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Ramadan with the Qur’an – Day 16: Surat Ash-Shams

Nouman Ali Khan offers deep insight into an oath Allah makes in verses 7-8 of Surat Ash-Shams. Here Allah swears by the human nafs, the self, that He created in perfect proportions.

Ramadan with the Qur’an – Day 16: Surat Ash-Shams

In this video, Ustadh Nouman Ali Khan offers deep insight into an oath Allah makes in verses 7-8 of Surat Ash-Shams. Here Allah swears by the human nafs, the self, that He created in perfect proportions. Khan explains how it is this nafs that Allah inspired within every human being which distinguishes us from other creatures, and that He has given it the capacity to both destroy or protect and save itself.

In the context of the previous oaths comparing night and day, these powerful verses are a metaphor for the tug-of-war between good and evil, light and darkness within ourselves; between our material and spiritual needs.

Allah has created this cycle so we can navigate the trials of life, knowing that like the moon, our hearts too go through phases. This constant struggle to purify our souls is the natural order of things.

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Source: Bayyinah Institute YouTube Channel

 

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Hanif is the manager at the Assistive Technology Centre of the South African National Council for the Blind with more than 30 years of experience in the assistive technology and IT fields. Hanif’s passion is assistive technology and advocating for key issues affecting people with disabilities and more specifically the blind and vision impaired. He shares his love for Assistive Technologies through sharing information through his work and via social media and relevant events in order to spread the knowledge and awareness around new technologies and the challenges relating to AT for PWDs. A strong believer in the rights of persons with disabilities and the philosophy of “nothing about us without us”, he regularly push for the affordability and accessability of AT and matching the correct assistive technology solutions with a person in order for them to reach their full capacity. Hanif enjoys a good Netflix and Apple TV+ binge but can also be found walking both his guide dogs looking for cookies .

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