myDeen Seminar
What Muslims believe about Jesus

SATURDAY 17th DECEMBER 2011
at The Chiltern Hills Academy
CHESHAM HP5 2RG
Learn what The Qur’an tells us about Jesus and his mother Mary (peace be upon them).

This seminar is designed to explain the correct view a Muslim should have with regards to Prophet Eesa and his mother Maryam (alayhema salam).

Seminar Structure

SATURDAY 17th DECEMBER 2011:
Session 1]  Time: 10.30-11.30am For ages 6-10 years, boys & girls

Session 2]  Time: 11.30-12.30pm For ages 11 plus, girls only

12.45 Dhuhr salat (bring your own lunch)

Session 3]  Time: 1.30-2.30pm For ages 11 plus, boys only

Teacher

Claire Ali has been running popular educational workshops for children for 8 years. She is a qualified teacher, a former Head of Languages and current PGCE tutor.  She believes that child-centred learning is the best route to nurturing our children.  Her workshops are full of fun and creative learning activities that deepen and celebrate children’s knowledge of their deen and develop in the child the joy and honour of being a Muslim.

For more information about the wonderful work that sister Claire has been doing visit her website www.islameducationalworkshops.co.uk

Enrolment

Places are limited so you must register in advance.

Please email school@mydeen.org.uk, stating the name and age of your child. You will be notified if you have been reserved a place on the seminar.

Kite Making Workshop for ages 6 to 16 years

Create your own kite, decorate them yourself and then go out and fly them.

Date: Saturday 19th November 2011

Venue: Chiltern Hills Academy. Chartridge Lane. Chesham. HP5 2RG

By Haroon Yahya

Have you ever thought about the fact that you did not exist before you were conceived and then born into the world and that you have come into existence from mere nothingness?

Have you ever thought about how the flowers you see in your living room everyday come out of pitch black, muddy soil with fragrant smells and are as colorful as they are?

Have you ever thought about how mosquitoes, which irritatingly fly around you, move their wings so fast that we are unable to see them?

Have you ever thought about how the peels of fruits such as bananas, watermelons, melons and oranges serve as wrappings of high quality, and how the fruits are packed in these wrappings so that they maintain their taste and fragrance?

Have you ever thought about the possibility that while you are asleep a sudden earthquake could raze your home, your office, and your city to the ground and that in a few seconds you could lose everything of the world you possess?

Have you ever thought of how your life passes away very quickly, and that you will grow old and become weak, and slowly lose your beauty, health and strength?

Have you ever thought about how one day you will find the angels of death appointed by God before you and that you will then leave this world?

Well, have you ever thought about why people are so attached to a world from which they will soon depart when what they basically need is to strive for the hereafter?

Man is a being whom God furnishes with the faculty of thought. Yet, most people do not use this very important faculty as they should. In fact, some people almost never think.

In truth, each person possesses a capacity for thought of which even he himself is unaware. Once man begins to use this capacity, facts he has not been able to realize until that very moment begin to be uncovered for him.

The deeper he goes in reflection, the more his capacity to think improves and this is possible for everyone. One just has to realize that one needs to reflect and then to strive hard.

Someone who does not think will remain totally distant from truths and lead his life in self-deception and error. As a result, he will not grasp the purpose of the creation of the world, and the reason for his existence on the earth. Yet, God has created everything with a purpose.

This fact is stated in the Qur’an as follows:

We did not create the heavens and the earth and everything between them as a game. We did not create them except with truth but most of them do not know it. (Surat ad-Dukhan: 38-39)

Did you suppose that We created you for amusement and that you would not return to Us? (Surat al-Muminun: 115)

Therefore, each person needs to ponder the purpose of creation, first as it concerns him himself, and then as it pertains to everything he sees in the universe and every event he experiences throughout his life. Someone who does not think, will understand the facts only after he dies, when he gives account before God, but then it will be too late. God says in the Qur’an that on the day of account, everybody will think and see the truth:

That day Hell is produced, that day man will remember; but how will the remembrance help him? He will say, “Oh! If only I had prepared in advance for this life of mine!” (Surat al-Fajr: 23-24)

The truth can be told to a person in many different ways; it can be shown by the use of details, pieces of evidence and by every means. Yet, if this person does not think over this truth on his own, sincerely and honestly with the purpose of comprehending the truth, all these efforts are useless.  For this reason, when the messengers of God communicated the message to their people, they told them the truth clearly and then summoned them to think.

While God has given us a chance in the life of this world to reflect and derive conclusions from our reflections, to see the truth will bring us great gain in our life in the hereafter. For this reason, God has summoned all people, through His prophets and books, to reflect on their creation and on the creation of the universe:

Have they not reflected within themselves? God did not create the heavens and the earth and everything between them except with truth and for a fixed term. Yet many people reject the meeting with their Lord. [Surat ar-Rum: 8]

A man who reflects grasps the secrets of God’s creation, the truth of the life of this world, the existence of hell and paradise, and the inner truth of matters. He gets a deeper understanding of the importance of being a person with whom God is pleased, and so he lives religion as is its due, recognizes God’s attributes in everything he sees, and begins to think not according to what the majority of people demand but as God commands. As a result, he takes pleasure from beauty much more than others do, and does not suffer distress from baseless is apprehensions and worldly greed.

These are only a few of the beautiful things a person who thinks will gain in the world. The gain in the hereafter of someone who always finds the truth by thinking, is the love, approval, mercy and the paradise of our Lord, which are above everything else.

Saturday Arabic School in Chesham for Kids aged 5 to 8 years

For Children aged 5 – 8 years
Learn Arabic as a modern language.
Learn to pronuounce, read and write common phrases.
Help your quran recitation.

Use games, play and craftwork in a fun and interactive way.

Starting 4th June 2011

Every Saturday 10:30-12:00
at Chesham Park Community College
 

Fees £35 per school term

Can you spare time for the Musjad?

We would love to hear from you if you can spare some time to help with the following:

• Accompanying visitors to the mosque.
• Writing articles for the website.
• Being a tutor or teaching assistant for our youth school.

Please get in contact with us via the site email on news@chemshammosque.org.uk.

You will be supported as a new volunteer until you become comfortable volunteering on your own.