Nouman Ali Khan – Behind The Scenes of Quran Studies
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After my trip through Europe, I found myself
in Scotland with my dear friend and colleague,
doctor Suhib Saeed,
for what would be one of the most
productive months I've had this year.
There is no substitute for us getting to
spend time with each other in person, studying
and contemplating the Quran.
Firstly, the experience of spending hours pouring over
a single ayah at a time is rewarding
beyond what I'm capable of expressing.
All I can say is it rejuvenated my
heart, my soul, and renewed our commitment and
love for this work.
In the first chapter of this trip, I
sat with Sheikh Suhib Salid in his Quran
study library,
a treasure that is meticulously
organized and incredibly rich.
And in fact, I am, you know, I'm
I'm very proud of my books.
Of course, when people come into the library
there's a question that they always ask. Let
me ask it. So you've read all these
books?
Right. So,
so,
I would love to be able to say
that I've read all of it, but that's
not how it works.
We went through each section of the library
and discussed the works and the people behind
them, both from centuries ago and from recent
history and even our times.
But this is so,
so pretty. You can just literally,
you know, take a photo of any part
and it would be just a work of
art. It's just so beautiful. Yeah.
Even this one, like, the way they connected
the fa to the la. Right? Yeah. The
ula ika is like
yeah. It's a very intricate sort of,
it looks like it's architectural.
Construction.
Yeah.
These are the amazing souls that made and
continue to make our study of the Quran
as fruitful as it is today. I'm so
excited that this library exploration was filmed and
will be released soon.
Well, first of all, we have to consider
that they were not speaking Arabic.
Yeah. I know that shocks people sometimes.
Musa Alaihi was not speaking Arabic.
Of course he wasn't. Well, Farhan was too?
Well, he was Egyptian. No, he wasn't that
kind of Egyptian yet.
Next, we spent 10 days translating Surat Youssef
live for our dream intensive,
bringing our audiences behind the scenes into the
discussions he and I have as we attempt
to produce a written translation of the Quran,
And this was incredibly rewarding.
We've studied Surat Youssef exhaustively before, and yet
during this intensive, we were humbled by how
many things we discovered
only during this exercise. What about all this?
No, basically Look, I was all going to
say something like, on the one hand, on
the other hand. I think our audience has
got to see as we do that translation
is heavy work, and we no longer ask
the question, what's the best translation? But rather,
what's the best translation for this ayah?
One of you is going to pour wine.
The other will be crucified. So in a
way, I am missing out some words from
the Arabic. I I I recognize that. You
could just use soul.
Alright. I'm gonna jump in right here. Hey
everyone, it's Usman, editor at Dayna. Fun fact,
this translation was then finished and filmed in
Arabic and English recital
whilst in Jakarta.
You can watch that video right here on
YouTube.
When Joseph said to his father, dad, I
have actually seen 11 stars and the sun
and the moon.
I watched them bow down before me.
I came to Glasgow 3 days ago. Oh,
I got admitted, Glasgow Caledonia University. Oh, if
you wish to a study member, mental management.
So I finished class, and I just wanted
to see the city. I said, let me
just walk. I checked out the map, and
said, let me see
the closest park. I could just
relax and just see Glasgow.
Laugh?
Oh.
When I saw Yafa, I was I wanted
to yell and come and meet you. I
was like,
it might not be him.
What what are the chances? I was like,
okay. Let me get close.
I'm I'm happy. Don't
No. No. I know you're not. I know.
I'm happy too.
Alright. Osman again here jumping in. Whilst at
this park, we also filmed a trailer for
Quran Week. And so
here are some bloopers because,
well,
I mean, sorry.
And I want you to be able to
experience firsthand what it means
to connect with the word of Allah and
to I just tripped.
Quran
week. I just messed that up. Okay.
Okay. Give me a call to action.
Take 1.
Big clap.
3,
2, 1. Call to action. Big clap.
What? Take what?
The end of my time here was spent
with the wonderful
people of Glasgow during the 1st Quran week
ever, where we took a deeper look into
Surah Al Dariyat.
I normally don't get nervous
delivering lectures. I was telling my wife on
the way, I'm nervous
because
it's heavy.
It's a lot of stuff.
Sohaib, I, and Mohammed spent our days contemplating
and studying a handful of aat each day.
We pushed ourselves beyond a surface reading and
investigated our tradition and our own minds seeking
answers to deeper questions per aayat.
In In the evenings, it was my job
to present what we had studied in language
our amazing audience could understand and internalize.
His teaching style is amazing in a way
that he takes you through a journey. That
last 6 days, what I learned,
was equivalent to what I probably could say
learned my entire life. And especially the part
that stood out to me the most there
was about the winds
and how the winds
have affected the entire course of humanity
and how the wind carries everything around the
world and how it's transformed nations. Now I'm
realizing that the the wind that blows is
taking my dead skin cells and blowing them
5,000 kilometers away. I'm a part of that
too. I'm within the ayat. You see?
We also got to empower our attendees with
5 lenses they can use to contemplate the
Quran themselves with proper support.
Thank you, Glasgow, for being the birthplace of
Quran Week, and for inspiring our team to
spread Quran contemplation
around the world.
Since the 1st Coronni King Glasgow back in
September of 2022,
over 4,000
wonderful souls have joined us across 15 Quran
weeks all over the world for a deeper
look of various Surahs in the Quran,
and we have many more to go with
Allah's permission.
Thank you for being part of this journey
and we hope to see you in the
next one.