Description

“Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem” is the most frequently uttered phrase in the Muslim community. In the Arabic language, they are etymologically related to the mother’s womb. In this course, we will use some simple scientific facts about the mother’s womb to enrich our current understanding, which is based only on Arabic Grammar and traditionally established Tafaseer (Exegetical Accounts of the Holy Qur’an), of these two Names. As a result, we obtain a unique (albeit preliminary) understanding of these two Names, their relationship to each other, and our existential relationship to them in a way that is nowhere to be seen in modern-day religious scholarship.

Challenge traditional dichotomies by seeing the material world as a dignified sign of Allah’s Majesty.
This module sets the stage for a holistic view of the material universe.

Study the Beautiful Names revealed in the last rukuʿ of Surat al-Hashr.
Participants will explore how these Names reflect Allah’s relationship with the material universe.

Uncover the relational beauty of classical Arabic and its role in understanding the Beautiful Names.
This session delves into how language bridges spiritual and material realities.

Foster a mindset of curiosity about Allah’s creation and the interconnectedness of His signs.
This session encourages deeper exploration of the natural universe.

Learn a structured approach to discovering Allah’s Majesty in the natural world.
This module introduces a framework for studying the Beautiful Names in nature.

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Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem: The Alpha’s and Omega’s of Life

Description

“Ar-Rahman Ar-Raheem” is the most frequently uttered phrase in the Muslim community. In the Arabic language, they are etymologically related to the mother’s womb. In this course, we will use some simple scientific facts about the mother’s womb to enrich our current understanding, which is based only on Arabic Grammar and traditionally established Tafaseer (Exegetical Accounts of the Holy Qur’an), of these two Names. As a result, we obtain a unique (albeit preliminary) understanding of these two Names, their relationship to each other, and our existential relationship to them in a way that is nowhere to be seen in modern-day religious scholarship.

Key Points:

Student Feedback

Discover how this course has inspired participants to engage deeply with the Beautiful Names.

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The workshop delivered more than I was expecting it to. The perspectives offered in just a short amount of time opened me up to a completely new paradigm of studying religion which seemed to resemble the traditional curricula we have lost in time, especially in aesthetics.

Study the Beautiful Names revealed in the last rukuʿ of Surat al-Hashr.
Participants will explore how these Names reflect Allah’s relationship with the material universe.

Uncover the relational beauty of classical Arabic and its role in understanding the Beautiful Names.
This session delves into how language bridges spiritual and material realities.

Foster a mindset of curiosity about Allah’s creation and the interconnectedness of His signs.
This session encourages deeper exploration of the natural universe.

Learn a structured approach to discovering Allah’s Majesty in the natural world.
This module introduces a framework for studying the Beautiful Names in nature.

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Al-Asmaa Institute recognizes three major forces of education in the world—religion, science, and philosophy. Its orientation towards these three forces can be best illustrated with the help of a metaphor. Its example is like that of a seedling that has emerged from its home ground. With time, it grows simultaneously in three directions. The first direction is downwards, where the seedling embeds itself firmly in its home ground. The second direction is upwards, where its stem grows strong and becomes able to resist the elemental harshness of nature, thereby becoming a tree. The third direction is lateral and it happens both in the ground and above it. The tree’s roots expand outward, and on their journey, they encounter two new grounds. There, they find minerals and nutrients that they desperately need and couldn’t find in their home ground. Meanwhile, the branches of the tree also spread, providing shade, shelter, and fruits for people on its home ground as well as other grounds. The more variety of minerals and nutrients its roots bring to the tree, the more rich and succulent its fruits become.

Al-Asmaa Institute recognizes that religion, science, and philosophy are forces to be reckoned with because they have survived the test of Time (which is one of the Beautiful Names). It does not go for the intellectually “easy” route of discarding all of what they have said and done and trying to construct something from scratch. It opts for the more challenging route of building on their achievements while asserting firmly that their fragmentary approach to their respective objects of study is producing scholars with a thoroughly fragmented attitude towards Reality. However vague its vision is right now, Al-Asmaa Institute sees all objects of study as unique signs of Allah, each emphasizing a unique attribute of Allah and demanding to be brought in relationship with the other signs.

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AL-ASMAA INSTITUTE
Rethinking religion-science-philosophy relationship as unique methods of inquiry into the diverse signs of Allah in the loving embrace of the Beautiful Names.
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The God with Many Names
Uncover an approach to the Beautiful Names that has been in the blind spot of mainstream Muslim scholarship for at least two centuries.
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The Natural Signs
Learn the ways in which the natural world helps us better understand the Beautiful Names, mediated by classical Arabic.
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