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Episode 30: What Do You Think A Soul Is?

See Something Say Something

Ahmed Ali Akbar

Society & Culture, Religion & Spirituality

4.8550 Ratings

🗓️ 22 June 2017

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

In this last episode of our Ramadan series, we hear from friends of the show about the Night of Power and what it's like to pray all night. Ahmed talks with BuzzFeed's Nabiha Syed and Zainab Shah about imagining God when they were kids, counting prayers, heaven and hell, and what souls are like. Then, Ahmed calls up a special guest.

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0:00.0

Hey guys, I'm Amadale Yuckper and this is See Something Say Something, the BuzzFeed Show where we drink Jai tell stories and talk about being Muslim in America.

0:12.0

It is the very last episode in our five episode Ramadan series and in fact it's also the last episode before our season two break.

0:21.4

We'll be going away for a couple of months, but we'll be back after the summer.

0:25.3

This episode is about something very important, which is Leiluqadr, also known as the Night of Power.

0:31.9

So we're going to talk about God and spirituality and what we believe.

0:35.6

But keep in mind that this is everyone's personal opinion.

0:38.7

This is not a scholarly conversation by any means.

0:41.7

It's a sort of cultural, personal, spiritual conversation.

0:46.0

And if you have a different way of celebrating Night of Power or believing in God,

0:50.3

just send us an email at say something at buzzfeed.com.

1:11.6

If you see something... just send us an email at Say Something at BuzzFeed.com. The last 10 days of Ramadan are some of the most important and spiritual times of the year. So we're going to be talking about Layla to Qadr, otherwise known as the Night of Power.

1:16.6

Generally speaking, people spend the night praying if they can.

1:21.6

And sometimes that means spending the night at the mosque, and sometimes that means like staying at home with your family,

1:26.6

and reading a lot of Quran and praying a lot.

1:31.3

And it's based on this story.

1:37.1

I think it was my aunt who first told me the story.

1:40.2

Probably from my mom, but definitely, like, in Sunday school.

1:44.3

That's a really good question, because I don't really quite remember.

1:47.2

I'm sure I first heard the story as I was making my decision as to whether or not I would take the

1:54.6

plunge and become a Muslim.

1:55.6

I was a child, and it brought a lot of wonder and mystery, and it was a really lovely tale.

2:03.9

The story, as I heard, is this, is that Prophet Muhammad was dissatisfied with life in Mecca, with all the traitors and all the idol worshippers. And so he would regularly go

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