اللّٰهُمَّ أَهِلَّهُ عَلَيْنا بِالْأَمْنِ وَالْإِيمانِ وَالسَّلامَةِ وَالْإِسْلامِ وَالْعافِيَةِ الْمُجَلَّلَةِ وَدِفاعِ الْأَسْقامِ وَالْعَوْنِ عَلَى الصَّلاةِ وَالصِّيامِ وَالْقِيامِ وَتِلاوَةِ الْقُرْآنِ . اللّٰهُمَّ سَلِّمْنا لِشَهْرِ رَمَضانَ، وَتَسَلَّمْهُ مِنّا، وَسَلِّمْنا فِيهِ حَتَّىٰ يَنْقَضِىَ عَنَّا شَهْرُ رَمَضانَ وَقَدْ عَفَوْتَ عَنَّا وَغَفَرْتَ لَنا وَرَحِمْتَنا.

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our in-person Ramadan events:

▪️Every Thursday: Dua Kumayl & Lecture. (Tang Center)

▪️Every Friday: Quran Study. (Tang Center)

▪️Three Nights of Qadr: March 18, 20, 22. (Student Center)

Programs will begin about 30 minutes before Maghrib with Dua, followed by prayer and Iftar. Lectures will be held after Iftar. Nights of Qadr will include their special acts.

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✴️ March Prayer Times, Boston (Shia Ithna-Ashari (Jafari)-based)

بنا به درخواست دوستان، ان‌شاءالله یک یا دو جلسه را در آینده به پاسخگویی به سوالات مرتبط با درس‌گفتارهای برگزار شده اختصاص خواهیم داد. لطفاً پرسش‌های خود را تا روز شنبه، ۱۵ مارس، از طریق لینک زیر ارسال فرمایید تا بتوانیم برنامه‌ریزی کرده و به سوالات دریافتی پاسخ دهیم. با احترام.

لینک ارسال سوال:
https://sites.mit.edu/zekrmit/2025/03/01/lecture-series-history-of-islamic-thought-and-civilization-hassan-ansari/

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upcoming events, Ramadan Programs, March 6-7, 2025

▫️Thursday Mar 6, 5:45-8:30 pm (in-person, in English)
Dua Kumayl & Lecture, speaker: Zareen Farukhi.

▫️Friday Mar 7, 5:45-8:30 pm (in-person, in English)
Quran Study, speaker: Sadik Kassim.

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Ramadan Event, Dua Kumayl & Lecture

🌐 In-Person, in English

Date
Thursday March 6th, 2025
5:45 pm to 8:30 pm (Eastern Time)

Location
MIT Tang Center, E51-395, 2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02142

Schedule
5:45-6:00 Dua and Munajat
6:00-6:20 Prayer
6:20-7:15 Iftar-Dinner
7:15-7:40 Dua Kumayl
7:40-8:15 Lecture, in English, Dr. Zareen Farukhi
Title: “Shahr Ramadan: From Finite to Infinite Thinking — Self Transformation on the Path to the Divine”
8:15-8:20 Q&A
8:20-8:30 Ziyarat Warith

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Ramadan Event, Quran Study, Maryam [19:51-53]

🌐 In-Person, in English

Date
Friday March 7th, 2025
5:45 pm to 8:30 pm (Eastern Time)

Location
MIT Tang Center, E51-395, 2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02142

Schedule
5:45-6:00 Dua and Munajat
6:00-6:20 Prayer
6:20-7:15 Iftar-Dinner
7:15-7:30 Ziyarat Ale-Yasin
7:30-8:15 Exegesis (Tafsir), in English, Dr. Sadik Kassim
Topic: “Chapter 19, Maryam, Verses 51-53”
Prophethood Beyond Borders: Nabi, Rasool, and the Unnamed Messengers of the Qur'an
8:15-8:30 Q&A

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B9ZJXU1Eqd0&list=PLRagz8v-1fF4KGgyePWeEuzvu1CDfo7B2&t=1s

"Mary in the Qur'an", Lecture 13
speaker: Dr. Farhad Ghoddoussi
Feb 23, 2025

Chapters:
0:00 Greetings & Introductory Remarks
1:08 Reading the Q66:11-12 verses and its English translation.
2:16 Very brief review of what was discussed in the last few lectures.
2:25 List of the Surahs of Qur'an related to the Maryam in the chronological order of revelation and the order with which the verses related to Maryam will be discussed in this series of lectures.
3:59 A brief look to the main five points/issues and their interrelation that this lecture series wants to address: 1)The Family of Imran ( آل عمران) and Family of Jesus; 2)The Sister of Aaron; 3)Joseph the Carpenter (3:44_23:50_3:36_19:29); 4)James (Jacob) the Just brother of Jesus and the fate of the true Christianity; 5)Who was the Ancestor of the mother of the twelfth Imam, Imam Mahdi, Nargis Khatoon Simon the Cephas or Simon the Clophas (Cleophas or Cleopas) brother of Jesus and James.
9:37 Looking briefly to the documentation (isnad, chain of narrators) of the hadith narrated in the book "Kamāl al-dīn wa Tamām al-Niʿma", compiled by Shaykh Saduq (d. 991AD),in which Lady Malika (Narjis), mother of Imam Mahdi(atfs) introduces herself as: "I am Malīka, daughter of Yashūʿā, son of Qaysar Malik al-Rūm. My mother is a descendant of Jesus’s disciples (hawāriyyīn), from the bloodline of Shamʿūn, the وصی of Jesus. Among the narrators, we looked in more detail to Abu Al-Hussein Muhammad bin Bahr al-Shaybani.
24:29 Challenge to the suggestion that Lady Malika (Narjis) was a descendant of Mary via brother of Jesus, Simon the Clophas based on the text (متن) of the hadith itself. Lady Malika may be the desecndant of Simon the Clophas, not Simon the Cephas (Peter), but Simon the Clophas be the cousin or step brother of Jesus not his half brother.
27:24 Review of what was said regarding brothers of Jesus, especially James (Jacob) the Just and his martyrdom, with a focus on the three sources Hegesippus, Epiphanius, and Eusebius.
35:24 The successor of James, Simeon the son of Clophas and the process of he being chosen as the successor.
43:49 Brief look to Simon the Cephas (Peter) the well-known disciple of Jesus.
51:50 More detailed look to Simeon son of Clophas (successor, half or step brother or cousin of Jesus).
1:01:10 Reading the Quranic verses Q4:156-159, Q4:171-172, Q5:72-76, Q5:116-120.
1:10:59 Stating the question to be addressed? Did the Christians worship Mary besides Jesus? Does Quran, as some Christian polemicist alleged, have considered Mary as part of the Trinity (Father, Mother and Son) instead of the common one (Father, Holy Spirit and Son)?
1:18:44 Looking to the two tafsirs "Noor" (Light) and "Nemouneh" (Exemplar) in regard to Q5:116.
1:30:31 Returning to the topic of the brother of Jesus: their missionary activities and the list of the Bishops of Jerusalem.
1:37:34 Material specifically related to Simeon son of Clophas as preserved by Eusebius (4th century historian of the church).
1:40:32 Dynastic succession of Jesus: A Christian caliphate (imamate)?

#Mary_in_Quran

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiuRm8OH_JE&list=PLRagz8v-1fF64syWCOntMn8fHSwQMxjFp&t=1s

"Nahj al-Balagha, Letter 53", Session 5
speaker: H. I. Hasan Doagoo
Feb 27, 2025

#Nahj_al_Balagha_Letter_53

upcoming events, Ramadan Programs, March 13-14, 2025

▫️Thursday Mar 13, 6:30-9:30 pm (in-person, in English)
Dua Kumayl & Lecture, speaker: Ammar Pabaney. Program is dedicated to the birth anniversary of Imam Hasan al-Mujtaba (p).

▫️Friday Mar 14, 6:30-9:30 pm (in-person, in English)
Quran Study, speaker: Muhammad Ali Radhawi.

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Please note given the time change,

On Thursday we will recite Dua Kumayl at 6:30 pm (before Maghrib), then Prayer and Iftar, after that Lecture and Ziyarat. Thursday program is dedicated to the birth anniversary of Imam Hasan al-Mujtaba (p).

On Friday we will recite Dua Iftitah at 6:30 pm, then Prayer and Iftar, after that Ziyarat Ale Yasin and Qur'an Tafsir.

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Ramadan Event, Dua Kumayl & Lecture, Dedicated to the Birth Anniversary of Imam Hasan al-Mujtaba (p)

🌐 In-Person, in English

Date
Thursday March 13th, 2025
6:30 pm to 9:30 pm (Eastern Time)

Location
MIT Tang Center, E51-395, 2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02142

Schedule
6:30-7:00 Dua Kumayl
7:06-7:30 Prayer
7:30-8:30 Iftar-Dinner
8:30-8:35 Quran Recitation
8:35-9:15 Lecture, in English, Dr. Ammar Pabaney
Title: "Divine Serenity (Ekhbat): The Quality of the People of Paradise"
9:15-9:20 Q&A
9:20-9:30 Ziyarat Imam Hasan (p)

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Ramadan Event, Quran Study, Maryam [19:54-55]

🌐 In-Person, in English

Date
Friday March 14th, 2025
6:30 pm to 9:30 pm (Eastern Time)

Location
MIT Tang Center, E51-395, 2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02142

Schedule
6:30-7:00 Dua Iftitah
7:07-7:30 Prayer
7:30-8:30 Iftar-Dinner
8:30-8:40 Ziyarat Ale-Yasin
8:40-9:25 Exegesis (Tafsir), in English, Dr. Muhammad Ali Radhawi (joining by zoom)
Topic: "Chapter 19, Maryam, Verses 54-55"
Prophet Ishmael in the Qur'an
9:25-9:30 Q&A

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https://www.timeanddate.com/eclipse/in/usa/boston?iso=20250314

Total Lunar Eclipse — Boston, MA, USA

Begins: Thu, Mar 13, 2025 at 11:57 pm
Maximum: Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 2:58 am
Ends: Fri, Mar 14, 2025 at 6:00 am

Special Topic Lecture Series

🌐 Virtual, in English

Title: "Saqifa: From Deviation to Rectification", 4 Sessions
Speaker: Farhad Ghoddoussi (Bio)
Time: Sun-Wed, Mar 23-26, 9:15-11:00 pm ET

🔻Lecture 1: Quranic view on the succession of previous prophets.

🔻Lecture 2: What happened at Saqifa?

🔻Lecture 3: The religion (din) Ali (p) at the time of the three caliphs.

🔻Lecture 4: The public actions of imam Ali (p) during his caliphate for rectifying the deviation that happened after Saqifa.

Zoom Participation (virtual):
https://mit.zoom.us/j/92377466698
Meeting ID: 923 7746 6698

#saqifa
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upcoming events, Laylat al-Qadr

Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday; Mar 18, 20, 22; 6:45-11:30 pm
include: Dua, Prayer, Iftar, Quran Recitation, Lecture, Mourning Ritual (3/18 & 3/20), A'maal
Speaker: Dr. Sadik Kassim

Details will be announced.

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▫️Please note programs for all the three potential nights of Qadr (Mar 18, 20, 22) will take place at Student Center, 3rd floor, Twenty Chimneys.

▫️An additional room has been reserved for other activities in parallel to the main meeting room.

▫️Parking: metered street parking; Albany Garage (36 Albany St, Cambridge, MA 02139); Redline (Kendall/MIT station).

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