18th night of Ramadan

thu28mar6:39 pmthu9:00 pm18th night of Ramadanwith Dr Zoheir Esmail

Event Details

We look forward to welcoming you to our Ramadan programme.

5:30 Children’s programme

6:39 Salaat

7:04 Iftar

7:39 Short talk by Zoheir Esmail on “Exploring the Nature of the Divine in the Qurʾān

7:54 Du’a Iftitah

8:19 Qur’an recitation

This series seeks to discuss some of the most important verses (Q: 2:115; 2:255; 6:12; 24:35 and 54:49) on the nature of the Divine, through discussing the insights of Muslim exegetes of the Qurʾān. Striving to understand Qurʾānic expressions about God is fundamental to a Muslim’s journey to knowing the Beloved and as such the series aims to be beneficial at a time of year when we are motivated to improve our relationship with God.

Ladies will be in 39 Gloucester Road; Gents will be in the Portacabin

Time

March 28, 2024 6:39 pm - 9:00 pm(GMT+00:00)

Location

Mahfil Ali

39 Gloucester Road, North Harrow

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Speaker

Dr. Zoheir Esmail is a Lecturer in Islamic Studies at Al-Mahdi Institute. Dr. Esmail qualified as a chartered accountant before pursuing full-time studies in the seminaries of Syria and Qum for a period of 12 years. During that time, he was awarded a doctorate from the University of Exeter with the thesis title: Between Philosophy and ʿIrfān: Interpreting Mullā Ṣadrā from the Qajars to Post-Revolutionary Iran. He returned to the UK in 2020 and taught a number of traditional and academic, graduate, and postgraduate courses including transcendental philosophy, logic, contemporary thought in the Muslim world, and human rights and Islam. He also teaches the whole spectrum of Islamic studies at various levels privately. His research interests include mysticism, spiritual psychology, transcendental philosophy, early Islamic history, Quranic exegesis, and hadith.