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MuslimMatters.org Live! Interview of Nouman Ali Khan

10. September, 2009 by Nouman Ali Khan Specialists, Uncategorized 43 comments

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Nouman Ali Khan

Nouman Ali Khan is the director of the Bayyinah Institute. He is well known for his contributions in the fields of Arabic and Quranic studies - most recently starting a full time on-campus institute for this purpose in Dallas, TX.

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http://muslimmatters.org/author/saqibsaab/ SaqibSaab

I like how you can see Shaykh Yaser Birjas and other walking around in the background. :)

Abu Abdillah

Is American Islam all about celebrities?

I can see Shaikh Fulaan (who’s actually just a small student of knowledge in Islam) WOW! Who cares?

http://tr.im/hosna abu abdAllah Tariq Ahmed

IlmSummit — the Summit that keeps on giving you Ilm… :)
Great questions, Siraaj, mashaAllah. Less pencil-thumping please, unless you are thumping the interviewee like a hifdh student. ;)
http://www.mujahideenryder.net MR

How is it live? :-D
http://muslimbestlife.com/blog Siraaj Muhammad

@AbuAbdullaah: Ahhh! That mic is ridiculously sensitive!

@MR: It’s LIVE in the sense that you see us rather than reading our writing (which is typical for a blog), but it’s certainly not live in the sense of happening right now :D

Siraaj

http://tr.im/hosna abu abdAllah Tariq Ahmed

[wistfully] I wouldn’t mind if it were live, being at IlmSummit right now… at least until ‘Itikaaf starts. :)

AbuMisbah

Assalam alaikum Br.Siraj,

Please change the picture you’ve with your name, please. It doesnt look good. please. From the bottom of my heart.

Hope u got it ) Jazak Allah Khair

http://muslimbestlife.com/blog Siraaj Muhammad

Heh, you don’t like the bald guy with the big beard? He looked like a kindred spirit :D Insha’Allah I’ll change my gravatar when I head home and use my real photo.

Siraaj

Abu Abdillah

What ulamaa do you have on your “Ilm Summit” or is it just advertising speak – b/c nowadays “da’wah” is all about copying Tony Robbins, NLP and Advertising Agencies!

“Ilm Summits” without Ulamaa – mashaAllaah!

Little baby students wanting to be Imams – the Imams used to study for decades and still didn’t claim “Ilm Summits”!

Wake up people – stop this celeb-following – can’t you see it’s the same stuff that’s done by the non-Muslims in your society? You’ve just made up your Muslim versions of poster-boys!

Heck you’ve even got da’ees listing “I am studying for NLP Master Practitioner” as a da’wah qualification.

Funny how we survived the era of the Salafi without NLP and Tony Robbins and American Advertising Agency tricks. Do you think Allaah (Subhaanahu Wa Ta’aalaa) is pleased with these tricks?
Man

Bro, all of the sheikhs call themselves students of knowledge, and not great scholars. But mashAAllah, they have done a great deal of good with the knowledge they do have. Even a little bit of knowledge is Ilm.

Please be realistic.

http://www.muslimmatters.org/author/haytham Haytham

wow dude (@ Abu Abdillah)… such a hateful message… what happened to you man? Are you okay?

http://muslimmatters.org/author/amatullah Amatullah

mashaAllah that was awesome.

Can’t wait for the SISTERS campus inshaAllah :)

Abu Abdillah

Yeah Yeah! Woo-hoo!!!!

http://muslimmatters.org/author/amatullah Amatullah

yep, can’t wait :)
http://www.workingforone.com AbdelRahman

I love your enthusiasm, brother! :-D You should come to IlmSummit next year and teach, we can make you the next poster boy!!
Someone

Brother, if you have better knowledge and style then by Allaah you should be able to surpass Brother Nouman and the likes of him in no time.

However, if you haven’t anything for the sake of this Ummah apart from ridiculing your brothers and their efforts in da’wah, then shame upon you.

http://www.fiqe.org imran

Salam

Awesome conversation. That pen of yours, br Siraaj, is quite annoying though..

Algebra

That pen of yours, br Siraaj, is quite annoying though..
However, the interview was nice
salam

http://muslimbestlife.com/blog Siraaj Muhammad

Thanks for re-emphasizing, I’ll be sure to make a note of it.

Siraaj

http://www.muslimmatters.org/author/haytham Haytham

I actually enjoyed the pen snapping… it added a personal touch :)

mashaAllah I was standing behind the camera for most of this interview… :)
Abu Yunus

As far as I know, following is the best site rebutting christian missionary doubts concerning the textual integrity [among other things] of the Qur’an:

http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Quran/

Btw, this site has been around for over a decade – right around when internet became popular among the masses. It would be nice to see Nouman Ali Khan contribute to that site and help the brothers out in their attempts to defend Islam.

http://muslimmatters.org/author/amatullah Amatullah

Br Nouman has recommended that site many times and says it’s one of the best out there.
http://muslimbestlife.com/blog Siraaj Muhammad

Salaam alaykum Abu Yunus,

I used to visit that site back when it first arrived on the scene, and my consistent gripe with the site is that they set up many talking points to discuss, and never got to them. Alhamdulillaah, looks like they’ve put a lot more material up, but if you’ll look to the internal contradictions section, for example, there are still many gaps that one decade later, they’ve left untouched. It would be great if they could finish up for the benefit of all of us :D

Siraaj

Abu Yunus

wa alaykum salaam wa Rahmatullaah.

I guess brother M.S.M Saifullah is almost a one man army. He does have helpers here and there, but he does need more help to fill the gaps you are referring to. Perhaps, brother Nouman can come into the picture from here. Brother Siraaj, did every try contacting the brother @ Islamic Awarness?

Abu Yunus

http://muslimbestlife.com/blog Siraaj Muhammad

No, I haven’t, try contacting him.

Siraaj

Px

In this regard also see the following site by Br. Hamza Tzortzis. It does a good job too:

http://www.theinimitablequran.com/

AbuZakariyya

pen snapping makes you seem “nervous”, which is the last thing I’d expect from you

http://muslimbestlife.com/blog Siraaj Muhammad

It wasn’t nervousness, it was my version of, “uh, um, etc”

Siraaj

Ibn Masood

Assalamualaikum

I think Bayyinah institute’s project is the most sadaqa-worthy educational-project in all of North America. InshaAllah look forward to helping out and then attending :)
http://deendriven.com Arshada

So, why is it called LIVE! when it really isn’t live ? :)

P.S. Awesome interview, look fwd to more LIVE content

http://muslimbestlife.com/blog Siraaj Muhammad

It just SOUNDED more high energy when I was thinking for a title – sometimes, it doesn’t have to make sense, it just need to convey a feeling :)

Siraaj

Someone

Maybe you could add a more lively title for that.. LIVE ILMSUMMIT :D

Faiez

Massive pen for a massive man with a massive beard

http://muslimbestlife.com/blog Siraaj Muhammad

I’ll be sure to get you one ;)

Siraaj

Someone

Okay, so this was awesome. The pen didn’t bother me, it felt energetic and showed your spirit was into it (too much reading into it I guess..), it could even be your trademark!

And there were 2 handshakes in the end, lol
med-talibilm

salaam,

tabarakAllah.
what’s the name of his teacher again? wasnt clear….
Maaz Khan

Live from Ilm Summit, it’s MUSLIMMATTERS LIIIIIIIIIIIIVVVVVVE! :)

props… look forward to more, inshaAllah.
http://muslimmatters.org/author/amad/ Amad

All the while I was thinking… how I wouldn’t want to be that pen :)

just kidding… mashallah, cooool interview
http://qarisister.wordpress.com/ Mercy

Assalama ‘Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu,

Awesome interview. Topic on Balagh is truly inspiring as well the teaching styles. I like this a lot, and can relate ” As a teacher you should be more engaged in a conversation and not a speech”. For those who give halaqats or teach often, this really plays a crucial role in changing and effecting the minds of your audience. If you study and observe the many shayook out there, the best of the best of them are those who vocalize their speech in a way that captivates their audience, i.e a live conversation. Just to add, the ‘Divine Speech’ literary characteristics of the Quran from Bayyinah, is by far one of the most amazing classes I’ve taken. Learning Balaagh really gives a beautiful insight and a more deeper dimension into the book of Allah Azza wa jala that is unforgettable. I took it when it came to Columbus, and my 35 page notes is an account of my journey, so insha’Allah if it comes to a city near you, go for it! I ask Allah Azza wa jala to bless brother Nouman and the institute with only goodness.

Wa’alaykuma Salam Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakatuhu,
mercy
http://muslimbestlife.com/blog Siraaj Muhammad

Abu Abdillah,

I’m not sure what’s more troubling, that you’ve yet to point out something wrong that anyone has said, or that you’re trolling MM’s comment area in the last third of the night.

Siraaj

http://muslimmatters.org/author/amad/ Amad

Seems he mistakenly typed in mm instead of salafitalk.net

no time to waste with trolls… br. Abi Abdullah can enjoy his time in our spam box from now on…

Man

No need for a mansion. A dorm is fine. But great idea mashaAllah
somayah

Assalamu alaikum,
I found it very helpful to me, for I have established an Arabic center three years back, and am struggling to find the right instructors who can understand the non-Arabic mentality and interact with them in English to make Arabic language easy and understandable. I could have some who are good and some who couldn’t deliver the message properly, exactly as brother Nouman explained about studying Arabic in the Arab world. Until recently when I had to take over one beginners class and teach them, I found them loving Arabic and understanding each and every word, al-hamduli-Allah
I also agree with brother Nouman regarding teaching the applicable balaghah, I had this experience, too. Throughout tafseer of Juz’ 26 from the Qur’an, I could deliver the meaning of the original Arabic in English by translating tafseer at-Tahreer wat-Tanweer. I could see the impact of these meanings on the average Muslim ladies who joined the class for more than a year. It’s really a good method and much more beneficial that just teaching the theory. This is also applicable on teaching tawheed throughout giving profound tafseer of Juz’ `Amma and other Makkan surahs, I believe it enforces the concept of faith directly from the Qur’an.

Masha-Allah wonderful job, you are doing in establishing al-Bayyinah institute, I wish you success and acceptance of your good deeds by Allah. May He multiply your reward.

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