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    Explore how Rene Guenon's masterwork on spiritual decline aligns with Islamic teachings about the end times, offering profound insights for Muslims navigating modernity's quantitative obsessions.

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    The quantitative—material wealth, social status, consumer goods—has become the measure of all value, while the qualitative—spiritual development, moral character, divine remembrance—gets pushed to the margins.

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    I am a believing Muslim with an Islamic worldview. tell me about Rene Guenons reign of quantity and the signs of the times from an Islamic perspective

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    Fuentes de conocimiento
    [PDF] The Reign of Quantity & the Signs of the Times - Monoskop
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    https://monoskop.org/images/4/48/Gu%C3%A9non_Ren%C3%A9_The_Reign_of_Quantity_and_the_Signs_of_The_Times_2001.pdf
    Rene Guenon and the "Reign of Quantity"
    link
    https://empslocal.ex.ac.uk/people/staff/mrwatkin/isoc/guenon.htm
    On Rene Guenons Critique of Modernity
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    https://livingislam.org/d/kyrgm_e.html
    The Influence of Rene Guenon in the Islamic World
    link
    https://traditionalhikma.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/The_Influence_of_Rene_Guenon_in_the_Isla.pdf
    The Koran
    Waiting for the End of the World: Rene Guenon and the Kali Yuga
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    https://www.newdawnmagazine.com/articles/secret-wisdom/waiting-for-the-end-of-the-world-rene-guenon-and-the-kali-yuga

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    Welcome and Opening

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    0:27
    0:52
    2

    Topic Introduction and Source Material Setup

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    1:38
    2:01
    2:32
    2:55
    3

    The Spiritual Crisis of Modernity

    3:19
    3:28
    3:48
    2:01
    4:30
    4:44
    5:12
    5:27
    4

    Traditional Hierarchy vs. Modern Egalitarianism

    5:53
    6:08
    6:30
    2:01
    7:09
    7:25
    7:52
    2:55
    5

    The Inversion of Sacred and Profane

    8:32
    8:43
    9:05
    2:01
    9:46
    4:44
    10:25
    2:55
    6

    Signs of the Times in Contemporary Islam

    11:04
    11:16
    11:38
    2:01
    12:12
    12:21
    12:44
    12:54
    13:18
    13:35
    7

    The Path Forward: Preserving Traditional Wisdom

    13:56
    14:08
    14:31
    2:01
    15:02
    15:11
    15:28
    12:21
    16:01
    2:55
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    Closing Reflection and Integration

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    17:12
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