Wednesday, December 25, 2013

Dars - Dr. Shahzad Qaiser

Hast-o-Neest
Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts
invites you to 

Silsilah-e-Faqr
in the Tradition of Baba Sufi Muhammad Tufayl (r.h.)


Dars: Doctrinal Sitting
by
Dr. Shahzad Qaiser

Monday, 30th December 2013
3:30 pm

Queries: 
0300 847 1855/hast.o.neest@gmail.com

Saturday, December 21, 2013

Sunday, 22nd December: Darood Ibrahimi (& Urs Syed Ali Hajweri - Data Sahib)

Hast-o-Neest
Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts

 Sunday, 22nd December
 Darood e Ibrahimi

12:00 pm



12:40 pm: In Celebration of Urs Hazrat Syed Ali Hajweri - Data Sahib -
Dr. Amjad Waheed will speak on Kashful Mahjub

Langar 1:30 pm


Queries
0300 847 1855/hast.o.neest@gmail.com

Wednesday, December 11, 2013

Poetry of Hafiz Shirazi - Ahmed Javed Sahib - Thursday, 12th December




Select Persian Poetry of Hafiz Shirazi


Sitting with Ahmed Javed Sahib


Thursday, 12th December 2013
5:30 pm

Queries: 0321 4847091



Farsi Level 1(12 Weeks) - Saturday, 28th December

Hast-o-Neest
Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts
The Al Biruni Centre of Languages

FARSI LEVEL 1
(12 weeks)
beginning Saturday, December 28th 2013



Saturdays and Sundays
3:00 to 4:00 pm
Teacher: Fatima Fayyaz
 (Graduate Oriental College, Punjab University & Khana-e-Farhang Iran, Lahore)

Hast-o-Neest Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts
31-G, Gulberg II, Lahore
Queries: 0300 847 1855

Monday, December 9, 2013

Tradition & Modernity Study Seminars 16 to 24 December


Hast-o-Neest
Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts

The Ibn al Arabi Centre of Philosophy & Metaphysics
The Ibn Muqla Centre of Arts
The Ahmed Mimar Centre of Architecture

Tradition & Modernity
Study Seminars


Pakistani culture can best be described as an uneasy intersection between the two currents of Modernity and Tradition. The tensions generated between these often competing currents and the accompanying crisis of identity which we face as a nation is to a great extent a result of being ill-informed of the underlying foundations of both Modernity and Tradition. Where the one is sees as a matter of faith, identity and values the other although espousing quite different values is often seen as a natural and inevitable process of history.

The Tradition and Modernity Study Seminars aim to provide an introduction to the philosophical and intellectual foundations of both 'Tradition' and 'Modernity' so as to enable students to look at themselves and their contemporary situation in a wider philosophical context. It aims to develop not only an understanding and appreciation of traditional thought and art but also their relevance and need for today.

The Tradition & Modernity Study Seminars includes an introduction to traditional thought including philosophy, metaphysics, cosmology, and arts such as calligraphy, miniature painting and architecture.

It perhaps needs to be clarified that the word 'tradition' is not used in the everyday sense of signifying something connected to the past. The word is used in a particular sense, where 'tradition' signifies a sacred 'world-view' according to which both Nature and Man are seen as having their roots in and as manifestations of a Divine Source. Similarly the term 'Modernity' is not used in the everyday sense of 'contemporary' but stands for the dominant world-view of the past few centuries originating in the Post-Renaissance Age of Enlightenment in 18th century Europe and the accompanying Scientific Revolution. Born during the Renaissance in the 14th Century this view is rooted in the philosophies of Humanism, Rationalism and Materialism from which emerge the notions of Individualism and Democracy on the one hand and materialist Science on the other.



Seminars:
Each Study Seminar is a short, intensive program of 3 days, of 3 hours per day, that is a total of 9 hours of learning with a concise overview, discussion, readings and audio-visual material of basic concepts and vocabulary. 

Seminar 1:
Islamic Philosophy: Epistemology Part-II
Teachers: Hamid Reza Fazil, Dr. Amjad Waheed
Guest Speaker: Dr. Shahzad Qaiser, 
Days: 16, 17 & 18 December 2013 (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday)
Timing: 5:30 to 8:30 pm
Fee: Rs. 3000 per person

Seminar 2:
Introduction to Islamic Art
Teachers: Irfan A. Qureshi, Fyza Aamir
Days: 19, 20 & 21 December 2013 (Thursday, Friday, Saturday)
Timing: 5:30 to 8:30 pm
Fee: Rs. 3000 per person

Seminar 3:
Introduction to Islamic Architecture (Abbottabad)
Teachers: Taimoor Khan Mumtaz
Days: 18, 19 & 20 December 2013 (Wednesday, Thursday Friday)
Timing: 9:00 am to 2:00 pm
Fee: Rs. 3000 per person
Venue: Department of Architecture, Abbottabad Campus, UET Peshawer
Contact Person in Abbottabad: Architect Tahir Saeed Khattak


Seminar 4:
Islamic Metaphysics: God, Man & Cosmos
Teachers: Hamid Reza Fazil & Taimoor Khan Mumtaz 
(with Ahmed Javed Sahib as guest)
Days: 22, 23 & 24 December 2013 (Sunday, Monday, Tuesday)
Timing: 5:30 to 8:30 pm
Fee: Rs. 3000 per person

at
Hast-o-Neest 
Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts
 31-G, Gulberg II, Lahore, Pakistan
(Left after Bata store lane on Main Market)

Registration:
Register online or send in 'Seminar Title, Name, Email & Cell no.' on 0300 847 1855, or hast.o.neest@gmail.com. Registered participants will be informed of reading material and other academia details before the study seminars.

Teacher Profiles:

Dr. Shahzad Qaiser received his M.A. in Philosophy from the University of the Punjab and Ph.D. from Bahauddin Zakariya University, Multan.  He has written numerous books including Quest for the Eternal,  Metaphysics and Tradition,  Iqbal and Khawaja Ghulam Farid on Experiencing God. He has retired as a Federal Secretary and is Member Punjab Public Service Commission.

Taimoor Khan Mumtaz is a practicing architect, specializing in Islamic Architecture. He studied Architecture at National College of Arts, Lahore (1994) and did his Masters from De Monteford University, U.K.

Hamid Reza Fazil Sahib is a teacher of Philosophy and Metaphysics at Hast-o-Neest, and currently a PhD candidate in Islamic Philosophy & Metaphysics.

Irfan Ahmed Qureshi started calligraphy in 1985 under the supervision of renowned calligraphist Syed Anwar Hussain Nafees Raqm, and later learnt from Wajid Mehmood Yaqut Raqm. He has dedicated himself for the renaissance of classical calligraphy since 1990. He was part of the team that conducted the first International Calligraphy Conference in Lahore, Sarir-e-Khama held at Punjab University in 2013.

Fyza Aamir graduated from NCA in Fine Arts and Miniatures. She currently teaches Miniatures at Hastoneest and co-ordinated activities of The Ibn Muqla Centre of Arts.

Ahmed Javed Sahib is a renowned, leading scholar of Iqbaliat at Iqbal Academy Pakistan, Lahore.

Dr. Amjad Waheed is Assistant Professor in Department of Islamic
Thought and Civilization at University of Management & Technology
Lahore. He is editor of the Journal of Islamic Thought and
Civilization and reviewer of the Journal of European Studies. He is
also a member of the National Curriculum Review Committee (NCRC) of
HEC for Islamic Studies. 


Queries:
 0300 847 1855
Email: hast.o.neest@gmail.com
URL: hastoneest.com

Thursday, December 5, 2013

Farsi Guftari

Hast-o-Neest
 Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts
invites all farsi students to


FARSI GUFTARI
a regular weekly sitting of farsi language

Tuesdays
6:00 to 7:00 pm
beginning Tuesday, 10th December 2013

at
Hast-o-Neest Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts
31-G, Gulberg II, Lahore

Host:
Kausar Ali

Queries:
0300 847 1855


Tuesday, November 19, 2013

Seminar in the Series: 'Art & Spirituality' at Sadhoke


Hast-o-Neest 
Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts
in collaboration with 
(MAP: Peoples' Forum for Indigenous Theology)
 invite you to a

2-Day Seminar in the Series: "Art & Spirituality"
Arifana Kalaam aur Mausiqi

(Sacred Poetry & Music)




Friday, 22nd November - Saturday, 23rd November 2013
at
Maktaba-e-Anaveem Pakistan

G.T. Road, Sadhoke (Distt. Gujranwala)
(Sadhoke is between Muridke and Kamoke - 
Turn right from the Sadhoke stop)




Programme:



DAY 1 - FRIDAY, 22nd NOVEMBER 2013


9:00 am Session 1: Aims and Objectives - Father Emmaneul Asi & Kamil Khan Mumtaz


"Tamaame Alam Mast" - Sufi Poetry of Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi (Presentation by Hast-o-Neest)


11:00 am Session 2: Music & Poetry in Hinduism - Guru Sukhdevji


Artist : Sakuntala Devi Dittu Laal


3:00 pm Session 3: Sacred Music Today - Dr. Surosh 


Sufi Poetry and Inter-Faith Harmony - Father Mukhtaad Alam

5:30 pm Artist: Lali Khan (Heer Waris Shah & Saif ul Muluk Mian Muhammad Bukhsh)




DAY 2 - SATURDAY, 23rd NOVEMBER 2013

9:00 am Session 4: Pushto Sufi Poetry - Mohammad Usman

Mehfil e Sama and Tasawwuf - Ghulam Farid Sabri 

11:00 am Session 5: Music and Poetry in Sikh Faith

11:45: Hzt. Nizamuddin Auliya (r.a.) & Amir Khusro (r.a.) - Readings from Nizami Bansari
Taimoor Khan Mumtaz

3:00 pm

Session 6: Sufi Poetry of Baba Hussain Shah (r.a.) - Dr. Shahzad Qaiser


4:00 pm

Session 7: History of Christian Church Music - Father Nadeem John

5:30 pm - Qawalli


7:15 pm - Vote of Thanks

Queries:
TRANSPORTATION will be provided to those who wish to attend
the programme - from Hastoneest at Gulberg II.
 Kindly confirm on the following numbers.

0300 847 1855/0300 849 3170
hast.o.neest@gmail.com

Sunday, November 17, 2013

Dars - Dr. Shahzad Qaiser

Hast-o-Neest
Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts
invites you to 

Dars
Dr. Shahzad Qaiser


Thursday, 21st November 2013
6:30 pm

Queries: 
0300 847 1855/hast.o.neest@gmail.com

Saturday, November 16, 2013

Sunday 17th November - Mehfil Darood e Ibrahimi

Hast-o-Neest
Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts

Once a week on Sundays 
Mehfil Darood e Ibrahimi


Sunday, 17th November 2013
  12:00 pm - Dua at 12:30 pm

12:40 pm: Khalid Saigol Sahib will speak on 
'Some Glimpses on the Life of Data Ganj Bakhsh
 & the Fundamental Questions his classical Sufi work Kashful Mahjub addresses.'


(Khalid Saigol sahib is a member of Hastoneest. 
He has served in the UN and is an expert on urban planning.)
Langar 1:30 pm


Queries
0300 847 1855/hast.o.neest@gmail.com

Monday, November 11, 2013

Video Recording Links - October/November 2013

Hast-o-Neest 
Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts


Video Recording Links of Talks/Lectures 
October/November 2013

(Note: Overall the recording quality is low. 
We are in the process of setting up a qualitative system of recording. Thankyou.)

1. Dr. Amjad Waheed: Allama Iqbal's philosophy on 'Religious Experience' and Allama sahib's resulting thought on the Sufis and the Modern West! All on a Sunday morning at Hastoneest! Dr. Amjad Waheed sahib is on the Academic Board at Hastoneest and set up/heads the Department of Islamic            Thought & Civilization at University of Management & Technology, Johar Town, Lahore.


2. Ahmad Rafay Alam: Project River Ravi: Introducing the River Ravi Commission - Series of Seminars on the River and our attitude towards it - Part recordings of the first session by Ahmad Rafay Alam, environmental lawyer & activist (On the background to the debate and the extent of the water quality crisis) - 2nd Recording on the Water Quality Crisis 


3. Syed Uzair Abdullah: Meaning of Darood Sharif - Salutations upon the Prophet (s.a.w.) 

Short talk by Syed Uzair on the meaning of 'darood e pak', of salutations upon the Prophet (s.a.w.s.) on the occasion of collective recitation of darood e ibrahimi Sunday mornings at Hastoneest - hastoneest.com - 2013 


With a post-graduate degree from Punjab University, Sahibzada Syed Uzair Abdullah belongs to a family connected to the Qadiriyya Sufi Order and known for its scholarly and mystical traditions. Syed Uzair has a special interest in and study of Sufic Metaphysics, Kalam, Quranic Exegesis, the Science of Hadith, Arabic Language and Poetry.


4. Dr. Shahzad Qaiser & Hamid Reza Fazil sahib: 1st Seminar on Epistemology - 2nd Recording of Day 2 


Day 2 
i) Epistemology in Islamic Philosophy 
ii) On the Possibility of Knowledge - On Doubt & Certainty 



‘Muslim philosophers agree that knowledge is possible. Knowledge is the intellect’s grasp of the immaterial forms, the pure essences or universals that constitute the natures of things, and human happiness is achieved only through the intellect’s grasp of such universals….’ 
(SHAMS C. INATI, Copyright © 1998, Routledge.) 



5.  Qari Khalid Uthman Alvi: Qira'at: Correct rendition of SurahFateha 


Qira'at of the Short Surahs of the Quran: Qari Khalid Uthman Alvi Al-Azhari - Session on Surah Fateha 


Queries:
0300 847 1855/ hast.o.neest@gmail.com


Sunday, November 10, 2013

Remembering Imam Hussain a.s. - Tuesday, 12th November

Hast-o-Neest 
Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts
invites you to a presentation

Remembering Imam Hussain a.s.
Marsia & Soz-o-Salaam of Lucknow


The tradition of remembering Imam Hussain's (a.s.) sacrifice aims at paying homage to the martyrs of Karbala and to remind ourselves that the apparent defeat of the Truth is in fact its eternal victory.

Tuesday, 12th November 2013
6:30 to 8:00 pm

Venue:
Hast-o-Neest
Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts
31 G, Gulberg II, Lahore

Queries: 
0300 849 3170

Monday, November 4, 2013

Remembering Imam Hussain a.s. - Friday, 8th November at LUMS

Hast-o-Neest 
Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts
invites you to a presentation

Remembering Imam Hussain a.s.
Marsia & Soz-o-Salaam of Lucknow


with Halqa-e-Danish, Lahore University of Management Sciences

The tradition of remembering Imam Hussain's (a.s.) sacrifice aims at paying homage to the martyrs of Karbala and to remind ourselves that the apparent defeat of the Truth is in fact its eternal victory.

Friday, 8th November 2013
4:00 to 6:00 pm
at
A-16, Academic Block
Gurmani Centre for Languages & Literature
Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS)

Queries: 
0300 849 3170

Thursday, October 31, 2013

Beginning Miniatures - 11th November

Hast-o-Neest 
Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts

Ibn Muqla Centre of Arts


BEGINNING MINIATURE PAINTING

Traditional Islamic Art conveys the spirituality and message of Islam through a timeless language of symbolism.

        Ibn Muqla Centre of Arts invites you to explore this language of symbols through the medium of Miniature painting.

Course Structure:
          We are offering an introductory three month course that includes the theoretical, historical and practical aspects of this art. The course authors include Professor Bashir Ahmed, Head of Department of Fine Arts at the National College of Arts and Taimoor Khan Mumtaz, a student of Dr. Martin Lings.

The course will be taught by a student of Bashir Ahmed sahib, Fyza Aamir, an NCA graduate with a degree in fine arts majoring in miniature painting.

           Course duration will be three months: Nov 2013 -Jan 2014.
           Monday, Wednesday, Friday from 3:30 pm to 6:30 pm
beginning Monday, 11th November 2013

REGISTER
Send in name, email address and cell number on 0300 847 1855/hast.o.neest@gmail.com
  Course Fee is Rs. 6000/- per month

Venue:
Hast-o-Neest 
Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts 
31 G, Gulberg II, Lahore 

Queries: 0300 847 1855

Monday, October 28, 2013

Reading Imam Ghazali (r.a.) (Sunday Mornings)

Hast-o-Neest Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts 
& SERSociety for Educational Research  
invites you to

Reading Imām Ghazālī (r.a.)
beginning Sunday, 3rd November 2013 

Join us every first Sunday of the month on a journey of inspiring readings 
 of Imam Ghazali (r.a.) with Shaykh Jahangir Mahmud
12:30 to 1:30 pm, followed by langar & Zuhr prayers


We will begin the journey with a brief introduction to the Imam and then continue with selectons from one of Imām Ghazālī’s final works, Bidayah al-Hidayah  - The Beginning of Guidance - which embodies a lifetime of learning, experience, and spirituality and can be taken as an introduction to his larger works. A highly motivational manual detailing the fundamentals of acquiring guidance through God-consciousness (taqwa). Imam Ghazali argues that just as there is an end to this noble objective there is also a beginning to it, which must be made firm for one to achieve success. 


Shaykh Jahangir Mahmud Sahib is an Islamic research scholar and educationist with an Ijazah (License) in Traditional Islamic Sciences, tasawwuf as well as a Bachelor's degree from Pakistan’s foremost colleges. 

Author of nearly twenty books, he has conducted over 10,000 trainings in Pakistan and abroad.



Venue:
Hast-o-Neest Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts
31 G, Gulberg II (Main Market), Lahore

Queries: 0300 847 1855