The Last 10 Nights of Ramadan - Yasir Qadhi Ramadan Reflections
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What exactly is 'Laylat al-Qadr', or the 'Night of Power'? In this talk, Dr. Yasir Qadhi explains the concept of this holiest of nights in the Muslim tradition, and offers a short exegesis of Chapter 108, which is entitled "Surah al-Qadr". We talk on the acts of worship that Muslims should do in order to maximize the blessings of this Night.
Yasir Qadhi is the Resident Scholar of the East Plano Islamic Center. He is also the Dean of The Islamic Seminary of America. He is one of the few people who has combined a traditional Eastern Islamic seminary education with a Western academic training of the study of Islam. Yasir graduated with a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Houston, after which he was accepted as a student at the Islamic University of Madinah. After completing a diploma in Arabic, he graduated with a B.A. from the College of Hadith and Islamic Sciences, and then completed a M.A. in Islamic Theology from the College of Dawah. He then returned to America, and completed a PhD in Religious Studies from Yale University. He has authored several books, published academic articles, and appeared on numerous satellite and TV stations around the globe. His online videos are of the most popular and highly-watched Islamic videos in English.
What exactly is 'Laylat al-Qadr', or the 'Night of Power'? In this talk, Dr. Yasir Qadhi explains the concept of this holiest of nights in the Muslim tradition, and offers a short exegesis of Chapter 108, which is entitled "Surah al-Qadr". We talk on the acts of worship that Muslims should do in order to maximize the blessings of this Night.
Yasir Qadhi is the Resident Scholar of the East Plano Islamic Center. He is also the Dean of The Islamic Seminary of America. He is one of the few people who has combined a traditional Eastern Islamic seminary education with a Western academic training of the study of Islam. Yasir graduated with a B.Sc. in Chemical Engineering from the University of Houston, after which he was accepted as a student at the Islamic University of Madinah. After completing a diploma in Arabic, he graduated with a B.A. from the College of Hadith and Islamic Sciences, and then completed a M.A. in Islamic Theology from the College of Dawah. He then returned to America, and completed a PhD in Religious Studies from Yale University. He has authored several books, published academic articles, and appeared on numerous satellite and TV stations around the globe. His online videos are of the most popular and highly-watched Islamic videos in English.