THE Q-INSTITUTE

A BESPOKE BUILDING IN THE HEART OF LONDON

The Q-Institute will be a bespoke building with state-of-the-art teaching and research facilities as well as a café, art gallery, Qur’an library and members’ lounge all designed to nurture the desire and provide the means for understanding, researching and making the Qur’anic and Islamic sciences accessible to people with or without the Arabic language.

The Institute will be mixed use and financially sustainable, with diverse income streams such as residential and commercial units.

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ARTIST’S IMPRESSIONS & AXONOMETRIC

Dr Ashraf, Architect and Director of CEI explains the building we aspire to.

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COLLABORATION

IN THE HEART OF LONDON

Located in the heart of London, the Q-Institute will be able to draw upon and contribute to the academic and literary activity in the knowledge and creative hub of the city home to the British Library, world leading research universities, global technology companies and the Knowledge Quarter.

THE KNOWLEDGE QUARTER

BLOOMSBURY, EUSTON, KING’S CROSS

The Knowledge Quarter is the focal point for one of the greatest knowledge clusters anywhere in the world, located in a small area around King’s Cross, the Euston Road and Bloomsbury. Knowledge resources ranging from the world’s earliest books and manuscripts to the latest creative designs and cutting-edge scientific and medical research are all within a few hundred metres.

WHY Q-INSTITUTE

THE QUR’ANIC IMPERATIVE

The Messenger of Allah blessings and peace of Allah be upon him, said: “The best of you is he who learns the Qur’an and teaches it.” And he also said: “Allah has family from among mankind.” The Companions asked: “Who are they, O Messenger of Allah?” He replied: “The people of the Qur’an; they are the people of Allah and His elect.”

The Qur’an mandates reflection and demands that its audience seriously engages with it, not simply read it.

Our predecessors worked tirelessly to establish mosques and Qur’an literacy schools up and down the country.

It now falls upon our generation to build upon their hard work by establishing institutions that can produce skilled contributors to the current challenges and debates of our time and make a meaningful contribution to the wider society.

DEEP ENGAGEMENT

READ TO REFLECT

The first command in the first revealed verse of the Qur’an was to ‘Read’, however, the subsequent verses require that the reader moves on from reading the Qur’an to reflecting and contemplating it.

Reflection, contemplation and interaction with the Qur’an yields cumulative benefits and is a lifelong process.

CONTEMPLATE

IMPACTING HEARTS

Q. 47:24 highlights the need to contemplate the Qur’an in a deep and profound way: ‘Will they not contemplate the Qur’an, or do they have locks on their hearts?’

The Prophets have disseminated the word of God to us, and we are tasked with the same responsibility. As a community we have failed to do this in any meaningful and impactful way.

The Q-Institute aims to readdress this and put the Qur’an front and centre.

OUR STORY

TWO DECADES OF CONSISTENT GROWTH

Over the past two decades we have delivered thousands of classes as part of our portfolio of Qur’anic and Islamic educational activity across premium educational venues in and around the Knowledge Quarter, Central London.

The Q-Institute is now the necessary next step which will allow us to achieve financial independence, develop and enrich our current content, broaden the scope of our work and further widen access to the Qur’an.

LONDON SHORT COURSE:

Starts 13.01.25: Registration for the new 'Road to Ramadan 2025' short course is now open, click on London Short Course for full course details and to register.

Q-SYMPOSIUM:

starts 12.01.25: Registration for the new ‘Q-Symposium 2025’ day course is now open, click on for full course details. Click on register to join.

KID’S ACADEMY:

Registration for term 2, beginning on 11th January 2025, at Hazelwick School is open. Click on Kids’ Academy for full details and to register.

Q-CONNECT:

The Next Session is 14 January 2025. We will continue on Juzz Amma, focusing on Suras al-Qadr (Q. 97) and al-Bayyina (Q. 98). Registration for this online Zoom course is open.

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