عید میلادالنبیؐ ﷺ | September 23/24, 2023

Conversations (23rd Sept - Online - Host: Taimoor K Mumtaz), Morning Visit to Masjid Wazir Khan (Registration Required) & Evening Mehfil e Naat (Open Door Event) (24th Sept - In Person - Host: Syed Rehan Gelani)

  • سیرت طیبہ کا ماخذ و مصدر: کتب سیرت

    A Conversation on Seerah Nigari - In Recent Publications & Textbooks | Dr. Ali Tariq

    Dr. Ali Tariq is Lecturer at Department of Hadith, faculty of Usuluddin (Islamic Studies), International Islamic University, Islamabad (IIUI) since August 2016. He holds the degree of Shahdah al-Alamiah (Masters in Arabic & Islamic Studies) from Wifaq ul Madaris al Arabiah, Multan.

  • (Naat) نعتیہ شاعری | سید حجاز نقوی

    Praise of Prophetic Perfection | Syed Hijaz Naqvi

    Syed Hijaz Mehdi Naqvi is a poet and has been teaching Urdu Poetics & Poetry, Ilm e Urooz/Prosody at Hast o Neest for more than five years; He is the co-founder of Ghalib o Mir - https://miroghalib.com/ - which aims to instill 'a sense of purpose and meaning' through poetry; He has published his first collection of poetry titled Zard Rangat (the Lahore inaugural ceremony was at Hast o Neest - https://youtu.be/H_rOgyi5_Vg), ; His book on poetics/prosody/ilm e Urooz titled Urdu Shairi ki Kitab was published in 2023 by Hast o Neest. He belongs to a family of scholars, and studied in Iran and Pakistan.

  • سیرت طیبہ کا ماخذ و مصدر:حدیث نبوی | سید ریحان گیلانی

    A Conversation on Hadith & Seerah Syed Rehan Gelani

    Syed Muhammad Rehan-ul-Hasan Gelani Chishti Nizami is currently pursuing his PhD. in Islamic Studies from the University of Lahore.

    He has secured Gold Medal in Ash-Shahadatul-Aalamiyyah Fil Uloom Al-Arabiyyah wal-Islamiyyah and 1st Position in BS (Hons) Arabic from Minhaj University Lahore.

    He is also Adeeb Arabi and Alim Arabi from Darul-Uloom Muhammadiah Ghosiah, Bhera. His fields of interest include studies on Molana Rumi, Allama Iqbal, Said Nursi, Naat and Ilahiyat (Islamic Philosophy).

عید میلادالنبیؐ ﷺ | October 2022

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    Kamil Khan Mumtaz

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    4/4 | Arabic Qasida | Talama Ashku Gharami | (Shadilli) Shaykh Mehmood Abul Shamaat (Damascus, 1841-1922) طالما اشكو غرامى | Hast o Neest Ensemble: Dr. Syed Abbas Zilqarnain, Nabeel Akhter, Ammar, Afira Khan & Maham Faraz with G.H.Lali (Duff) at the All Pakistan Music Conference Lahore 2022

    Rabi ul Awwal Sittings

    TALAMA ASHKU GHARAMI

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    كلمات: الشيخ محمود ابو الشامات

    Qasida (Maqam: Nihawand)

    طالما اشكو غرامى يا نور الوجود

    Talama ashku gharami ya Nur al-wujood

    How long I have ached with this love for you, O Light of existence.

    وانادى يا تهامى يا معدن الجود

    Wa unadi ya Tihami ya ma’dinal jood

    Calling out, O Tihami(resident of Medinah/Makkah), O spring O generous-source of all kindness

    منيتى اقصى مرامى احظى بالشهود

    Munyati aqsa marami ahdha bish-shuhood

    My aspiration, my deepest desire, is to reach the station of witnessing, and be in your presence

    وارى باب السلام يا زاكى الجدود

    Wa ara babas-salaami ya Zaki l-judood

    And to see the Gate of Peace before me, O Purest of Ancestors

    يا طراز الكون انى عاشق مستهام

    Ya Tirazal kawni inni ‘aashiq mustahaam

    O you, you are the embroidery that ornaments the entire universe,

    مغرم والمدح فنى يا بدر التمام

    Mughramun wal-madhu fanni ya Badr at-tamaam

    Lovesick! The only art I can offer is my praise, O Full Moon of Perfection!

    اصرف الأعراض عنى اضناني الغرام

    Isrifil aa raada anni adnanil ghraam

    Remove the barrier from between us, I am completely spent by this longing

    فيك قد أحسنت ظني يا سامي العهود

    Fika qad ahsantu thanni ya Sam il-‘uhood

    I am putting my full trust in you, Beloved, you who is loyal to all his promises, that you will respond with everything I wish for

    يا سراج الكون يا عالى جناب

    Ya Siraj al-Owliaa-i ya A’al il-janaab

    O Lantern of the Friends of God, O Highest of Highnesses

    يا إمام التقيا أنا قلبى ذاب

    Ya Imaamal atqiyaa-i, inna qalbi zaab

    O Imam of those who live fully aware of their Lord, truly my heart has melted

    وعليك الله صلى ربى ذو الجلال

    Wa alayk Allahu salla, Rabbi Thul jalaal

    Peace be upon you from God, my Lord, Owner of Honor and Splendor!

    يكفى يا نور الاهلة ان هجرى طال

    Yakfi ya nur al-ahillah inna hajri taal

    I can’t bear it anymore, O Light of all the crescent moons: my separation from you has gone on far too long

    سيدى العمر ولى جد بالوصل جد

    Sayyidi, al ‘umra walla Jud bil-wasli, jud

    My Master, I’ve become old

    Out of your goodness, grant me the union I seek

    صلى الله عليه وآله وسلم

    Peace be upon you and your progeny

    (Research & Image: Afira Khan, Syed Mohsin Gillani)

Arabic Qasida | Talama Ashku Gharami | (Shadilli) Shaykh Mehmood Abul Shamaat (Damascus, 1841-1922) طالما اشكو غرامى | Hast o Neest Ensemble

Urbanization (City of Lahore) | شہری منصوبہ بندی | کامل خان ممتاز | Kamil Khan Mumtaz

عید میلادالنبیؐ ﷺ | November 2021

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    Taimoor Khan Mumtaz | is senior architect at Kamil Khan Mumtaz Architects in Lahore. He trained as an architect at the NCA in Lahore, he gained an MA in South Asian Design and Architecture (MAPRASADA) from De Montfort University in Leicester, UK.

    Naat & Salawat | Qari Muzammil Ashraf

    Naat & Salawaat | Afira Khan

  • Dr. Ayesha Leghari Saeed did her PhD from the Department of Arabic and Islamic Studies University of Melbourne. Her interests are Educational Psychology, Islamic Philosophy of Education, and Ibn al Arabi’s teachings.

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    Artist & teacher, Rizwanullah Khan is the Founder & former Coordinator, of the Islamic Arts Section, Department of Visual Studies, University of Karachi. He has a long standing interest in Sufism and Ecology.

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    The Prophet ﷺ as a Murabbi - Teacher | Stages of Tarbiyyah of the Sahabah (R.A.) | Dr. Ali Tariq

    Dr. Ali Tariq is Lecturer at Department of Hadith, faculty of Usuluddin (Islamic Studies), International Islamic University, Islamabad (IIUI) since August 2016. He holds the degree of Shahdah al-Alamiah (Masters in Arabic & Islamic Studies) from Wifaq ul Madaris al Arabiah, Multan.

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    درود شریف ـ صلواۃ حکم ہےـ

    نبیﷺ کی تعریف میں کوئی بھی مجلس میلاد کرنا چاہ رہا ہے تو مسلمان کا حق ہی نہی ہے کہ اس کو منع کرے ـ

    سید عزیرعبداللہ قادری

    Syed Uzair Abdullah Qadri belongs to an esteemed family of Qadri ulema & shuyukh in the Punjab. His series of sittings on the ‘Grammar of Love in the Quran’ has been well received around the world.

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    Farsi Na'at e Rasool ﷺ in Mantiq ut Tair of Attar of Nishapur | Syed Fazel Rizvi & Kausar Ali

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    Link | Urdu Translation:

    Syed Fazel Rizvi teaches Farsi through Urdu in a method that he has formulated from his vast experience of teaching the language. He belongs to a scholarly family of Gilgit-Baltistan.

عطار نیشاپوری | قصہ خوانی | ﷺ منطق‌الطیر فارسی نعت رسول | Attar | Syed Fazel Rizvi, Kausar Ali

ماحولیات اور سنت رسول ﷺ | Ecology & the Sunnah | Rizwan Ullah Khan

عید میلادالنبیؐ ﷺ | November 2020

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    1} Selections from Sira & Hadith - Taimoor Khan Mumtaz

    2) رسول اکرم ﷺ برصغیر کی علمی و ادبی روایت میں

    سید حجاز مہدی

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    The Debate on Eid Milad un Nabi S.A.W. & (2) Quranic Introduction to the Prophet ﷺ | Syed Uzair Abdullah Qadri

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    Qawali | Eid Milad un Nabi ﷺ | Chashm-e-Maste Ajabe - Amir Khusro | Tauqeer Ali & Khurram Ali Qawal

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    Qawali | Eid Milad un Nabi ﷺ | Ra'ng Hazrat Amir Khusro | Tauqeer Ali & Khurram Ali Qawal Party

  • The Prophet ﷺ in the Writings & Poetry of the Subcontinent - Syed Hijaz Mehdi | Video Link

  • مغربی افریقہ کی نعتیہ شاعری ڈاکٹر اوگونائکے- جامعہ ورجنیہ، امریکہ

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  • Naat Recitation | Hast o Neest Ensemble | Balaghal Ula Be Kamalehi

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The Debate on Eid Milad un Nabi ﷺ | Syed Uzair Abdullah Qadri

وَ سَلٰمٌ عَلَیْهِ یَوْمَ وُلِدَ وَ یَوْمَ یَمُوْتُ وَ یَوْمَ یُبْعَثُ حَیًّا(19:15)

West African Sufi | Poetry in Praise of Prophetic Perfection | Dr. Oludamini Ogunnaike

Dr. Oludamini Ogunnaike | A scholar of African, Islamic & Religious Studies; currently teaching at the University of Virginia, USA.