Nouman Ali Khan

April 15, 2016

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan gives an awesome lecture on some of the Ayats of the esteemed Surah Al Baqarah. Allah SWT is describing the attributes of pure disbelievers in these Ayahs where He shows the reality of people who refused Muhammad ﷺ and his message. The Prophet ﷺ sincerely desired guidance for them and was worried about them and tried his best to decorate their lives with Islam. Allah SWT says to the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ that it does not matter if Muhammad ﷺ had warned them or not, they would still have disbelieved in what you were sent with.Allah SWT tells the Prophet ﷺ to not feel sorry for the people who do not heed. It is not his fault and there will be no blame on him. It is their sheer bad luck that they didn’t pay attention. Khatama Allahu means, ‘Allah has sealed.’ This Ayah means that Shaytan controlled them when they disobeyed the Prophet ﷺ. Therefore, Allah SWT sealed their hearts, their hearing, and their sight. They could neither see the guidance nor hear or comprehend it. Such was the unfortunate nature of their lives.

Everything we have belongs to Allah, so when we give charity, we are actually giving back to Allah what He has gifted us. It is the intention and sacrifice behind the sadaqa, whether big or small, that matters most.

The mystery behind the opening three letters of Surat Al-Baqara serves a clear purpose: to prepare you, the student of the Quran, mentally for what you are about to learn. The first orientation of the Quran is that you don'€™t know anything.

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan delves into an explicit lecture and provides insight, lessons to imbibe and inculcate and reflections on some of the introductory Ayats of one of the most magnificent Surahs of the Qur'an - Surah Al Baqarah. In the Ayats discussed here, the people of Iman believe in what Allah SWT sent them with, and in what the previous Messengers AS were sent with. They neither distinguish between them nor do they reject what they were sent with from Allah SWT. They believe in all of them because they all were for Hidayah given to other Prophets AS to provide the Message of Allah SWT. Believers are those who are certain about the Day of Judgment when Allah SWT will ask them about all their good and bad deeds and consequently, Hell or Heaven will be decided. Our actions of Iman are only useful when we have belief in the Hereafter.  Allah SWT says in Ayat number 5 that those who believe in the Unseen, establish the prayer, spend from what Allah SWT has granted them, believe in what Allah SWT has revealed to the Messenger ﷺ and the Messengers before him AS, believe in the Hereafter with certainty, and prepare the necessary requirements for the Hereafter by performing good deeds and avoiding misdeeds, then they are on the right path. Muflihoon is from Falah which implies success. Success always comes after hard work and effort and as a Muslim, we believe we will get Falah in the form of Jannah. If one does great effort in this world to get the love of Allah SWT and does this according to what is described in the Qur’an and proven by Sunnah, then he will get guidance and Falah on the Day of Judgment.

Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan delivers an amazing lecture that gives an insight into the reflections from Surah Al Baqarah from Ayats 1 to 7. Our Iman is decorated with the following: Oneness of Allah. The prophethood of Muhammad ﷺ and all other Messengers AS His Angels His Books Last Day – Akhirah  Heaven and Hell Sahabah RA Taqdeer  All good and bad is from Allah SWT The characteristics of Muttaqeen as per this Ayah are: 1) They are humble and realize their limitations and submit to Allah SWT by believing in Him with full certainty. 2) They establish Salah perfectly and regularly, in prescribed times according to the way described by Prophet Muhammad ﷺ with calmness and focus and in a congregation (for men). 3) They spend in the way of Allah through wealth, knowledge, efforts, money, time, talents and skills.

The intention of this lecture is to cover the few verses in the Quran, and the only place in the Quran, that talks about the month of Ramadan.

This lecture was given in Bahrain on February 8th, 2015 in cooperation with Falaq.

This lecture is about the demise of Iblis from Allah's favor and the rise of Prophet Adam as the inheritor and successor on Earth.