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FREE TASTER SESSION

INTRODUCTION TO Q-CONNECT, RING STRUCTURES, AND TAFSIR OF SURA AL-FATIHA (Q. 1)

Free to Attend – In-Person/On-line – Free Food and Networking

This free introductory session on Wednesday 26th November 2025, 7:00 – 9:30 pm will explore the insights gained over the past five years’ of study of Suras from Juzz Amma as part of Q-Connect Programme.

Dr Ashraf will deliver a lecture on the importance of continuous engagement with the Qur’an and illustrate this through tafsir and analysis of Sura al-Fatiha (Q. 1). 

There will be the opportunity to attend the introductory session IN-PERSON as well as ON-LINE. Registration is mandatory.

In-Person Location: The Wesley Euston, 81-103 Euston St., London (Euston), NW1 2EZ

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PROGRAMME

SESSION ONE

A little is a lot: 5 years of Q-Connect

Sustained analysis of a narrow range of Qur’anic messages and themes can reveal multi-layered connections and lead to an expansive breadth of insights. We will highlight some patterns discerned over the first 5 years of Q-Connect enabled study of Suras from Juzz Amma and describe the process of Semitic rhetorical analysis. 

SESSION TWO

Sura al-Fatiha: The Open Secret

Dr Ashraf will contrast the accessibility of the Qur’an as a Book with the effort made to contemplate its meanings and highlight practical ways of engaging the Qur’an. Q-Connect always begins with analysis of a Sura that is fundamental to our lives, ubiquitous in our worship and worthy of repeated, deep contemplation to help apply lessons that are hidden in plain sight. We will introduce the format of Q-Connect and the methodology to be adopted for mapping Suras Q. 99 and Q. 100 through ring structure analysis and tafsir of Sura al-Fatiha. 

SESSION THREE

Free Food and Networking

Join us to explore the elegance of God’s language and how, through attempting to engage with His Book, we can draw nearer to Him. 

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THE CONSISTENT QUR’AN:

FIVE YEARS OF CONNECTION: Q-CONNECT METHODOLOGY, INSIGHTS AND OVERVIEW

Over the past five years, we have covered 12 suras of the Qur’an in Q-Connect. The meanings we have derived and the insights we have gained are vast, and when we review what we have covered, the material seems new and our insights fresh. There is a contrast between what appears to be a limited thematic palette and the pictures one can draw using it.

We will describe the methodology used for structural analysis in Q-Connect, highlight the core thematic sections of the suras studied thus far that this analysis has yielded. We will also present insights gained from consistent engagement and detailed analysis of 188 verses contained in 13 pages of the Quran in 70 hours over 5 years. 

 

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SURA FATIHA:

RING STRUCTURE

The Qur’an has structure at every level; it begins and ends with prayers and there are relationships between sections of a Sura and between Suras.

Structural Analysis, Semitic rhetoric in particular,  searches for symmetry in a Sura. The centre is often the key and the other sections, which from a Ring around it, are defined in relation to it.

The centre of the Sura al-Fatiha connects the beginning, a prayer of Praise, and end, a petition for guidance. The order of Man’s relation to God is established; Praise predicates petition and God precedes Man.

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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!
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