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Every term, CEI hosts an eight week short course in central London on a variety of topics and themes.
See below for the Short Courses facilitated during this academic year.
Details for London Short Course term 1.
An exciting eight-week short course exploring the meaning of what we recite and hear in our daily prayers.
The first session each week will explore the meaning of what we recite in our prayers; the second session each week will explore some of the common suras that are recited in the communal prayers, such as Eid and Friday prayers.
In so doing, we will gain a better understanding of the purpose behind our daily prayers and thereby develop a stronger connection with our Lord.
Details for London Short Course term 2.
“O Allah, make the months of Rajab and Sha’ban blessed for us, and let us reach the month of Ramadan”
In these Eight sessions we discussed some of the spiritual and physical benefits of fasting during Ramadan
Details for London Short Course term 3.
Al-Ḥadīd is the first in a group of five sūrahs known as “The Glorifiers” (al-Musabbiḥāt), meaning those sūrahs that begin with a glorification of God; the others are 59, 61, 62, and 64. According to a ḥadīth, “Within [the Glorifiers] there is a verse that is better than a thousand verses”