Surah 100 - AL-'ADIYAT (THE COURSER) - سورة ا...

Name Why the name Al-Baqarah? Al-Baqarah (the Cow) has been so named from the story of the Cow occurring in this Surah (vv. 67-73). It has not, however, been used as a title to indicate the subject of the Surah. It will, therefore, be as wrong to translate the name Al-Baqarah ...  Show more

Name This Surah takes its name from v.33. Al-i-Imran, like the names of many other surahs, is merely a name to distinguish it from other surahs and does not imply that the family of Imran has been discussed in it. The Period of Revelation This Surah consists of four discours ...  Show more

Surah Ar-Rahman is a powerful wake-up call addressing all kinds of people, especially those exercising various degrees of disbelief. When it was revealed in Mecca, explains Nouman Ali Khan, Allah was talking specifically to the Quraish, who, despite having the greatest messenger, ...  Show more

This Khutbah was recorded in Malaysia on 9/2/2016. Allah dedicates strong ayat in Surat An-Nisaa to describing the fate of al-munafiqun (the hypocrites), angrily describing their deserved place in the lowest depths of Hell. However, as Nouman Ali Khan explains, Allah’s anger is n ...  Show more

This khutbah was given at Islamic Center of Southlake on 7/8/2016. The consequences of rampant injustice in a society are dire. Nouman Ali Khan points out in his discussion of ayat from Surat An-Nisaa and Al-Ma’eda that such injustice perpetuates the cycle of death and leads to m ...  Show more

Ibn Taymiyyah is known as the “Sheikh of Islam” to his admirers, and to his detractors, one of the most significant antecedents of modern Salafi Jihadism. Simultaneously a genius scholar, brutal warrior and unflinching polemicist, he is one of the most important pioneers of a mil ...  Show more