Lesson Library
22 lessons · 35 videos · 5 interactive
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The Prophet's Advice to Abu Dharr — lesson video
An 11½-minute, 1080p lesson in the style of Justin Sung. It teaches the advice the Prophet ﷺ gave Abu Dharr (source text) top-down: one-sentence logic first, th…
1 video
7:59
Surah Al-Mulk — big-picture-first study video
An 8-minute (479.5 s, 1920×1080) narrated whiteboard lesson. It teaches the way Justin Sung recommends: big picture first, then parts, then the links between th…
1 video
10:40
Surah Al-Qalam — study-map video
An instructive video (10:40, 1920×1080, narrated) on Surah Al-Qalam (68). It teaches the way Justin Sung does: the big idea first, then a map of the main parts,…
1 video
1:14:49
Surat al-Qalam (68): memorizing it the Justin Sung way
This folder holds work from Amp thread T-01a1047f-56d5-7081-b0f5-d22abb4cdb49.
7 videos
11:36
Sermon of al-Wasila — explainer video
An ~11.6-minute (1920×1080, 30 fps) teaching video on the sermon of Imam ʿAlī known as al-Wasīla (خطبته المعروفة بالوسيلة), from Tuḥaf al-ʿUqūl by Ibn Shuʿba al…
1 video
9:55
Du'a Abu Hamza al-Thumali — explainer video
A ~10-minute (1920×1080, 25 fps) teaching video on Du'a Abu Hamza al-Thumali (source: Mafātīḥ al-Jinān). It teaches the structure in a big-picture-first, Justin…
1 video
10:45
Dua Kumayl — instructive video
A 10:45 lesson (1080p, English narration) that teaches the shape of Dua Kumayl before its details, in a Justin Sung-style big picture → chunks → details order.
1 video
11:13
al-Gharra' — Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 82 (study video)
An 11-minute (672 s) narrated study video in the style of Justin Sung: a priming question, the big picture first, five linked chunks, and a retrieval challenge …
1 video
2:16
The Map Is You: a Bio Beats song
A 2 minute 16 second hip-hop song about the maps and atlases of human biology. Animated diagrams play behind karaoke lyrics.
1 video
51:09
Du'a al-Jawshan al-Kabir: lesson videos
Three teaching videos in the Justin Sung style, about Du'a al-Jawshan al-Kabir (source text: hekm.co/article/574, which cites Mafatih al-Jinan). Made in Amp thr…
6 videos
13:05
Khutbat al-Ashbāh — study video
A 13-minute English lesson on Nahj al-Balāgha, Sermon 90 (Khutbat al-Ashbāh), in the Justin Sung style: logic first, then concepts, then key details, then retri…
1 video
7:25
A Father's Letter: How to Travel Light
A 7½-minute English explainer of Imam Ali's letter to his son al-Hasan (Nahj al-Balagha, Letter 31). Source page: https://hekm.co/article/1242.
1 video
10:41
Du'a Makarim al-Akhlaq — Learn it as a map, not a list
An instructive video (about 10.7 minutes, 1920×1080) in Justin Sung's teaching style: big picture first, then chunks, then patterns, then details. It copies his…
1 video
12:51
The Mi'raj Counsels: a study walkthrough
A 12m 51s narrated teaching video (1920×1080, H.264/AAC, English captions embedded) on the counsels God gave the Prophet Muhammad on the night of the Mi'raj (Ha…
1 video
2:16
Polyphenols: a Bio Beats song
A 2 minute 16 second hip-hop song about polyphenols. It covers what they are, why plants make them, what your gut microbes do with them, and which foods have th…
1 video
24:49
Plan with evidence — pstack Part 2
Two narrated lessons (about 11 and 13.5 minutes, 1920×1080) adapted from Lauren (@poteto), "The Complete Guide to pstack Pt. 2": rigorous planning is not a long…
2 videos
2:27
Quarks: a Bio Beats song
A 2 minute 27 second hip-hop song about what is below the atom: protons and neutrons are made of quarks, held together by gluons. Animated physics diagrams play…
1 video
13:06
Risalat al-Huquq — visual study video
A 13-minute (786 s) 1080p instructional video on the Treatise on Rights by Imam Ali ibn al-Husayn (Zayn al-Abidin), taught in the style of Justin Sung: the big …
1 video
7:57
Sermon of the Pious — instructive video
An 8-minute (477 s) narrated whiteboard lesson on Nahj al-Balagha, Sermon 193 (Imam Ali's description of the pious, given to Hammam). Source page: https://hekm.…
1 video
11:14
The Prophet's Advice to Imam Ali: explainer video
An 11-minute 1080p explainer with English narration. It covers the Prophet's (ص) advice to Imam Ali (ع) in Tuḥaf al-ʿUqūl by Ibn Shuʿba al-Ḥarrānī, printed page…
1 video
7:24
Working with Agents — A Practical Lesson
A narrated lesson (about 7.4 minutes, 1920×1080) on getting useful work from coding agents, adapted from Thorsten Ball's article "How I work with Agents": deleg…
1 video
22:40
Writing Is Closer to Thought Than Code — A Lesson
Two narrated lessons (about 11 and 12 minutes, 1920×1080) adapted from Daniel Miessler's essay "Writing Is Closer to Thought Than Code": when building with AI, …
2 videos
Interactive lessons
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Still Yours · Critical Thinking with Agents
Addy Osmani on keeping your judgment when agents do the work: the core idea first, the habits around it, how they connect, then test yourself.
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Infinite Edges · Fractals
Zoom into the Mandelbrot set, grow snowflakes and trees, shatter glass, and find the shapes that repeat forever in ferns, lightning and lungs.
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iCanStudy Tracker
Track your progress through the iCanStudy Academic program: every phase, stage, and lesson, and what to study next.
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The Right Things · Overthinking, by Justin Sung
Justin Sung on overthinking: it's the wrong thinking, not too much. Swap endless questions for answerable ones, and know when you've thought enough.
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一瞬 · The Speed of Seeing
How 140–210 ms of seeing compares with one second, in Song style: a one-second handscroll and a plum blossom you can flash for 140 ms.
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Transcripts
- abu-dharr-advice-lesson.txt
- al-mulk-study-guide.txt
- al-wasila-explainer.txt
- dua-abu-hamza-explainer.txt
- dua-kumayl.txt
- gharra-sermon-82.txt
- icanstudy-catalyst-self-management.txt
- khutbat-al-ashbah-lesson.txt
- letter31-travel-light.txt
- makarim-al-akhlaq.txt
- miraj-counsels-lesson.txt
- pstack-plan-with-evidence-v1.txt
- pstack-plan-with-evidence-v2.txt
- sermon-of-the-pious.txt
- study-system-review.txt
- tuhaf-al-uqul-p13-16-wasiyya-ali.txt
- working-with-agents.txt
- writing-closer-to-thought-v1.txt
- writing-closer-to-thought-v2.txt