https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWQ78gtGo1A&list=PLRagz8v-1fF4KGgyePWeEuzvu1CDfo7B2&t=1s
"Mary in the Qur'an", Lecture 14 (2/2)
speaker: Dr. Farhad Ghoddoussi
Feb 25, 2025
Chapters:
1:16:35 Looking to the discussion of Michel Cuypers on Q5:116 in his book The Banquet which is wholly devoted to the commentary of Surah Al- Maidah. Cuypers rejects that Qur'an is referring to the two sects Collyridians and Maria mites. He also rejects any confusion that may have happened between Mary and the Holy Spirit as the 3rd and feminine element of Trinity. He believes the adoption of the official title Theotokos (Mother of God, God-Bearer) for Mary by the council of Ephesus in (431AD) with all ensuing theological misunderstandings & devotional practices & worship is the main inspiration of the Quranic criticism of the Christians in Q5:116.
1:27:34 From another angle Cuypers states that Quran in 5:116 is effectively arguing that a divine Mary is an inevitable & absurd corollary of a divine Jesus, the reasoning being that if Jesus is divine, Mary should also be divine, for “one cannot imagine a human being begetting a divinity!”
1:32:38 Muna Tatari & Klaus von Stosch state that Qur'an in suggesting some Christians divinizing Mary, Qur’an is targeting the promotion of Mary(ع) as a “goddess of war” in the Byzantine imperial propaganda in the seventh century.
#Mary_in_Quran
"Mary in the Qur'an", Lecture 14 (2/2)
speaker: Dr. Farhad Ghoddoussi
Feb 25, 2025
Chapters:
1:16:35 Looking to the discussion of Michel Cuypers on Q5:116 in his book The Banquet which is wholly devoted to the commentary of Surah Al- Maidah. Cuypers rejects that Qur'an is referring to the two sects Collyridians and Maria mites. He also rejects any confusion that may have happened between Mary and the Holy Spirit as the 3rd and feminine element of Trinity. He believes the adoption of the official title Theotokos (Mother of God, God-Bearer) for Mary by the council of Ephesus in (431AD) with all ensuing theological misunderstandings & devotional practices & worship is the main inspiration of the Quranic criticism of the Christians in Q5:116.
1:27:34 From another angle Cuypers states that Quran in 5:116 is effectively arguing that a divine Mary is an inevitable & absurd corollary of a divine Jesus, the reasoning being that if Jesus is divine, Mary should also be divine, for “one cannot imagine a human being begetting a divinity!”
1:32:38 Muna Tatari & Klaus von Stosch state that Qur'an in suggesting some Christians divinizing Mary, Qur’an is targeting the promotion of Mary(ع) as a “goddess of war” in the Byzantine imperial propaganda in the seventh century.
#Mary_in_Quran
YouTube
[14/14] Mary in the Qur'an, Dr. Farhad Ghoddoussi
Session 14
Q5:116-118
Chapters:
0:00 Greetings & Introductory Remarks
0:49 Reading the English translation of the verses Q66:11-12
1:18 Brief Review of what was discussed in the last few lectures.
1:32 List of the Surahs of Qur'an related to the Maryam…
Q5:116-118
Chapters:
0:00 Greetings & Introductory Remarks
0:49 Reading the English translation of the verses Q66:11-12
1:18 Brief Review of what was discussed in the last few lectures.
1:32 List of the Surahs of Qur'an related to the Maryam…
Inshallah we will be holding an Eid al-Fitr prayer at MIT on Monday March 31st (pending moonsighting). Prayer and Khutbah will be led by Dr. Sadik Kassim. Details will be posted once confirmed.
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@zekrMIT
https://sites.mit.edu/zekrmit/
@zekrMIT
Book Review
"Nahj Al-Balaghah: The Wisdom and Eloquence of Ali"
Guest Speaker: Tahera Qutbuddin
Thursday, April 10, 2025, 7:00 pm ET
45 min lecture followed by 30 min Q&A and interactive discussion.
✳️ Please note, there will be some limited copies of her book at the venue which will be sold with special discount for only $50. (The book original price is $300)
Details will be announced.
https://sites.mit.edu/zekrmit/
@zekrMIT
"Nahj Al-Balaghah: The Wisdom and Eloquence of Ali"
Guest Speaker: Tahera Qutbuddin
Thursday, April 10, 2025, 7:00 pm ET
45 min lecture followed by 30 min Q&A and interactive discussion.
✳️ Please note, there will be some limited copies of her book at the venue which will be sold with special discount for only $50. (The book original price is $300)
Details will be announced.
https://sites.mit.edu/zekrmit/
@zekrMIT
ZEKR, MIT Shia Muslim Association
Book Review "Nahj Al-Balaghah: The Wisdom and Eloquence of Ali" Guest Speaker: Tahera Qutbuddin Thursday, April 10, 2025, 7:00 pm ET 45 min lecture followed by 30 min Q&A and interactive discussion. ✳️ Please note, there will be some limited copies of her…
Tahera Qutbuddin (PhD Harvard 1999) is AlBabtain Laudian Professor of Arabic at the University of Oxford. She taught previously for twenty years at the University of Chicago, where she is now Professor Emerita of Arabic literature. Her scholarship focuses on intersections of the literary, the religious, and the political in classical Arabic poetry and prose.
ZEKR, MIT Shia Muslim Association
https://imam-us.org/predictions-for-the-crescent-moon-of-shawwal-1446-a-h
Please NOTE, This is based on naked eye. One needs to follow their Marja to decide.
The Crescent Moon of the Month of Shawwal, 1446 A.H.
From the Crescent Committee of The Council of Shia Muslim Scholars of North America - Read more here:
https://ow.ly/BnUc50Vp93a
1 Shawwal (March 31): Eid al-Fitr
8 Shawwal (April 7): Destruction of al-Baqee’ Shrine, 1344 A.H.
25 Shawwal (April 24): Martyrdom of Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (p), 148 A.H.
From the Crescent Committee of The Council of Shia Muslim Scholars of North America - Read more here:
https://ow.ly/BnUc50Vp93a
1 Shawwal (March 31): Eid al-Fitr
8 Shawwal (April 7): Destruction of al-Baqee’ Shrine, 1344 A.H.
25 Shawwal (April 24): Martyrdom of Imam Jafar al-Sadiq (p), 148 A.H.
The Council of Shia Muslim Scholars of North America
The Crescent Moon of the Month of Shawwal, 1446 A.H. - The Council of Shia Muslim Scholars of North America
Eid Mubarak! Monday, March 31st, 2025, will be the first day of the Shawwal, 1446 A.H. for the entire region of North America.
We will be holding Eid al-Fitr event at MIT on Monday.
Special Event, Eid al-Fitr
Date
Monday March 31st, 2025
9:00 am to 11:00 am (Eastern Time)
Location
MIT Student Center, 3rd Floor, Twenty Chimneys, 84 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139
Schedule
9:00-9:10 Quran Recitation
9:10-9:45 Dua Nudba
9:45-10:00 Takbeerat
10:00-10:30 Salatul Eid and Khutbah (in English), led by Dr. Sadik Kassim
10:30-11:00 Breakfast
🔸Zakat al-Fitr is 15$/person and we can collect at the site. Only cash is accepted. Please indicate if it is from Saadat. (It will be spent in Boston area)
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@zekrMIT
Date
Monday March 31st, 2025
9:00 am to 11:00 am (Eastern Time)
Location
MIT Student Center, 3rd Floor, Twenty Chimneys, 84 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139
Schedule
9:00-9:10 Quran Recitation
9:10-9:45 Dua Nudba
9:45-10:00 Takbeerat
10:00-10:30 Salatul Eid and Khutbah (in English), led by Dr. Sadik Kassim
10:30-11:00 Breakfast
🔸Zakat al-Fitr is 15$/person and we can collect at the site. Only cash is accepted. Please indicate if it is from Saadat. (It will be spent in Boston area)
https://sites.mit.edu/zekrmit/
@zekrMIT
ZEKR, MIT Shia Muslim Association
Special Event, Eid al-Fitr Date Monday March 31st, 2025 9:00 am to 11:00 am (Eastern Time) Location MIT Student Center, 3rd Floor, Twenty Chimneys, 84 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139 Schedule 9:00-9:10 Quran Recitation 9:10-9:45 Dua Nudba 9:45-10:00…
Parking/Commute: metered street parking; Albany Garage (36 Albany St, Cambridge, MA 02139); Redline (Kendall/MIT station).
Quran Study, Special Topics
🌐 Hybrid, in English
Date
Friday April 4th, 2025
7:30 pm to 9:30 pm (Eastern Time)
Location
MIT Tang Center, E51-376, 2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02142
Schedule
7:32-7:50 Prayer
7:50-8:00 Ziyarat Ale-Yasin
8:00-8:50 Lecture, in English, Carina Dreyer
Topic: "The Development of [early] Qur‘an Exegesis"
8:50-9:00 Q&A
9:00-9:30 Dinner
- About Speaker (Bio)
Zoom Participation (hybrid):
https://mit.zoom.us/j/95948516788
https://sites.mit.edu/zekrmit/
@zekrMIT
🌐 Hybrid, in English
Date
Friday April 4th, 2025
7:30 pm to 9:30 pm (Eastern Time)
Location
MIT Tang Center, E51-376, 2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02142
Schedule
7:32-7:50 Prayer
7:50-8:00 Ziyarat Ale-Yasin
8:00-8:50 Lecture, in English, Carina Dreyer
Topic: "The Development of [early] Qur‘an Exegesis"
8:50-9:00 Q&A
9:00-9:30 Dinner
- About Speaker (Bio)
Zoom Participation (hybrid):
https://mit.zoom.us/j/95948516788
https://sites.mit.edu/zekrmit/
@zekrMIT
Book Review:
"Nahj Al-Balaghah: The Wisdom and Eloquence of Ali"
Guest Speaker: Tahera Qutbuddin
Thursday, April 10, 2025
Lecture at 8:30 pm (Eastern Time). 45 min presentation followed by another 45 min Q&A and interactive discussion.
✳️ Please note, there will be some limited copies of her book at the venue which will be sold with special discount for only $50. (The book original price is $300)
(details will be announced)
https://sites.mit.edu/zekrmit/
@zekrMIT
"Nahj Al-Balaghah: The Wisdom and Eloquence of Ali"
Guest Speaker: Tahera Qutbuddin
Thursday, April 10, 2025
Lecture at 8:30 pm (Eastern Time). 45 min presentation followed by another 45 min Q&A and interactive discussion.
✳️ Please note, there will be some limited copies of her book at the venue which will be sold with special discount for only $50. (The book original price is $300)
(details will be announced)
https://sites.mit.edu/zekrmit/
@zekrMIT
ZEKR, MIT Shia Muslim Association
Book Review: "Nahj Al-Balaghah: The Wisdom and Eloquence of Ali" Guest Speaker: Tahera Qutbuddin Thursday, April 10, 2025 Lecture at 8:30 pm (Eastern Time). 45 min presentation followed by another 45 min Q&A and interactive discussion. ✳️ Please note, there…
Tahera Qutbuddin (PhD Harvard 1999) is AlBabtain Laudian Professor of Arabic at the University of Oxford. She taught previously for twenty years at the University of Chicago, where she is now Professor Emerita of Arabic literature. Her scholarship focuses on intersections of the literary, the religious, and the political in classical Arabic poetry and prose.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRagz8v-1fF4KGgyePWeEuzvu1CDfo7B2
"Mary in the Qur'an", 14 Sessions
speaker: Dr. Farhad Ghoddoussi
Nov 3, 2024 to Feb 25, 2025
#Mary_in_Quran
"Mary in the Qur'an", 14 Sessions
speaker: Dr. Farhad Ghoddoussi
Nov 3, 2024 to Feb 25, 2025
#Mary_in_Quran
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Mary in the Qur'an, Dr. Farhad Ghoddoussi
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Lecture Series on
History of Islamic Thought and Civilization, MIT
🌐 Virtual, in Farsi | English Subs
🔹Tuesdays 8:30-10:15 pm (ET), Starting April 15, 2025
Lecture (in Farsi, Eng Subs), "The History of Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama’ah", 10 Sessions
Speaker, Dr. Hassan Ansari
About Speaker:
https://www.ias.edu/hs/ansari
Abstract:
In this series of lectures, we will briefly discuss the history of Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah. The term "Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah," although dating back to the third century, its usage to refer to the beliefs of a religious school in Islam can ultimately be traced back to the early fourth century AH in Khorasan. This, while the formation of this school as a comprehensive religious and political identity was the result of a series of events and transformations that took shape in the middle of the fifth century and, thereafter, the term "Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah" became commonly used. In this way, Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah, as a comprehensive identity, emerged for the four Sunni jurisprudential schools: Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, and Hanbali, as well as the two theological schools of Ash'ari and Maturidi only in the sixth century AH. In this series of lectures, we will discuss the early roots of the elements related to "Sunnah" and "Jama'ah," which date back to the second and third centuries AH, and also the role of political power in its formation, as well as the relationship between knowledge and power in this process, God willing.
Zoom Webinar (lecture series):
https://mit.zoom.us/j/93933325521
Meeting ID: 939 3332 5521
YouTube Live:
https://www.youtube.com/@AhlulbaytIslamicSociety
🟥 Lecture is recorded in YouTube and can be watched later on our channel with closed caption (CC) and auto-translate.
#sunnah_wa_jamaah
https://sites.mit.edu/zekrmit/
@zekrMIT
History of Islamic Thought and Civilization, MIT
🌐 Virtual, in Farsi | English Subs
🔹Tuesdays 8:30-10:15 pm (ET), Starting April 15, 2025
Lecture (in Farsi, Eng Subs), "The History of Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama’ah", 10 Sessions
Speaker, Dr. Hassan Ansari
About Speaker:
https://www.ias.edu/hs/ansari
Abstract:
In this series of lectures, we will briefly discuss the history of Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah. The term "Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah," although dating back to the third century, its usage to refer to the beliefs of a religious school in Islam can ultimately be traced back to the early fourth century AH in Khorasan. This, while the formation of this school as a comprehensive religious and political identity was the result of a series of events and transformations that took shape in the middle of the fifth century and, thereafter, the term "Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah" became commonly used. In this way, Ahl al-Sunnah wa al-Jama'ah, as a comprehensive identity, emerged for the four Sunni jurisprudential schools: Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi'i, and Hanbali, as well as the two theological schools of Ash'ari and Maturidi only in the sixth century AH. In this series of lectures, we will discuss the early roots of the elements related to "Sunnah" and "Jama'ah," which date back to the second and third centuries AH, and also the role of political power in its formation, as well as the relationship between knowledge and power in this process, God willing.
Zoom Webinar (lecture series):
https://mit.zoom.us/j/93933325521
Meeting ID: 939 3332 5521
YouTube Live:
https://www.youtube.com/@AhlulbaytIslamicSociety
#sunnah_wa_jamaah
https://sites.mit.edu/zekrmit/
@zekrMIT
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درس گفتارهای تاریخ اندیشه و تمدن اسلامی
🌐 بصورت مجازی، به فارسی
«تاریخ اهل سنت و جماعت»، ۱۰ جلسه
حسن انصاری
موسسه مطالعات پیشرفته، پرینستون، نیوجرسی
سه شنبه ها، ۸:۳۰ تا ۱۰:۱۵ شب (به وقت شرق آمریکا)
شروع جلسات از ۱۵ آپریل، ۲۰۲۵
چکیده:
در اين سلسه درسگفتارها به اجمال تاريخ اهل سنت و جماعت را به بحث خواهيم گذاشت. سابقه اصطلاح ترکیبی "اهل سنت و جماعت" گرچه به قرن سوم باز می گردد اما به کارگیری آن برای اشاره به عقايد يک مکتب مذهبی در اسلام نهايتا به اوائل سده چهارم قمری در خراسان قابل پيگيری است؛ اين در حالی است که تشکيل اين مکتب به عنوان يک هويت جامع دينی و سياسی حاصل سلسله ای از حوادث و تحولاتی بود که در نیمه سده پنجم شکل گرفت و زان پس تعبیر اهل سنت و جماعت تعبیر شایعی شد. با این وصف اهل سنت و جماعت به عنوان هويت جامع برای چهار مذهب فقهی حنفی، مالکی، شافعی و حنبلی و نيز دو مذهب کلامی اشعری و ماتريدی تنها در سده شش قمری به ظهور پيوست. در اين سلسله درسگفتارها ريشه های اوليه عناصر مرتبط با "سنت" و "جماعت را که به سده های دوم و سوم قمری باز می گردد و همچنین نقش قدرت سياسی در شکلگيری آن و نسبت دانش و قدرت را در اين فرايند به اميد خدا به بحث خواهيم گذاشت.
Zoom Participation (webinar):
https://mit.zoom.us/j/93933325521
Meeting ID: 939 3332 5521
YouTube Live:
https://www.youtube.com/@AhlulbaytIslamicSociety
🟥 Lecture is recorded in YouTube and can be watched later on our channel with closed caption (CC) and auto-translate.
#سنت_و_جماعت
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https://sites.mit.edu/zekrmit/
@zekrMIT
🌐 بصورت مجازی، به فارسی
«تاریخ اهل سنت و جماعت»، ۱۰ جلسه
حسن انصاری
موسسه مطالعات پیشرفته، پرینستون، نیوجرسی
سه شنبه ها، ۸:۳۰ تا ۱۰:۱۵ شب (به وقت شرق آمریکا)
شروع جلسات از ۱۵ آپریل، ۲۰۲۵
چکیده:
در اين سلسه درسگفتارها به اجمال تاريخ اهل سنت و جماعت را به بحث خواهيم گذاشت. سابقه اصطلاح ترکیبی "اهل سنت و جماعت" گرچه به قرن سوم باز می گردد اما به کارگیری آن برای اشاره به عقايد يک مکتب مذهبی در اسلام نهايتا به اوائل سده چهارم قمری در خراسان قابل پيگيری است؛ اين در حالی است که تشکيل اين مکتب به عنوان يک هويت جامع دينی و سياسی حاصل سلسله ای از حوادث و تحولاتی بود که در نیمه سده پنجم شکل گرفت و زان پس تعبیر اهل سنت و جماعت تعبیر شایعی شد. با این وصف اهل سنت و جماعت به عنوان هويت جامع برای چهار مذهب فقهی حنفی، مالکی، شافعی و حنبلی و نيز دو مذهب کلامی اشعری و ماتريدی تنها در سده شش قمری به ظهور پيوست. در اين سلسله درسگفتارها ريشه های اوليه عناصر مرتبط با "سنت" و "جماعت را که به سده های دوم و سوم قمری باز می گردد و همچنین نقش قدرت سياسی در شکلگيری آن و نسبت دانش و قدرت را در اين فرايند به اميد خدا به بحث خواهيم گذاشت.
Zoom Participation (webinar):
https://mit.zoom.us/j/93933325521
Meeting ID: 939 3332 5521
YouTube Live:
https://www.youtube.com/@AhlulbaytIslamicSociety
#سنت_و_جماعت
@azbarresihayetarikhi
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Dua Kumayl & Lecture, Book Review
🌐 Hybrid, in English
Speaker: Prof. Tahera Qutbuddin
Lecture: "Nahj Al-Balaghah: The Wisdom and Eloquence of Ali"
Date
Thursday April 10th, 2025
7:00 pm to 10:00 pm (Eastern Time)
Location
MIT Tang Center, E51-395, 2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02142
Schedule
7:00-7:05 Quran Recitation
7:05-7:35 Dua Kumayl
7:40-8:00 Prayer
8:00-8:30 Refreshment
8:30-10:00 Lecture and Q&A, in English
- About Speaker (Bio)
Zoom Participation (hybrid):
https://mit.zoom.us/j/95948516788
https://sites.mit.edu/zekrmit/
@zekrMIT
🌐 Hybrid, in English
Speaker: Prof. Tahera Qutbuddin
Lecture: "Nahj Al-Balaghah: The Wisdom and Eloquence of Ali"
Date
Thursday April 10th, 2025
7:00 pm to 10:00 pm (Eastern Time)
Location
MIT Tang Center, E51-395, 2 Amherst St, Cambridge, MA 02142
Schedule
7:00-7:05 Quran Recitation
7:05-7:35 Dua Kumayl
7:40-8:00 Prayer
8:00-8:30 Refreshment
8:30-10:00 Lecture and Q&A, in English
- About Speaker (Bio)
Zoom Participation (hybrid):
https://mit.zoom.us/j/95948516788
https://sites.mit.edu/zekrmit/
@zekrMIT
Tahera Qutbuddin Lecture, @zekrMIT.