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The Qur’an Program – Spring Term 2015
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The Qur’an Program – Spring Term 2015

THE QUR’AN PROGRAM A 3-year diploma program for students who wish to learn the translation and commentary of the entire Qur’an.  The course is based on authentic hadith, classical sources of scholarly tafsir, and the lives and teachings of the virtuous believers who were the embodiment of the Qur’an. The emphasis is on understanding the depths of Qura’nic wisdom and […]

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8 Advices:Imam Al-Ghazali’s letter to his student
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8 Advices:Imam Al-Ghazali’s letter to his student

وَذَكِّرْ فَإِنَّ الذِّكْرَى تَنْفَعُ الْمُؤْمِنِين “And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers.” (51:55) * The script within square brackets are Shaykh Kamaluddin Ahmed[db]’s personal comments on the text of the letter. Imam Al-Ghazali rahimahullah wrote a letter to one of his students and this student was a graduate from the Madrassa (Islamic Institution of Learning) that Imam Al-Ghazali was teaching […]

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Back to the Basics: Adab
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Back to the Basics: Adab

[Following is the transcription of a talk delivered by Shaykh Kamaluddin Ahmed at the Islamic Centre of NYU during July 2007] Today I thought that we would go back to the basic, which is ‘ibadah. Because a basic or a foundation is something that should not be understood basically. The power of the deen of Islam is that the ‘ulamā […]

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