Whilst reading the Quran, one might find themselves wondering why its stories seemingly jump from one 'scene' to another one that's much further in the future, without describing the intricate details of what happened in between. Why is this the case? In this preview from the final episode of Akhri Moujza (releasing on the 6th March 2024 inshaAllah), Ustadh Nouman uses an example from the animated movie 'Finding Nemo' to illustrate this storytelling technique in a way that may be more relatable....
Oct 12, 2024•4 min•Season 31Ep. 62
In Episode 54 of Akhri Moujza, Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan starts with a new topic on the “Placement of Quranic Stories” and counters the allegations of non-Muslims against the Quran that it has no order of any sort. If the Quran is compared with older Divine books, then there is omission of a lot of information in almost all of the stories. Moreover, one part of a story is mentioned in one surah and another part of the same story is mentioned in some other surah. Ustadh highlights that the story its...
Oct 12, 2024•24 min•Season 31Ep. 54
In Episode 52 of Akhri Moujza, Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan covers two topics. Firstly, he continues the “non-Arabic names in the Quran” and discusses in detail about the name of the of Prophet Abraham (PBUH) and his father, thereafter “The Pharoah”, “Saul/Taloot”, and “Isaac”. Next, Ustadh goes on to discuss “Quranic idioms” and gives various examples from the Quran. Ustadh Nouman encourages us to memorize and use these idioms in various occasions in our daily life. آخری معجزہ کی اس قسط 52 میں استاد ...
Oct 12, 2024•26 min•Season 31Ep. 52
In the Last Episode of Akhri Moujza, Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan explained why calling the Quran a "miracle" fails to capture its profound essence. He pointed out that the Quran is so rich and sophisticated that even a lifetime of study would only scratch the surface of its miraculous qualities. Ustadh further proved the above statement by sharing one of his favorite stories from the Quran, The story of Musa (AS) and highlighted the fact that when the Quran tells you a story, it absorbs you right int...
Oct 12, 2024•1 hr 52 min•Season 31Ep. 61
In Episode 51 of Akhri Moujza, Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan starts with a new topic: ‘Non-Arabic names in the Quran.’ Ustadh Nouman explains that there are almost 65 non-Arabic names in the Quran. The names derive from various ancient languages, and most of those who are mentioned were not alive at the time that the Quran was revealed. A miracle of the Quran is that the meaning or description of these non-Arabic names are explained in the same ayah in which the names are mentioned. The names discussed...
Oct 12, 2024•24 min•Season 31Ep. 51
In Episode 50 of Akhri Moujza, Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan dives into Ayah 125 of Surah Al-An’aam and explains two opposite qualities of today’s society. One is hyper-individualism and the other is the hyper-comparison. The second example is of Ayah 23 of Surah Al-Furqan in which Allah says that on the deeds of the non-believers will be like a scattered dust on the Day of Judgment because they had alternative motives. Last but not the least is the example of Ayah 175 and 176 of Surah Al-A’raaf in whi...
Oct 12, 2024•28 min•Season 31Ep. 50
In this episode of Akhri Moujza Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan continues the discussion of the alleged grammatical mistakes in the Quran. This time Ustadh uses the example of Ayah 9 of Surah Al-Hujurat and explains the wisdom of using the word “اقتتلوا” instead of “اقتتلتا”. Ustadh then highlights in light of Ayahs of the Quran that any crime, either small or big, against your fellow Muslim brother/sister is a crime against your own self. And in the end, Ustadh explains the remarkable usage of masculine...
Oct 12, 2024•18 min•Season 31Ep. 40
This week on Akhri Moujza we begin a new topic as Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan starts to explain how the Quran creates imagery in the mind of its reader. Ustadh begins by exploring Ayah 17 and 18 of Surah At-Takwir in which an image of the night and day is being illustrated, just like the coming of the Quran illuminated the darkness of the Arabs at the time. In the second example, Ayah 18 of Surah Al-Anbiyaa is discussed in which the Quran portrays a battle between good and evil. Lastly, Ustadh Nouman...
Oct 12, 2024•23 min•Season 31Ep. 49
In this episode of Akhri Moujza, Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan counters the allegations against the grammatical mistakes in the Quran by explaining in detail Ayah 177 of Surah Al-Baqarah in which the change in the direction of the Qibla is mentioned. Ustadh Nouman beautifully elaborates the true meaning of “Righteousness” which includes facing towards the Ka’bah along with believing in Allah, the Last Day, His Angels, the Book, and His Messengers, and giving charity to the relatives, the needy, and to ...
Oct 12, 2024•29 min•Season 31Ep. 39
In Episode 48 of Akhri Moujza, Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan shares the last example of this topic and explains in detail Ayah 179 of Surah Al-A’raaf. In this Ayah, Allah describes that most of the creation from the Jinns and the Humans are destined for the Hellfire due to their carelessness, and the fact they don’t pay attention to the warnings by using their senses. These people are like cattle or even lesser. Furthermore, Ustadh Nouman explains the miracle of the Quran, that it is the only book that...
Oct 12, 2024•32 min•Season 31Ep. 48
In this episode of Akhri Moujza Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan continues the explanation of the challenge given to Jinns and Humans to cross the border of the skies and the Earth and compares it with the moon landing. He explains that the context of the ayah is related to the Day of Judgement and its punishment when the Jinns and Humans will try to escape from it. A beautiful continuation of context is explained between the Ayah 1 and 2 of Surah Jumuah in which the responsibilities of the Prophet Muhamm...
Oct 12, 2024•27 min•Season 31Ep. 38
In episode 47 of Akhri Moujza, Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan gives the next example in Surah Al-Hadid Ayah 20 in which Allah summarizes the five stages of human life in the first part of the Ayah. The second part of the Ayah compares each one of the stages with an example of a gardener. After sowing the seed, just the right amount of rain comes and he sees little seedlings coming out of the ground. However, eventually the field loses all its glamour, beauty and greenery and after deteriorating it event...
Oct 12, 2024•23 min•Season 31Ep. 47
In this episode of Akhri Moujza Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan continues to explain some more examples of the contextualized sequence in the Quran. He compares Ayah 102 of Surah Al-An’aam and Ayah 62 of Surah Ghaafir in which there's a switch in sequence of “لَآ إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَۖ” and “خَالِقُ كُلِّ شَيۡءٖ” according to context of the previous Ayahs. Similarly, the placement of the word شَهِيدًاۖ in Ayah (29:52) and (17:96) is based on context of the Ayahs. The next example Ustadh gives is of Surah ...
Oct 12, 2024•27 min•Season 31Ep. 37
In episode 46 of Akhri Moujza, Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan explains an amazing example of the Quran - Ayah 17 of Surah Ar-Ra’d. Within just this one ayah, Allah describes three major events of early Muslim history. A two-part Seerah of the Prophet ﷺ is highlighted, and in the 1st part, Allah explains how the coming down of the Quran filtered the believers from the non-believers just as rain separates filth from the fertile land. In the 2nd part, separation of the hypocrites is mentioned in the heat o...
Oct 12, 2024•17 min•Season 31Ep. 46
Entering into the next subject, Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan explains the sequences of words in the Quran based on their context. The first explanation is of Ayah 11 and 12 of Surah Yunus which mentions the “Harm” first and “Good” later, which continues in Ayah 49 and 50. Similarly, the context of Ayah 39 of Surah Saba which mentions “Good” first and “Harm” later is continued in Ayah 42 of the same Surah. A sudden shuffling of words of “Die” and “Murdered” in Ayah 157 and 158 of Surah Ale-Imran is dis...
Oct 12, 2024•23 min•Season 31Ep. 36
In Episode 45 of Akhri Moujza, Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan continues his discussion on the topic of “Examples in the Quran”. At the start, he shares a personal life changing event that ultimately lead him to where he is now, and then explains that there are three different levels Muslims that are mentioned in Surah Al-Hujurat Ayah 14. Ihsan (احسان) being the highest one, then comes Iman (ایمان) and last but not least is Islam (اسلام). Ustadh describes how these are connected with the example of three...
Oct 12, 2024•29 min•Season 31Ep. 45
In this episode of Akhri Moujza Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan concludes the discussion on the sequences of words in the Quran. First of all, Ustadh discusses Ayah 77 of Surah Al-Hajj in which the acts of worship are mentioned in a beautiful sequence. In some acts there is involvement of others and in some matters there's only you and Allah. Ustadh advised us to keep religion and worldly matters side by side. Explaining Ayah 02 of Surah At-Taghaabun Ustadh tells us that the origin of every human is actu...
Oct 12, 2024•19 min•Season 31Ep. 35
Episode 44 of Akhri Moujza begins with Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan entering into a new topic – the use of “Examples” given in the Quran. He starts by explaining the purpose of examples and why they are given. Ustadh highlights that the examples of the Quran should be understood in accordance to the culture they were given in and how the first receivers, the Arabs, perceived them. In the light of this, Ustadh Nouman gives an explanation of Ayah 31 of Surah Al-Hajj and Ayah 74 of Surah Al-Baqarah and h...
Oct 12, 2024•29 min•Season 31Ep. 44
In this episode of Akhri Moujza, Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan continues the discussion on the sequence of ayat in the Quran. In Surah Al-Ahzab Ayah 7, Ustadh explains the mentioning of previous Prophets (PBUT) in a sequence. Although Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) came last historically, mentioning him first in the ayah highlights his unique status and also the fact that if we follow the him as the Last Messenger then it would be the same as to follow all the previous Messengers. The next sequence discussed ...
Oct 12, 2024•24 min•Season 31Ep. 34
In this episode of Akhri Moujza, Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan gives the example of oaths in Surah Al-Asr in which Allah swears by the running time that Humans certainly are in a loss. The last example is oaths in Surah At-Tin in which Allah swears by the Fig, Olives, Mountain of Toor and the safe town (Makkah). All of these oaths are pointers towards the Prophets ﷺ, and then after that Allah said that certainly Man is created in the finest of state. Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan highlights that Floyd’s idea ...
Oct 12, 2024•28 min•Season 31Ep. 43
The next section discussed in this episode of Akhri Moujza by Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan is the sequences in Quranic discourse. With the help of various ayaat of the Quran, Ustadh explains the importance of shuffling the words in an ayah. In the light of these ayaat, it is highlighted that we should be thankful to everyone but worship only Allah and believe in Allah, Messengers, Angels, Divine Books etc., but we should rely only upon Allah SWT. A detailed explanation of ayah 2 of Surah Saba is given...
Oct 12, 2024•27 min•Season 31Ep. 33
Episode 42 of Akhri Moujza continues with Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan discussing examples of oaths in the Quran. The first example is Surah Ad-Duha in which Allah swears by the morning brightness and the quiet night, then He comforts the Prophet ﷺ that his future will be brighter than the past. In the next example of Surah Al-Inshiqaaq Allah highlights, after taking multiple oaths, the physical and spiritual stages through which humans pass in their life. Last but not least is the example of Surah Al...
Oct 12, 2024•32 min•Season 31Ep. 42
In this episode of Akhri Moujza Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan starts off with the answering the common question about why every person is speaking the Arabic language in the Quran. Entering into the next section Ustadh explains with the help of various examples the difference between Ism and Fi’l. Ustadh explains that the purpose of the Prophets (PBUT) was to save humanity from eternal destruction. Furthermore, Ustadh explains the beautiful greeting of Prophet Ibrahim (PBUH) with the angels and the dua...
Oct 12, 2024•30 min•Season 31Ep. 32
In episode 41 of Akhri Moujza, Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan starts by introducing a new topic: “Oaths in the Quran”. Ustadh Nouman begins by discussing various occasions in which a person takes an oath, which includes “to show anger”, “to clear doubt”, “a testimonial oath” and “casual/purposeless oaths”. Ustadh Nouman explains that before Islam it was common for Arabs to take oaths without any purpose, so the Quran takes into consideration their cultural habit of taking oaths casually and showed lenie...
Oct 12, 2024•26 min•Season 31Ep. 41
In this episode of Akhri Moujza, Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan explains, with the help of different examples from the Quran, the respect given while talking about Allah SWT. Ustadh starts off with Ayah when the Quran was sent down with Angel Gabriel along with his army of angels and the whole sky was locked down. Even though the Jinns were unaware, still they spoke about Allah in a respectful manner. Ustadh says although every good and bad thing is in fact from Allah SWT, we should still choose our wor...
Oct 12, 2024•23 min•Season 31Ep. 31
In Episode 20 of #AkhriMoujza , Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan starts by comparing two amazing ayahs of the Quran. One of them talks about the people who are self-motivated; there’s only a handful of these. And the boundary of the second ayah is vast enough to encircle all Muslims. The next comparison is between the two words used in the Quran for selection. “Yastafee” is a kind of selection in which there’s no interference of others. “Ijtaba” is a kind of selection that’s based on certain qualities. Us...
Oct 12, 2024•43 min•Season 31Ep. 20
In this episode of Akhri Moujza Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan compares between ayah 257 of Surah Al-Baqarah and Ayah 11 of Surah Muhammad. Ustadh starts off with the explanation of the word “Wali” and “Moula”. Although both are used for “A friend” but there's a difference in them and the Ayahs that are being compared explain that Allah is Wali as well as the Moula of the Believers and non-believers have transgressors as their wali. Ustadh highlights that Light is singular and Darkness is plural which i...
Oct 12, 2024•24 min•Season 31Ep. 30
In Episode 19 of #AkrhiMoujza , Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan begins by explaining how the seven ears of wheat grain used in Surah Al-Baqarah is somehow more in quantity than the seven ears of grain used in Surah Yusuf. The blessings of Allah include the known and unknown, evident and hidden, materialistic and non-materialistic. It is humanly impossible to even count the blessings let alone be grateful for some of them. Ustadh encourages us to learn the language of the Quran in which it was sent down o...
Oct 12, 2024•24 min•Season 31Ep. 19
In this episode of Akhri Moujza Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan starts with the concept of “Towqeed”and explained in detail ayah 46 of Surah Al-Anbiya. Ustadh explained the minimum amount of torture that will be given to the wrongdoers and it would be an unbearable torment for them. The ayah is divided into two halves. The first half has been made as weak as possible by using various terminology and the second part is made as strong as it can get in a language. This indicates the intensity of the punishm...
Oct 12, 2024•22 min•Season 31Ep. 29
In this next section of #AkhriMoujza , Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan discusses about the precise usage of words in the Quran. Ustadh starts by explaining the Battle of the Trench. How the hypocrites exposed their disloyalty to the Prophet ﷺ by just using a single word. The next comparison is made between the names of Makkah according to the era. Furthermore, an excellent example of precise wording of the Quran is explained by Ustadh Nouman as how strangely the word ‘strange’ is being used, which makes ...
Oct 12, 2024•26 min•Season 31Ep. 18
