Mon 6 Feb: 6 pm: Poetry of Baba Farid Masud Ganj e Shakar r.a. (Pakpattan) - Dr. Shahzad Qaiser

 Hast o Neest

Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts

(Open) Doctrinal Sitting on 

Culture & Spirituality: 

Sufi Poetry of Baba Fariduddin Masud Ganj Shakar r.a. (Pakpattan)

with Dr. Shahzad Qaiser & Sumbal Fatema

Monday, 6 February 2017 - 6:00 pm

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

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Tue 7 Feb: 6:00 pm: Sitting on Urdu Poet Abdul Hameed Adam - Syed Qasim Jafri

Hast o Neest 

Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts

Open sitting on the Urdu poet 
Abdul Hameed Adam (1910 - 1981, Lahore)
with Syed Qasim Jafri

Tuesday, 7 Feb 2017 - 6:00 pm

منگل 7 فروری - 6 بجے شب

عبدالحمید عدم

at Hastoneest, 3, Ifitkhar Ahmed Malik Road, Shariff Colony, Canal Park, Gulberg II, Lahore

"He was so adept in writing poetry that he could complete a ghazal in a few minutes. Adam is a master of short meters and simplicity of ideas which touch the heart. He is himself characterized by his friends as a simple, straightforward, and honest man.

His publications include Dastaan-e Heer (1959) داستانِ ہیر and a masnawi on Pakistans political history, Jhoot Such (1972) جھُوٹ سچ. Most of his works are collections of his ghazals.

Educated at Bhati Gate بھاٹی گیٹ, Lahore, he started writing poetry in his late teens (in late 1920's). It was a time when اختر شیرانی and حفیظ جالندھری had captivated people and nazams (poems) were more popular than ghazals.

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Hastoneest Six-Month Certificate Course: Wisdom, Art & Culture

HAST O NEEST INSTITUTE OF TRADITIONAL STUDIES & ARTS 

invites applications from interested students for a

Six-month Certificate Course:

Introduction to Traditional Wisdom, Art & Culture 

Course is scheduled to begin Friday, 19 May 2017; 

Application Deadline is Saturday, 15 April 2017

Objective: Introducing the foundations of Tradition, critical apraisal of Modernity, philosophical and intellectual underpinnings of Traditional Art, Wisdom and Culture.

Format:. Lectures/Seminars conducted in the classroom and/or online with a select panel of teachers, (Online teaching provisions for students living outside Lahore, Pakistan).

The course duration is six months. The class timings are afternoon and/or evening (between 3:00 to 8:00 pm PST). Course material will be provided, and class activity will comprise of readings, presentations,written assignments, and class discussion; Course assessments.

Eligibility:
Academic Qualification: Matriculation (Minimum);
Age: 20+ Years;
Language: English and Urdu.
Selection Interview of Interested applicants.
Course Fees: Rs. 8,000 per month.

Interested applicants should send in their name, cell number and email address to hast.o.neest@gmail.com. Queries can be forwarded on hast.o.neest@gmail.com/0300 8493170.

Course Outline:

1. MODERNITY & TRADITION (Worldviews, Metaphysics, Cosmology and Traditional Art & Architecture)

2. INTRODUCTION TO THE INTELLECTUAL TRADITION OF ISLAM (Fiqh, Kalam, Tasawwuf)
.
3. LANGUAGE & POETICS (option of one language: Arabic or Farsi)

4. ARTS (Geometry, Calligraphy, Classical Music, Symbols, Myths & Folk Tales)

Course teachers include Taimoor Khan Mumtaz (NCA), Dr. Qaiser Shehzad (IIU, Islamabad), Irfan Qureshi (NCA), Jawad Hamdani (IIU, Islamabad), Syed Uzair Abdullah and Dr. Fuad Naeem (USA).

Mon 30 Jan: 6 pm: Poetry, Prose & Music with Taimoor Khan Mumtaz

Lahore Hast-o-Neest

Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts

invites you to its regular Monday sitting

Poetry, Prose, Music

Join the circle and hear out, comment, question, discuss the Janam Sakhhi of Guru Nanak, and the wise sayings of Khawaja Ghulam Farid (Mithankot, South Punjab) and some classical music with tea, with Taimoor Khan Mumtaz.

Monday, 30 th January 2017
at 6:00 pm

3, Iftikhar Ahmed Malik Road, Shariff Colony, 

Canal Park, Gulberg II 

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Tue, 31 Jan: 6 pm: Viewing of a Turkish film: ULAK; The Messenger

Lahore Hast o Neest Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts

Open movie viewing & discussion with Fiaz Ahmed Khan & Kausar Ali

The Messenger: Ulak 

A 2007 Turkish drama film, written and directed by Cagan Irmak, which follows a man who travels from village to village to tell children stories about a messenger named İbrahim.

The film - selected for film festivals in Istanbul, Adana and Antalya - is one of the highest grossing Turkish films of 2008.

Running Time: 109 minutes

Tuesday, 31 January 2017 at 6:00 pm

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

Queries: hast.o.neest@gmail.com/0300 849 3170

SAT 28 Jan: 6:00 pm: JOY OF URDU Open Reading - Ibne Insha's Urdu Ki Akhri Kitab with Kausar Ali

HAST O NEEST LAHORE
JOY OF URDU
Collaborative Open Reading Event

with Kausar Ali and Fiaz Ahmed Khan
Saturday, 28 January 2017
at 6:00 pm

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

Kausar Ali and Fiaz Khan conduct the hikayat sittings at Hastoneest.

Reading excerpts from
Ibne Insha (1927-1978)'s Urdu ki Akhri Kitab.

A first event of Joy of Urdu in Lahore, to spread awareness and cultivate interest in the intricate and rich world of Urdu literature, adab. 


Queries: 0300 8493170, 03214847091

Wed 25 Jan:5:30 pm:(4th) Open Sitting on Jaun Elia - Syed Qasim Jafri

A (Fourth) Open Sitting on the
Urdu poet Jaun Elia جون ایلیا‎
1931 – 2002

with Syed Qasim Jafri

Wednesday, 25th January 2017 at 5:30 pm at 
Hastoneest Lahore, 
3,Iftikhar Ahmed Malik Road, 
Shariff Colony, Canal Park, Gulberg II.


A Pakistani Urdu poet, philosopher, biographer, and scholar, Jaun Elia's particular trademark is due to the fact that he "acquired knowledge of philosophy, logic, Islamic history, the Muslim Sufi tradition, Muslim religious sciences, and Western literature.

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

KARACHI HAST O NEEST: Feb 2017 New Sessions of Calligraphy & Geometry

 KARACHI HAST O NEEST 

Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts

February 2017 Sessions:
Starting Tuesday 7 February.
Calligraphy with Khattat Amir Asghar & Sacred Geometry with Rizwan Ullah Khan 

Rizwan Ullah Khan, BFA [USA], is the Co-ordinator Islamic Arts Section, Department of Visual Studies, University of Karachi. He has been involved with Islamic Art since 1998, and has made study trips to Multan, Morocco & Malaysia in this connection. 

Muhammad Amir Asghar has been teaching calligraphy for more than five years at various institutions in Karachi.

Register: Send in 'Title, Name, Cell Number & Email Address' on hast.o.neest@gmail.com. Venue: Clifton. Queries: hast.o.neest@gmail.com/0321 8207575/202 7779

Wed 18 Jan: 6:00 pm: (Second) Sitting on Introduction to Maulana Jami - Maulana Shahzad Mujaddidi

Introducing Nur ad-Dīn Abd ar-Rahmān Jāmī
 نورالدین عبدالرحمن جامی‎‎ (1414 – 1492, Afghanistan)
The (Second) Sitting (in Urdu) on Maulana Jami with Maulana Shehzad Mujaddidi

Second Sitting: Wednesday, 
18th January 2017
6:00 pm at Hastoneest Lahore, 3, Iftikhar Ahmed Malik Road, Shariff Colony, Canal Park, Gulberg II. 

A prominent poet-theologian of the school of Ibn Arabi and a Khwajaganī Sũfī, Maulana Jami's most famous poetic works are Haft Awrang, Tuhfat al-Ahrar, Layla wa-Majnun, Fatihat al-Shabab, Lawa'ih, Al-Durrah al-Fakhirah.

Allama Shehzad Mujaddidi is a poet, theologian, student and teacher in the Naqshbandi Order, and author of many books including books of poetry. He is the founder of Dar ul Ikhlas, Lahore.  

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Sun 15 Jan: 5:30 pm: The Place of Wilayat in Quranic Cosmology - Syed Uzair Abdullah Qadri

Lahore Hast o Neest 

Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts
Open Lecture

On the Occasion of the Wisaal of 
Sayed Muhiyuddin Abu Muhammad Abdul Qadir al-Gilani al-Hasani wal-Hussaini ‎(رحمتہ اللہ علیہ) (d.1166 AD 17th, Rabi-us-Sani -celebrated on 11th, Rabi-us-Sani)

Sheikh Abdul Qadir Jelani ‎رضي الله عنه was a noted Hanbali scholar, Sufi sheikh and the founder of the Qadiri Sufi order (silsila). (b.1077, Gilan, Iran). His contribution and renown in the sciences of Sufism and Sharia was so immense that he became known as the spiritual pole of his time, al-Gauth al Azam (the "Supreme Helper" or the "Mightiest Succor"). His writings were similar to those of al-Ghazali in that they dealt with both the fundamentals of Islam and the mystical experience of Sufism.

The Place of Wilayat in Quranic Cosmology

The Self-Disclosure of God; Exploring Maratib of Zaat, Sifaat & Mazhar
(Essence, Attributes & Manifestation of God)

Syed Uzair Abdullah Qadri
Sunday 15th January, 2017 - 5:30 pm
Venue: Hastoneest, 3, Iftikhar Ahmed Malik Road, Shariff Colony, Canal Park, Gulberg II, Lahore

With a post-graduate degree from Punjab University, and the family scholarly tradition of the Qadriyya Sufi Order, Syed Uzair Abdullah Qadri holds special interest in Kalam, Quranic Exegesis, the Science of Hadith, Arabic Language & Poetry.


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Sat 14 Jan; 6:00 pm: Islamabad Hast o Neest: Introductory Talk & Demo on Calligraphy - Khalid Javed Yousufi

Islamabad Hast o Neest 

Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts

Open Guest Lecture

Introductory Talk & Demonstration 

on the Art of Calligraphy

Khalid Javed Yousufi

Saturday, 14th January 2017

6:00 pm

The Hastoneest Islamabad Venue:
SyntecX Learning Resource Centre (SLRC):
2nd Floor, Al-Farooq Plaza, Main Kuri Road,
near Zong HQ & near Chak Shehzad, Islamabad.

Khalid Javed Yousufi is one of the leading calligraphers of Pakistan. He studied under renowmed calligraphers Hafiz Mohammad Yousuf Sadeedi and Choudhry Muhammad Siddique. His own students include the calligrapher Muhammad Ali Zahid, and Rasheed Butt. He lives & works in Rawalpindi. 

Thur 12 Jan: 5:30 pm: A (Third) Sitting on the Urdu Poet Jaun Elia (1931-2002) - Syed Qasim Jafri

A (Third) Open Sitting on the
Urdu poet Jaun Elia جون ایلیا‎
1931 – 2002

with Syed Qasim Jafri

Thursday, 12th January 2017 at 5:30 pm at Hastoneest Lahore, 3, Iftikhar Ahmed Malik Road, Shariff Colony, Canal Park, Gulberg II, Lahore.






A Pakistani Urdu poet, philosopher, biographer, and scholar, Jaun Elia's particular trademark is due to the fact that he "acquired knowledge of philosophy, logic, Islamic history, the Muslim Sufi tradition, Muslim religious sciences, and Western literature.

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

Wed Jan 11: 6:00 pm: From Oxford to Karachi, From John to Shah Shahidullah Faridi (1915-1978)- by Abbas Hussain

Lahore Hast o Neest Institute of Traditional Studies & Arts 

Open Guest Lecture

From Oxford to Karachi, from

Wodehouse to Data Ganj Baksh,

A Spiritual Master of Karachi: 

John Gilbert Shahidullah Faridi (r.a.)

by Abbas Hussain

Wednesday, January 11; 6:00 pm
Hastoneest Lahore (3, Iftikhar Ahmed Malik Road, Shariff Colony, Canal Park, Gulberg II, Lahore)

Shah Shahidullah Faridi (né John Gilbert Lennard) (1915–1978) was a notable British Muslim Convert who embraced Islam after reading "Kashf al-Mahjub" (The Unveiling of the Veiled), the classical treatise on Sufism written by Hazrat Ali ibn Uthman al-Hujwiri, and eventually took initiation (bayt) in the Chishtia Sufi Order. He is buried at Sakhi Hassan Graveyard in Karachi. Shah Shahidullah Faridi was a renowned writer on spiritual matters and was regarded as having great clarity and insight. His most acclaimed work is titled 'Inner Aspects of Faith'.

Abbas Husain is a Pakistani scholar who has directed the Teachers' Development Centre since 1997. Husain regularly delivers public lectures and has made television appearances on various leading television channels in Pakistan elaborating on the Quranic text.

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Sat 7 Jan: 5:30 pm: Zaman, Makan & Mairaj e Nabwi (S.A.W.) - Syed Uzair Abdullah

The Daily Quranic Word
Zaman, Makan & Mairaj e Nabwi
Time, Space & The Ascension of the Prophet (S.A.W.)
Reading Surah Al-Isra - The Night Journey Ayat. 1

سُبْحَانَ الَّذِي أَسْرَىٰ بِعَبْدِهِ لَيْلًا مِّنَ الْمَسْجِدِ الْحَرَامِ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ الْأَقْصَى الَّذِي بَارَكْنَا حَوْلَهُ لِنُرِيَهُ مِنْ آيَاتِنَا ۚ إِنَّهُ هُوَ السَّمِيعُ الْبَصِيرُ
Exalted is He who took His Servant by night from al-Masjid al-Haram to al-Masjid al- Aqsa, whose surroundings We have blessed, to show him of Our signs. Indeed, He is the Hearing, the Seeing.



Syed Uzair Abdullah Qadri

Saturday 7th January 2017, 5:30 pm
Venue: Hastoneest, 3, Iftikhar Ahmed Malik Road, Shariff Colony, Canal Park, Gulberg II, Lahore

With a post-graduate degree from Punjab University, and the family scholarly tradition of the Qadriyya Sufi Order, Syed Uzair Abdullah Qadri holds special interest in Kalam, Quranic Exegesis, the Science of Hadith, Arabic Language & Poetry.

Queries: hast.o.neest@gmail.com0300 8493170

Tues 3rd Jan 5:30 pm: Introducing Nur ad-Dīn Abd ar-Rahmān Jāmī نورالدین عبدالرحمن جامی‎‎ (1414 – 1492) - A Series of Open Sittings (in Urdu) - Allama Shehzad Mujaddidi

Introducing Nur ad-Dīn Abd ar-Rahmān Jāmī
 نورالدین عبدالرحمن جامی‎‎ (1414 – 1492, Afghanistan)
A Series of Open Sittings (in Urdu) on Maulana Jami with Allama Shehzad Mujaddidi

First Sitting: Tuesday, 3rd January 2017
5:30 pm at Hastoneest Lahore, 3, Iftikhar Ahmed Malik Road, Shariff Colony, Canal Park, Gulberg II. 

A prominent poet-theologian of the school of Ibn Arabi and a Khwajaganī Sũfī, Maulana Jami's most famous poetic works are Haft Awrang, Tuhfat al-Ahrar, Layla wa-Majnun, Fatihat al-Shabab, Lawa'ih, Al-Durrah al-Fakhirah.

Allama Shehzad Mujaddidi is a poet, theologian, student and teacher in the Naqshbandi Order, and author of many books including books of poetry. He is the founder of Dar ul Ikhlas, Lahore.  

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