Islamic Learning Foundation - Chicago

What is the point of this class?

Fundamentally, this is a combination of answering three basic questions that sit at the foundation of our religious experience.

1. What Is Islam?
2. How Does Islam Work?
3. Why is Islam True?

Many Muslims may feel they can answer these, but they would likely find it difficult to do clearly, convincingly, and systematically while referencing the Islamic tradition.

We know our faith from the pieces we’ve been taught over time by parents, teachers, and others - but do we have a systematic, clear, and presentable understanding that allows us to view the world, the community, and the faith itself from a lens that is consistent and accurate?

Do we understand the principles that underlie the meeting points between Science, Reason, History, and Faith?

Do we understand clearly how Islam was revealed, preserved, and transmitted to us over time and how it is uniquely designed to grapple with questions while bringing humanity together as one community?

In answering the three fundamental questions, we will explore a number of major topics:

1. What is Deen and why do we need it?
2. How is Deen preserved and transmitted?
3. Who is God and how do we know He Is? What are His qualities?
4. Why is the Islamic concept of God unique?
5. What is the need for Prophethood at all and who is the Prophet (s)?
6. Besides an example to follow in actions - what is the Sunnah itself as a worldview?
7. What is the Community that the Prophet (s) built and what is role in that community?
8. Understanding the Seen and Unseen worlds.
9. What is the eventual end of all things and the nature of the Hereafter?
10. How do we obtain knowledge, judge between truth claims, and understand what is false?

Many of us have seen these topics at a Sunday school or Islamic school level, but our hope is to expose students to a higher level of literacy more akin to a college class that will ask us to think further about these questions and prepare us to understand our faith at a deeper level while representing it to others as well.

Register now - https://tinyurl.com/icnatheology

ILF Chicago & Artspiration by Aqsa present

🎨 Welcoming Ramadan Paint Night🌙
w/ Artist Aqsa Hashmi 🧕🏼

Where: The ICNA Center
1S270 Summit Ave.
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181

When: Friday March 11th, 2022 (6:00 PM - 8:30 PM)

Registration required:
bit.ly/Ilfpaint
Supplies will be provided!

Ramadan Prep | Sisterhood | Art | Fun | Food

✨ See you there insha'Allah! ✨

Join us today, 7 PM, onsite at Islamic Foundation North or online.

With Ustaadh Faizan Mumtaz as he describes paradise in vivid detail and shares key actions you can do today to build a home in Heaven Insha'Allah!

Free, family friendly event.

https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYufuGsrTopHdCmisxZ3Y_WRJZV5TZI4gho

Join us on Friday, October 15th at 7pm at the Islamic Foundation North with Ustadh Faizan Mumtaz as he describes paradise in vivid detail and shares key actions you can do today to build a home in Heaven InshaAllah!
This is a Free In-Person Family Friendly Event

Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:

“Whenever a group of people assemble in one of the Houses of Allah (i.e. Mosques), reciting the Book of Allah and studying it, tranquility descends upon them, Mercy covers them, angels surround them and Allah makes a mention of them among those who are with Him.” (Muslim)

Join us for our foundational Arabic course: Revelation Revealed. This program was developed specifically to help our community grasp the fundamentals of Arabic with the goal of being able to read Quranic verses and basic Islamic texts!

🕌 Join your community today (virtually or in-person)! https://ilfchicago.org/rr21
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In-person or online. Your choice. 🙋‍♂️🙋‍♀️

With the busy lifestyles of today and the pandemic still ongoing, we know that an Arabic course might not be high on your priority list. But it can be with our flexible learning options.

Join us for our foundational Arabic course: Revelation Revealed. This program was developed specifically to help our community grasp the fundamentals of Arabic with the goal of being able to read Quranic verses and basic Islamic texts!

🗺 Start your journey today! https://ilfchicago.org/rr21
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There are many paths one could take when learning Arabic and unlocking the knowledge within Islam's sacred texts. However, experience counts. ILF Chicago has graduated over 100 students from our foundational Arabic program, all of whom had the ability to read Quranic verses and basic Islamic texts with the assistance of a dictionary, as well as grasp concepts such as ism, fa’il, harf, quranic Arabic, jarr, root words, and Arabic diction. You too can begin your journey with this program, starting this September!

💨 Get started now! 👉 https://ilfchicago.org/rr21
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For our brothers and sisters who do not speak Arabic, appreciating the message of the Quran, Hadith, and Islamic literature can be difficult due to the language barrier. Islamic Learning Foundation of Chicago wants to help our community 🙌 toward a better understand these beautiful texts and the meaning within them. 👇

Join us for our foundational Arabic course: Revelation Revealed. This program was developed specifically to help our community grasp the fundamentals of Arabic and 🔭 navigate the language's grammar, morphology, vocabulary, and much more! Gain a greater understanding of concepts such as ism, fa’il, harf, quranic Arabic, jarr, root words, and Arabic diction!

🔗 For more details, please visit https://ilfchicago.org/rr21
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🎉 NEW COURSE 🎉

Islamic Learning Foundation of Chicago is excited to announce that our foundational Arabic program will be returning this September!

Revelation Revealed: Access to Quranic Arabic will be available to our community in both in-person and virtual formats.

🔗 https://ilfchicago.org/rr21 🔗

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⏲ Wednesdays, September 8th, 2021 | 7:30 PM - 9:30 PM
👨‍🏫 Dr. Akbar Khalid
💵 $500

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⏲ Sundays, September 12, 2021 | 10 AM - 12 PM
👨‍🏫 Ustadh Yusuf Khan
💵 $500

Developed by a variety of diverse Arabic teachers, this program combines the strengths of the various Arabic educational methodologies while minimizing the weaknesses. It has the English-speaking student at the core of its focus, with the fundamental goal of appreciating the message of the Quran, Hadith, and Islamic literature.
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Starts TOMORROW!
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​Nooraniyah Quran Course featuring Sr. Maryam Muhammad starts TOMORROW!. Learn about the Quran from alphabet to ayaat from the comfort of your own home!

🔗 Register: https://online.ilfseminary.org/course/sisters-quran

⏰ Time: Sundays from 10 AM - 11 AM CST

👨‍🏫 Teachers: Sr. Maryam Muhammad

📚 Subjects:
↪ One-on-one sessions as needed
↪ Basics of Quran literacy, from alphabet to ayaat
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Only three days left!!
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​📖 The Quran is so useful and can give us guidance when we most needed. Learn more about the Holy book in our online-only Nooraniyyah Qur'an course.

🔗 Register: https://online.ilfseminary.org/course/sisters-quran

📅 Starting: August 1st, 2021 - September 12th, 2021

⏰ Time: Sundays from 10 AM - 11 AM CST

👨‍🏫 Teachers: Sr. Maryam Muhammad

📚 Subjects:
↪ One-on-one sessions as needed
↪ Basics of Quran literacy, from alphabet to ayaat
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