Nouman Ali Khan
16 quotes
Biography
"If doctors are paid the same salary as bus drivers, community would not be crazy about making their children doctors"
"I don't give lectures, I just talk"
"When you help people, don't wait around to hear them say, "Thank you." A lot of times we do good things, but in the back of our mind we're hoping to get some appreciation. But if you make your intentions pure, and you expect only from Allah, He will take more care of you than you could ever imagine."
"Why does Allah compare the Quran to water? Besides the fact that the Quran came down from the sky, it also brings dead hearts back to life, like water brings life to the dead earth. Similarly as to how water is completely pure, the Quran is pure and purifies everything else. We are completely incapable of creating water ourselves yet benefit from what it produces in the earth, the same way the Quran is not and cannot be the work of a human being but we can extract benefit from the guidance it offers."
"Some of the toughest ayah in the Quran have Allah's name "ar-Rahman" in them to make it clear that just because Allah is the Most Merciful, it doesn't mean He's not going to carry out justice."
"I have some advice for the young generation who are wanting to become successful in life: become more grateful. Once you do that, Allah says, "If you are grateful, I will surely increase you (in everything)." If you're having a hard time in math, science, language and whatever else, become grateful to Allah and He will open doors for you. You'll even get better at basketball and become more athletic."
"When you pay attention to the Quran, you discover that it can only be from Allah. It becomes clearer and clearer to you that it cannot be from a human being. But many people don't perceive the Quran this way because Allah doesn't open its doors to people who do not pay attention."
"When ignorance is passed down for a long time without giving it a second thought, it leads to evil because you are doing it without knowledge."
"We live in a society where we wake up our kids for schools but not for Fajr."
"If someone corrects you, and you feel offended, then you have an ego problem."
"Forgiving someone isn't just about doing good to another. It's also about healing a scar in your own heart."
"How many people must there be, who are completely unknown in this world, but they are famous in the sky."There are people on this earth who may seem insignificant to you and me. But they are beloved to Allah and their name is constantly mentioned among the angels in the sky."
"Some of the toughest ayaat in the Quran have Allah's name "ar-Rahman" in them to make it clear that just because Allah is the Most Merciful, it doesn't mean He's not going to carry out justice."
"The real dawah to Islam is the character of a Muslim."
"The word Ilaah means something that deserves to be worshiped AND obeyed at the same time. It is not enough to worship Allah through rituals. We have to give His obedience precedence over our desires in every situation of our life."
"What you desire is what you want, what you have is what Allah wants."