SO YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT ‘THE SIGNS’?_Demystifying the End of
Times _
INSTRUCTOR: SHAYKH RUZWAN
_‘The age in which the Dajjal appears will be one of confusion.
People will believe a liar, and disbelieve the truthful..’ [Ahmad]_
THE HOUR! WHICH HOUR?
THE HOUR THAT EVERYTHING IN EXISTENCE IS COUNTING DOWN TO - EVEN IF
THEY DO NOT KNOW IT
Each heart beat you take brings it closer, your each breath bringing
you a step nearer. THE HOUR: A window to eternal bliss or unending
dejection…
The modern age is one which leaves humans unable to decide who to
trust or what to believe in. The role of popular media and idolised
cultural icons in spreading alternative spiritually subverted versions
of reality is particularly impactful when it comes to Muslims, who
despite being the recipients of the final message, are seen to be
increasingly taken in by distortions of religious texts about the End
of Times.
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*** Join iSyllabus as we explore the way that ‘End of Times’
narratives are viewed by modern Muslims and how we can decipher the
fact from the fiction. The course will include a special copy of
exclusive class notes specially prepared using over 100 original
sources, as well as new visual aids and info-graphs clarifying
timelines and events.
_‘What are they then waiting for other than the Hour, that it should
come on them all of a sudden while they are unaware. Its signs are
already here, but once the Hour has arrived, what use will it be then
to take heed?’ [47:18]_
_‘…The Prophet (may God Bless him and grant him peace) stood
amongst us for a long time and did not leave out anything except that
he described it to us up until the Day of Resurrection. Whoever
remembered it, remembered, whoever forgot it, lost it. I forgot some
of it but would then see something and recall it, even like the face
of an absent man, who upon being seen would be recognizable to you.”
[al-Bukhari]_
Through the use of detailed timelines, maps and the latest
photographic archives, this course will shed light on the religious
literature on this subject and bring the content to life.
COURSE AIM:
Demystifying the ‘Signs of the End of Time’ through a study of the
detailed types and categories of the purported Signs, with an emphasis
on the contextualisation of events and examples.
COURSE OBJECTIVES:
* Challenge the major misconception regarding the ‘End of Times’
and its signs
* Analyse the role of Media and Society in distorting known
religious truths
* Clarify the confusion that people have in understanding the Signs.
* Strengthen your belief in the Unseen (insha’Allah)
* Leave you amazed at the breath of the knowledge of the unseen
given to the Prophet (may God Bless him and grant him peace)
* Look at the degree to which modern innovations and advancements
are predicted in the hadith literature and which interpretations are
plausible and which are not.
* Provide models, schemas and ground-rules to help us explain what
is explainable and leave to God what we can have no knowledge of.
* Provide ground rules to remove confusion and misunderstanding
surrounding this area by uncovering truth from the conspiracy.
* Provide advice on how to stay focused on our duties at time of
conflict, trails and tribulations that mark the ‘End of Time’.
COURSE CONTENT:
* Detailed and exclusive set of students notes specially prepared
using over 100 original sources.
* Provide a detailed context of what the ‘Hour’ refers to in the
light of Classical and modern Quran commentaries (_tafsir_)
* Detail what knowledge of the unseen is and what this refers to in
relation to the Prophet (may God Bless him and grant him peace).
* Provide a detailed identification and historical verification of
the signs that were mentioned by the Prophet (may God Bless him and
grant him peace) to would occur before the hour and that have actual
taken place. Through this understand the Decree of God in all
things.
* Pinpoint the appearance of the minor Signs that have occurred and
continue to occur
* Focus on the appearance of the minor Signs in the areas of
technology; nature and the environment; sexual morality; society and
politics; religion; family and personal morality and ethics.
* Outline and detail the Signs that come immediately before the Day
of Judgement (The Major signs) and how they will affect vast swaths of
the earth
* How to take practical and balanced lessons from the appearance of
the Signs and navigate conspiracy theories such as those surrounding
the Illuminati, Free masons and safeguard against Cults and religious
heresies
This course is sure to generate much interest so enrol early to avoid
disappointment.
TEACHER:
Shaykh Ruzwan Mohammed is a Sunni theologian and scholar. A graduate
in Geopolitics and Arabic from the University of Glasgow, in 1993 he
left to travel and study with a wide array of leading scholars and
theologians in various countries in the Muslim world. In the process,
he read Turkish language at the University of Ankara in Turkey and as
part of his formal Islamic training, he graduated from the Fat’h
Islamic Law College in Damascus, graduating from the prestigious
6-year program with a distinction of merit, achieving overall first
position in his year of graduation from the college.
In the summer of 2009, he co-founded the Solas Foundation, which
focuses on offering quality and transparent religious consultancy in
the areas of Islamic ethics and education. He is the author and
educational director the iSyllabus Islamic studies program.
He is a regular panellist on shows such as BBC One’s “The Big
Question”, BBC radio 4’s religious analysis programmes, and is a
contributor to national Scottish newspapers and magazines. He is
currently engaged in research into the effect of textual hermeneutics
and environment on Islamic legal ethics, and is working on a study and
translation of an early juristic text by the Spanish philosopher
Averroes. He also serves as an advisor to various Muslim educational
organisations in the United Kingdom and is actively involved in
interfaith work, as well as wider social issues, lobbying on climate
change and combating poverty.
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