemn all non believers out of hand or send them to hell. Many professed atheists have come back to G-D as a result of having Near Death Experiences or other spiritual encounters. This is what G-D is looking for in the end. Did you try to encourage such people to re-engage with their faith?
@Bibibibi Pipipi Judaism is based on the Torah which was given to us 3,300 years
ago atop Mount Sinai. Tell me of a G-D based faith which preceded that.
Islam makes sense, it’s very different and unique also it’s really beautiful ❤️
As unique, senseful, and different as other religions...
By goodness, worse than some religions in some ways
Is it?
Read 9th Ayat and think again.
@@IshkalShow what exactly is beautiful about these men invented, genital and gender discriminating ideas?? Useless, serving for nothing, resolving nothing, proving nothing, helping with nothing except creating separatism and leading possibly rational people to believe in evil fairy tales.
Sikhism is far better than Islam. Islam is cruel.
Listening to Islamic theology, philosophy and religious views for non Muslims is like a whole new window opened on ideas and principles that we never thought off. Just because in the west we think all things religion must be Christian like and never contemplated that there is something beyond.
Check out Futuhat project on RUclips from Professor Winkel
Imagine what it feels like reading/listening to the Quran 💚
Hamza the great luminary of America! May God bless him richly. Its always spiritually uplifting to hear him. Closer to truth is a great program. Robert is the great explorer. May Allah guide him!
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you made me laugh
Are you an atheist or a Christian?
@@p11361
What is your certificate and where did you study
so I can check
@@p11361
Are you a Christian or an atheist?
@Rabid Dog
Is Wikipedia really a good source for history hahahaha you're really an amateur. On Wikipedia, everyone can change and put information History proves that Islam spread because it is a truth in the past and now. Now there are no wars and it is the fastest spreading religion.
So there is no need to rely on Wikipedia.
History books prove it.
A question about who the caused
of the first and second world wars and the Christian ethnic cleansing and much more. History proves that Christianity has more murders then atheism by a small margin.
but Islam is so far
Islam is the religion of truth
@Rabid Dog
I know the stories better than you. So you don't have to tell me.
Ask any academic person about whether Wikipedia is a source
he will laugh at you because it is like Facebook .
But do you deny that Christianity is many times more?
As a British muslim I learnt a lot from this beautiful gentleman, Humza Yousaf has such amazing knowledge and wisdom
As an Asian Muslim, I've learned much from your english countryman, sheikh Abdul hakim murad. Peace to you brother
Mr. Kuhn ends his interviews usually with a two-liner which dismisses the episode as being amiss of key questions unanswered or still in doubt. To me after seeing such repeated dismissals I gave up on Mr. Kuhn’s sincerity in his quest for truth. In all his previous episodes he did not interview muslims and if Islam did arise in any episode it was with a dismissive tone almost always.
And so I’m rathar speechless of what I saw of my favorite scholar and so dear to my heart br Sheikh Hamza Yusuf answer Mr. Kuhn so easily and unperturbed. Mr. Kuhn I dreaded would dismiss this interview too. But he didn’t !!! And I might say he couldn’t.
It is my fond hope that Mr. Kuhn has the courage to interview Sh Hamza Yusuf again a few times until The Truth prevails. My duas to Allah SWT to protect and preserve Sh Hamza Yusuf and increase him in knowledge and grant him Aafiyah in this life and reserve for him the loftiest place in Jannatulfirdaus in the Aakhirah. Aameen
People can say whatever about Hamza Yusuf but Allah SWT has really given him the art of conveying such powerful perspectives. May Allah SWT bless him.
Thank you Global Philosophy of Religion Project for opening the doors for understanding one another. We share this world and understanding and appreciating each other is essential for promoting empathy and co-existence. Your work is much appreciated.
Hamza Yusuf is truly insightful. I'm a Catholic but I love his talks.
he use to be a christian but now he's a muslim
@@Ace0555 even more lost now.
Actually there are many ex-Christians that are scholars of Islam.
Hamza Yusuf
Timothy Winters
Bilal Philips
Khalid Yasin
Dr. Lawrence Brown
Abdulrahman Green
I can literally name thousands of them. You just don't know how many people are converting to Islam from Christianity every day.
Yeah, that conversion is a two way street. Besides, Sufism is probably the only strand of that religion that is noble because it gets it right, and its therefore ok if they go to that specifically.
A two way street. You do know one lane has heavy traffic. And that lane is from Christianity to Islam. The other lane hardly has any traffic.
Please interview Abdul Hakim Murad also known as Dr Timothy Winters, the president of Cambridge Muslim College. He is an extremely eloquent and intelligent speaker with profound insight. He would make for a wonderful interview.
Interesting. Indeed, Aquinas' arguments are based on the works of Muslim philosophers. The works of the Greek philosophers were translated by the Muslims which also influenced Muslim thoughts. Knowledge is indeed universal.
Long live professor Hamza Yusuf..Hats off to a great personality on whom Allah Subhanahu WathaAla has bestowed his infinite mercy of the proper understanding of the Religion and strengthen him with the ability to explain the intricacies of the Religion in an exhaustive manner.
What a discussion! I loved every minute of it. God is Great!
What a wonderful conversation. The west could use some more illumination in general on the Islamic tradition and this is a great example of it.
@Yassin Zao
Western tradition is a Judeo-Christian tradition. It has no connection with an arabic culture.
@@AntonySachin "It has no connection with an arabic culture".
Just to be very simple and concise. Who is the father of western thought? Socrates whom we know from the great Plato, and his student Plato, and his student Aristotle.
Aristotle, literally called The Philosopher was known through Ibn Rushd (Averroes) that he was named by the westerners who read Aristotle through him as "The Commentator"
Did you know the only single work of Plato known to the west was the first part of Timaeus? So how did the other texts reach the west? Literally by Plethon taking them from Constantinople.
Algebra is الجبر which literally comes from Khawarizmi's name of his book Algebra الجبر
Chemistry is a renaissance era change of the word Alchemy which is from the root الكيمياء or Alchemy or The Chemistry.
The element system literally comes from Jabir ibn Hayyan.
The Book of Optics literally comes from Ibn al-Haytham. "In the book, he presented a study of the phenomenon of the camera obscura (his thousand-year-old version of the pinhole camera) and delved further into the way the eye itself works. Using dissections and the knowledge of previous scholars, he was able to begin to explain how light enters the eye. He asserted that the light ray is focused, but the actual explanation of how light projected to the back of the eye had to wait until 1604. His Treatise on Light explained the camera obscura, hundreds of years before the modern development of photography"
Who literally outlined natural selecrion and darwinism a thousand years before darwin? Al-Jahiz!
Who formulated the scientific method? Jabir ibn-Hayyan (Geber)
I mean I don't even have to go deep, rhis is all elementary basic knowledge. Their own numbers are "arabic numerals" and Fibonacci found them in algeria and spread them through europe lol. To say something as sumb as this is as if someone said the west had no influence from hindu and greek science. Complete nonsense lmao
What a boss.
I have listened to so much of Yusuf and he never disappoints.
Praise God for this a'lim.
you should interview Abdul Hakim Murad (Timothy Winter) and Finally an Islamic perspective to be discussed in the open.
absolutely!
Definitely
Definitely agree on getting Sh. Abdul Hakim Murad on this show
Without a doubt. Please interview Hakim Murad
Hamza Yusuf is himself a big fan of Timothy Murad / Abdulhakeem Murad
Wow i'm blown up into smithereens! God i'm so grateful to you for every moment of this life.
Read The Quran
Lame joke, grow up
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@@abdultuaheb123 if you must guide someone don't guide them to mediocrity
Hope beneficial knowledge comes your way dear beautiful human being, pls check out the deenshow aswell tc peace
Without evil how can we be great people? What makes a great person is learning from mistakes and trials , learning from experiencing evil, this what makes a great nation !
Without evil we would be at loss and dumb founded .
My God. So intense. one challenging QUESTION after another. So complex answers to those question. How Shakh Hamza Yusuf does that.
A very well spent 50 minutes of my life, thank you and may Allah bless and preserve shaykh Hamza and his knowledge.
Bruh lengue ibrani allah is elohim🤔
Wow! Thank you for this lecture via you tube. It has stimulated my thinking!
It was amazing to learn more about Islam perceptive. Thanks so much Mr. Kuhn and your team in arranging this interview.
I’m sure your subscribers would be happy to see more interviews like this telling us more about Islam in your future episodes ❤️
It’s about time! Thank you for interviewing Hamza Yousef!
This was excellent. I wish I could study under Hamza Yusuf; brilliant.
Try Zaytuna College 🙂
@@kaikhalidal-mishari99 they require 4 year degree in Arabic language as prerequisite . Thanks
@@mubashshirahmad4738 and what else ? بارك الله فيك
Me too! But if you are in USA you are in luck. He is the president of Zaytuna college
Go for it 💪🏽 Yes! @ Zaytuna College 👍🏽
Well done Robert for this brilliant scholar; he is well versed in lslam, Christianity and to a certain degree in Judaism. He presents Islam perfectly well, I like to listen to him... I usually watch your channel, CTT, your effort is highly appreciated to be closer to truth. Best wishes.
GOD's Name ISN'T.....allah
--------------- satan in the Bible is moon god allah of the quran....
>>>>>> ZERO Miracles in the quran....
Over 160 Miracles in the Bible....
>>>>> 1 False Prophet in quran
Comparision and Communication in Peace does wonders. Thanks for this enlightening interview.
Shiekh Hamza is a great Muslim speaker who knows what he is talking about may Allah bless him
This channel is called closer to truth and if you are here watching this you’ve arrived at it 💚
Thank you for bringing this giant of our modern tradition! May Allah bless Hamza Yusuf and guide us all!
Sheikh Yusuf Hamza is my ♥ favorite Sufi Islamic scholar and one of the greatest philosopher of Sufism.
Traditional sunni sufi
He's explained multiple times in different occasions that to he is not a sufi.
Hes not a sufi.
Hamza is an Intellectual giant. No two ways about it ladies and gentlemen.
Hey good job Robert. Mashallah very nice presentation. Thanks and kind regards to you from India 🇮🇳
Excellent talk elaborate explanation very satisfying to the intellect. Every word spoken was so important. Amazing how what I would describe as an ocean of knowledge. It goes tell us how little we know and how limited our capacity is in relationship to God.
What a scintillating conversation !!! You can feel the sparks in the air 🌟💥💫
Any conversation about God is charged so.
Sir I have been seeing your program even before you invited Hamza Yusuf and really your program is very very good .But there was one think I always thought may you ask this question of yours from an Islamic Scholar who is aware of the modern world too and get the Islamic perspective as well
And Alhumdulillah you got the right man for your right questions
Yeah I was too , If he does this more from Islamic scholars he will be surprised more.
@@mohamedosman2183 exactly
The approach of the Shaykh is very enlightening and it shows genuine scholarship not of just your own tradition as an adherent of one but it shows also a deep appreciation of tradition in faith regardless of personal standpoints MashaAllaah Alhamdulillaah BaarakaAllaahu feekum
Excellent.This is the kinds of discussions we need to be having
wow the questions are so articulated and deep, and the sheikh is really on point
Here is your purpose
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Shaykh hamza is blessed with higher knowledge 🙏
I love Ustad Hamza. ❤️
One of the greatest Muslim scholar of this time I have never came across any one beside malclom who has same depth of understanding. جزاك الله خير for your efforts
Shaikh Hamza cited some verses from the Holy Quran nicely and precisely. Reading the Quran and think and ponder with a present mind will deepen the understanding of the presence of God. It is the only revelation where Allah speak directly to mankind and uses deferent forms of speech dialogue,story,challenge , history & past theology.
♥️♥️
I thank Allah Swt for giving us the gift of Hamza Yusuf to listen too,so benign so humble and yet so influential,and the quetnaire was amazing too.
Zaytuna Institute..I always donate there, wish i could study there, would be a dream come true
Same.
Not to pry, but if you are that moved, find the way to go. It might be online.
@@daveduffy2823 checked a couple of years back, it’s too expensive for me. Might check again, maybe there’s another way.
@@daveduffy2823 thanks for the push
That institute promotes perennialism, which is disbelief in Islam. Zaid shakir and hamza hanson invited hossein nasr, the father of perennialism.
He makes a brilliant point at 43:29 when he alludes to the Muslim belief of how God is the witness the only true mind or only real observer this relates perfectly to quantum mechanics and the phenomenon of waveform wave function collapse
Jahmiyya much...
@@Moath1277 how is that jahmiyyah?
Do you know physics or islam?
@@godisonegodhaswon can you explain further. How did you make the connection between witnessing and quantum mechanics?
@@Sapphire1721 Study the phenomenon of wave form or wave function collapse which indicates the quantum nature of consciousness and how that's related to witnessing and measurement
Hamza Yusuf is an amazing guy. May God increase him.
Inspirational, thank you
Absolutely great and mind expanding. Thanks for sharing. Gratitude and Love!!!
I love Robert Quest for the truth and the and the open mind approach to all school of thought, and Love Hamza Yusuf and his wide knowledge and wisdom "I wanna see a social mercy movement!"
Finally a muslim speaker, i feel that Robert here asked all the questions he tried to answer in his past videos...
Why this video is unlisted
Thats why I couldn’t find it by searching! Thought it was me...
@@zakariyeyusuf1064 well i think it triggered a lot of radical secularists.
Enjoyed every minute of this conversation!
Nice discussion. Shaykh Hamza's ending comment, "Hopefully we will all get closer to The Truth (God Almighty who is Al Haqq - The Truth)" was wonderful.
Hamza Yusuf is truly a gem of our time.
God protect and bless him here and hereafter. What a beautiful interview and I love the questions asked.
Please try and interview Abdul Hakim Murad and Bilal Philips.
@Certinho he can see he would against philosophy.
Such a fruitful discussion. Many thanks.
I never felt so dumb. I can’t understand half of the question he asked. Amazed dr hamza yusuf answered them all so effortlessly
Omg, Sheikh Hamza rocking that enlightened, "I'm so occupied with reflection/tafakkur that I have no time for outer vanities", handsome derwish style haircut - didn't expect to see that. Sheikh Hamza Yusuf Hanson/Handsom.
Well first time I am hearing Robert himself that he is got amazing wide knowledge, in this one he is speaking so openly and diligently.
That was an awesome interview, God bless U all and may we all come in contact with the Truth
Please invite Hamza Tzortzis the CEO of Sapience Institute ... it would be an EPIC discussion.
hes a kid (in philosophy) not worth to be on the show yet...maybe in 20 years...
@@jivaji2028 meh..
@@jivaji2028 is he?
Hihi Hamza Tzortzis!
God has the picture, we have the pixel. So on the surface something may seem evil to us, but we don't have all the knowledge in the world to judge whether or not something evil per se. A child cud die of cancer but we may not know, if the child grew up, he might become a murderer. So God, knowing this, might decide to do what he knows to be good. Simple. We don't know everything. It's as simple as that. Problem of evil isn't a real problem at all for denying God
Can someone bring Shayk Yusuf Hamza and Dr Jordan Peterson together please.
omg I really thought about that, that would really interesting.. I appreciate these two minds honestly, I hope Dr Peterson would learn more about Islam.
Agreed
What a beautiful discussion! What a great scholar is Hamza Yusuf. Terrific!
Truly thought provoking discussion thanks for sharing. I am so glad I stumbled upon this. Love Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, may God bless and preserve him.
Thank You! 😊🙏🏽🌹
“The baseline is 5 times a day. Many people do more than that”..
Very true. I think an average muslims pray 5-8 times per day. I pray 10-11 times per day. And I’m an ER doctor, but I still find time to perform more prayers whenever I could. Alhamdulillah all praise be unto God for giving me more opportunities for me to worship Him. O Allah I ask for Your Guidance, please don’t forsaken me O Allah. The All-Perfect, The King of all kings, The Most Sacred Most Holy, God of the worlds.
May Allah put benefit and healing in your hands brother
It's funny how Aquinas quoted more muslim scholars in his Suma Theologica than any other religion, even his own, not to mention the Bible.
Such a great learned man to go this early! It’s unbelievable that Hamza Yusuf has been diagnosed with testicular cancer. Muslims will feel at loss to say goodbye to him this early as it would be difficult to find another person of his calibre to replace his role so soon.
This was such a wonderful and profound discussion. Shaykh Hamza Yusuf Masha’Allah was at his best. Wonderful questions from Robert that stimulated great responses. Thank you may Allah bless you for sharing this.
Why is video unlisted ? everybody wants to get closer to truth , this video should be in close proximity to everyone so that they can also get closer to truth
What do you mean unlisted?
Demonstrative vs Dialectical
Actual vs Theoretical
Deterministic vs Probablistic
Newtonian vs Quantum
Mulk vs Malikut
Mulk vs Malakut vs Jabarut ... :)
Why is this video unlisted! 🙄
Oh my. such a wholesome comment section and a wonderful discussion. Just people sharing knowledge without bickering or debating that doesn't take things anywhere.
Peace all.
Absolutely amazing discussion!
This is wonderful! Need to have Jordan Peterson and Shaykh Hamza Yusuf or Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad. This would be enlightening for everyone!
I started watching one minute and then watched it all without skipping a second. Prof Hamza has his answers ready. Amazing talk and one of the best by CTT . Thank you
What an amazing debate! The title is true to its content, really! Closer to truth. I'm lost for words and for the good reason because the thoughts and spiritual feelings are much more profound and immense than the words to describe. God bless both and God bless the true souls and may God be merciful to lost souls. I'm a bit of a lost soul for a long time now.
My heart feels abit worried seeing Shaikh Hamza white hair and beard growing more.May Allah keep him long with us and make many benefit from his knowledge.Thank you Mr Robert for being polite and seeking truth.May Allah guide good hearts.
Islam's approach to explaining Allah is compelling and Sheih Hamza Yousef is a great exponent of islam and sufism.
SubhanAllah 😭😭😭❤️❤️❤️
I am really overjoyed to see my favourite scholar here and seeing him representing islam is the best thing ever. Intellectual and so scholarly.
🤔wtf?
@@jivaji2028 you won’t get it
And the rest drinking “cool aid”
Loved this talk. Thankyou so much ☺️
Sir sheikh Hamza you are a precious gem of the Truth
This type of discussions and questions are more productive then debates, and more effective in bringing people of variuose faiths together and close to the Truth . I would like to see more of them. Thank you both.
❤️Social mercy movement ❤️
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Yes... It's great...