Nouman Ali Khan – Happiness, Fun and Pleasure

Nouman Ali KhanJune 25, 20130 comments

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In this lecture, Nouman Ali Khan unpacks a single ayah from Surah Al-Hadid (57:20), walking through the five stages of worldly desire — play, entertainment, beauty, showing off, and competing in wealth — and showing how each one mirrors the parable of the perfect rain that yields a crop, only for it to wither and turn to dust. He concludes with a powerful reminder that true, lasting contentment (*ridwan*) can only be found in the Hereafter, while everything we chase in this world is ultimately a beautiful deception.

Nouman Ali Khan

Nouman Ali Khan is a Muslim speaker and the CEO and founder of Bayyinah Institute, an Arabic studies, educational institution in the United States. His early education in Arabic started in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia and continued in Pakistan. His serious Arabic training began in 1999 in the United States. He has been teaching Modern Standard and Classical Arabic at various venues for several years with over 10,000 students nationwide. Nouman Ali Khan teaches about the religion of Islam through his video speeches. He also frequently speaks at Islamic Circle of North America Conventions about Islam, family, and other life topics.

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