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Nouman Ali Khan

When Culture Becomes Our New Idol - Surah Al-Maarij

Nouman Ali Khan

Muslim Central

Islam, Religion & Spirituality, Society & Culture

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 20 November 2025

⏱️ 12 minutes

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0:00.0

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0:04.2

The Mushrikun worshipped idols.

0:07.6

Muslims have their own idols.

0:10.3

Now, we have cultures as our idols.

0:15.7

And our cultures have their own list of halal and haram.

0:25.0

That is different from Allah's list of halal and haram. That is different from Allah's list of halal and haram. And when it comes to our cultures halal and haram, we observe it, even if it means violating

0:31.4

Allah's halal and haram.

0:43.3

This video is a short snippet from our deeper look of Sura Al-Ma'arij, which is now available to watch in full only on Bayygin'a TV.

0:48.3

Learn about this Sura and many others in the Deeper look section of the app.

1:00.9

This is a really amazing, amazing way to describe judgment day because this is Allah's way of telling this. Pleasing people doesn't matter. There's a less way of telling us that.

1:08.8

So many of our decisions are because the family said so. So many, not good

1:14.9

decisions, bad decisions. Family said so, the loved one said so. You did this because of your

1:20.9

your benin, your sajiba, your aki, your Fasila, right?

1:28.3

And here you have the criminal ready to throw all of them in hell.

1:31.3

All of them can go.

1:33.3

We have to decide who we worship in the end.

1:37.3

I say this without reservation, and I've said this now multiple times, but I think I don't say it enough.

1:43.3

The Mushikan worshipped idols.

1:46.9

Muslims have their own idols now.

1:50.9

We have cultures as our idols.

1:54.5

And our cultures have their own list of halal and haram.

2:00.5

That is different from Allah's list of halal and haram. That is different from Allah's list of halal and haram.

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