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 20.05.24: Registration for the new 'Remembrance' short course is now open, click on London Short Course for full course details. Click on register to join.

Q-SYMPOSIUM:

starts 28.04.24: Registration for the new ‘Q-Symposium 2024’ day course is now open, click on for full course details. Click on register to join.

Q-CLUB:

We will continue our study of Q. 71 in term 3, starting on 30th April 2024, 7.15pm. Click on Q-Club for dates and details.

LONDON ACADEMY:

Term 3 will start on Friday 19 April 2024. Registration for this academic year is sold out! Click on London Academy for the term 3 timetable and details on our website for all other course details.

RAMADAN SHORT COURSE:

Forty Hadith on The Excellence of the Clear Qur’an by Mulla ‘Ali al-Qari. Click on Short Course for full details and to register.

KIDS ACADEMY:

Registration for term 3 beginning on 13th April 2024 in Hazelwick School is open. Click on Kids’ Academy for full details and to register, including ticketing options for siblings.

Q-CONNECT:

The next session is on 17th April 2024. We will continue to study Juzz Amma, focussing on Suras al-Tin (Q. 95) and al-‘Alaq (Q. 96). Registration for this online Zoom course is open. Click on Q-Connect for more details and register to join.

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