Dr
Bilal Philips, the globally known islamic preacher and founder of the Islamic
Online University, on Saturday 25 February commenced a series of lectures on
the interpretation and explanation of the Holy Quran’s “greatest and most powerful verse”.
The
five-day in-depth lecture on Ayatul Kursy (the Verse of the Throne) that run from
Saturday 25 February through to 1 March 2017 will take place at the Masjidal
Minaa in Pipeline at 6pm onwards.
It
is an obligation upon every Muslim to understand the interpretation of the
verses in the Holy Quran, especially those that serve to protect, increase your
memory, ease the pain of death, among others.
The
country representative of IOU in The Gambia, Aminata Jaiteh, said the series
are meant to create awareness and clear misconceptions about the ‘greatest
ayat’ in the holy Quran (Ayatul Kursy).
Dr
Bilal Philips said the series were programmed to last for five days because the
verse (Ayatul Kursy) contains 10 separate clauses which needed to be deeply and
independently explained.
‘’One
might wonder how and why these series is
going to take us for five days or possibly more and each day two sessions. This
is because in reality Ayatul kursy consists of 10 separate clauses, and each
clause is like a verse of its own,” the Islamic scholar said.
He
added that they would be closely looking at it stage by stage to understand the
different statements made by Allah in this single verse.
He
quoted the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) as having said: “Death is the only
separation between Paradise and the one
who recites Ayatul Kursy after every obligatory prayer.”
Dr
Bilal Philips has written over 50 books and has given 100s of lectures
worldwide on numerous topics on Islam and comparative religion.
He
is the founder of the Islamic Online University (IOU).
Join
Dr Bilal Philips for a five-day in-depth tafseer/interpretation of the Ayatul
Kursy.
