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2017 – Metaphoria
The fourth annual CEI Qur’an conference, ‘Metaphoria’, explores selected metaphors in the Qur’an. Metaphors are used to enhance the effect of what is being said by making it beautiful, impressive, aesthetically striking, and semantically powerful.
‘Metaphoria’ is derived from two words: ‘metaphor’ and ‘euphoria’. For us, ‘Metaphoria’ is a word that captures the extraordinary imagery in the Qur’an, and how these images and examples are then used to convey powerful meanings.
METAPHORIA
METAPHORIA | A STUDY OF EXTRAORDINARY IMAGERY IN THE QUR’AN
Q-CONFERENCE 2017
The fourth annual CEI Qur’an conference, ‘Metaphoria’, explored selected metaphors in the Qur’an. Metaphors are used to enhance the effect of what is being said by making it beautiful, impressive, aesthetically striking, and semantically powerful.
‘Metaphoria’ is derived from two words: ‘metaphor’ and ‘euphoria’. For us, ‘Metaphoria’ is a word that captures the extraordinary imagery in the Qur’an, and how these images and examples are then used to convey powerful meanings.
SESSIONS
During this conference, various teachers explored the themes and styles in the following verses, all containing the word ‘mathal’ (parable/example). These verses were grouped into five sessions, and these sessions highlighted how the images are used to present contrasting concepts, describe human traits, highlight the power of God, clarify the nature of the world or simply introduce inspiring narratives.
TEACHERS
The sessions were taught by:
- Dr Akram Nadwi
Dr Talal Al-Azem
- Mufti Muhammad ibn Adam
- Shaykh Ahmed Babikir (Video)
- Dr Ibrahim Harvey
- Ustadh Thaqib Mehmood
- Dr Saquib Ashraf
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01.10.24
LONDON SHORT COURSE: Starts 28.10.24: Registration for the new ‘Understand your’ Prayer short course is now open, click on London Short Course for full course details and to register.
01.10.24
INTO THE OCEAN: We are delighted to announce an evening of conversation with Prof. Abdel Haleem at Conway Hall, London, WC1R 4RL, Thursday 24th,Oct 2024 Click register to join.
07.09.24
LONDON ACADEMY: Registration for the new academic year starting 4.10.24 is now open, click on London Academy for full course details. Click on register to view the ticketing options.
13.06.24
KIDS ACADEMY: Registration for term 1 beginning on 5th October 2024 in Hazelwick School is open. Click on Kids’ Academy for full details and to register.
28.08.24
OPEN HOUSE: Friday 20 Sept 2024,6.30pm. Join us for an extra special evening showcasing our journey so far, our teachers, courses, programmes and reflections from current students followed by food.
26.08.24
Q-CLUB : Tuesday 17 Sept 2024, 7pm. We are excited to announce that we will cover a new Sura Joseph (Q. 12) at our new venue Waterstones! in central London.
19.07.24
SAUNTERER’S PATH: We are excited to announce that registration and walk details for this year’s Saunterer’s Path Dover on Saturday, 24 August 2024 is open. Limited tickets! Click on Register.
29.06.24
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02.05.24
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20.04.24
LONDON SHORT COURSE: Starts 20.05.24: Registration for the new ‘Remembrance’ short course is now open, click on London Short Course for full course details. Click on register to join.
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