Khutbah by Nouman Ali Khan: Young Americans Attitude Towards the Qur’an

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Khutbah by Nouman Ali Khan: Young Americans Attitude Towards the Qur’an

October 9, 2009 by Nouman Ali Khan Quran and Sunnah, Specialists
43 comments Tags: bayyinah · khutbah · mp3 · Muslim youth · Nouman Ali Khan · Quran · Youth

Khutbah courtesy of Qabeelat Wedad and Masjid Annur in Sacramento, CA.

Khutbah delivered on September 18, 2009 in Sacramento on our yourg American generation's
attitude towards the Qur'an and working towards a solution.

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Tags: bayyinah · khutbah · mp3 · Muslim youth · Nouman Ali Khan · Quran · Youth

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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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Mirza Shahbaaz Baig

assalamualaikum wa rahmatullah,

jazakumullah kheir brother nouman.

wassalam,
mirza
http://www.masjidannur.com Omar Mumtaz

JazakAllah khayr br Nouman!

After a khutbah like this, a sweet treat was a must ;)
Looking forward to some more good times and ice cream @ your next visit br Nouman :D
http://bayyinah.com Nouman Ali Khan

who picks the cheezy titles for my khutbahs anyway? and wow is that picture incriminating…

http://ibnalhyderabadee.wordpress.com Danish Hasan

I’d like to know too.
http://muslimmatters.org/author/saqibsaab/ SaqibSaab

At least now I know where to take you when you come to Chicago inshaAllah.
http://www.mujahideenryder.net MR

I can change it when I add it to Halal Tube :-D

Any suggestions?
http://deendriven.com Arshada

It could have been worse, “Future of Muslims in America” :)
http://muslimbestlife.com/blog Siraaj Muhammad

You’re one of those guys with the super-duper metabolism, masha’Allah :D

Siraaj
Amatullah

br Nouman, did u finish it??
AbuUmar

leatherbys…yummmm :)
Ibn Malik

And if you ever come to Canada :p

http://www.untangleyourtime.com Nahyan

that’s a humungous order of ice cream.

– i dono how this pic relates to the khutbah in any way :P

Sabour

the title should be, “I can’t believe I ate the whole thing!”
HumaneMuslimah

Salam Alaikum bro, that ice cream looks delicious :)

Great khutbah, as always.

May Allah swt grant you jannah

http://discomaulvi.wordpress.com/ Aly B – DiscoMaulvi

Ummm…. any way to download this? I like to listen to my audio on the go….

-Aly

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http://muslimmatters.org/author/ibnabeeomar/ ibnabeeomar

download link added to post

bilal

jazaks.

http://sal.am Muslim Social Network

*young American generation’s attitude

:-)
Mahin F. Islam

I thought you had a much smaller appetite.
http://muslimology.wordpress.com Dawud Israel

This could be used as a poster for an eating contest lol…

I like the title for this talk- Muslims tend to read the Quran or often even its meaning…as if they are reading a blank page. Ma sha Allah- keep up the good work br. Nouman! :)
muslima

yum, me wants ice cream
Amatullah

that thing is enormous.
MD2B

salaam,

Perhaps that brother who went to public school (where 18 ppl took shahadah) can write something about his experience and how he talked to the youth. Did anyone follow up with them? Are they still muslim?

The problem is that we dont have effective mechanisms of following up with people who take shahadah. The truth isn’t desperate for numbers, we need to figure out how to support those who do take the brave step or to strengthen those who alread are muslims but don’t know much about their deen.

We tend to load the new muslims with a hundred books and pamphlets expecting them to be just like a regular muslim the next week.

I think the situation of the youth is analogous to that of new muslims. Lack of support. What books should beginners read? Which websites can they goto? Which talks should they listen to? What are the most common questions that they have? Which tafsir program can help them easily understand Quran? Which hadith books can give them a good foundation?

perhaps we need a user-friendly curriculum that the youth and new muslims feel comfortable using at their own pace, but one that will keep them motivated inshaAllah. [the youth might need a stepping stone to reach the level where they feel the desire to goto a bayyinah or almaghrib class]
may Allah swt guide us in following and spreading the deen in the best manner. ameen.

Brother nouman what do you think (anyone else please feel free to share your input)? may Allah swt reward you for your efforts, this khutbah is very important indeed.

wassalaam
http://www.mujahideenryder.net MR

Hhhhm it’s not working for me.
Agajuice

Aha..now I finally know Br. Nouman’s secret and what keeps him so energic mashAllah.
http://muslimbestlife.com/blog Siraaj

Where’s Amad – we should make this a “Caption This” headline :D

Nice khutbah, btw ;)

Siraaj
http://mystrugglewithin.wordpress.com mystrugglewithin

perfect, precise and powerful message.. understood! :)
http://www.muslimmatters.org/author/sadaf-farooqi Sadaf Farooqi

Bismillah

Allah is So GREAT! “Yadmaghuhu” indeed – the truth bashes in the brains of falsehood! Excellent use of this word in this context.
I totally agree with two of the points he has made: (i) The truth (Quran) makes a Muslim confident about his Deen, so confident that he no longer protects himself from other religions in a secular, multi-religious environment, and (ii) The only justification for living in this environment is to do da’wah very actively.

P.S: can anyone really finish such a dessert without having an absolutely empty stomach before starting to eat it? Its huge!
http://www.untangleyourtime.com Nahyan

Excellent khutbah mashaAllah.

I especially liked the points about
- truth’s intolerance to falsehood
- helping others understand the miraculous-ness of Quran, without Arabic knowledge
- do dawah and do some more dawah after that

Jazakallahukhair Br.Nouman,

- Nahyan
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Salam MM Crew,

Not sure what you guys changed in the past couple of days, but MuslimMatters no longer loads correctly in Google Chrome. Not a big IE fan, so please look into it. Thanks!

http://muslimmatters.org/author/ibnabeeomar/ ibnabeeomar

whats the issue? i use chrome 99% of the time and it works ok..

http://twitter.com/thealexandrian TheAlexandrian

Hmm, not sure what the deal is, then. Here’s a screen shot though: http://twitpic.com/l1nar

I am using a netbook tho, so I wonder if that has anything to do with it?

Anwer

This khutbah was during Ramadan.

How are you eating? :-O

Omar Mumtaz

Br Nouman is not sitting on the mimbar in the pic, just in case you were confused ;)
You can have ice cream in Ramadan you know… just make sure its after iftaar time :D

OM

As Salamu Alikum,

I usually like brother Noumans Khutbas a lot and benefit tremendously from them. This Khutba was excellent in terms of content. However, I felt that it fell short of action. How do we change this defensive attitude? I wish more time was devoted to that. Nonetheless, JazakAllah Khair for bringing the topic up, since it forced me to brainstorming.

Omar Mumtaz

I think the khutbah was meant to get us thinking, to ask ourselves questions like the one you just asked, ” How do we change this defensive attitude? ” There were plently of hints in the 2nd part of the khutbah that lead us to the answer… i.e. we change our attitude towards the Quran by allowing ourselves and our young generation to learn & appreciate the miraculous nature of the words of Allah, the beauty and eloquence of this book, its timeless message,.. for us to learn how this book actually inspires us and instills in us a confidence about the truth, about the message of Islam. As opposed to reading this book from time to time simply because we feel that this is a religious ritual required of us, will not earn us any appreciation nor understanding of this confidence in Islam.
I think when we reach such conclusions on our own, and through our internal brainstorming, the message is even more powerful…

m.bana

i love lectures full of quran.
http://muslimyouthmusings.com Arif Kabir

Cooler titles would be:

The Spear of Truth
The Best Offense is Defense
The Vehicle of Da’wah

…and much more :) JazaakumAllahu Khayran fid Dunya wal Akhirah Ustadh Nouman. I tremendously benefited from this lecture and hope to see more like this Insha’Allah!
http://nihalkhan.blogspot.com Nihal Khan

That ice cream looks amazing….mashaAllah.
Abu Anas

salam,

Great khutbah, bro…just love it. May Allah reward you n all of us
sarah

when will you be giving the khutbah at IFS?
Manzar

Assalamualkim wa rahmatuAllahi wabarakatuhu bros and siss

can I become a member of this website? if yes then how?

Plus I have some questions and confusions regarding the Qur’an…some of them are scientific in nature others are subjective…can anybody here help me out?
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mashallah.. This picture is emitting so much of positive energies!!! :)) Love you brother nouman..

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