** NEW AMAZING VIDEO - The Qur'an Is for People Who Think...

"The Qur'an is for people who think and are active. It is not for lazy people who do not use their God-given faculties" - Shaykh Dr Mohammad Akram Nadwi

In case you did not get an opportunity to join the first of the seminars of The Magnificent Journey Series the following video by Shaykh Dr Mohammad Akram Nadwi gives the introduction to the series and goes through part of Surah Al-Mulk. It is just amazing, you must watch it. (Please click on the image below to watch in full HD)


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_BqZ2mwOJns

This is also a reminder for the next seminar of the series coming up tomorrow, InshaAllah on Surah Al-Haqqah which is a mind-blowing Surah in The Qur'an and the subject matter of which is the Hereafter. No doubt we will not be the same after this seminar!

"Animals live for the present. The humans live for the future. But the real future is the never-ending future which is the Hereafter. Every other 'future' will become present and then disappears into the past." - Shaykh Dr Mohammad Akram Nadwi

Please register now for the remaining places available.

The Inevitable Reality - Surah Al-Haaqqah

The Magnificent Journey

An Amazing Journey Through The Last Two Parts (Juzz Tabaarak and Juzz 'Amma) of the Qur'an, From Surah Al-Mulk to Surah An-Naas, by one of the foremost Islamic Scholars and Thinkers of the Western World today

By Shaykh Dr Mohammad Akram Nadwi (Oxford University)

Date: Saturday 17th November 2012     Time: 10AM - 6PM

Venue: Cambridge University and Live Online

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Why Is The Hereafter More Obvious Than The Present Life?

"The Hereafter (Aakhirah) is more obvious than the present life although people don't realise it. Everything in this life points to The Aakhirah - it is more obvious than ones own existence. Allah (SWT) has called the resurrection and afterlife 'The Reality' and called the present life 'delusion', 'play', 'conjecture', 'diversion', 'amusement' and 'deception'..."

Today many people think that the Resurrection and the Afterlife are tales made up by the ancients to keep the society in check and to exert their authority on the general masses, and that these are superstitions in which the people should no longer believe. No doubt that the abuse of some religions have led people to this conclusion. However if one looks at the Qur'an, the Hereafter is expressed in such terms that one will have no doubt whatsoever that it is the Reality and that without it, nothing has any meaning and also that the whole universe points to that Reality. Our birth, life and death points to that reality; so is our speech; vegetation and animals; rain, thunder and storm; our self-reproaching souls; the sun, the moon, the earth and the stars; oceans and mountains - everything points to the Creator and to the Reality - The Resurrection and The Hereafter.

<<But how (will they fare) when we gather them together against a day about which there is no doubt, and each soul will be paid out just what it has earned, without (favour or) injustice?>> [Qur'an 3:25]

<<Allah! There is no god but He: of a surety He will gather you together against the Day of Judgement, about which there is no doubt. And whose word can be truer than Allah's?>> [Qur'an 4:87]

<<Look, then, at the imprints of God’s mercy, how He restores the earth to life after death: this same God is the one who will return people to life after death – He has power over all things>> [Qur'an 30:50]

We, Muslims are reminded of this Reality in every prayer when we recite Surah Al-Fatiha and say <<Master of The Day of Judgement>>. However our outlook, attitude, thinking, behaviour, aspirations and actions are not very dissimilar to the people around us who deny the Reality and say <<There is nothing except our life on this earth, and never shall we be raised up again>> [Qur'an 6:29]. Why is this so?

The forthcoming seminar on Surah Al- Haqqah - The Inevitable Reality - deals with the question of Resurrection and Hereafter that every human being must confront. It also gives us valuable clues as to why we Muslims today are seemingly not focused on the Hereafter despite being told that <<Verily the Hereafter will be better for you than the present>> [Qur'an 93:4]

This is an unmissable seminar for anyone hoping to have a greater insight in to the Hereafter and achieving inner balance that would reflect in their day-to-day life. Only 5 days to go, please register now.

The Magnificent Journey 
An Amazing Journey Through The Last Two Parts (Juzz Tabaarak and Juzz 'Amma) of the Qur'an, From Surah Al-Mulk to Surah An-Naas, by one of the foremost Islamic Scholars and Thinkers of the Western World today

The Inevitable Reality - Surah Al-Haaqqah

By Shaykh Dr Mohammad Akram Nadwi (Oxford University)

Date: Saturday 17th November 2012     Time: 10AM - 6PM

Venue: Cambridge University and Live Online

Video Testimonials: http://courses.meoc.org.uk/p/testimonials.html

Amazing Special Offer: Annual Pass - 12 sessions for the price of 5

http://courses.meoc.org.uk   << Click Here To Register

Why Doesn't This World Make Any Sense?

“Nothing of the Dunya (this world) makes any sense without the Aakhirah (Hereafter)” - Shaykh Dr Mohammad Akram Nadwi

Today people live in a very confused state - confused about themselves, confused about their surroundings and even confused about their own religion. Muslims are no exception. Why are people, including us Muslims, in such a confused state?

Everybody knows that there is no real justice in this world, nor is there real fairness or equality. For example, people get away after committing serious crimes, the poor are exploited by the rich and powerful, wealth and resources are unequally distributed, natural disasters strike defenceless people. Similarly those who do good are not always recognised or rewarded. From a worldly point of view, nothing seems to make sense. Yet this is how this world is meant to be because it is but a part that will only be complete with the Aakhirah. Allah (SWT) has created the Dunya and Aakhirah as a pair, like He has created everything else in pairs. Therefore people who neglect this fact and think only of this world are bound to be confused, even if they claim to adhere to a religion.

No doubt that this is one reason why there is so much emphasis in the Qur’an about the Hereafter, because this world and whatever we do has no meaning without it.<<And the worldly life is not but amusement and diversion; but the home of the Hereafter is best for those who fear Allah , so will you not reason?>> [Qur’an 6:32]

If we Muslims do not focus our attention on the Hereafter then we will also become people who are confused and distracted - those who see the reality as crooked and the crookedness as reality - <<Those who would hinder (men) from the path of Allah and would seek in it something crooked: they were those who denied the Hereafter>> [Qur’an 7:45] and <<Indeed, for those who do not believe in the Hereafter, We have made pleasing to them their deeds, so they wander blindly>> [Qur'an 27:4]. But the true believers are those who have certainty of the Hereafter - <<And who believe in that which is revealed unto thee (Muhammad) and that which was revealed before thee, and are certain of the Hereafter>> [Qur’an 2:4]


How do we become people who are certain of the Hereafter and people who think straight? There is nothing more powerful and effective to answer this question than the Qur'an itself. It revolutionised a people who were steeped in ignorance, materialism and barbarism to become the best of people the world has ever seen. In this regard Surah Al-Haqqah is a very powerful Surah which reminds us of the inevitable reality of the Hereafter.

The Magnificent Journey

An Amazing Journey Through The Last Two Parts (Juzz Tabaarak and Juzz 'Amma) of the Qur'an, From Surah Al-Mulk to Surah An-Naas, by one of the foremost Islamic Scholars and Thinkers of the Western World today

The Inevitable Reality - Surah Al-Haaqqah

By Shaykh Dr Mohammad Akram Nadwi (Oxford University)

Date: Saturday 17th November 2012     Time: 10AM - 6PM

Venue: Cambridge University and Live Online Web Access

Video Testimonials: http://courses.meoc.org.uk/p/testimonials.html

Amazing Special Offer: Annual Pass - 12 sessions for the price of 5.

http://courses.meoc.org.uk   << Click Here To Register