Paul Sutherland, himself a poet, interprets works from the Psalms, Daoist Poetry and Omar Khayyam’s Rubaiyat. Enjoy as of Sutherland as he takes us through these select samples of sacred poetry. --- Follow us on Twitter: twitter.com/CMC_Cambridge Like us on Facebook: www.fb.com/cambridgemuslimcollege Subscribe to our mailing list: eepurl.com/8cdif © Cambridge Muslim College

Donate Today: https://cambridgemuslimcollege.ac.uk/support --- We live in confusing times – times that we struggle to understand and that often don’t understand us. How, then, should we as believers respond to its challenges? What are the precedents set by the luminaries of the past? And how can a longer term understanding of the history and evolution of Bani Adam help us? In a talk given in 2019, Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad reflects on a strategy for the correct response of the believers. --- For information, events & programmes subscribe to our newsletter. http://eepurl.com/8cdif --- ©Cambridge Muslim College

All the melodies in the Rawdat al-Shuhada are from Celtic folk tunes. This one (page 20) is based on "Crodh Chailein". Sung by Abdal Hakim Murad, Mohsin Badat and Kenneth Cook. Booklet and audio recording available at http://www.hubooks.com --- Donate Today: https://cambridgemuslimcollege.ac.uk/support --- For information, events & programmes subscribe to our newsletter. http://eepurl.com/8cdif --- ©Cambridge Muslim College

10 Muharram 1442 Karbala Lament: "The Field of Misfortune" from the Rawdat al-Shuhada’ Sung by Abdal Hakim Murad, Mohsin Badat and Kenneth Cook --- Rawdat al-Shuhada’ picks up the story where the Burdah leaves off and takes us through to Karbala. Written by Imam Husayn Vaiz Kashifi (d.1505), it recalls the sufferings of the Ahl ul-Bayt and the reward that lies in wait for them in the next world. Originally written in Farsi, this devotional hymn has been overlooked until recently in the English speaking world but was once sung in awe amongst the peoples within the Ottoman and Mughal empires. Booklet and audio recording available at http://www.hubooks.com --- The Field of Misfortune Upon the field of misfortune All my people lie Their ruddy wounds all untended Open to the sky. The devil’s blade has been fashioned In the blaze of hate, Its poison spirit impassioned In its fiery fate. The edge knows thirst that is rabid Questing here its point To holy flesh for its scabbard Blood it shall anoint. The rainless airs of the valley Hear my lonely cry The widowed daughters of Ali Teach the dust to sigh. Behold Abbas, hero regal Hear Sakina’s thirst Father of grace of the eagle place that maiden first. To see the blood of my brothers dye the sorry sands to hear the keening of mothers cheeks clenched in their hands. So teach the ways of fair patience To the weak and wronged. Strengthen with hope and forbearance wretchedness prolonged. Ya rahmanu Ya hannanu Ya rahimana Anta ghafarul masawi tub ‘alayna. --- Visit us at: https://cambridgemuslimcollege.ac.uk/ For news and updates, subscribe to our newsletter: http://eepurl.com/8cdif --- ©Cambridge Muslim College

The current pandemic has upended nearly every aspect of the world we live in. But is it unprecedented? Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad, Dean of Cambridge Muslim College, shares his perspective on this humbling phenomenon, one which is not unfamiliar in our Islamic tradition. He also highlights the beauty and healing of our religious practice and provides helpful suggestions on how to remain connected as Muslims. --- Read the transcript: https://cambridgemuslimcollege.ac.uk/pandemic/ --- Support a Decade of Excellence in Islamic Scholarship by donating today: https://cambridgemuslimcollege.ac.uk/support-us/ --- Follow us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/CMC_Cambridge Like us on Facebook: https://www.fb.com/cambridgemuslimcollege Follow us on SoundCloud: https://soundcloud.com/cambridgemuslimcollege Subscribe to our mailing list: http://eepurl.com/8cdif --- © Cambridge Muslim College

One Ummah – Abdal Hakim Murad – 2019 Ramadan Moment 4 by Cambridge Muslim College

Overcoming Ego – Abdal Hakim Murad – 2019 Ramadan Moment 3 by Cambridge Muslim College

Being Neighbourly – Abdal Hakim Murad – 2019 Ramadan Moment 2 by Cambridge Muslim College

Connecting to Fitrah – Abdal Hakim Murad – 2019 Ramadan Moment 1 by Cambridge Muslim College

Professor Omid Safi speaks at CMC about the love-based devotion and poetry that has always been at the heart of the Islamic tradition, while presenting some of the masters of this path, with special attention to Mawlana Rumi, ‘Attar, Ahmad Ghazali, and Kharaqani.

For many today, World War I in the Middle East brings to mind T.E. Lawrence and the 1962 Hollywood blockbuster movie “Lawrence of Arabia”. In it we see an eccentric Englishman racing across the Arabian desert on camelback, his native robes flying leading a band of bellowing Arab bedouin against the Turks, raiding their camps, blowing up their trains and telegraph lines. Since then, Lawrence’s exploits in the 1916-1918 desert war have become legend, heralded in numerous books, articles and movies. In contrast, the wartime activities of Sir Mark Sykes are virtually unknown, although his actions had far greater consequences during the war and its aftermath. Redrawing the Middle East: Sir Mark Sykes, Imperialism and the Sykes–Picot Agreement was written to correct that.

Cambridge Muslim College & Sa’adah present a book launch of Haroon Sugich’s latest book ‘Hearts Turn: Sinners, Seekers, Saints and the Road to Redemption’. ‘Hearts Turn’ is a singular and gripping exploration of the act of ‘tawba’, a Qur’anic term commonly translated as repentance. In English, repentance is a forbidding word that suggests a puritanical finality. But in Arabic the term ‘tawba’ is dynamic, meaning to ‘turn’ or ‘return’. ‘At-Tawwab’ is one of the Names of God, the Oft-Returning or Ever-Relenting. It is an active constant, an ongoing, compassionate reality that renews every moment we are alive. The process of purification is a process of continuous turning. In ‘Hearts Turn’ Michael Sugich, author of ‘Signs on the Horizons’, tells stories that are harrowing and hilarious, heartrending and bizarre, profane and transcendent, and altogether full of hope, showing how men and women from many parts of the world and many walks of life have turned themselves around and taken a fork in the road toward a higher reality.

Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad delivers the keynote address at the 2019 European Academy of Religion Conference . Because politicians and social administrators are learning the need to engage with Muslims in their self-definition as a religious community, purely secular definitions of human fulfillment and liberty must find ways of conversing with theological narratives which ground human dignity and rights in metaphysics rather than primarily in social utility. This paper will survey foundational Islamic assumptions about human diversity and measure their intelligibility to modern positivism.

Riding the Tiger of Modernity - Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad by Cambridge Muslim College

Dr Sohail Hanif discusses how we go about dealing with a subject as intricate as Islamic law in a way that gives students at Cambridge Muslim College a real hands-on grip of an old and ancient tradition whilst having with an understanding of how it intersects with today’s world, the challenges at that interface and the questions that need to be answered.

Shaykh Abdal Hakim Murad, Aziz Foundation Professor in Islamic Studies at Cambridge Muslim College delivers his Distinguished Lecture, at Senate House, London on 19 November 2018. . . Support CMC to develop the next generation of Muslim Thinkers - http://cambridgemuslimcollege.ac.uk/support-us

2018 Ramadan Moment 7 – Abdal Hakim Murad by Cambridge Muslim College

2018 Ramadan Moment 6 – Abdal Hakim Murad by Cambridge Muslim College

2018 Ramadan Moment 5 – Abdal Hakim Murad by Cambridge Muslim College

2018 Ramadan Moment 4 – Abdal Hakim Murad by Cambridge Muslim College