Nouman Ali Khan
Muslim Central
Nouman Ali Khan is the founder and CEO of Bayyinah and serves as a lead instructor for several programs including Dream, traveling seminars and Bayyinah TV. His serious Arabic training began in the U.S. in 1999 under Dr. Abdus-Samie, founder and former principal of Quran College in Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Khan served as a professor of Arabic at Nassau Community College until 2006 when he decided to take Bayyinah on as a full-time project. Since then he has taught more than 10,000 students through traveling seminars and programs. He currently resides in Dallas, Texas and is focusing on teaching his students, developing Arabic curricula and filming material for Bayyinah TV.
Nouman Ali Khan, who was of Pakistani descent and was born in Germany on May 4, 1978, spent his early years in the former East Berlin. Khan attended the Pakistan Embassy school from second through eighth grade while his father was employed by the Pakistani Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Khan was a teenager when his father decided to relocate the family to New York.
Khan served as a professor of Arabic at Nassau Community College until 2006 when he decided to take Bayyinah on as a full-time project. Since then he has taught more than 10,000 students through traveling seminars and programs. He currently resides in Dallas, Texas and is focusing on teaching his students, developing Arabic curricula and filming material for Bayyinah TV.
Nouman Ali Khan, who was of Pakistani descent and was born in Germany on May 4, 1978, spent his early years in the former East Berlin. Khan attended the Pakistan Embassy school from second through eighth grade while his father was employed by the Pakistani Embassy in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Khan was a teenager when his father decided to relocate the family to New York.
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Sep 7, 2015 • 4min
Amazed By The Quran - Types Of Calamities
“Amazed by the Quran”, Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan draws a comparison between an ayah from Surah Hadid and Surah Taghabun. Tune in to understand part of the beauty of the Quran in its sensitivity to context.
Sep 7, 2015 • 5min
Amazed By The Quran - Be Careful!
“Amazed by the Quran”, Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan draws a comparison between an ayah from Surah Maidah and Surah Taghabun. Please do listen to understand the perfection of what needs to be said on what occasion and why the Quranic verses being compared to the breeze.
Sep 7, 2015 • 6min
Amazed By The Quran - The Ultimate Success
“Amazed by the Quran”, Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan draws a comparison between two ayahs from Surah Tawbah where in Allah SWT emphasizes in a subtle and beautiful way the power of the reward of the heaven. Tune in to explore the treasure and appreciate the perfection of the word of Allah.
Sep 7, 2015 • 8min
Amazed By The Quran - Breaking Idols
“Amazed by the Quran”, Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan draws a comparison between an ayah from Surah Hajj and Surah Luqman. An understanding of restoring the integrity of house and two exclusive instances about breaking the idols in the Islamic history are illustrated.
Sep 7, 2015 • 6min
Amazed By The Quran - Allah Hears And Knows
An awe-inspiring, short-timed series, educating us about the comparison between two ayat that are almost the same and are only differentiated with a very subtle distinction. In this introductory episode, Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan draws a comparison between an ayah from Surah Aaraf and Surah Fussilat. Tune in to find Allah's commandments in responding to the pokes of shaytaan.
Jul 17, 2015 • 29min
Reflections On Surah YASEEN - Part 11
Part 11/12 - People of Jannah
This episode explains ayahs numbered 55-68 from Surah Ya-Sin in great detail. The explanation is about people of Jannah and their privileges’, people of hell fire, definition of worshipping shaytaan, testimony of body organs on the DoJ, Allah’s way of responding to people when they threaten the Prophets and childhood and old age.
Jul 16, 2015 • 25min
Reflections On Surah YASEEN - Part 10
Part 10/12 - People Who Refuse to Think
This episode explains ayahs numbered 45-54 from Surah Ya-Sin in great detail. The explanation is about people who refuse to think when the word of Allah come to them, the three stages of destruction, not intending to spend their wealth in a proper way and an awakening preview of the Day of Judgement.
Jul 12, 2015 • 21min
Reflections On Surah YASEEN - Part 09
Part 9/12 - Future Generations
This episode explains ayahs numbered 38 - 43 from Surah Ya-Sin in great detail. The explanation includes the beautiful comparison of sun and moon with the Prophet SAW and the believers, the significance of each of them, miraculous sign of ship and the mercy of Allah from drowning it in the sea.
Jul 10, 2015 • 21min
Reflections On Surah YASEEN - Part 08
Part 8/12 - Allah is Self-Sufficient
This episode explains ayahs numbered 33 - 37 from Surah Ya-Sin in great detail. A must watch episode to understand the self-sufficiency of the Supreme, the comparison of misguidance and guidance to day and night, how Allah created everything in pairs that need each other, connect between natural and spiritual reality, preview of Jannah and comparison of Quran with water.
Jul 9, 2015 • 38min
Reflections On Surah YASEEN - Part 07
Part 7/12 - A True Believer
This episode explains ayahs numbered 21 - 32 from Surah Ya-Sin in great detail. The explanation includes how the story of a man comes to end with Allah granting the man not just forgiveness but an entry into Jannah and a reward, what does selling an ayah mean, sincerity of intentions and how making fun of Messengers will result in destruction.
