Nouman Ali Khan Quotes

I'm grateful for believing in a religion that can naturally adapt to changing times yet uphold timeless values and principles.

Talk with your daughters, Play with your sons. You need to be a better friend to them than anyone else. This society offers lots of evil friends. Before they make those kinds of friends, they need to find their best friend in you.

How do you know if Allah has forgiven you? When someone sincerely asks for forgiveness, then there is no doubt they are forgiven. It is guaranteed. Never doubt if Allah forgave you. First of all be sincere and genuine, and if you meet that condition then there is no doubt.

Your sin is not greater than God’s mercy.

When you find yourself in a position to help someone, be happy because Allah is answering that person’s prayer through you.

You know how everyone felt like they were the favorite person of Rasulallah salAllahu 'alayhi wa sallam? We need to bring that sunnah into our homes. When we speak to our mother, she should feel that she's the most loved person in our life. When we speak to our wife, she should also get the same feeling. Before we try to change the world, let's bring balance in our homes.

If shaytan has entered into your heart - evil will look beautiful to you and good will seem tiring and exhausting.

The first thing that Shaytan (Satan) will try to do is get you to stop praying. You know why? Because he has to kill the guard if he wants to penetrate the castle. Once the guard is gone, then Shaytan(satan) can open the floodgates for evil. And he has a lot of patience. He has done this to many people before so he’s experienced as well.

Regret is a form of punishment itself.

People of dua are optimistic by definition. They know that dua and thoughts like 'unlikely' or 'impossible' don't coexist.

Every single success you experience is a combination of two things: your effort and Allah's help. When you don't put in enough effort, Allah does not give His barakah. And sometimes you might put in a lot of effort but you may not see the result you expected. That, also, is Allah's barakah.

Allah says Jannah is awesome, imagine how awesome that is when the All-Knowing is calling it awesome

Every Hour has its own value. Every minute is precious. Every second is irreplaceable. Thank Allah for the time you have, be it little. If you thank Allah for something, He will surely increase it in its blessings.

Filthy language is used by people who don't have the maturity or intelligence to express themselves with better words.

Parents test our patience more than anyone else...Being around them keeps you in check...that's what keeps you humbled.

Insulting the Prophet (Peace Be Upon Him) is like trying to spit at the sun, it will only come back in your face.

Allah created the bonds of family, so Who are you to cut bonds that Allah has created.

Nikah is a contract that transfers responsibilities. Therefore know the man you're thinking of marrying, and be sure that he is able to take care of you, more than your dad did. Islam empowers women with honor and dignity. Don't settle for anything less.

You know what the Quran teaches me? The Quran teaches me that an incredibly wealthy man can be a failure (Firaun) and a homeless man can be successful (Prophet Ibrahim). It teaches me that success has nothing to do with wealth and failure has nothing to do with poverty.

Self restraint in speech, food, entertainment and vanity are the most essential fundamental of spiritual growth.

The more knowledge (of deen) you have the more humble you should be. Instead you are becoming judgemental.

If you believe in justice, surely you believe in the hereafter, because this world is not just.

Islam is not a set of rules. It’s a way of seeing life and the world.

When Allah puts barakah (His blessings) in something, it will come beyond your expectations- never underestimate the power of one good deed.

Our religion doesn't demand perfection but instead a manageable strive to better ourselves.

Low self esteem is rooted in many things. One of them is not spending time to appreciate the gifts we've been given.

You and I are not Muslim, because we are born in a Muslim family. You and I are not Muslim, because you read a book about Islam, or saw a Youtube video and decided to become Muslim. We are Muslim, because Allah chose us. Allah chose us.

Do not force the religion on your family. Show them the beauty of the Religion through your own practice.

Change your 'Nafs', change the world.

Husbands and wives, if you guys don’t have a beautiful marriage, a loving marriage, a romantic marriage you are ruining your eeman! You have to have a marriage so awesome that you don’t have to look at the character of a movie or a play and say ‘i wish i had a marriage like this’, your marriage should be better than that because otherwise, Sheytan will come to each one of you and say ‘man i wonder, is there anything better out there, why am I stuck in this?’ Both husband and wife have to work hard to make their relationship work not for yourselves but for your eeman!

I should be grateful for the tough times because Allah chose me, thought I was good enough to go through it.

Religion becomes a hollow shell of its former self when ritual remains and thoughtful reflection disappears.

Not letting our mood affect the way we treat people is a forgotten sunnah

Every single night our soul is taken, and every single night the Angel asks before bringing it back, "Ya Allah what about this one?" "Do You want to send it back?" Do You want to pull the plug or should we keep the Ruh (soul)?" And every night Allah gives permission to the Angel to let us live one more time."

Real leadership is about building people up and empowering them. Many leaders feel that empowering someone else will reduce their own authority. I ask you: When Rasulallah salAllahu alayhi wa sallam empowered the sahaba, did that take away from his authority or did it empower him?

It is not true that if we had true faith we would not be sad. Prophets (as), and righteous people experienced a great deal of sadness. The Quran is full of stories in which the central theme is sadness. Sadness is a reality of life. The Quran is not there to eliminate sadness, but to navigate it. Sadness is one of the tests of life, just as happiness, and anger are tests.

People can put you down, and they will but Allah will never abandon you, so long as you don’t.

When you’re not patient, you start complaining. And the fact that you’re complaining is a sign that you’re not grateful.

The question is grateful to who? You would think grateful to Allah, but Allah didn’t mention Himself. So it could be grateful to Allah, grateful to your parents, grateful to your teachers, grateful for your health, grateful to friends. Grateful to anyone who’s done anything for you. Grateful to your employer for giving you a job. Appreciative. Grateful is not just an act of saying Alhamdulilah. Grateful is an attitude, it’s a lifestyle, it’s a way of thinking. You’re constantly grateful.

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.

You can't just pretend that the things you watch, and the things you hear, and the places you go will not have an impact on your character. They will.

If doctors are paid the same salary as bus drivers, community would not be crazy about making their children doctors

The Heart is like a fuel tank, that you always have to keep filling up with Imaan

Iblis (satan) himself recognizes the Lordship of Allah, but wants the human being to forget it

Sabr is not remaining quiet and allowing anger to build up inside you. Sabr is to talk about what's bothering you without losing control of your emotions.

Lower your gaze because you become less of a human every time you stare at a woman and you stare at her like she's a piece of meat, like she's an animal. That just means you've lost respect for a fellow human being. You're looking at her like an ape looks at a female ape, like a dog looks at a female dog.That's all, you've turned into an animal. Regain your humanity. Lower your gaze.

Forgiving someone isn't just about doing good to another. It's also about healing a scar in your own heart.

Every relationship has tough days. Don't let the grudge last. Be the first to try to make things right and stop waiting for an apology.