Sun 1st May: 5:30 pm: Open Movie Screening: "Princess Mononoke"

Hast o Neest  

Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts

Open Movie Screening

A Studio Ghibli fantasy anime cartoon:

PRINCESS MONONOKE

with Shaihan Hassan

Plot: A prince becomes involved in the struggle between a forest princess and the encroachment of mechanization.

Sunday 1st May, 2016
Time: 5:30-7:45 pm

At: Hast-o-Neest, 3 Iftikhar Ahmed Malik Road, Shariff Colony, Canal Park, GulbergII, Lahore
Queries: hast.o.neest@gmail.com/0321 213 0346

Mon 6 June: 7:00 pm: Book Reading/Discussion: "Signs on the Horizons" by Michael Sugich - with Taimoor Khan Mumtaz -

Hast o Neest Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts

MONDAYS
Open Book Reading & Discussion:

(1) BOOK: Signs on the Horizons: Meetings with Men of Knowledge and Illumination
by Michael Sugich

(2) BOOK: Ain ul Faqr by Hazrat Sultan Bahu r.a.

with Taimoor Khan Mumtaz

Mondays, 6 June 2016
7:00 pm

Michael Sugich is an American author initiated into a traditional Sufi order in 1972. Since that time he has studied Sufi doctrine and practice with spiritual masters across the Arab and Islamic world. He lived for 23 years in the precincts of the sacred city of Makkah Al Mukaramah where he kept company with many men of knowledge and illumination.

Sultan Bahu Sarwari Qadri (1630-1691, Jhang) a mystic, poet and scholar wrote more than forty books, mostly in Farsi, and largely dealing with aspects of Islam and Islamic mysticism. However, it is his Punjabi poetry which has popular appeal. He sought spiritual guidance from Hazrat Shah Habib Gilani r.a. whose shrine is found in the village of Baghdad Sharif, near Mian Channu to this day.

Around 1668 Sultan Bahu moved to Delhi for further training under the guidance of Syed Abdul Rehman Jilani Dehlvi Qadri and thereafter returned to Punjab where he spent the rest of his life. Queries: hast.o.neest@gmail.com/0321213 0346

Wed 27 April: 6:45 pm: Open Lecture: Is there Islam without Tasawwuf? Syed Uzair Abdullah Qadri

Hast o Neest Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts
Ibn Arabi Centre of Philosophy & Metaphysics Open Lecture

'Is there Islam without Tasawwuf? A Quranic perspective.'
Syed Uzair Abdullah Qadri

Wednesday, 27 April 2016
6:45 pm


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

Queries: hast.o.neest@gmail.com/0321 213 0346

Sat 4 June: 7:00 pm: Readers' Roundtable with Ehsan Bajwa

Hast o Neest Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts

READER'S ROUNDTABLE

Saturdays, hosted by Ehsan Bajwa

An open, walk-in readers' roundtable held fortnightly to read, discuss and reflect upon chosen texts, a chapter, an article, fragment of a piece, or a selected book - a casual, free-flowing conversation to share thoughts and meanings.

Ehsan Bajwa, a lawyer, is a former member of the Police Service of Pakistan who has served in national and international jurisdictions.

Inaugural gathering on Saturday, 4 June 2016

at 7:00 pm at Hastoneest, 3, Iftikhar Ahmed Malik Road, Shariff Colony, Canal Park, Gulberg II, Lahore.

Queries: hast.o.neest@gmail.com/0300 8493170

FRIDAY 22 APRIL: 5:00 pm: ALIF - My Belated Journey to Calligraphy - Lt. Gen. Humayun Khan Bangash

Hast o Neest Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts

Ibn Muqla Centre of Arts
invites to you to witness and attend 

ALIF, My Belated Journey to Calligraphy

- a calligraphy exhibition of one of our first calligraphy students - Lt. Gen. Humayun Khan Bangash  

Friday, 22nd April 2016 at 5:00 pm 

at 3, Iftikhar ahmed Malik road, Shariff Colony, Canal Park, Gulberg II, Lahore.

Queries: hast.o.neest@gmail.com/0321 213 346

SAT 23 APRIL: 7 pm: JASHN-E-WILADAT-E-ALI a.s./r.a. "Doorway to the City of Knowledge" - Syed F.A. Kazmi Zanjani

Hast-o-Neest Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts 

extends an open invitation to all

یا رب بمحمد و علي و زهرا

یا رب بحسين و حسن و آل عبا

از لطف بر آر حاجتم در دو سرا

بے منت مخلوق ما علی الاعلی

اے شیرِ خدا امیر حیدر فتحے

وے قلعه کشائے در خیبر فتحے

در هائے امید بر رخم بسته شده

اے صاحبِ ذوالفقار و قمبر فتحے

“O Lord! by the sake of Muhammad and Ali and Zahra,

O Lord! by the sake of Hussain and Hasan and the family of Zain al-Abideen,

With (your) grace, fulfill my needs in the two worlds,

Without the grace of creation, (provide me) the best of the best.”

“O Lion of God! O Lord Haider the Opener!

And O castle-opener and the door opener of Khyber!

The doors of hope have been closed unto me,

O Master of Zulfiqār (the sword) and Qambar (the slave), the Opener!”

Khwāja Bahā ad-Dīn Naqshband al-Bukhārī (1318-1389), Master, Naqshbandi Tariqa

بهاءالدین محمد نقشبند بخاری‎‎

JASHN-E-WILADAT-E-ALI a.s./r.a.

"Doorway to the City of Knowledge"

Saturday, 23rd April 2016 - 7:00 pm

Fazail, Manqabat, Salaam, Dua, Langar

Syed Fahad Ali Kazmi Zanjani

at 3, Iftikhar Ahmed Malik Road, Shariff Colony, Canal Park, Gulberg II, Lahore.

Queries: hast.o.neest@gmail.com/0321 213 0346

SUN 24 April: 11 am: Workshop: Dancing with Rumi - Khurram Ali Shafique (Search for Pakistan Series)

In Search of Pakistan Series 

Dancing with Rumi

The mainstream Pakistani cinema
according to Iqbal

Workshop by Khurram Ali Shafique

Sunday April 24, 2016
11 am to 3 pm

at Hast o Neest Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts, 3, Iftikhar Ahmed Malik Road, Shariff Colony, Canal Park, Gulberg II, Lahore

About seven centuries ago, the Muslim world welcomed its greatest poet and thinker, Maulana Jalaluddin Rumi. Poets, musicians and artists coming after him busied themselves with the task of transmitting his message to the masses in diverse regions through catchy songs and popular love stories. Hence we had in our region such masters as Ameer Khusro, Waris Shah, Bhittai, Sachal Sarmast and many others.

The foremost disciple of Rumi in modern times was Iqbal, through whom the message of Rumi became reinterpreted as a powerful philosophy for transforming individuals and societies. After the death of Iqbal, his followers busied themselves with the task of taking his message to the masses through channels such the mainstream cinema – catchy songs and popular love stories just like the Sufi minstrels of the past.

Unfortunately we have remained almost completely unaware of this aspect of our uniform culture. This workshop is an attempt to fill the gap by treating cinema as an expression of art, literature and culture, exploring the mainstream cinema of Pakistan as a channel through which the message of Iqbal not only reached the masses but continued to evolve through ‘consensus’ of the society.

The workshop is for everyone – whether you know a lot about Iqbal or whether you know nothing at all. Clips from memorable movies, interesting activities and discussions will be used in the workshop.

About the resource person

Khurram Ali Shafique is best known as an Iqbal scholar and has received the Presidential Iqbal Award for his work, Iqbal: an Illustrated Biography. He is the author of more than twenty books in English and Urdu including works about the life and work of Iqbal, biographies, literary criticism and textbooks. He also offers online courses in Iqbal Studies through Marghdeen Iqbal Studies Centre, which he founded in 2011.

Registration Procedure

To register for the workshop, please send your name and contact number to raazia.attique@gmail.com. 

Registration Fee: Rs 1000/-

Student Discount: Rs 500/-

Wed 20 April: 7:00 pm: A "humble review" of "The Study Quran" - Abbas Husain

Hast o Neest Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts open invitation to a lecture (no registration required)

A "Humble Review" of  “The Study Quran”

Abbas Husain

Wednesday, 20 April 2016 - 7:00 pm

At: 3, Iftikhar Ahmed Malik Road, Shariff Colony, Canal Park, Gulberg II, Lahore.

“The Study Quran” is a recently released classical translation of the Quran and commentary by Seyyed Hossein Nasr, Caner K. Dagli, Maria M. Dakake, Joseph E. Lumbard.

Drawn from a wide range of traditional Islamic commentaries, including Sunni and Shia sources, and from legal, theological, and mystical texts, The Study Quran conveys the enduring spiritual power of the Quran and offers a thorough scholarly understanding of this holy text.

With an introduction by its general editor, Seyyed Hossein Nasr, here is a nearly 2,000-page, continuous discussion of the entire Quran that provides a comprehensive picture of how this sacred work has been read by Muslims for over 1,400 years.

Abbas Husain has directed the Teachers' Development Centre, Karachi since 1997. He is one of the founders of the Society of Pakistan English Language Teachers (SPELT) and has published in national and international journals. From 2009 to date, he has regularly been conducting a Quranic Study Circle in Karachi. He has co-authored three textbooks of Islamiat  published in Pakistan, and his major contribution is his complete study of the Quran in English, completed after six years in 2002.

Queries: hast.o.neest@gmail.com/0321 213 0346

Hastoneest Course: Classical Music Vocals: Level II - Ustad Rustam Fateh Ali Khan with Taimoor Khan Mumtaz

Hast o Neest Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts

Ibn Muqla Centre of Arts

Course: Classical Music - Vocals

Vocal Level 1:

6 month - 1 year: Basics of classical music

Wednesdays (5:00 pm) & Sundays (2:00 pm)

Riaz Rafail Hans (Tabla Nawaz)

 

Vocal Level II:

6 month Module introducing Three Ragas:

Wednesdays (6:00 - 7:30 pm) & Sundays (3:00 - 4:30 pm):

Ustad Rustam Fateh Ali Khan son of Ustad Bade Faeh Ali Khan (Patiala Gharana) assisted by Taimoor Khan Mumtaz.

Registration for Level II begins Wednesday, 6 April - 6:00 pm

Register: Send registration intent with title of the course, name, email & cell number on hast.o.neest@gmail.com/0321 2130346. Course Fee: Rs. 6000 - Rs. 4000/month.

Venue: Hast o Neest, 3, Iktikhar Ahmed Malik Road, Shariff Colony, Canal Park II, Gulberg II, Lahore.