وہ علم اپنے بتوں کا ہے آپ ابراہیم
کِیا ہے جس کو خدا نے دل و نظر کا ندیم
Knowledge whom God has made the mate of heart and sight,
Like Ibrahim can break
with ease all idols bright.
Allama Muhammad Iqbal (Zarb-e Kaleem; Ilm aur Deen)
The logo represents the thought that becomes creative and life-giving after establishing a relationship with revelation and the physical senses. Such a thought can overcome its obstacles through its endless forward march.
The spiral-like structure represents a creative stroke of the thought's pen that is
made in response to the blank paper's question: "O Son of Adam! God has given you a chance to create
something new through me. What will you create today? Will you create life, or will you create death?"
The paper bears witness as the pen-bearer patiently makes her mark and breathes life into it according to any
design she sees fit, with the permission of God.
The curved triangle connecting three points of the
spiral-like structure represents relationships that she makes (or does not make) as she pulls (or does not
pull) the elements of God's Worlds closer. These relationships (or the lack thereof) will one day testify
whether her creation was life-denying, sundering the paper's unity into unrecognizable mutilated
fragments, or life-generating, transforming it from monotony into an organic multiplicity of new patterns.
what we believe
Each Name is a conduit to a multiverse of possibilities for our relationship with Allah and His Last Messenger (ﷺ)
One of the unique attributes of the religion of Islam that distinguishes it from all other religions, sciences, and philosophies, is its insistence that Allah the One and Only Ultimate Reality has Many Beautiful Names / Attributes and that the believers must invoke these Names to call upon Him. These Names are the addresses where one can find the Almighty and have a conversation with Him. The better we understand these Names, the easier it becomes for us to develop a strong, personal relationship with Allah.
The other unique attribute of Islam is its insistence that an Arab man in the 6th century AD, by the personal name of Muḥammad ibn ʿAbdullāh (ﷺ), is His last and final prophet and messenger to the worlds. We know some of his names through an authentic hadith: Muḥammad (the oft-praised), Aḥmad (the most praised), Māḥī (the one who dispels disbelief), Ḥāshir (the one at whose feet people will gather on the Day of Reckoning), and ʿĀqib (the one who is the last prophet and messenger) [Bukhari and Muslim]. The scholars of Islam, out of love, have compiled a list of additional names based on the text of the Holy Qur'an and their general understanding of the Prophetic character, totaling ninety-nine names. Each name points to a unique aspect of his personality. Without gaining a deep appreciation for these names, our mission of developing a strong, personal relationship with Allah will remain incomplete.
what we offer
Intensive courses, each (re-)exploring the Beautiful Names from the vantage point of a unique theme
Our goal is to foster a community of inquirers exploring the meanings of the Beautiful Names across multiple intersections. Consequently, the participants need to invest time, money, and attention to become permanent members.
who we are
We are a team of two based in Pakistan interested in fostering a community around the study of the Beautiful Names from an interdisciplinary relational perspective.
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