MIT programs (zekr) include biweekly Dua Kumayl on Thursdays and Quran Study & Special Topics on Fridays. One week there is Dua Kumayl on Thursday and week after Quran Study on Friday, continuing biweekly. In addition, we hold Lecture Series and Special Events.
The Dua Kumayl takes place at 70 Pacific Street, Cambridge (where we had our nights of Qadr events), and Quran Study at 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge.
During month of Ramadan we have had programs every Thursday and Friday of the month, also special events for the nights of Qadr.
Our speaker for tonight (April 14) Ramadan Program-Quran Study, is Sister Maryam Aliakbarpour and she will discuss Surah Al-Isra verses 45-52.
If you want to be added to our email list please contact events@zekr-ma.org (programs are open to public)
@zekrMIT
The Dua Kumayl takes place at 70 Pacific Street, Cambridge (where we had our nights of Qadr events), and Quran Study at 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge.
During month of Ramadan we have had programs every Thursday and Friday of the month, also special events for the nights of Qadr.
Our speaker for tonight (April 14) Ramadan Program-Quran Study, is Sister Maryam Aliakbarpour and she will discuss Surah Al-Isra verses 45-52.
If you want to be added to our email list please contact events@zekr-ma.org (programs are open to public)
@zekrMIT
Three Ramadan Nights with Harvard Scholars
Qur’anic Topics
April 17-19, 2023, 9:00-10:30 pm (Eastern Time)
Virtual, in zoom
🔹Monday April 17
Shady H. Nasser (Bio)
Associate Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
“The Transmission of the Qur’an and its Variant Readings”
🔹Tuesday April 18
Javad T. Hashmi (Bio)
PhD Candidate in Islamic Studies, Harvard University; Research Director, MPAC
“Muhammad and theBelievers Submitters: When Jews and Christians Were Muslims”
🔹Wednesday April 19
Mohsen Goudarzi (Bio)
Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies, Harvard University
“Rethinking the Meaning of din in the Qur’an”
Moderator
Farhad Ghoddoussi, PhD
Wayne State University
Zoom Participation:
https://mit.zoom.us/j/92729332928
Meeting ID: 927 2933 2928
@zekrMIT
Qur’anic Topics
April 17-19, 2023, 9:00-10:30 pm (Eastern Time)
Virtual, in zoom
🔹Monday April 17
Shady H. Nasser (Bio)
Associate Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
“The Transmission of the Qur’an and its Variant Readings”
🔹Tuesday April 18
Javad T. Hashmi (Bio)
PhD Candidate in Islamic Studies, Harvard University; Research Director, MPAC
“Muhammad and the
🔹Wednesday April 19
Mohsen Goudarzi (Bio)
Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies, Harvard University
“Rethinking the Meaning of din in the Qur’an”
Moderator
Farhad Ghoddoussi, PhD
Wayne State University
Zoom Participation:
https://mit.zoom.us/j/92729332928
Meeting ID: 927 2933 2928
@zekrMIT
Three Ramadan Nights with Harvard Scholars (in zoom), Lecture 1
Date: Monday April 17, 9:00-10:30 pm (Eastern Time)
Speaker: Shady H. Nasser (Bio)
Associate Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
Title: The Transmission of the Qur’an and its Variant Readings
Abstract
The talk will introduce the discipline of Qirāʾāt (variant readings of the Qurʾān), its history, and its importance in the Arabic-Islamic tradition. The duality of the Qurʾān vs. Qirāʾāt will be discussed as far as their transmission history, theological nuances, and legal implications are concerned. The different roles variant readings play in tafsīr, Arabic grammar, and law will be examined and compared. Lastly, the changes in the position of Muslim scholars over the centuries concerning the variant readings will be evaluated and explained.
Zoom Participation:
https://mit.zoom.us/j/92729332928
Meeting ID: 927 2933 2928
@zekrMIT
Date: Monday April 17, 9:00-10:30 pm (Eastern Time)
Speaker: Shady H. Nasser (Bio)
Associate Professor of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University
Title: The Transmission of the Qur’an and its Variant Readings
Abstract
The talk will introduce the discipline of Qirāʾāt (variant readings of the Qurʾān), its history, and its importance in the Arabic-Islamic tradition. The duality of the Qurʾān vs. Qirāʾāt will be discussed as far as their transmission history, theological nuances, and legal implications are concerned. The different roles variant readings play in tafsīr, Arabic grammar, and law will be examined and compared. Lastly, the changes in the position of Muslim scholars over the centuries concerning the variant readings will be evaluated and explained.
Zoom Participation:
https://mit.zoom.us/j/92729332928
Meeting ID: 927 2933 2928
@zekrMIT
nelc.fas.harvard.edu
Shady H. Nasser
Three Ramadan Nights with Harvard Scholars (in zoom), Lecture 2
Date: Tuesday April 18, 9:00-10:30 pm (Eastern Time)
Speaker: Javad T. Hashmi (Bio)
PhD Candidate in Islamic Studies, Harvard University; Research Director, MPAC
Title: Muhammad and theBelievers Submitters: When Jews and Christians Were Muslims
Abstract
In 2010, Fred Donner published Muhammad and the Believers: At the Origins of Islam, a follow up to his 2003 article, “From Believers to Muslims: Confessional Self-Identity in the Early Islamic Community.” In these works, Donner argues that the Prophet Muhammad’s followers were actually called Believers (muʾminūn) as opposed to Muslims (muslimūn). Moreover, the early Believers’ movement, as he calls it, was “ecumenical” and consisted of Jews, Christians, and (potentially) other monotheists. Initial reactions to his theory were mixed, but the concept of a Believers’ movement (as opposed to a reified Islamic religion in the lifetime of the Prophet Muḥammad) has resonated widely with scholars. I argue in this study that although Donner was broadly correct in his thesis, he made a basic mistake, which has been subsequently reproduced by numerous scholars since.
The mistake Donner made was to accidentally swap the terms muʿmin and muslim. My close reading of the Qurʾān, as I will expound herein, reveals that the term muʿmin (as well as alladhīna āmanū) refers to a Believer in the Prophet Muhammad and in the Qurʾān (i.e. a follower of Qurʾānic law). As such, it is actually the narrower term, referring to what we today think of as a Muslim. Meanwhile, the term muslim in the Qurʾān itself refers to a Submitter — or, more specifically, a Submitting Monotheist — and encompasses not just muʿminūn (composed mostly but not exclusively of Arabian pagan converts) but also Jews and Christians. As such, muslim is the wider term. The umma muslima (the Submitting community) of the Prophet Muhammad thus consisted of Believers as well as Jews and Christians.
Zoom Participation:
https://mit.zoom.us/j/92729332928
Meeting ID: 927 2933 2928
@zekrMIT
Date: Tuesday April 18, 9:00-10:30 pm (Eastern Time)
Speaker: Javad T. Hashmi (Bio)
PhD Candidate in Islamic Studies, Harvard University; Research Director, MPAC
Title: Muhammad and the
Abstract
In 2010, Fred Donner published Muhammad and the Believers: At the Origins of Islam, a follow up to his 2003 article, “From Believers to Muslims: Confessional Self-Identity in the Early Islamic Community.” In these works, Donner argues that the Prophet Muhammad’s followers were actually called Believers (muʾminūn) as opposed to Muslims (muslimūn). Moreover, the early Believers’ movement, as he calls it, was “ecumenical” and consisted of Jews, Christians, and (potentially) other monotheists. Initial reactions to his theory were mixed, but the concept of a Believers’ movement (as opposed to a reified Islamic religion in the lifetime of the Prophet Muḥammad) has resonated widely with scholars. I argue in this study that although Donner was broadly correct in his thesis, he made a basic mistake, which has been subsequently reproduced by numerous scholars since.
The mistake Donner made was to accidentally swap the terms muʿmin and muslim. My close reading of the Qurʾān, as I will expound herein, reveals that the term muʿmin (as well as alladhīna āmanū) refers to a Believer in the Prophet Muhammad and in the Qurʾān (i.e. a follower of Qurʾānic law). As such, it is actually the narrower term, referring to what we today think of as a Muslim. Meanwhile, the term muslim in the Qurʾān itself refers to a Submitter — or, more specifically, a Submitting Monotheist — and encompasses not just muʿminūn (composed mostly but not exclusively of Arabian pagan converts) but also Jews and Christians. As such, muslim is the wider term. The umma muslima (the Submitting community) of the Prophet Muhammad thus consisted of Believers as well as Jews and Christians.
Zoom Participation:
https://mit.zoom.us/j/92729332928
Meeting ID: 927 2933 2928
@zekrMIT
islamicstudies.harvard.edu
Javad Hashmi
Three Ramadan Nights with Harvard Scholars (in zoom), Lecture 3
Date: Wednesday April 19, 9:00-10:30 pm (Eastern Time)
Speaker: Mohsen Goudarzi (Bio)
Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies, Harvard University
Title: Rethinking the Meaning of din in the Qur’an
Abstract
Scholars often see the term dīn as having two distinct meanings in the Qur’an. The first one, shared with other Semitic languages, is “judgment” or “recompense” (e.g., yawm al-dīn means “Day of Judgment”). The second one is “religion” or “faith,” and is sometimes thought to be rooted in the Middle Persian word dēn.
In this talk, I argue that in most instances “religion” (signifying a reified system of beliefs, rituals, laws, ethical maxims, etc.) or “faith” (as an intellectual and spiritual quality) do not capture the meaning of qur’anic dīn accurately. As I argue, in almost all relevant cases dīn in the Qur’an signifies “worship” or “way of worship,” with particular reference to rituals and actions through which worship was performed. This meaning of dīn seems to reflect the ideas of “service” and “servitude,” which are associated with dīn and the verb dāna in early Arabic writings. In addition to discussing this Arabic usage and its connection with the Qur’anic concept of dīn, I reinterpret several qur’anic verses in the light of my suggested understanding of dīn as “worship” or “way of worship.”
Zoom Participation:
https://mit.zoom.us/j/92729332928
Meeting ID: 927 2933 2928
@zekrMIT
Date: Wednesday April 19, 9:00-10:30 pm (Eastern Time)
Speaker: Mohsen Goudarzi (Bio)
Assistant Professor in Islamic Studies, Harvard University
Title: Rethinking the Meaning of din in the Qur’an
Abstract
Scholars often see the term dīn as having two distinct meanings in the Qur’an. The first one, shared with other Semitic languages, is “judgment” or “recompense” (e.g., yawm al-dīn means “Day of Judgment”). The second one is “religion” or “faith,” and is sometimes thought to be rooted in the Middle Persian word dēn.
In this talk, I argue that in most instances “religion” (signifying a reified system of beliefs, rituals, laws, ethical maxims, etc.) or “faith” (as an intellectual and spiritual quality) do not capture the meaning of qur’anic dīn accurately. As I argue, in almost all relevant cases dīn in the Qur’an signifies “worship” or “way of worship,” with particular reference to rituals and actions through which worship was performed. This meaning of dīn seems to reflect the ideas of “service” and “servitude,” which are associated with dīn and the verb dāna in early Arabic writings. In addition to discussing this Arabic usage and its connection with the Qur’anic concept of dīn, I reinterpret several qur’anic verses in the light of my suggested understanding of dīn as “worship” or “way of worship.”
Zoom Participation:
https://mit.zoom.us/j/92729332928
Meeting ID: 927 2933 2928
@zekrMIT
www.hds.harvard.edu
Mohsen Goudarzi | Harvard Divinity School
Ramadan Program, Dua Kumayl & Lecture
Date
Thursday April 20th, 2023
6:15 pm to 9:00 pm (Eastern Time)
Location
MIT SidneyPacific, MP room, 70 Pacific St, Cambridge, MA 02139
Schedule
6:15-6:25 Quran Recitation
6:25-7:00 Dua Kumayl
7:00-7:40 Lecture, in English, Dr. Ammar Pabaney
Title: "Ramadan and Eid: A Bitter Sweet Reality"
7:40-7:45 Question and Answer
7:50-8:10 Prayer
8:10-9:00 Iftar-Dinner
- About Speaker (Bio)
@zekrMIT
Date
Thursday April 20th, 2023
6:15 pm to 9:00 pm (Eastern Time)
Location
MIT SidneyPacific, MP room, 70 Pacific St, Cambridge, MA 02139
Schedule
6:15-6:25 Quran Recitation
6:25-7:00 Dua Kumayl
7:00-7:40 Lecture, in English, Dr. Ammar Pabaney
Title: "Ramadan and Eid: A Bitter Sweet Reality"
7:40-7:45 Question and Answer
7:50-8:10 Prayer
8:10-9:00 Iftar-Dinner
- About Speaker (Bio)
@zekrMIT
فرازهایی از دعای چهل و چهارم صحیفه سجادیه امام زین العابدین (ع):
اللَّهُمَّ وَ اجْعَلْنَا فِي سَائِرِ الشُّهُورِ وَ الْأَيَّامِ كَذَلِكَ مَا عَمَّرْتَنَا ، وَ اجْعَلْنَا مِنْ عِبَادِكَ الصَّالِحِينَ ﴿الَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ الْفِرْدَوْسَ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ﴾، ﴿وَ الَّذِينَ يُؤْتُونَ مَا آتَوْا وَ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَجِلَةٌ ، أَنَّهُمْ إِلَى رَبِّهِمْ رَاجِعُونَ﴾، وَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ ﴿يُسَارِعُونَ فِي الْخَيْرَاتِ وَ هُمْ لَهَا سَابِقُونَ﴾.
خدایا! ما را در دیگر ماهها و دیگر ایّام تا زمانیکه زندهمان میداری، چنین (مانند ماه رمضان) قرار ده؛ و هم چنین ما را از بندگان شایستهات مقرر کن؛ آنان که بهشت را به ارث میبرند و در آن جاوداناند و از اموال خود در راه خدا میبخشند و عمل شایسته انجام میدهند، در حالی که دلهایشان از اندیشۀ بازگشت به سوی پروردگارشان ترسان است؛ و از کسانی قرار ده که به سوی خیرات میشتابند و نسبت به آن، از دیگران پیشی میگیرند.
اللَّهُمَّ وَ اجْعَلْنَا فِي سَائِرِ الشُّهُورِ وَ الْأَيَّامِ كَذَلِكَ مَا عَمَّرْتَنَا ، وَ اجْعَلْنَا مِنْ عِبَادِكَ الصَّالِحِينَ ﴿الَّذِينَ يَرِثُونَ الْفِرْدَوْسَ هُمْ فِيهَا خَالِدُونَ﴾، ﴿وَ الَّذِينَ يُؤْتُونَ مَا آتَوْا وَ قُلُوبُهُمْ وَجِلَةٌ ، أَنَّهُمْ إِلَى رَبِّهِمْ رَاجِعُونَ﴾، وَ مِنَ الَّذِينَ ﴿يُسَارِعُونَ فِي الْخَيْرَاتِ وَ هُمْ لَهَا سَابِقُونَ﴾.
خدایا! ما را در دیگر ماهها و دیگر ایّام تا زمانیکه زندهمان میداری، چنین (مانند ماه رمضان) قرار ده؛ و هم چنین ما را از بندگان شایستهات مقرر کن؛ آنان که بهشت را به ارث میبرند و در آن جاوداناند و از اموال خود در راه خدا میبخشند و عمل شایسته انجام میدهند، در حالی که دلهایشان از اندیشۀ بازگشت به سوی پروردگارشان ترسان است؛ و از کسانی قرار ده که به سوی خیرات میشتابند و نسبت به آن، از دیگران پیشی میگیرند.
MIT programs (zekr) include biweekly Dua Kumayl on Thursdays and Quran Study & Special Topics on Fridays. One week there will be Dua Kumayl on Thursday and week after Quran Study on Friday, continuing biweekly. In addition, we hold Lecture Series and Special Events and for the occasions.
The Dua Kumayl takes place at 70 Pacific Street, Cambridge (where we had our nights of Qadr events), and Quran Study at 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge.
We continue our regular programs inshallah from Thursday April 27th with Dua Kumayl event and our speaker will be Dr. Sadik Kassim, reflections on Surah Ar-Rahman.
If you want to be added to our email list please contact events@zekr-ma.org.
- programs are open to public
@zekrMIT
The Dua Kumayl takes place at 70 Pacific Street, Cambridge (where we had our nights of Qadr events), and Quran Study at 2 Amherst Street, Cambridge.
We continue our regular programs inshallah from Thursday April 27th with Dua Kumayl event and our speaker will be Dr. Sadik Kassim, reflections on Surah Ar-Rahman.
If you want to be added to our email list please contact events@zekr-ma.org.
- programs are open to public
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsYhEzlg3R0&t=5s
Abstract
The talk will introduce the discipline of Qirāʾāt (variant readings of the Qurʾān), its history, and its importance in the Arabic-Islamic tradition. The duality of the Qurʾān vs. Qirāʾāt will be discussed as far as their transmission history, theological nuances, and legal implications are concerned. The different roles variant readings play in tafsīr, Arabic grammar, and law will be examined and compared. Lastly, the changes in the position of Muslim scholars over the centuries concerning the variant readings will be evaluated and explained.
(ویدیوی جلسه در آپارات)
Abstract
The talk will introduce the discipline of Qirāʾāt (variant readings of the Qurʾān), its history, and its importance in the Arabic-Islamic tradition. The duality of the Qurʾān vs. Qirāʾāt will be discussed as far as their transmission history, theological nuances, and legal implications are concerned. The different roles variant readings play in tafsīr, Arabic grammar, and law will be examined and compared. Lastly, the changes in the position of Muslim scholars over the centuries concerning the variant readings will be evaluated and explained.
(ویدیوی جلسه در آپارات)
YouTube
The Transmission of the Qur’an and its Variant Readings, Shady H. Nasser
Three Ramadan Nights with Harvard Scholars, Qur’anic Topics, MIT, April 17-19, 2023 (Ramadan 1444)
Lecture 1:
The talk will introduce the discipline of Qirāʾāt (variant readings of the Qurʾān), its history, and its importance in the Arabic-Islamic tradition.…
Lecture 1:
The talk will introduce the discipline of Qirāʾāt (variant readings of the Qurʾān), its history, and its importance in the Arabic-Islamic tradition.…
Dua Kumayl & Lecture
Date
Thursday April 27th, 2023
7:15 pm to 10:00 pm (Eastern Time)
Location
MIT SidneyPacific, MP room, 70 Pacific St, Cambridge, MA 02139
Schedule
7:15-7:20 Quran Recitation
7:20-7:55 Dua Kumayl
7:58-8:20 Prayer
8:20-9:00 Lecture, in English, Dr. Sadik Kassim
Title: "Fruits and Palm Trees: Continued Reflections on Surah Ar-Rahman"
9:00-9:05 Question and Answer
9:05-9:15 Ziyarat Warith
9:15-10:00 Dinner
- About Speaker (Bio)
@zekrMIT
Date
Thursday April 27th, 2023
7:15 pm to 10:00 pm (Eastern Time)
Location
MIT SidneyPacific, MP room, 70 Pacific St, Cambridge, MA 02139
Schedule
7:15-7:20 Quran Recitation
7:20-7:55 Dua Kumayl
7:58-8:20 Prayer
8:20-9:00 Lecture, in English, Dr. Sadik Kassim
Title: "Fruits and Palm Trees: Continued Reflections on Surah Ar-Rahman"
9:00-9:05 Question and Answer
9:05-9:15 Ziyarat Warith
9:15-10:00 Dinner
- About Speaker (Bio)
@zekrMIT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzrIMl6Ctus&t=2s
Abstract
In 2010, Fred Donner published Muhammad and the Believers: At the Origins of Islam, a follow up to his 2003 article, “From Believers to Muslims: Confessional Self-Identity in the Early Islamic Community.” In these works, Donner argues that the Prophet Muhammad’s followers were actually called Believers (muʾminūn) as opposed to Muslims (muslimūn). Moreover, the early Believers’ movement, as he calls it, was “ecumenical” and consisted of Jews, Christians, and (potentially) other monotheists. Initial reactions to his theory were mixed, but the concept of a Believers’ movement (as opposed to a reified Islamic religion in the lifetime of the Prophet Muḥammad) has resonated widely with scholars. I argue in this study that although Donner was broadly correct in his thesis, he made a basic mistake, which has been subsequently reproduced by numerous scholars since.
The mistake Donner made was to accidentally swap the terms muʿmin and muslim. My close reading of the Qurʾān, as I will expound herein, reveals that the term muʿmin (as well as alladhīna āmanū) refers to a Believer in the Prophet Muhammad and in the Qurʾān (i.e. a follower of Qurʾānic law). As such, it is actually the narrower term, referring to what we today think of as a Muslim. Meanwhile, the term muslim in the Qurʾān itself refers to a Submitter — or, more specifically, a Submitting Monotheist — and encompasses not just muʿminūn (composed mostly but not exclusively of Arabian pagan converts) but also Jews and Christians. As such, muslim is the wider term. The umma muslima (the Submitting community) of the Prophet Muhammad thus consisted of Believers as well as Jews and Christians.
(ویدیوی جلسه در آپارات)
Abstract
In 2010, Fred Donner published Muhammad and the Believers: At the Origins of Islam, a follow up to his 2003 article, “From Believers to Muslims: Confessional Self-Identity in the Early Islamic Community.” In these works, Donner argues that the Prophet Muhammad’s followers were actually called Believers (muʾminūn) as opposed to Muslims (muslimūn). Moreover, the early Believers’ movement, as he calls it, was “ecumenical” and consisted of Jews, Christians, and (potentially) other monotheists. Initial reactions to his theory were mixed, but the concept of a Believers’ movement (as opposed to a reified Islamic religion in the lifetime of the Prophet Muḥammad) has resonated widely with scholars. I argue in this study that although Donner was broadly correct in his thesis, he made a basic mistake, which has been subsequently reproduced by numerous scholars since.
The mistake Donner made was to accidentally swap the terms muʿmin and muslim. My close reading of the Qurʾān, as I will expound herein, reveals that the term muʿmin (as well as alladhīna āmanū) refers to a Believer in the Prophet Muhammad and in the Qurʾān (i.e. a follower of Qurʾānic law). As such, it is actually the narrower term, referring to what we today think of as a Muslim. Meanwhile, the term muslim in the Qurʾān itself refers to a Submitter — or, more specifically, a Submitting Monotheist — and encompasses not just muʿminūn (composed mostly but not exclusively of Arabian pagan converts) but also Jews and Christians. As such, muslim is the wider term. The umma muslima (the Submitting community) of the Prophet Muhammad thus consisted of Believers as well as Jews and Christians.
(ویدیوی جلسه در آپارات)
YouTube
Muhammad and the Submitters: When Jews and Christians Were Muslims, Javad T. Hashmi
Three Ramadan Nights with Harvard Scholars, Qur’anic Topics, MIT, April 17-19, 2023 (Ramadan 1444)
Lecture 2:
In 2010, Fred Donner published Muhammad and the Believers: At the Origins of Islam, a follow up to his 2003 article, “From Believers to Muslims:…
Lecture 2:
In 2010, Fred Donner published Muhammad and the Believers: At the Origins of Islam, a follow up to his 2003 article, “From Believers to Muslims:…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xO282Ne1t8&t=2s
Abstract
Scholars often see the term dīn as having two distinct meanings in the Qur’an. The first one, shared with other Semitic languages, is “judgment” or “recompense” (e.g., yawm al-dīn means “Day of Judgment”). The second one is “religion” or “faith,” and is sometimes thought to be rooted in the Middle Persian word dēn.
In this talk, I argue that in most instances “religion” (signifying a reified system of beliefs, rituals, laws, ethical maxims, etc.) or “faith” (as an intellectual and spiritual quality) do not capture the meaning of qur’anic dīn accurately. As I argue, in almost all relevant cases dīn in the Qur’an signifies “worship” or “way of worship,” with particular reference to rituals and actions through which worship was performed. This meaning of dīn seems to reflect the ideas of “service” and “servitude,” which are associated with dīn and the verb dāna in early Arabic writings. In addition to discussing this Arabic usage and its connection with the Qur’anic concept of dīn, I reinterpret several qur’anic verses in the light of my suggested understanding of dīn as “worship” or “way of worship.”
(ویدیوی جلسه در آپارات)
Abstract
Scholars often see the term dīn as having two distinct meanings in the Qur’an. The first one, shared with other Semitic languages, is “judgment” or “recompense” (e.g., yawm al-dīn means “Day of Judgment”). The second one is “religion” or “faith,” and is sometimes thought to be rooted in the Middle Persian word dēn.
In this talk, I argue that in most instances “religion” (signifying a reified system of beliefs, rituals, laws, ethical maxims, etc.) or “faith” (as an intellectual and spiritual quality) do not capture the meaning of qur’anic dīn accurately. As I argue, in almost all relevant cases dīn in the Qur’an signifies “worship” or “way of worship,” with particular reference to rituals and actions through which worship was performed. This meaning of dīn seems to reflect the ideas of “service” and “servitude,” which are associated with dīn and the verb dāna in early Arabic writings. In addition to discussing this Arabic usage and its connection with the Qur’anic concept of dīn, I reinterpret several qur’anic verses in the light of my suggested understanding of dīn as “worship” or “way of worship.”
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Rethinking the Meaning of din in the Qur’an, Mohsen Goudarzi
Three Ramadan Nights with Harvard Scholars, Qur’anic Topics, MIT, April 17-19, 2023 (Ramadan 1444)
Lecture 3:
Scholars often see the term dīn as having two distinct meanings in the Qur’an. The first one, shared with other Semitic languages, is “judgment”…
Lecture 3:
Scholars often see the term dīn as having two distinct meanings in the Qur’an. The first one, shared with other Semitic languages, is “judgment”…
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Workshop on "The Secrets of Salaat"
Saturday May 13, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Shaykh Mahdi Rastani
Instructor of Mizan Institute
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Saturday May 13, 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM
Shaykh Mahdi Rastani
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Quran Study, Al-Isra [17:56-60]
Date
Friday May 5th, 2023
7:30 pm to 10:00 pm (Eastern Time)
Location
Program Hybrid, Details Below
Schedule
7:30-7:40 Ziyarat Ale-Yasin
7:40-9:15 Exegesis (Tafsir), in English, Dr. Mohammad Ali Radhawi
Topic: "Chapter 17, Al-Isra, Verses 56-60"
9:15-9:30 Question and Answer
9:30-10:00 Dinner
(Prayer will be performed at the Maghrib time)
- About Speaker (Bio)
▫️In-Person Attendance:
MIT Tang Center, E51-376, 2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02142
▫️Zoom Participation:
https://mit.zoom.us/j/95948516788
Meeting ID: 959 4851 6788
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Date
Friday May 5th, 2023
7:30 pm to 10:00 pm (Eastern Time)
Location
Program Hybrid, Details Below
Schedule
7:30-7:40 Ziyarat Ale-Yasin
7:40-9:15 Exegesis (Tafsir), in English, Dr. Mohammad Ali Radhawi
Topic: "Chapter 17, Al-Isra, Verses 56-60"
9:15-9:30 Question and Answer
9:30-10:00 Dinner
(Prayer will be performed at the Maghrib time)
- About Speaker (Bio)
▫️In-Person Attendance:
MIT Tang Center, E51-376, 2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02142
▫️Zoom Participation:
https://mit.zoom.us/j/95948516788
Meeting ID: 959 4851 6788
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Forwarded from ZEKR, MIT Shia Muslim Association (Ahlulbayt Islamic Society)
مباحث ویژه، «دو زن برگزیده: حضرت فاطمه (س) و حضرت مریم (ع)»
(بخش اول، ۱۰ درسگفتار)
دکتر فرهاد قدوسی
دانشگاه ایالتی وین، میشیگان
▪️ویدیوی مجموعه در یوتیوب و آپارات
▪️درسگفتارهای برگزار شده (با کلیک روی هر جلسه می توانید جزئیات بیشتر را ملاحظه بفرمایید):
جلسه اول:
تصویر حضرت مریم (ع) در قرآن و اندیشه اسلامی
جلسه دوم:
تصویر حضرت مریم (ع) درعهد جدید (انجیل مرقس) و نگاهی به اختلاف بین پولس و خانواده حضرت عیسی (ع) و بحث جانشینی او
جلسه سوم:
تصویر حضرت مریم (ع) در عهد جدید (انجیل یوحنا) و کتاب آپوکریفایی پیشا انجیل جیمز (ProtoGospel of James)، بحثی در کفالت دوگانه حضرت مریم (ع) در آیات ۳۷ و ۴۴ سوره آل عمران
جلسه چهارم:
تصویر حضرت مریم (ع) در کتب عهد جدید و کتب آپوکریفا، اناجیل متّی و لوقا، بحثی در مورد زندگانی، شخصیت و کتاب منسوب به یعقوب (جیمز) عادل موسوم به برادر و جانشین عیسی (ع)
جلسه پنجم:
تصویر حضرت مریم (ع) در اناجیل متّی و لوقا و نوشته های آباء سریانی کلیسا
جلسه ششم:
تصویر حضرت مریم (ع) در نوشته های آباء کلیسا و مسیحیت معاصر، مبحث وظایف خویشاوندی و خانواده های پیامبران در قرآن
جلسه هفتم:
تصویر حضرت مریم (ع) در نوشته های آباء کلیسا و مسیحیت معاصر
جلسه هشتم:
تصویر حضرت مریم (ع) در منابع حدیثی شیعه (بخش اول)
جلسه نهم:
تصویر حضرت مریم (ع) در منابع حدیثی شیعه (بخش دوم)، نکاتی در باب محل و شرایط ولادت حضرت عیسی (ع) و اکتشافات باستانشناسی مرتبط با کلیسای Kathisma
جلسه دهم:
تصویر حضرت مریم (ع) در منابع حدیثی شیعه (بخش سوم)
انجمن مسلمانان شیعه ام آی تی، ذکر
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(بخش اول، ۱۰ درسگفتار)
دکتر فرهاد قدوسی
دانشگاه ایالتی وین، میشیگان
▪️ویدیوی مجموعه در یوتیوب و آپارات
▪️درسگفتارهای برگزار شده (با کلیک روی هر جلسه می توانید جزئیات بیشتر را ملاحظه بفرمایید):
جلسه اول:
تصویر حضرت مریم (ع) در قرآن و اندیشه اسلامی
جلسه دوم:
تصویر حضرت مریم (ع) درعهد جدید (انجیل مرقس) و نگاهی به اختلاف بین پولس و خانواده حضرت عیسی (ع) و بحث جانشینی او
جلسه سوم:
تصویر حضرت مریم (ع) در عهد جدید (انجیل یوحنا) و کتاب آپوکریفایی پیشا انجیل جیمز (ProtoGospel of James)، بحثی در کفالت دوگانه حضرت مریم (ع) در آیات ۳۷ و ۴۴ سوره آل عمران
جلسه چهارم:
تصویر حضرت مریم (ع) در کتب عهد جدید و کتب آپوکریفا، اناجیل متّی و لوقا، بحثی در مورد زندگانی، شخصیت و کتاب منسوب به یعقوب (جیمز) عادل موسوم به برادر و جانشین عیسی (ع)
جلسه پنجم:
تصویر حضرت مریم (ع) در اناجیل متّی و لوقا و نوشته های آباء سریانی کلیسا
جلسه ششم:
تصویر حضرت مریم (ع) در نوشته های آباء کلیسا و مسیحیت معاصر، مبحث وظایف خویشاوندی و خانواده های پیامبران در قرآن
جلسه هفتم:
تصویر حضرت مریم (ع) در نوشته های آباء کلیسا و مسیحیت معاصر
جلسه هشتم:
تصویر حضرت مریم (ع) در منابع حدیثی شیعه (بخش اول)
جلسه نهم:
تصویر حضرت مریم (ع) در منابع حدیثی شیعه (بخش دوم)، نکاتی در باب محل و شرایط ولادت حضرت عیسی (ع) و اکتشافات باستانشناسی مرتبط با کلیسای Kathisma
جلسه دهم:
تصویر حضرت مریم (ع) در منابع حدیثی شیعه (بخش سوم)
انجمن مسلمانان شیعه ام آی تی، ذکر
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مباحث ویژه، «دو زن برگزیده: حضرت فاطمه (س) و حضرت مریم (ع)» (بخش اول، ۱۰ درسگفتار) دکتر فرهاد قدوسی دانشگاه ایالتی وین، میشیگان ▪️ویدیوی مجموعه در یوتیوب و آپارات ▪️درسگفتارهای برگزار شده (با کلیک روی هر جلسه می توانید جزئیات بیشتر را ملاحظه بفرمایید):…
بخش دوم از این مجموعه که اختصاص به حضرت فاطمه (س) دارد ان شاء الله در آینده و در ایام فاطمیه برگزار خواهد شد.
موضوعات ویژه
«مباحثی در سیره نگاری و سیره پیامبر اسلام (ص)»
دکتر فرهاد قدوسی
دانشگاه ایالتی وین، میشیگان
یکشنبه ها، ۷:۰۰ تا ۹:۰۰ شب (به وقت شرق آمریکا)
شروع جلسات از ۷ می ۲۰۲۳
(در باره سخنران)
لینک شرکت در جلسات:
Zoom Participation:
https://mit.zoom.us/j/92377466698
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«مباحثی در سیره نگاری و سیره پیامبر اسلام (ص)»
دکتر فرهاد قدوسی
دانشگاه ایالتی وین، میشیگان
یکشنبه ها، ۷:۰۰ تا ۹:۰۰ شب (به وقت شرق آمریکا)
شروع جلسات از ۷ می ۲۰۲۳
(در باره سخنران)
لینک شرکت در جلسات:
Zoom Participation:
https://mit.zoom.us/j/92377466698
#سیره_نگاری_پیامبر_اسلام_فرهاد_قدوسی
@zekrMIT