"When one prays, don't just stand. Understand."
Join us for a 3-week Series on The Language of Revelation led by Ustadh Saif Omar
One of the most fundamental and eternal tenants of Islam is the Quran. We recite it everyday, use it to source fundamental laws, and learn from the stories of righteous people.
However, many of us both the modern word has many temptations that seem to capture our focus instead. While most of us do not explicitly worship these distraction, there are many times when we choose to prioritize them instead of God. And other times, when faced with the choice of obeying God or obeying worldly temptations, we make the latter choice.
Be it materialism, money, desires, or our own egos, how can we reign in and control our lesser, worldly impulses? Is there a healthy amount of worldly pleasure we should incorporate into our lives? And how can we reprioritize the remembrance of God in our lives and in our hearts?
Doors for the event open at 7:45 for coffee and connection, event starts at 8:30 after Isha Prayer.
One ticket covers all 3 weeks and are available at the door. Donations are greatly appreciated and help us fund future events!
Open to young professionals ages 21+, we look forward to seeing you there!
Schedule
Week 1: Surah Fatiha
Week 2: Surah Nas
Week 3: Surah Falaq
About Ustadh Saif Omar
Saif Omar founded Fawakih in 2008, after identifying a gap in accessing Quranic Arabic within the US. Within Fawakih, he served as a full-time Executive Director from 2012-2016, while also instructing courses on Arabic and Tajwid.
Upon completing his tenure, Saif joined the El-Hibri Foundation, where he served as the Senior Program Officer, advising and providing resources to leaders across the nonprofit sector. He continues to lecture and write on topics of Entrepreneurship, Nonprofit Management, and Quranic Arabic.
In 2018, he returned to Fawakih as the CEO in order to scale out its online program, oversee completion and publishing of its 6-level curriculum, and build partnerships for Quranic Arabic learning.
As a social entrepreneur dedicated to solving building and scaling organizations in the Muslim education space and also a father of four.
Saif Omar majored in Near Eastern studies at the University of Michigan. During this time, he traveled to Egypt and Morocco in pursuit of Arabic and undertook graduate-level classical Arabic coursework and translation projects with Dr. Sherman Jackson. He has pursued advanced Arabic training in Fez, Morocco, Cairo, Egypt, and Amman, Jordan, and has taught Arabic at the Legacy Institute. Ustadh Saif was awarded the prestigious Fulbright Scholarship to Damascus, Syria. He enhanced his Arabic knowledge and grounded his understanding of Islam through the study of Islamic law, theology, and classical literature texts.
Upon conclusion of his studies in Damascus he joined Harvard University where he completed a Masters in Public Policy and served as a HRH Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Fellow in Nonprofit Management as well as the President of the Kennedy School Muslim Caucus. Ustadh Saif has advised leaders at the high levels of government and private sector in his role as a Director at Good Harbor Consulting.