Teaching on Winter Qur'anic Arabic Retreat

Born in Syria, Imam Safi studied at Al-Azhar University, completing B.A. Arabic & Islamic Studies in 2000 in very good grades. He went on to study for Diploma Arabic &Islamic Studies at Al-Fath Institute in Syria and completed that in 2003.

He has awarded an MA Islamic Studies by Loughborough University in 2006. Currently doing doctoral research at Markfield Institute of Higher Education.

He has taught at al-Fatih institute in Damascus at an advanced level. For the beginners, he usually teaches the Al-Arabiyyah baina Yadaik it covers all levels but it does not have listening elements. Therefore, he has recorded some audios by for this purpose. To advanced students, he teaches classical books like al-Alfiyya gatrun Nada wa balus Sada etc

He is keen to work for correcting the misunderstanding about Islam among Muslims and non-Muslims and spread the knowledge of Arabic language.

He has written several articles including Ibn Taymiyya’s stance on Sufism; An analytical study on the seven letters (Ahruf Sab’ah) and other articles. Books: Stories of the prophets (team work); how to prompt the role of the mosque in the UK (MA research); and some books in Arabic especially in Shafi’i madhab.

He is married and his wife is also a graduate in Arabic literature.

Teaching on Winter Qur'anic Arabic Retreat

Ustadha Asia was born and raised in Lancashire. After completing her university studies she began to seek sacred knowledge. In 2006, as a result of her experience with Knowledgeseekers through participation on the Islamic Studies Course and support from course tutors she was blessed to enrol at the Institute Européen des Sciences Humaines in Château Chinon, France. Ustadha Asia spent two years learning classical Arabic and a further two years studying Islamic Sciences. Throughout this period, when returning home in the summer she facilitated and taught on short courses including the Islamic Studies and Quran Comprehensive course at the Knowledgeseekers Ramadan Retreat.

Asia returned to England in 2010 and continues to teach children and adults both in formal educational settings and community led initiatives. She is currently completing a PGCE and continues to learn as a student of sacred knowledge.

Teaching on Winter Qur'anic Arabic Retreat

After finished A-levels in his hometown of Manchester, Ustadh Mohammed Yusuf went to study at the Institute European Des Scienes Humaines (IESH) in France where he studied Arabic. There he also received an Ijaazah in Quran by the reading of Hafs 'an 'Aasim by the way of ash-Shatibiyyah. At present, he is studying Dentistry at the University of Sheffield where he also teaches Tajweed weekly. He has taught Qur'anic Arabic level 1 at Markfield in winter 2010 where he was a very popular teacher.