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The commencement of a two-week,
five lecture series within a comprehensive institute dedicated
to educating non-Muslim school teachers about Islam. Hamza Yusuf
introduces the Islamic experience by first looking at the foundational
book of Islam, the Holy Qur'an, its revelation event over a span
of 23 years, and the mechanism by which it was compiled and preserved.
After first analyzing the meaning of the "Qur'an" through
its Arabic roots, Sheikh Hamza discusses the dominant themes
in the Qur'an during the Meccan and Medinan periods. He then
proceeds to explain the significant events taking place immediately
following the death of the Prophet Muhammad (P), and how his
companions were deeply concerned with preserving the Qur'an for
future generations. These series of lectures have proven to be
extremely useful for non-Muslims, new Muslims, life-long Muslims,
and young Muslims. (Recorded at the Dar
al Islam Teachers' Institute seminar).
 Other topics discussed: tri-literal roots
in Arabic, inherited world views without reflection, tawheed
(monotheism) in Islam, the hereafter, the end of time, the Battle
of Yamama, standardizing the writing of the Qur'an, original Qur'anic texts in existence
today, the royal "We" used in the Qur'an, the pleasures
of Paradise, the Qur'an as the "divine" word of God,
and the dialectical variants of the Qur'an.
This set
is ranked #5 on our Top 10 list.
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