Why Modern Ads Are Built on Lies
Truthfulness in Islam vs. Deception in Modern Advertising
Summary
This lecture discusses the concept of truthfulness and honesty in Islam as a command from Allah, contrasting it with the pervasive fakeness in modern society, particularly in advertising and marketing. The speaker critiques how contemporary advertising is designed to manipulate people into purchasing products they don't need, viewing this as the epitome of deception. The speaker connects this critique to Islamic teachings about being truthful and maintaining reverence of Allah, emphasizing that truthfulness is not separate from the fear of Allah but rather an integral part of it.
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Only on a person fake and how do people Look at advertisement, modern-day advertisement. What is the approach of modern-day advertisements? I want to sell products to people that don't need them. That's the approach. The approach is I if I'm a good salesman, then that means that I am able to convince someone to buy something they don't need or even want. If they don't want it and I can still make them put their hands in their pockets and give me their money, I am a proficient salesman. This is what what is this? This is the epitome of fakeness. We look at advertising and now we have entire schools for advertising. How to advertise, how to do and most of the advancements that you see in our society today came as a result of this drive. How to make people buy garbage that they don't need. And this is where we are. All right. Everything from the toothpaste to the colors of boxes that your children reach for. Okay. To our diet, it is all dictate to our laws and the highest office in our country and in our western society. It is dictated by what? The well-being and the welfare of the public. No, by the advertisement, by selling, by making people churn and chug along the money machine. And so this all roots back into what? And so a person when Allah commands us here these are synonyms when he says.
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Subhanahu wa tala either men and so here observe the reverence of Allah and be with the true and truthful. Being amongst and with the true and truthful is part of the reverence of Allah subhanahu wa'ta'ala. They are not.
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