Nouman Ali Khan – Behind The Scenes of Quran Studies

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After my trip through Europe, I found myself

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in Scotland with my dear friend and colleague,

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doctor Suhib Saeed,

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for what would be one of the most

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productive months I've had this year.

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There is no substitute for us getting to

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spend time with each other in person, studying

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and contemplating the Quran.

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Firstly, the experience of spending hours pouring over

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a single ayah at a time is rewarding

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beyond what I'm capable of expressing.

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All I can say is it rejuvenated my

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heart, my soul, and renewed our commitment and

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love for this work.

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In the first chapter of this trip, I

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sat with Sheikh Suhib Salid in his Quran

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study library,

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a treasure that is meticulously

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organized and incredibly rich.

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And in fact, I am, you know, I'm

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I'm very proud of my books.

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Of course, when people come into the library

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there's a question that they always ask. Let

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me ask it. So you've read all these

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books?

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Right. So,

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so,

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I would love to be able to say

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that I've read all of it, but that's

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not how it works.

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We went through each section of the library

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and discussed the works and the people behind

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them, both from centuries ago and from recent

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history and even our times.

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But this is so,

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so pretty. You can just literally,

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you know, take a photo of any part

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and it would be just a work of

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art. It's just so beautiful. Yeah.

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Even this one, like, the way they connected

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the fa to the la. Right? Yeah. The

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ula ika is like

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yeah. It's a very intricate sort of,

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it looks like it's architectural.

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Construction.

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Yeah.

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These are the amazing souls that made and

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continue to make our study of the Quran

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as fruitful as it is today. I'm so

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excited that this library exploration was filmed and

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will be released soon.

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Well, first of all, we have to consider

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that they were not speaking Arabic.

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Yeah. I know that shocks people sometimes.

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Musa Alaihi was not speaking Arabic.

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Of course he wasn't. Well, Farhan was too?

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Well, he was Egyptian. No, he wasn't that

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kind of Egyptian yet.

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Next, we spent 10 days translating Surat Youssef

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live for our dream intensive,

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bringing our audiences behind the scenes into the

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discussions he and I have as we attempt

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to produce a written translation of the Quran,

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And this was incredibly rewarding.

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We've studied Surat Youssef exhaustively before, and yet

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during this intensive, we were humbled by how

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many things we discovered

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only during this exercise. What about all this?

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No, basically Look, I was all going to

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say something like, on the one hand, on

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the other hand. I think our audience has

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got to see as we do that translation

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is heavy work, and we no longer ask

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the question, what's the best translation? But rather,

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what's the best translation for this ayah?

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One of you is going to pour wine.

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The other will be crucified. So in a

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way, I am missing out some words from

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the Arabic. I I I recognize that. You

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could just use soul.

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Alright. I'm gonna jump in right here. Hey

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everyone, it's Usman, editor at Dayna. Fun fact,

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this translation was then finished and filmed in

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Arabic and English recital

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whilst in Jakarta.

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You can watch that video right here on

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YouTube.

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When Joseph said to his father, dad, I

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have actually seen 11 stars and the sun

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and the moon.

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I watched them bow down before me.

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I came to Glasgow 3 days ago. Oh,

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I got admitted, Glasgow Caledonia University. Oh, if

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you wish to a study member, mental management.

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So I finished class, and I just wanted

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to see the city. I said, let me

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just walk. I checked out the map, and

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said, let me see

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the closest park. I could just

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relax and just see Glasgow.

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Laugh?

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Oh.

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When I saw Yafa, I was I wanted

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to yell and come and meet you. I

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was like,

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it might not be him.

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What what are the chances? I was like,

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okay. Let me get close.

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I'm I'm happy. Don't

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No. No. I know you're not. I know.

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I'm happy too.

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Alright. Osman again here jumping in. Whilst at

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this park, we also filmed a trailer for

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Quran Week. And so

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here are some bloopers because,

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well,

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I mean, sorry.

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And I want you to be able to

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experience firsthand what it means

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to connect with the word of Allah and

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to I just tripped.

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Quran

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week. I just messed that up. Okay.

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Okay. Give me a call to action.

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Take 1.

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Big clap.

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3,

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2, 1. Call to action. Big clap.

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What? Take what?

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The end of my time here was spent

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with the wonderful

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people of Glasgow during the 1st Quran week

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ever, where we took a deeper look into

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Surah Al Dariyat.

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I normally don't get nervous

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delivering lectures. I was telling my wife on

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the way, I'm nervous

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because

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it's heavy.

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It's a lot of stuff.

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Sohaib, I, and Mohammed spent our days contemplating

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and studying a handful of aat each day.

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We pushed ourselves beyond a surface reading and

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investigated our tradition and our own minds seeking

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answers to deeper questions per aayat.

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In In the evenings, it was my job

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to present what we had studied in language

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our amazing audience could understand and internalize.

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His teaching style is amazing in a way

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that he takes you through a journey. That

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last 6 days, what I learned,

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was equivalent to what I probably could say

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learned my entire life. And especially the part

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that stood out to me the most there

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was about the winds

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and how the winds

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have affected the entire course of humanity

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and how the wind carries everything around the

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world and how it's transformed nations. Now I'm

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realizing that the the wind that blows is

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taking my dead skin cells and blowing them

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5,000 kilometers away. I'm a part of that

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too. I'm within the ayat. You see?

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We also got to empower our attendees with

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5 lenses they can use to contemplate the

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Quran themselves with proper support.

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Thank you, Glasgow, for being the birthplace of

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Quran Week, and for inspiring our team to

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spread Quran contemplation

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around the world.

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Since the 1st Coronni King Glasgow back in

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September of 2022,

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over 4,000

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wonderful souls have joined us across 15 Quran

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weeks all over the world for a deeper

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look of various Surahs in the Quran,

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and we have many more to go with

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Allah's permission.

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Thank you for being part of this journey

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and we hope to see you in the

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next one.