Special Lecture Tonight by Renowned Scholar Mawlana Muhammad Khalid Ghazipuri Nadwi, Shaykh Al Hadith of Darul Uloom Nadwat Al Ulema (Lucknow)

{ اِنَّ الَّذِیۡنَ سَبَقَتۡ لَہُمۡ مِّنَّا الۡحُسۡنٰۤی ۙ  اُولٰٓئِکَ عَنۡہَا مُبۡعَدُوۡنَ ۙ (101) لَا یَسۡمَعُوۡنَ حَسِیۡسَہَا ۚ  وَہُمۡ فِیۡ مَا اشۡتَہَتۡ اَنۡفُسُہُمۡ خٰلِدُوۡنَ ۚ (102) } [Surah Al-Anbiyâ’: 101-102]

{ اَلَمۡ تَرَ کَیۡفَ ضَرَبَ اللّٰہُ مَثَلًا کَلِمَۃً طَیِّبَۃً کَشَجَرَۃٍ طَیِّبَۃٍ اَصۡلُہَا ثَابِتٌ وَّفَرۡعُہَا فِی السَّمَآءِ ۙ (24) تُؤۡتِیۡۤ اُکُلَہَا کُلَّ حِیۡنٍۭ بِاِذۡنِ رَبِّہَا ؕ وَیَضۡرِبُ اللّٰہُ الۡاَمۡثَالَ لِلنَّاسِ لَعَلَّہُمۡ یَتَذَکَّرُوۡنَ (25) وَمَثَلُ کَلِمَۃٍ خَبِیۡثَۃٍ کَشَجَرَۃٍ خَبِیۡثَۃِۣ اجۡتُثَّتۡ مِنۡ فَوۡقِ الۡاَرۡضِ مَا لَہَا مِنۡ قَرَارٍ (26) } [Surah Ibrâhîm: 24-26]

{ کُلُّ نَفۡسٍ ذَآئِقَۃُ الۡمَوۡتِ ؕ وَاِنَّمَا تُوَفَّوۡنَ اُجُوۡرَکُمۡ یَوۡمَ الۡقِیٰمَۃِ ؕ فَمَنۡ زُحۡزِحَ عَنِ النَّارِ وَاُدۡخِلَ الۡجَنَّۃَ فَقَدۡ فَازَ ؕ وَمَا الۡحَیٰوۃُ الدُّنۡیَاۤ اِلَّا مَتَاعُ الۡغُرُوۡرِ } [Surah Âl-`Imrân: 185]

{ فَقُلۡتُ اسۡتَغۡفِرُوۡا رَبَّکُمۡ ؕ  اِنَّہٗ کَانَ غَفَّارًا ۙ (10) یُّرۡسِلِ السَّمَآءَ عَلَیۡکُمۡ مِّدۡرَارًا ۙ (11) وَّیُمۡدِدۡکُمۡ بِاَمۡوَالٍ وَّبَنِیۡنَ وَیَجۡعَلۡ لَّکُمۡ جَنّٰتٍ وَّیَجۡعَلۡ لَّکُمۡ اَنۡہٰرًا ؕ (12) } [Surah Nûh: 10-12]

{ شَہۡرُ رَمَضَانَ الَّذِیۡۤ اُنۡزِلَ فِیۡہِ الۡقُرۡاٰنُ ہُدًی لِّلنَّاسِ وَبَیِّنٰتٍ مِّنَ الۡہُدٰی وَالۡفُرۡقَانِ ۚ فَمَنۡ شَہِدَ مِنۡکُمُ الشَّہۡرَ فَلۡیَصُمۡہُ ؕ وَمَنۡ کَانَ مَرِیۡضًا اَوۡ عَلٰی سَفَرٍ فَعِدَّۃٌ مِّنۡ اَیَّامٍ اُخَرَ ؕ یُرِیۡدُ اللّٰہُ بِکُمُ الۡیُسۡرَ وَلَا یُرِیۡدُ بِکُمُ الۡعُسۡرَ ۫ وَلِتُکۡمِلُوا الۡعِدَّۃَ وَلِتُکَبِّرُوا اللّٰہَ عَلٰی مَا ہَدٰىکُمۡ وَلَعَلَّکُمۡ تَشۡکُرُوۡنَ } [Surah Al-Baqarah: 185]

{ یٰۤاَیُّہَا النَّاسُ اتَّقُوۡا رَبَّکُمۡ ۚ اِنَّ زَلۡزَلَۃَ السَّاعَۃِ شَیۡءٌ عَظِیۡمٌ } [Surah Al-Hajj: 1]

Mawlana Rumi is perhaps the most wel-regarded poet in Islam. Thousands of commentaries were composed from Istanbul to Delhi for almost a millennium. The English translation of his poems topped the NYTimes bestseller list for a decade, all this in light of the fact that Mawlana Rumi was a Hanafi-trained Mawlana, issuing Fatwas in Seljuk Konya and Aleppo. We will discuss the biography of Mawlana Rumi and the first section of his Masnavi: the reed-bed story, where Mawlana Rumi, drawing on...

Islamic Law, Architecture, and Muslim Cuisine Under the Mughals. Has history identified Shah Jahan as a death-struck lover? Yet pouring in the Mughal archives from Shah Jahan's period, we discover a colorfully complex world of sophisticated Islamic judicial practice, endowments (Awqaf), dazzling Islamic architecture, and a crystallization of the Mughal kitchen. During this cultural and legal efflorescence, we also encounter Shah Jahan's campaigns towards Samarqand and Hyderabad. The father of...

{ یٰۤاَیُّہَا الَّذِیۡنَ اٰمَنُوۡۤا اَنۡفِقُوۡا مِمَّا رَزَقۡنٰکُمۡ مِّنۡ قَبۡلِ اَنۡ یَّاۡتِیَ یَوۡمٌ لَّا بَیۡعٌ فِیۡہِ وَلَا خُلَّۃٌ وَّلَا شَفَاعَۃٌ ؕ وَالۡکٰفِرُوۡنَ ہُمُ الظّٰلِمُوۡنَ } [Surah Al-Baqarah: 254]

{ وَاِنۡ تَعُدُّوۡا نِعۡمَۃَ اللّٰہِ لَا تُحۡصُوۡہَا ؕ اِنَّ اللّٰہَ لَغَفُوۡرٌ رَّحِیۡمٌ } [Surah An-Nahl: 18]. If you count the bounties of Allah, you cannot count them all. Surely, Allah is Most-Forgiving, Very-Merciful.

Nur-ud-Din Muhammad Salim Jahangir is the emperor most known for art, literature, hunting, and gardens. This lecture will focus on Mughal cultural and literary achievements, examining architects and poets. It will also unravel the first interactions between the British and the Mughals, starting off with Sir Thomas Roe.

This lecture will explore the politics, military expeditions, aristocratic culture, and construction of the empire during the reign of India's longest-ruling emperor, Jalaluddin Akbar. Diving into how Akbar inherited a bureaucracy of Persians, Afghans, and Central Asians from Sher Shah Suri, this session will unravel how Mughal politics was shaped and formed by Akbar. Further, it will look at Akbar's house of translations and dialogues between Muslim intellectuals and Brahmins, the first of...

{ اَفَرَءَیۡتَ مَنِ اتَّخَذَ اِلٰـہَہٗ ہَوٰىہُ وَاَضَلَّہُ اللّٰہُ عَلٰی عِلۡمٍ وَّخَتَمَ عَلٰی سَمۡعِہٖ وَقَلۡبِہٖ وَجَعَلَ عَلٰی بَصَرِہٖ غِشٰوَۃً ؕ فَمَنۡ یَّہۡدِیۡہِ مِنۡۢ بَعۡدِ اللّٰہِ ؕ اَفَلَا تَذَکَّرُوۡنَ } [Surah Al-Jâthiyah: 23]

{ وَکَاَیِّنۡ مِّنۡ اٰیَۃٍ فِی السَّمٰوٰتِ وَالۡاَرۡضِ یَمُرُّوۡنَ عَلَیۡہَا وَہُمۡ عَنۡہَا مُعۡرِضُوۡنَ } [Surah Yûsuf: 105]. { سَنُرِیۡہِمۡ اٰیٰتِنَا فِی الۡاٰفَاقِ وَفِیۡۤ اَنۡفُسِہِمۡ حَتّٰی یَتَبَیَّنَ لَہُمۡ اَنَّہُ الۡحَقُّ ؕ اَوَلَمۡ یَکۡفِ بِرَبِّکَ اَنَّہٗ عَلٰی کُلِّ شَیۡءٍ شَہِیۡدٌ } [Surah Fussilat: 53]

This lecture will examine the life of the second Mughal emperor, Nasir Al-Din Muhammad Humayun, his inheritance of the embryonic Mughal state, his exile from Delhi to Iran, and his subsequent retrieval of Hindustan, concluding with his political statecraft in a fledgling Hanafi state.

{ الٓـمّٓ ۚ (1) ذٰلِکَ الۡکِتٰبُ لَا رَیۡبَ ۚۖۛ  فِیۡہِ ۚۛ  ہُدًی لِّلۡمُتَّقِیۡنَ ۙ (2) } [Surah Al-Baqarah: 1-2]

Learn your Muslim history and teach it to their kids

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said, "The believers who show the most perfect Faith are those who have the best behaviour, and the best of you are those who are the best to their wives".

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