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PAST SAUNTERS

2024 – DOVER: TRAVELING THE LAND A SAUNTER SOUTH FORELAND

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Our eleventh annual walk took us back to a journey we had made in 2015, an early walk in Langdon Bay, Kent, and a trek along the South Foreland Heritage Coast to the village of St Margaret’s at Cliffe. This year’s theme, a saunter of travels, is a reflection on the spiritual and nature-focused journeys we all embark on, and the valuable lessons we learn along the way. During the pitstop talks, we will use the Qur’an, prophetic traditions (hadith), and relevant chapters from Imam al-Ghazali’s ‘Conduct in Travel’ to explore this theme in a meaningful way.

 

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POEM

‘White Cliffs’, by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy

(Carol Ann Duffy’s celebration of Dover's famous white cliffs, published in 2012)

 

Worth their salt, England's white cliffs; a glittering breastplate Caesar saw from his ship; the sea's gi to the land, where samphire-pickers hung from their long ropes, gathering, under a gull-glad sky, in Shakespeare's mind's eye; astonishing in Arnold's glimmering verse; marvellous geology, geography; to me, deference; war, defence; first view or last of here, home, in pain ng, poem, play, in song; something fair and strong implied in chalk, what we might wish ourselves.

 

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THE THEME: TRAVEL

This year’s theme will be a saunter of travels, reflecting on the journeys we are all required to make and the many lessons we learn along the way.

During the pitstop talks, we will use the Qur’an, prophetic traditions (hadith), and relevant chapters from Imam al-Ghazali’s ‘Conduct in Travel’ to explore this theme in a meaningful way.

In the 17th book of the author’s ‘Revival of the Religious Sciences, al-Ghazali explains the different outer and inner reasons for travel. Outer reasons include the pilgrimage or the search for knowledge, while inner reasons include the acquisition of virtue and the disciplining of the soul.

 

FIRST TALK: OUTWARD TRAVELS

Based on Imam al-Ghazali’s ‘Conduct in Travel’.

The first talk will provide Saunterer’s with a brief biography of Imam al-Ghazali, explaining his background as a scholar and spiritual guide, who transformed the lives of countless Muslims around the world.

Imām al-Ghazālī

Abu Hamid Muhammad al-Ghazali (d. 1111) was a renowned 11th-century Islamic scholar of Persian descent. He is known as one of the most prominent and influential jurisconsults, legal theoreticians, muftis, philosophers, theologians, logicians and mystics in Islamic history. During a long period of seclusion, he wrote his magnum opus Ihya ‘Ulum ad-Din (Revival of the Religious Sciences), a comprehensive guide covering almost every field of Islamic sciences.

SECOND TALK: INWARD TRAVEL

Based on Imam al-Ghazali’s ‘Conduct in Travel’, we will explore what Imam Ghazali has to say about “Inward Travels” 

THIRD TALK: ON GRATITUDE

Chapter 29.

“Faith has two halves: One is patience and the other gratitude.”

TEACHERS

- Sh Thaqib Mehmood
- Dr S Ashraf
- Ustad Abdullah Colle 
- Awais Rafique (Qur’an recitation)

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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.
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