Nouman Ali Khan

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan delves into the topic of the youth and how when we talk about youth, we talk about the problem segment of our society. Youth has become synonymous with the problem and it seems like they are the weakest link in our community. But Allah highlights the youth and makes us realize that they are not our weakness. young people are our strength. And they will find their strength in...

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan delves into the reflections one can obtain from the Blessed Qur'an. The message of Islam is not to impress people though that is what is generally expected and satisfies one’s intellectual curiosity. But it is actually the other way around. If one looks at the Qur'an from the point of anything else other than the point of revelation, then there can be some disadvantages such...

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan gives an elaborate and explicit lecture on the need of the hour - Teaching Islam to our children. Before worrying about our kids, we have to worry about what we are like as parents. Our children have Islam built into themselves as their religion. It’s a very fundamental aspect of our Deen.  The success the Muslims have had in raising their children relatively has been great...

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan delves on the need to fully comprehend the concept and benefits of being grateful to Allah at all times. He reflects upon Surah Al Ibrahim of the Noble Qur'an. Allah has reminded us to be conscious of Allah at all times as the blessings of Allah can never be fully enumerated. One of the purposes of our existence is the purpose of being forever grateful to Allah SWT. This is...

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan delves into the story of the man of two gardens which is mentioned in Surah Kahf. Through this story, Allah gives us the parable of this world with the Akhirah. The story gives us the lesson that the ultimate world is the hereafter. This story is about the fitnah of the pleasures of this world which caused the man with two gardens to be arrogant and undeterred by the presenc...

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan acquaints us with some of the teachings we gather from Surah Taghabun. There is a very particular purpose for the revelation of this Surah and this is important to understand when we study the Quran or try to benefit from the Quran, what context or what background is Allah giving this speech because every Surah is the speech of Allah. So it is very relevant for us to know wh...

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan delves on the actions that we adopt after a sin has been committed. The first thing is when we sin is that we’re disappointed with ourselves. That’s a matter of concern. It’s not something bad to be disappointed in oneself and to be sad about our sin. It’s actually a gift from Allah because it depicts the presence of a still intact conscience.  We should realize that Allah k...

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan delves on the issues with controlling anger and how we should strive to abstain from getting angry. When someone benefits from the goodness of religion, of this Deen, they get what they are supposed to get out of Salah and they want to share that goodness with others. But others have no appreciation of that. This is one of the main causes of getting angry. What are some othe...

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan gives a soulful and impactful lecture that deals with the importance of and the lessons one must imbibe and inculcate from the day of Jumu'ah. Those people who were given knowledge of the Book of Allah but chose to stay ignorant about it are like the donkey that carries a load that it cannot benefit from. Those who claim to be the only Friends of Allah are challenged to desi...

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan delves on the benefits of Salah and how the Prophets of Allah AS lay prominent stress on this most fundamental aspect while preaching the Deen to the Ummah. One of the benefits of Salat is that we connect directly to Allah and hence, is supposed to bring light into our life. Every Salah is supposed to be a source of light in our life. Every salah is supposed to be us getting...

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan shares with us the accounts of one particular Sahabi that we can draw specific lessons from. The initial part of the lecture dwells on a comparison in the stature and authority of Musa AS and Haroon AS. There’s a big difference in the way of leadership between the two. For all of us, we have not seen Prophet Muhammad ﷺ, and for the Sahaba that were seeing him, they had not s...

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan delves on the Ayahs at that start of the beautiful Surah Al Mu'minoon which emphasizes on the characteristics of believers. Allah (SWT) began this Surah saying:  Those you truly believe, those who have really attained a majority in their faith, these are the people that have already attained success, implying that they have already put a lot of work in to get there. Those wh...

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan delves on some Ayats from Surah al Baqarah where one of the main conversations is what people follow, who they end up following & why they follow who they follow. And on Judgment Day everybody stands up we see that there are trendsetters and there are trend followers. What happens next? Allah SWT is talking to people of the book, and through His Messenger ﷺ, He commands them...

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan shares with us a couple of reminders from the middle of Surah al Baqarah. In these Ayahs, the Sahabas get inaugurated and congratulated from Allah that they have become a distinct nation, a distinct Ummah and now they also have a unique identity,  We must pray that Allah makes us the people of the Quran like the Messenger ﷺ envisioned us to be. Also, we must make Dua to Alla...

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan acquaints us with the Qur’an being an incredible literature from many different angles. We can study this subject from many different points of view.  The first of the viewpoints that is delved upon is precision in word choice or accurate word choice. The believer knows that the Qur'an is the speech of Allah. The speech of a human being is not necessarily calculated down to...

Ustadha Nouman Ali Khan delves into the topic of the lecture, “Literary characteristics of the Qur’an” which comprises the introductory phase of his talk. Allah says in the Qur'an “haadha balyaaghu li-n-nas”.“Balyaagh” in Arabic means that which reaches someone else, a communication. The Qur’an is meant to reach people. It is a message to people.  Hence, Ustadh speaks about the essential component...

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan delves on the topic of heedlessness or Ghaflah which is the attitude of doing something without realizing what you're doing, not really thinking about what you're involved in, not really thinking or caring about how you're time is spent, or what comes out of your mouth, or what actions you perform, or how your actions impact other people, or how they impact your own self, yo...

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan gives an awe-inspiring lecture on the great legacy of Ibrahim AS and the lessons that we need to imbibe from this great personality. Prophet Ibrahim AS went through innumerable trials and the many enormous feats that he has accomplished. The result of all these trials was that at the end of all of them, Allah gave him a certificate. Allah says to him that He has installed Ib...