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Birth Celebration of Hazrat Zainab (SA)
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Birth Celebration of Hazrat Zainab (SA)

جشن تولد عقیله بنی هاشم حضرت زینب کبری در مرکز اسلامی امید
Saturday,  January 4, 2020 at 6:30 PM

Program:

6:30-7:00 Quran Recitation
7:00-7:05 Poem/Nasheed
7:05-7:45 Lecture by Mr Hosein Hashemi (in Farsi)
عنوان: “صبر از دیدگاه اسلام“
Title: “Patience from the Islamic Perspective.”
7:45-7:50 Poem/Nasheed
7:50-8:00 Question and Answer
8:00-8:10 Moloudi
8:10-8:20 Ziarat Warith
8:20-8:25 Dua
8:25-9:10 Potluck Dinner and Potluck Dessert
9:10-9:30 Cleaning of the Center

9:30 End of Program

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Program January 4, 2020

Weekly Dua Komail Program
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Weekly Dua Komail Program

Date/Time: Thursday, December 26, 2019 at 7:15 PM
Location:Omid Center, 320 Boston Post Road, Weston, MA

Program:

7:15-7:40 Quran Recitation
7:40-7:45 Dhikr
7:45-8:20 Dua Komail
8:20-8:55 Lecture by Hojjat al-Islam Haydar Shirazi (in English)
Title: “Danger of Belittling Sins.”

About the Speaker
Hojjat al-Islam Haydar Shirazi serves as resident scholar at the Abraar Islamic Centre in Vancouver, Canada. Prior to that he was at Islamic Centre of England in London. He completed 14 years of studies at the Qum Seminary and has contributed 1000 + video on various topics. He has been an invited speaker to a wide range of countries for Islamic lectures.

8:55-9:05 Question and Answer
9:05-9:15 Ziarat Warith
9:15-10:00 Dinner

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Program December, 26 2019

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Bi-Weekly English Quran Circle at MIT

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
کِتابٌ أَنزَلناهُ الَیکَ مُبارَکٌ لِیَدَّبَّروا آیاتِهِ وَ لِیَتَذَکَّرَ أُلوالأَلباب
[ It is ]a blessed Book that We have sent down to you, so that they may contemplate its signs, and that those who possess intellect may take admonition. Chapter 38, verse 29

Dates/Time : Friday, December 27, 2019 at 7:00 PM

Location: Room 66-160
(MIT’s Landau Building)
25 Ames Street, Cambridge. MA

About the Quran Circle:

Quran Circle is a bi-weekly English program covering exegesis (“tafsir”) of Quran and special research topics related to the Quran. We welcome scholarly research work related to the Quran. If you would like an opportunity to present your work please contact Quran.Circle@yahoo.com.

The biweekly sessions will resume in 2020 with the first session on 1/17/2020 insha’Allah.

Quran Circle is open to the public.

Program:

7:00-7:10 Preparation for Isha’ Prayer
7:10-7:20 Isha’ Prayer
7:20-7:30 Quran Recitation
7:30-8:30 Lecture
Speaker: Brother Omar Rashed
Topic: “Presentation of Tafsir of Verses 114-129 of Chapter six (Al-Anaam)”
8:30-8:40 Question and Answer
8:40-8:50 Supplication
8:50-10:00 Dinner

Parking: Free parking is available close to MIT Medical around 25 Carleton Street, Cambridge.

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Quran Circle December 27, 2019

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Weekly Dua Komail Program

Date/Time: Thursday, December 19, 2019 at 7:15 PM
Location:Omid Center, 320 Boston Post Road, Weston, MA

Program:

7:15-7:40 Quran Recitation
7:40-7:45 Dhikr
7:45-8:20 Dua Komail
8:20-8:55 Lecture by Dr. Mehdi Hazari (in English)
Title: “Universal and timeless: Islam’s standard of preserving human dignity”


About the Speaker
Dr. Mehdi Hazari serves as resident scholar, delivers speeches, teaches youth groups and provides counseling. He has been engaged in these activities across the United States and Canada for more than 15 years and promotes interfaith dialogue and supports community outreach initiatives. Dr. Hazari currently works as a neurophysiologist and environmental scientist for the EPA, and is a 2011 Presidential award winner.

8:55-9:05 Question and Answer
9:05-9:15 Ziarat Warith
9:15-10:00 Dinner

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Program December, 19 2019

Weekly Saturday Program
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Weekly Saturday Program

Date/Time: Saturday, December 14, 2019 at 6:30 PM

Program:

6:30-7:00  Quran Recitation
7:00-8:00  Lecture
  Speaker: Dr. Mohammad Sadraey
Topic: Tafsir of Verses 21-31 of Surah Sabaa (in Farsi)
8:00-8:10  Question and Answer
8:10-8:15  Dua
8:15-9:00  Potluck Dinner and Potluck Dessert
9:00-9:30  Clean up of the hall
9:30           End of Program

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Program December 14 2019

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Weekly Dua Komail Program

Date/Time: Thursday, December 12, 2019 at 7:15 PM
Location:Omid Center, 320 Boston Post Road, Weston, MA

Program:

7:15-7:40 Quran Recitation
7:40-7:45 Dhikr
7:45-8:20 Dua Komail
8:20-8:55 Lecture by Hojjat al-Islam Doagoo (in English)
Title: “Death in the Quranic perspective: End of an assessment and continuation of a journey”

8:55-9:05 Question and Answer
9:05-9:15 Ziarat Warith
9:15-10:00 Dinner

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Program December, 12 2019

?Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilayhi Rajeeoon “We belong to Allah and to Allah we shall return
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?Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilayhi Rajeeoon “We belong to Allah and to Allah we shall return

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
? انا لله و انا الیه راجعون?
بازگشت همه بسوي اوست

مجلس قرآن خواني و يادبود مرحومه مغفوره صديقه نيلفروشان (خواهر محمد رضا نيلفروشان) كه اخيرا در تهران با دار فاني وداع كرد در مركز اسلامي اميد در روز شنبه ٧ دسامبر ٢٠١٩ از ساعت ٦:٣٠ بعد ازظهر تا ٧ بعد ازظهر برگزار خواهد شد.

?Inna Lillahi Wa Inna Ilayhi Rajeeoon
“We belong to Allah and to Allah we shall return.”

The Quran recitation session on Saturday, December 7, 2019, from 6:30 to 7:00 PM will be dedicated to the soul of Mrs Seddigheh Neilforoshan ( the sister of Mohammad Reza Neilforoshan) who passed away last Friday in Tehran.

Saturday Program on December 7, 2019 at 6:30 PM
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Saturday Program on December 7, 2019 at 6:30 PM

Commemoration of the Passing (“Wafat”) of Hazrat Masoumeh (SA)

Program:

6:30-7:00 Quran Recitation

?Dedicated to the soul of Marhoumeh Maghfooreh Seddigheh Neilforoshan ( the sister of Mohammad Reza Neilforoshan) who passed away last Friday in Tehran.?

7:00-8:10 Lecture
Speaker: Dr. Mohammad Javaherian
Topic: Short Presentation about Hazrat Masoumeh (AS) followed by Tafsir of Verses 41-65 of Surah Yaseen (in Farsi)

NOTE: Live, simultaneous English translation of the lecture will be provided.

8:10-8:20 Question and Answer
8:20-8:35 Marsieh and Dua by Dr. Agheli
8:35-9:20 Potluck Dinner and Potluck Dessert
9:20-9:30 Clean up of the hall
9:30 End of Program

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Program December 7 2019

Dua Komail Program Dedicated to the Birth Anniversary of Imam Hasan Al-Askari (PBUH)
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Dua Komail Program Dedicated to the Birth Anniversary of Imam Hasan Al-Askari (PBUH)

Speaker: Hojjat al-Islam Sayyid Abbas Razavian (From Qum; in English)
Title:The Light of Samarra. A brief look into the life of Imam Hassan Askari (as)

Location:Omid Center, 320 Boston Post Road, Weston, MA
Date/Time: Thursday, December 5. 2010

Program:

7:15-7:35    Quran Recitation
7:35-7:40    Dhikr
7:40-8:15    Dua Komail
8:15-8:25    Moloudi for Imam Hasan Askari (pbuh) by Dr. Agheli
8:25-9:00    Lecture by Hojjat al-Islam Sayyid Abbas Razavian (in English)

About the Speaker:
 Sayyid Abbas Razavian grew up in the greater Los Angeles area. He received his bachelors degree in business administration from the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California in 2001.
At the age of 21 he moved to Tehran, Iran to study in the Islamic Seminary of Tehran with the late honorable akhlaq(ethics) teacher Ayatullah Mujtahidi.
After the passing of his akhlaq teacher, he moved to Qum to continue his studies in Islamic legal theory and law.
After finishing the sutuh of the hawza(Islamic seminary), he began bahth al-kharij. He is currently in his sixth year
of bahth kharij. Altogether he has studied for over 16 years in the Islamic seminary. He has had English speaking engagements through out the US

9:00-9:10    Ziyarat Amin Allah
9:10-10:00  Dinner

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Program December 5 2019

By OCAdmin

Bi-Weekly English Quran Circle at MIT

بسم الله الرحمن الرحیم
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful
کِتابٌ أَنزَلناهُ الَیکَ مُبارَکٌ لِیَدَّبَّروا آیاتِهِ وَ لِیَتَذَکَّرَ أُلوالأَلباب
[ It is ]a blessed Book that We have sent down to you, so that they may contemplate its signs, and that those who possess intellect may take admonition. Chapter 38, verse 29

Dates/Time : Friday, December 13, 2019 at 7:00 PM

Location: Room 66-160
(MIT’s Landau Building)
25 Ames Street, Cambridge. MA

About the Quran Circle:

Quran Circle is a bi-weekly English program covering exegesis (“tafsir”) of Quran and special research topics related to the Quran. We welcome scholarly research work related to the Quran. If you would like an opportunity to present your work please contact Quran.Circle@yahoo.com.

During the remaining months of 2019, Quran Circle is scheduled to meet on 12/13, and 12/27.

Quran Circle is open to the public.

Program:

7:00-7:20 Social Time
7:20-7:30 Quran Recitation
7:30-8:30 Lecture
Speaker: Dr. Zahra Al-Dawood
Topic: “Presentation of Tafsir of Verses 104-113 of Chapter six (Al-Anaam)”
8:30-8:40 Question and Answer
8:40-8:50 Supplication
8:50-9:00 Isha Prayer
9:00-10:00 Dinner

Parking: Free parking is available close to MIT Medical around 25 Carleton Street, Cambridge.

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Quran Circle December 13, 2019