{"id":697,"date":"2021-07-20T15:13:08","date_gmt":"2021-07-20T23:13:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/?p=697"},"modified":"2021-12-22T09:55:02","modified_gmt":"2021-12-22T17:55:02","slug":"oneness-%d8%aa%d9%88%d8%ad%db%8c%d8%af-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/?p=697","title":{"rendered":"Oneness (\u062a\u0648\u062d\u06cc\u062f) &#8211; Part 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Session 9: According to the Quran, there lies an essential oneness beneath the multiplicity we observe in the outside world. For example, we see different sexes, races, ethnicities and social classes: male, female, white, black, Hispanics, Asians, rich and poor. But, if we go beyond the surface, we will discover an essential unity: all such multiplicity originated from a single source, a oneness. There are numerous religions in the world: Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Buddhism\u2026 But, they all originated from a single source, and offer a path to connect with the source we came from. A chief struggle of a true Muslim is to overcome \u201c<strong>\u0634\u0631\u06a9<\/strong>\u201d (multiplicity and disunity), and achieve oneness inside and with the outside world. In this sermon, we will draw upon the Holy Quran and Rumi to examine some real world examples of \u201c<strong>\u0634\u0631\u06a9<\/strong>\u201d (multiplicity).<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1414\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/audio\/04-02-2021.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('1414','http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/audio\/04-02-2021.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/audio\/04-02-2021.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/?powerpress_pinw=697-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/audio\/04-02-2021.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"04-02-2021.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Session 9: According to the Quran, there lies an essential oneness beneath the multiplicity we observe in the outside world. For example, we see different sexes, races, ethnicities and social classes: male, female, white, black, Hispanics, Asians, rich and poor. But, if we go beyond the surface, we will discover an essential unity: all such multiplicity originated from a single source, a oneness. There are numerous religions in the world: Islam, Christianity, Judaism, Zoroastrianism, Buddhism\u2026 But, they all originated from a single source, and offer a path to connect with the source we came from. A chief struggle of a true Muslim is to overcome \u201c\u0634\u0631\u06a9\u201d (multiplicity and disunity), and achieve oneness inside and with the outside world. In this sermon, we will draw upon the Holy Quran and Rumi to examine some real world examples of \u201c\u0634\u0631\u06a9\u201d (multiplicity).<\/p>\n<div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_1415\"><a href=\"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/audio\/04-02-2021.mp3\" title=\"Play\" onclick=\"return powerpress_embed_html5a('1415','http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/audio\/04-02-2021.mp3');\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/wp-content\/plugins\/powerpress\/play_audio.png\" title=\"Play\" alt=\"Play\" style=\"border:0;\" width=\"23px\" height=\"24px\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_links_mp3\" style=\"margin-bottom: 1px !important;\">Podcast: <a href=\"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/audio\/04-02-2021.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_pinw\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Play in new window\" onclick=\"return powerpress_pinw('http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/?powerpress_pinw=697-podcast');\" rel=\"nofollow\">Play in new window<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/audio\/04-02-2021.mp3\" class=\"powerpress_link_d\" title=\"Download\" rel=\"nofollow\" download=\"04-02-2021.mp3\">Download<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-697","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lectures","category-quran-study"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=697"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":742,"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/697\/revisions\/742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=697"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=697"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/hamidentezam.com\/english\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}