16. Are you Living a Dream




Nouman Ali Khan show

Summary: Isn't it time that you woke up?<br> <br> ARE YOU LIVING A DREAM? ISN’T IT TIME THAT YOU WOKE UP?<br> Guest: Nouman Ali Khan<br> “The Deen Show” with Eddie<br> Eddie: Bismillah. Alhamdulillah. Assalamu alaikum which means peace be unto you. Welcome to another episode of The Deen Show, we try to humbly help you understand Islam and Muslims. Today we’re gonna be talking about the very important topic. This is something now that is on some of the minds of the more serious people; like people who went through some of the things in life, many people go through, parties...being invited to some of the big social gatherings and being around maybe some of the celebrities, and you know what, they still haven’t figured it out what’s the purpose of life. Now they are thinking and contemplating getting a little more serious. They wanna get serious in life but now, there’s one hurdle, there’s so many different ways out there. You got Tom Cruise calling you to Scientology. You got these people calling you to Christianity and Buddhism, and this is a…and that is a... How do you know which is the correct way of religion? The way of life? The system that God Almighty wants you to live? We’re gonna be talking about that when we come back here on The Deen Show, you don’t go nowhere.<br> Eddie: Assalamu alaikum?<br> Nouman: Wa alaikum assalam wa rahmatullahi.<br> Eddie: How are you doing brother?<br> Nouman: Very good, very good.<br> Eddie: Let me introduce you and I’ll introduce you to another show, so we’re not gonna waste a lot of time there. You are from the Bayyinah Institute. You know the Arabic? That’s the original language that the Quran was revealed. You know what I’m speaking? (Nouman: “I’m a studentof…”) Assalamu alaikum. (Nouman: “Wa alaikum assalam”). Okay you know some Arabic. (Both are laughing). Okay, we’re breaking a little bit of the ice but this is serious.<br> The guy has been to all the clubs. He sees all the girls but he sees there’s something missing. There’s a void. She’s been sold and she is making lot of money. She’s sick of being used and abused and all these stuff; and people are going to get serious. You know what? But there’s a lot of things out there; a lot of confusion for some people. How do they find out what is…there’s a lot of us to know. Look! That there is a Creator. How is it that there are so many different ways? And which is the correct one? Talk to us.<br> Nouman: First, let’s walk through the “Thought Process” of someone who comes to the right conclusions. They already recognized that this world was not created without a purpose; that the intricate creation of even ourselves down to our very fingertips is something that is very profound and amazing. So it couldn’t be that this has been designed without an agenda or a cause or a purpose. They acknowledged that there is a Creator who designed this in such perfection. And any decent human being…one characteristic of decency is gratitude. When somebody does you a favor, it’s human decency that you wanna thank them. It would be very indecent and inappropriate of you…that you had a flat tire, somebody came and helped you out and you just turned the other way and walked away, or drove off. It’s not appropriate. It’s not common decency.<br> Human beings have a sense of common decency across religions and cultures. So when you realized that there is a Creator, you realized that He has created you in such a powerful way and he has given you abilities that He has not given to any other creatures. And He has given you all of these faculties, not just physical faculties which are amazingly enough. None of us paid for our eyes, and none of us bought our hands and you are doing…they were just given to us, and there are so many others that don’t have these things. So one acknowledges, first of all, that these things were given to him or her without having to pay for them. And on top of that, their sustenance – water,