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Q-CONNECT

MONTHLY ONLINE

Q-Connect is an innovative online programme of Qur’an study that combines guided reading of a pair of suras from Juzz Amma with structural analysis. These suras are powerful and succinct, widely recited and memorised but less widely studied in depth.

This course is connected to yet distinct from other CEI Qur’an Programmes in its content, medium and cadence. Click on past to see suras covered in previous years.

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ACADEMIC YEAR 2025/26

During this academic year we will study Suras al-Zalzalah (Q. 99) and al-‘Adiyat (Q. 100), starting on Wednesday 17 December 2025. Click here for dates and further details. 

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CREATING CONNECTIONS

Q-Connect has been designed as a bespoke online course, and allows attendees to connect to accessible, prolonged and rigorous engagement with the Qur’an.

The frequency and format of the sessions provide attendees with the time to review and reflect on notes, as well as explore the content and context of the suras.

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FORMAT

Study of each sura will begin with a session of guided linear reading in English translation with a focus on rhetorical techniques, key words and themes including their wider use in the Qur’an.

Once attendees are familiar with the thematic content, diagrams illustrating the structural composition of the sura will be used to facilitate pattern discernment in a subsequent session.

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COURSE AIMS

Q-Connect aims to expose attendees to:

  • Guided English reading of the Qur’an, with reference to classical tafsir literature
  • Rigorous linguistic and thematic analysis of the Qur’an
  • Theories of composition of the Qur’an, such as Ring Structures 
  • Relationships between suras
  • Linguistic devices and syntagmatic relationships deployed
  • Key spiritual and practical lessons in these suras. 
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MAPPING SURAS

Q-Connect will focus on the identification of elementary constituent segments such as words, grammatical phrases and linguistic devices within suras to better discern patterns and themes, to develop a prism for analysis of meaning and elucidation of connections.

Diagrams illustrating the thematic structure of each sura will be used as the basis for teaching and to reveal the connections between verses. We move beyond a guided reading to a guided structural analysis looking at how the interplay between words and verses is connected.

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PLOTTING CONSTELLATIONS

Q-Connect aims to facilitate study and analysis of suras in Juzz Amma. These suras are shorter than those covered in other CEI programmes, and as such, Q-Connect enables attendees to complete a guided reading and structural analysis of several suras over the eight sessions and explore the thematic connections between suras.

During the course, particular emphasis will be placed on exploring the thematic and linguistic connections across the selected suras.

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DISCERNING PATTERNS

Q-Connect will introduce selected theories about the composition of the Qur’an, such as Ring Structure and Semitic Rhetoric. The course will also draw upon classical tafsir literature and highlight the spiritual and practical lessons that the structure and the style of the suras reveal.

Attendees’ exposure to analytic methodology will facilitate their own discernment of themes and connections within and between suras in their ongoing engagement with the Qur’an.

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IN PERSON GATHERING

Monthly sessions will be delivered online. Whilst the online format facilitates broad access, we appreciate the benefits of meeting in person and will offer attendees the opportunity to meet and network in Manchester at a post-programme in-person gathering.

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Q-RIDE:
Starts Saturday 25th of July 2026: Registration for ‘ Q-Ride ’ is now open. Click the register to sign up and join.
Q-RUN:
Starts Saturday 1st of August  2026 : Registration for  ‘ Q-Run ’  is now open.  Click the register to sign up and join.
Q-REFLECT:
Join us for the next Q-Reflect at Waterstones, Central London (Piccadilly),  Sura Al-Mu’minun (The Believers):  In the Pursuit of Excellence is on Wednesday 10th of June 2026. Click Q-Reflecton for full course details and to register.
LONDON SHORT COURSE: MERCITUDE
Starts 1st of June 2026. Registration for the new Mercitude  short course is now open. Click on London Short Course for full course details and to register.
LONDON ACADEMY:
Term 3 starts Friday, 10th April 2026! View the timetable on our website.
Kids’ Academy:
Registration for term 3, beginning on Saturday 25th of April 2026, at Hazelwick School is Sold Out. Click on Kids’ Academy for full details and to find out more.
Q-CONNECT:
Join the next session of the online Zoom course on 17th of June, 2026. Click on Q-Connect for more details and register to join.
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Q-RIDE:
Starts Saturday 25th of July 2026: Registration for ‘ Q-Ride ’ is now open. Click the register to sign up and join.
Q-RUN:
Starts Saturday 1st of August  2026 : Registration for  ‘ Q-Run ’  is now open.  Click the register to sign up and join.
Q-REFLECT:
Join us for the next Q-Reflect at Waterstones, Central London (Piccadilly),  Sura Al-Mu’minun (The Believers):  In the Pursuit of Excellence is on Wednesday 10th of June 2026. Click Q-Reflecton for full course details and to register.
LONDON SHORT COURSE: MERCITUDE
Starts 1st of June 2026. Registration for the new Mercitude  short course is now open. Click on London Short Course for full course details and to register.
LONDON ACADEMY:
Term 3 starts Friday, 10th April 2026! View the timetable on our website.
Kids’ Academy:
Registration for term 3, beginning on Saturday 25th of April 2026, at Hazelwick School is Sold Out. Click on Kids’ Academy for full details and to find out more.
Q-CONNECT:
Join the next session of the online Zoom course on 17th of June, 2026. Click on Q-Connect for more details and register to join.
Q-CLUB POP-UP:
Now’s your chance to bring the Q-Club experience to your community. Check out our Pop-Up JustGiving page and join the fun!
Welcome:
Click on latest to see our latest announcements and follow us on social media.
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