TREASURES FROM THE THRONE
WELCOME & ORIENTATION
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Salām ʿalaykum. We warmly welcome you to our one-day online retreat via Zoom, Treasures from the Throne. Your presence among us is an invaluable blessing and we look forward to hosting you all from the comfort of your own homes. This page is meant as a reference for all the links and resources you will need to gain full access to our program. The details below are private and may 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.
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PLEASE READ THROUGH EACH TAB CAREFULLY
All sessions are according to Eastern Time and will be uploaded to our private YouTube playlist for convenient viewing later.
| SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 | |
| 0600 – 1500 | Qur’an khatm reading |
| 1500 – 1515 | Welcome |
| 1515 – 1615 | Session I – The Verse of the Pedestal (āyat al-kursī) |
| 1615 – 1630 | Announcements |
| 1630 – 1730 | Session II – The Final Verses of Sūrat al-Baqarah |
| 1730 – 1745 |
Questions & Reflections |
| 1745 – 1800 | RINGS OF LIGHT | duʿāʾ al-khatm |
Our teachers remind us to expose ourselves to the gentle breezes of our Compassionate Lord تعرضوا لنفحات الرحمن. We recommend the following to glean the greatest benefit from this program:
- 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 scholastizing the subject at hand, rather, we are seeking transformation inwardly in our states and outwardly in our practice for the contentment of our Lord, Who bestows His gifts upon whomsoever He pleases without measure.
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.
Al-Mundhir narrated that the Prophet ﷺ “…once asked me, ‘Do you know what in the Book of Allah is the greatest verse?’ I said, اللَّهُ لَا إِلَٰهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ ‘Allah! No god has the right of worship except Him, the Abiding, the Subsisting!’ He struck my chest and exclaimed, ‘By Allah! Knowledge congratulates you, Abū al-Mundhir!'”
Abū al-Mundhir knew in his heart what we would come to know here through the Prophet’s response ﷺ that the Verse of the Pedestal (āyat al-kursī) was the greatest verse ever revealed to the Beloved ﷺ. It is unlike any verse, and the Prophet ﷺ would recite it ceremoniously, ritually, occasionally, yes daily. The entire Qur’an is a commentary of sūrat al-baqarah, itself a commentary of sūrat al-fātiḥah; and the Verse of the Pedestal crowns the entire Qur’an as the jewel of sūrat al-baqarah—which culminates with the only two verses that never came down to the Prophet ﷺ, the only two verses that he had to ascend to receive, after having left behind the Angel of Revelation at the Lote Tree, and in the presence of His Lord, at the Pedestal itself and from its treasures: “I received the final verses of sūrat al-baqarah from a treasure beneath the Throne, verses unbequeathed to any Prophet before me!”
Lanturna invites you and your families to cerebrate with us the crown jewel of the Qur’an, the Verse of the Pedestal, and the culminating two verses of its longest sūrah. Join El-Hajj Hisham Mahmoud and Ustādh Kiaresh Jahed, as we seek to unearth the Treasures from the Throne.
