Nouman Ali Khan

The Ayah of Ramadan - Part 1

Wanting Guidance For Our Loved Ones

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan dedicates this lecture to our loved ones and imploring us to seek guidance for them. We are not in control or in charge of anyone no matter how beloved they are to us. We feel we are responsible for them. Imagine then the responsibility of Prophet ﷺ towards his Ummah and how concerned he was towards us. but Allah reminds him that his only job is to remind the Ummah time and time again about the message of Islam. Our environment around us need not necessarily dictate our ou...

Basics We Forget Easily

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan delves and contemplates the meanings of the verses of Surah Al-Asr and what profound implications it has in our own lives. The Prophet ﷺ was most compassionate, loving, kind and caring. Yet, when he is advising people on the path of truth, he faced a lot of criticism simply because the truth hurts. It becomes truly uncomfortable. But we should firmly believe that nobody can truly commit to the truth unless one is a firm believer. We have to be tolerant and perseverent or e...

About Thought Process

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan ponders and reflects on some of the Ayahs from Surah Al Isra. These particular set of ayahs starts with knowledge and ends with extreme emotions. This is because these two opposite things are crucial to us. This can be elucidated by saying that if one has a lot of knowledge but if he is not able to control his emotions, then that knowledge means nothing and even if we have a little bit of knowledge but we are able to control our emotions and are able to hold back and be ab...

Must Be Magic

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan describes in this lecture a scenario what the Prophet ﷺ was facing in his life - Magic. When he was delivering the message of Islam in Mecca, he was tortured, humiliated, ridiculed and made miserable by the political bigwigs and super influential people of Mecca. In Surah Al 'Araaf, Allah says He is always present and is the constant Companion and Protector of Prophet ﷺ no matter the situation and also no matter the people surrounding the Prophet ﷺ to threaten him. Another...

Overwhelmed

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan delves into the magnitude of different relationships in our daily lives in the light of Islam. When we have a relationship with Allah, we need to understand that our life doesn't become any easier or struggle free and merry. That is a totally different dimension. Wen we believe in Allah, we get the strength to face any problem or adversity and ride through the storm unscathed. Fear and sadness are the heaviest burdens we encounter in our life. Fear is about the future and ...

It’s No Big Deal or Is It

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan divulges numerous details relating to the slander of Aisha RA specifically referring to verses 15, 16 and 17 revealed with reference to Aisha RA. The end to these false rumors and the horrendous slander of Aisha RA came in the form of Allah’s intervention through verses and revelation to the Prophet ﷺ. The first section of Surah Nur is a firm declaration on the punishment that shall be meted out for slandering. This story reasserts the honorable and high stature of Aisha R...

Guiding Our Thoughts Of Others

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan delves into Ayats revealed on dignity and honor. There exist two kinds of people - evil people who say things directly and indirectly and the second is careless people who don't care about the consequences of their vile talk. The thoughts are being criticized in these Ayats as opposed to the actual talk and the benefit of the doubt should always be given when it comes to the character of a person because this is a sign of Iman. if one indulges in this wrong behavior, then ...

New Dreams for 2019

Insights on Surah Al Isra

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan provides valuable insights into verses 83 to 85 of Surah Al Isra of the Noble Qur'an. “And when We bestow favor upon the disbeliever, he turns away and distances himself; and when evil touches him, he is ever despairing. Say, "Each works according to his manner, but your Lord is most knowing of who is best guided in the way. And they ask you, [O Muhammad], about the soul. Say, "The soul is of the affair of my Lord. And mankind has not been given of knowledge except a littl...

The Right Words

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan talks about and emphasizes on the meaning of the word - Qawlan Sadeedah [The Right Words]. The power of words is the quintessential power bestowed upon man and is a gift from Allah. When we speak, we communicate with Allah and hence, we should be vigilant on how we use them in our daily lives. The word Saddah means filling a hole or a gap. Regarding speech, Sadd “سد” in Arabic means to fill in something. Our conversations should be such that it doesn’t create any further p...

Straight Talk

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan delivers a Khutbah in which he attempts to introduce the meanings, teachings, and lessons that can be imbibed from verses 69 - 72 of Surah Al Ahzab. Interpersonal communication within the family, partners, and friends should be aimed at bettering relations and not as a means to cause humiliation. Our Deen is not about embarrassing others but about upholding the Deen and saying that which is right and meaningful.

Money Matters

Before Revelation

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan delivers a great Khutbah regarding the character and then relates it to our relationship with the immediate family members and bringing them back on the path of Allah through our patience and Husne Akhlaq. What is profound is that good character and morals is not obtained only from the revelation of Allah through the Qur'an. The Prophet ﷺ did not have any revelations till the age of 40 yet his character was exemplary and topnotch in every magnitude. How do we ensure we try...

The Devil’s Final Ultimatum

Nouman Ali Khan delves into the final dialogue of Iblees. Shaytan is the ultimate enemy we have and is a relentless and pertinent one we have till the end of time. How is the devil going to come at us and pull us under his wing? Some of the origins of the word Shukr are illustrated and how some of us have Shukr cultivated within us and is displayed. Shaytan is angry at being admonished for being arrogant to Allah and swears that he will make mankind even more arrogant than him and even ungratefu...

How The Devil Attacks From The Left

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan elaborates on how Satan attacks us from the left side. The basic idea that is postulated by the scholars is that right is associated with the good and left is for that which is bad which means it makes us lazy, delaying doing good things, etc. What keeps us connected to Allah is the acts of worship, remembrance of Allah, our desire to seek forgiveness from Allah for our sins. Shaytan attacks from the left by: Removing your motivation to engage in beneficial acts by slowing...

How The Devil Attacks From The Right

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan elaborates explicitly on how the Devil attacks us from the right direction. The Shaytan attacks from the right by: Convincing you that you own your guidance. So you start to pity others, deviating away from your own guidance and focusing on theirs. Ultimately believing you are the source of guidance and take part in others’ personal journey to Allah. Using the word of Allah for evil purposes (Having a personal agenda above the word of Allah) Resetting the priorities of Isl...

How The Devil Pulls Us back

How the devil pulls us back In his previous talk the venerated Sheikh talked about how the syaitan attacks us from the front. In this talk he tells us how the syaitan attacks us from the back. One of the easiest ways syaitan achieves this is by his whispers. We may think that it's our thoughts emanating from us but the reality is it's coming from the accursed one, the one that promised Al Khaliq he would lead the children of Adam astray from every angle. One of the things that syaitan wants us t...

When The Devil Attacks Head On

Khutbah by Nouman Ali Khan Our beloved Sheikh in this khutbah talks about one of the attacks of Iblis stated in Surah 7. Iblis here swore he will absolutely come at us from in front of us and behind us. Which basically means he's attacking head on- literally in front of us, the literal meaning being iblis will use things directly in front of us against us. Eg: whatever you want to look at is physically in front of the screens of iPhone, laptop screen etc. Iblis doesn't want us to think of the co...

The Devil's Motive

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan makes us get goosebumps just by listening to his lecture on the Devil's Motive. In this talk, we comprehend how Shaytaan is sitting to attack us! How ungrateful he is and wants us to be the same. We need to realize that we must always be grateful for the organs, food, shelter, parents, and Alhamdulillah for making us Muslims, and His guidance that Allah has provided us with. Alhamdulillah, there are so many things to be grateful for. Insha Allah, with the constant remembra...

The Devils Obsession with Comparison

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan delivers an amazing lecture that deals with the Devil’s obsession with comparison. Lessons from this lecture: Iblees said that he is better than Adam (AS) since he is made from fire and Adam (AS) from clay, which led to Shirk. As it is Allah who decides who is better than anyone among us and we don't have any basis of comparison. Don't compare yourself with anyone in this dunya as this is not your job to do, your sustenance is in Allah's hands and you won't get anything mo...

Story of Adam AS

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan delves in elaborate detail on Surah Araf verse 11. Iblees's status was elevated more than the angels because of how much effort and work Iblis put in. Iblis and all the angels were commanded to bow down to the creation of Adam. However, Iblis objected and said - "What's so awesome about him? I'm created from fire and Allah created him from clay "You didn't have everyone bow for me?" Allah exposed Iblis's motive of worshiping Allah all along which was only for recognition a...

Eid Al Adha Khutbah

Tough Love

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan delivers a thought-provoking Khutbah on Prophet Ibrahim AS. He talks about his ability to stand on his commitment to stand for the truth even if an entire society was going against him and the fact that he was a young impressionable man. This lecture aims to reinforce the fact that even though some of us may be going through struggles in our lives, we must realize that we're not alone and many are also having far bigger predicaments in their lives. If Allah wishes, He coul...

Our Father

Khutbah

The Test of Power

This khutbah is period appropriate wherein globally the wielding of power is shifting. Malaysia, Pakistan, indonesIn and soon in the US and UK too. But our beloved Sheikh brings this element of power back to us in this khutbah. The power to move from point A to point B, the power to hold a pen between our fingers and the power to choose the right person to rule a natuon. Surah Al Imran verse 26 addresses this element and our beloved Sheikh breaks it down for us to understand and comprehend. It i...

His Plan

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan talks about Prophet Musa AS and his stature and who is the most talked-about Prophet in the entire Qur'an. Surah Al Kahf mentions 4 stories and the third one is about the story of Musa AS. This story is different from the rest of the happenings of his life where he usually was at the forefront. This story has him in the role of a student and on the orders of Allah, he is asked to learn from someone else. But given his learnedness, he seemed to be a daunting task. How was t...

Fatherly Advice

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan provides an elaborate explanation of what happens when a person truly establishes prayer in his life. The prayer should be seen as a seed and without it, we will not attain the end which is much more profound. In Surah Al Luqman where the father is advising his son and is so important that it became The advice to be given till the Day of Judgement. What does he advise? He says to his son to establish prayer and once it is accomplished, one should advise others to do the ri...

Ramadan 2018 - Nightly Reminder - June 12

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan gives the final lecture in this series on Ramadan 2018 and highlights some of the benefits of these last two verses, according to the narrations from the Prophet ﷺ himself, and inspires us to take these verses as a companion in our daily life. ءَ“The Messenger bbelieves in what has been sent down to him from his Lord, and (so do) the believers. Each one believes in Allah, His Angels, His Books, and His Messengers. (They say,) “We make no distinction between one another of ...

Ramadan 2018 - Nightly Reminder - June 11