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Continuing our ‘Healing through the Quran’ series, this class focuses on healing the relationships in our life, whether it’s our relationship with Allah SWT, with each other, or with ourselves, our nafs❤️‍🩹

Allah says that the Quran is “a healing for whatever is in the heart”

For diseases like anger, jealousy, greed, lust, animosity, apathy, doubts

For injuries like trauma, sadness, loneliness, anxiety, stress, insecurities

Whatever burdens you carry in your heart…the Quran is your healing ❤️‍🩹

This Ramadan, our Faith Circle program will go through the entire Quran, week by week and highlight the verses, themes and concepts that heal our trauma, cure our diseases and bring us from darkness into the light. 🫶🏼

This class completes the section on “ virtues of Du’aa” in the class binder

A dive into the ideologies that are confronting Muslims today

Some topics this class discusses:


- How does secularism relate to atheism?
- Does the Quran address atheism?
- Arguments frequently used by atheist
- Radical scepticism
- The rise of New Atheism
- Relationship between liberalism and Colonialism

What is critical thinking and how is it important within the Islamic tradition?

What’s the biggest difference between critical thinking from an Islamic perspective and western philosophy?

We are honored to have Dr. Nazir Khan, President of Yaqeen Canada, join this class at Faith Cirle. Dr. Nazir Khan MD FRCPC is the President of Yaqeen Canada and the Director of Research Strategy at Yaqeen Institute for Islamic Research. He is a Neuroradiologist and Assistant Professor. He is also a specialist in the Qur’anic sciences with certification (ijāzah) in the ten readings of the Qur’an through both major and minor routes of transmission. He has also received other certifications (ijāzāt) in Qurʾānic studies (ʿUlūm al-Qurʾan), Hadith, and Islamic theology (ʿaqīdah). He memorized the whole Qur'an during his youth and has served as an Imam for many years. He has taught Islamic theology and Qur’anic studies classes, workshops, and seminars and is a consultant for the Manitoba Islamic Association Fiqh Committee. Dr. Khan completed his residency at the University of Manitoba and fellowship in Diagnostic Neuroradiology at the University of Calgary. His expertise in both medical sciences and Islamic theology uniquely positions him to address challenging contemporary questions regarding faith, reason, and science.

It’s the Canadian takeover of Faith Circle We take a break from our theme of duaa and explore the theme of “thinking” (tafakkur).