LIVING WITH PRESENCE
The Daily Duʿāʾ of the Prophet ﷺ
May 15 – 18
and
THE AFTERGLOW
Seek and You shall be Found
May 18 – 19
WELCOME & ORIENTATION
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Salām ʿalaykum. We warmly welcome you to our Spring Family Camp 2025, “LIVING WITH PRESENCE | The Daily Duʿāʾ of the Prophet ﷺ.” Your presence among us is an invaluable blessing and we look forward to meeting you all this Spring. This page is your reference for all the resources you will need to gain full access to our program. The details below are private and must not be shared with anyone who has not registered for the program. Please read carefully, as the answers to frequently asked questions are herein provided.
- Join our WhatsApp group via THIS LINK in order to receive important notifications before and during the program, including potential modifications to the program schedule. This will be our primary mode of communication as opposed to email.
- All sessions will be uploaded and accessible for later viewing on Lanturna’s YouTube channel via THIS LINK.
- Be sure to download the required course booklet provided on this page and begin reciting from these daily prayers with your families, memorizing from them as many as you can before May 15.
If after carefully reading through the program page you should have any inquiries, feel free to reach out to us at info@lanturna.com.
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CAMPSITE ADDRESS
YMCA Camp Tockwogh
24370 Still Pond Neck Rd, Worton, MD 21678
Click on the address above to receive directions through Google Maps and be sure to take the toll road, which is significantly shorter.
ARRIVAL
All attendees must arrive on Thursday, May 15, anytime after 4 pm. Head to the dining hall upon arrival for room assignments. Kindly make your own dinner arrangements since the first scheduled meal is breakfast on Friday morning. Our program will end Sunday, May 18 is at 2 pm.
TRAVEL
Flying – The nearest airports to the venue are PHL (75 mi.) and BWI (80 mi.). You are welcome to carpool with other attendees via our WhatsApp group or rent a car from either airport.
Driving – Be sure to enable tolls on your navigation devices because the drive is significantly longer if you try to avoid tolls.
BRING THE FOLLOWING:
- Qur’an
- Your personal bowl for outdoor wuḍū‘
- Prayer rugs for every member of your party since prayers will be held outdoors
- Bedding (compact sleeping bag or blanket, twin mattress sheet, small pillow)
- Towels
- Soap
- Sanitation wipes
- Toiletries (toothbrush, toothpaste, etc.)
- Flashlight
- Hiking shoes
- Insect repellant
- Reusable water bottles for every member in your party labelled with your full names
- Light sweater (average temperature in May is 70 by day and 50 by night)
- Vitamins and medicines
- Ibuprofen
- Granola bars or light snacks
LODGING AND MEALS
As our program will be held at a campsite, bear in mind that our accommodations will be rustic. Attendees will share dorm-style rooms and latrines. Upgraded housing is located in the lodge and conference center. It is still camp housing but more comfortable and has latrines at a closer proximity.
Spring Camp is a family retreat, with communal living being the primary objective of the experience, intending connection and companionship. As such, guests will share rooms in our gender-segregated, dorm-style accommodations, including both upgraded or rustic housing options.
Rooming for Seniors or Guests with Disabilities
You are valued! If your room has a bunk bed, we will ensure that yours be the lower bunk. If you have more complex mobility impairments, please email Hussein El-Genk at hussein@lanturna.com.
Rooming for Families with Children*
Your family is welcome and may join our gender-segregated dorm rooms (6-8 beds per room). This means that males in your family would be in the men’s rooms and females in the women’s rooms. We list eye masks and earplugs on our packing list to ensure comfort for all.
This facility offers a very limited number of small private family rooms for families with babies aged two and younger. These will be allocated on the basis of first requests. Send an email to Hussein El-Genk via hussein@lanturna.com to inquire.
*Children aged three and older are allocated regular-sized beds. Children younger than three are not allocated beds and are expected to sleep in their own travel crib or share a parent’s twin-sized bed. If you want a standard bed for your child under the age of 3, you will need to register your child under the Child (3 – 6) add-on.
Breakfast, lunch, and dinner will be provided throughout the program. Meals will be prepared by the YMCA staff and will reflect a youth camp menu with a salad bar for adults. All meats will be ḥalāl.
SPRING CAMP SCHEDULE
| THURSDAY, MAY 15 | |
| 1800 – 2000 |
Arrive at Camp Tockwogh (leave luggage in car and head to dining hall for room assignments) |
| 2030 – 2045 | Maghrib |
| 2045 – 2145 | Session I – Ieasha Prime, Hisham Mahmoud, Saad Omar |
| 2145 – 2245 | ʿIshāʾ, sūrat al-mulk, and Rings of Light (ḥizb no. 32) |
| FRIDAY, MAY 16 | |
| 0500 – 0600 | Fajr, sūrat yā sīn, and Rings of Light (ḥizb no. 33) |
| 0600 – 0615 | Ḍuḥā |
| 0630 – 0700 | Sūrat al-kahf |
| 0800 – 0845 | Breakfast |
| 0915 – 1000 | Session II |
| 1000 – 1200 | Outdoor activities (archery, boat riding, rock climbing, field games) |
| 1230 – 1330 | Lunch |
| 1345 – 1415 | Jumuʿah – Saad Omar |
| 1430 – 1630 | Outdoor activities (archery, boat riding, rock climbing, field games) and conversations with teachers |
| 1430 – 1630 | Optional tajwīd lessons |
| 1630 – 1715 | Session III |
| 1730 – 1815 | Dinner |
| 1830 – 1845 | ʿAṣr & sūrat al-wāqiʿah |
| 1900 – 2000 | Session IV |
| 2015 – 2030 | Maghrib |
| 2030 – 2130 | Prime Time | Face-to-face with Shaykha Ieasha |
| 2145 – 2230 | ʿIshāʾ, sūrat al-mulk, and Rings of Light (ḥizb no. 34) |
| 2230 – 2330 | Ladies session with Ieasha Prime |
| SATURDAY, MAY 17 | |
| 0500 – 0600 | Fajr, sūrat yā sīn, and Rings of Light (ḥizb no. 35) |
| 0600 – 0615 | Ḍuḥā |
| 0800 – 0845 | Breakfast |
| 0915 – 1000 | Session V |
| 1000 – 1200 | Outdoor activities (archery, boat riding, rock climbing, field games) |
| 1230 – 1330 | Lunch |
| 1330 – 1345 | Ẓuhr |
| 1345 – 1430 | Session VI |
| 1430 – 1630 | Outdoor activities (archery, boat riding, rock climbing, field games) and conversations with teachers |
| 1430 – 1630 | Optional tajwīd lessons |
| 1630 – 1715 | Session VII |
| 1730 – 1815 | Dinner |
| 1830 – 1845 | ʿAṣr & sūrat al-wāqiʿah |
| 1900 – 2000 | Session VIII |
| 2015 – 2030 | Maghrib |
| 2030 – 2115 | Family ties (games & more) |
| 2130 – 2215 | ʿIshāʾ, sūrat al-mulk, and Rings of Light (ḥizb no. 36) |
| SUNDAY, MAY 18 | |
| 0500 – 0600 | Fajr, sūrat yā sīn, and Rings of Light (ḥizb no. 37) |
| 0600 – 0615 | Ḍuḥā |
| 0800 – 0845 | Breakfast |
| 0915 – 1000 | Session IX |
| 1000 – 1030 | Duʿāʾ al-khatm & closing prayers |
| 1030 – 1130 | Pack up and depart |
THE AFTERGLOW SCHEDULE
| SUNDAY, MAY 18 | |
| 1530 |
Arrive at the Ḥawwāʾ Community Center in Fairfax, VA |
| 1545 | Opening session with Saad Omar |
| 1600 – 1700 | Session I | sayyid al-istighār with Ieasha Prime |
| 1700 – 1730 | ʿAṣr |
| 1730 – 1800 | Memorization of sayyid al-istighfār (Arabic) |
| 1800 – 1900 | Session II | sayyid al-istighfãr with Ieasha Prime |
| 1900 – 1930 | Memorization of sayyid al-istighfār (Arabic & English) |
| 1930 – 2015 | Dinner |
| 2030 – 2045 | Maghrib |
| 2045 – 2100 | al-Duʿāʾ al-Nāṣirī |
| 2100 – 2145 | Moroccan tea and dessert with our teachers |
| 2200 – 2245 | ʿIshāʾ, sūrat al-mulk, and Rings of Light (ḥizb no. 38) |
| MONDAY, MAY 19 | |
| 0930 – 1030 | Session IV | duʿāʾ al-istikhārah with Kiarash Jahed & Hisham Mahmoud |
| 1030 – 1100 | Memorization of duʿāʾ al-istikhārah (Arabic) |
| 1100 – 1115 | Break |
| 1115 – 1215 | Session V | duʿāʾ al-istikhārah with Kiarash Jahed & Hisham Mahmoud |
| 1215 – 1245 | Memorization of duʿāʾ al-istikhārah (Arabic & English) |
| 1245 – 1315 | Rings of Light (ḥizb no. 39) |
| 1330 – 1345 | Ẓuhr |
| 1400 – 1515 | Lunch |
| 1530 – 1630 | Session VI | duʿāʾ al-ṭāʾif with Hisham Mahmoud & Kiarash Jahed |
| 1630 – 1700 | Memorization of duʿāʾ al-ṭāʾif (Arabic) |
| 1700 – 1730 | ʿAṣr |
| 1730 – 1800 | Memorization of duʿāʾ al-ṭāʾif (Arabic & English) |
| 1800 – 1830 | Rings of Light (ḥizb no. 40) |
| 1830 – 1930 | Session VII | duʿāʾ al-ṭāʾif with Hisham Mahmoud & Kiarash Jahed |
| 1930 – 1945 | Concluding remarks with Saad Omar |
This program is not merely a series of lectures on the daily prayers of the Prophet ﷺ. Most of what is gained will return to what you invest. We recommend the following to glean the greatest benefit from each session:
- Layered Intentions – Pen your intentions in order to best orient yourself to receive the knowledge that will be conveyed in the book and in each session.
- Lustration – Attend each class in a state of wuḍūʾ (ritual purity), for seeking knowledge is worship that radiates brighter when the soul is bathed in light.
- Devotional Practices – Throughout the program, commit to praying immediately as the time for each prayer enters, perform all your voluntary prayers, and recite Sūrat Yā Sīn by morning and Sūrat al-Mulk by evening. Perform qiyām al-layl (night vigil) at least one of those nights. And recite Sūrat al-Kahf Friday eve. These were among the consistent practices the Prophet ﷺ.
- Ambience – To the extent possible, set an ambience that befits hosting the greatest story ever told. You are encouraged to share your pictures to encourage others to do the same using the hashtag mentioned above.
- Personal Connection – Let us always remember that we are not merely studying the words of the Prophet ﷺ, rather, we seek to enter into the divine presence through those blessed words.
May Allah bless our intentions and grant us that intimacy with His Messenger ﷺ that will bring us life, love, and light in this world, and his companionship in the next. And may He bless and sanctify our beloved Prophet and his family and companions.
Allah describes those possessed of discerning hearts as الَّذِينَ يَذْكُرُونَ اللَّهَ قِيَامًا وَقُعُودًا وَعَلَىٰ جُنُوبِهِمْ وَيَتَفَكَّرُونَ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ رَبَّنَا مَا خَلَقْتَ هَٰذَا بَاطِلًا سُبْحَانَكَ فَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ “…those who when standing, sitting, or reclining, bear God in mind, and ponder the creation of the heavens and of the earth, then confess: ‘Lord! Nothing of this have You created without purpose, no! Glory be to You! Deliver us, then, from the torment of the fire!’” (Āl ʿImrān 3:191). Al-Bistāmī once reflected: “Love entails that you regard your much as little, and your beloved’s little as much.” This principle is Qur’anic, in point of fact, insofar as Allah describes His much as but one blessing in the verse وَإِن تَعُدُّواْ نِعْمَةَ اللّهِ لاَ تُحْصُوهَا إِنَّ اللّهَ لَغَفُورٌ رَّحِيمٌ “And if you would reckon the blessing of Allah, you could not reckon it—verily, Allah is forgiving, compassionate” (al-Naḥl 16:18), but describes the scarce and deficient remembrance of those whom He loves as abundant in the verse وَالذَّاكِرِينَ اللَّهَ كَثِيرًا وَالذَّاكِرَاتِ “…those men and women who remember Allah abundantly!” (al-Aḥzāb 33:35). Our acts in life are all mundane except that which we render to God as worship. What, then, can be said about a man who could not rise or sleep or eat or drink or stand or sit but on the thought of God; a man who when asked to define beauty declared his experience thereof as beholding God in every endeavor; a man whose eye by night swept quiescent but whose heart pulsed always present! Lanturna invites you to receive the sacred words of the Prophet ﷺ—whose remembrance of God becomes our nexus to Him and whose divine communion becomes the dialect of our gratitude—that we may render the little we can muster to receive the much He bequeaths!
