al-Maʿqūl
The Rational SciencesCreed (ʿaqāʾid), kalām, and philosophy (ḥikma).
Stations of the intellect, the ascent of the soul.
The traditional Islamic sciences — rational, instrumental, and research — taught in Classical Arabic, the language of the Qurʾān and the Sunna.
The sciences we are concerned with
al-Āla
The Instrumental SciencesLogic, Arabic, and uṣūl al-fiqh.
al-Baḥth wa-l-Nashr
Research & PublicationCritical editing (taḥqīq) and academic research.
The idea behind the school
Establishing the method of the Muslim intellect upon an epistemic foundation that shapes its understanding of itself, of the world, and of the Creator — glorified and exalted is He.
He grants wisdom to whom He wills — and whoever is granted wisdom has been granted abundant good.
A graduated scholarly methodology
The curriculum proceeds upon a graduated path — building scholarly aptitude, consolidating sound understanding, and mastering inferential discipline.
- I
Arabic Sciences
Disciplining the tongue and mastering the tools of textual analysis: grammar, morphology, rhetoric, and semantics.
- II
Rational Sciences
Correcting the intellect and disciplining inquiry: logic, theology, and wisdom.
- III
Academic Enrichment
Connecting knowledge to reality: research, authorship, critical editing, and contemporary issues.
Our programs
Four ways to study. One standard.
The Strata Program
barnāmaj al-ṭabaqātProgress through successive scholarly levels, from foundational to advanced.
The Examination Program
barnāmaj al-naẓarFocused courses on a topic or the critical study of a particular text.
The Imam Program
barnāmaj al-imāmA comprehensive study of the works and method of one of the Imams.
The Introductions Program
barnāmaj al-muqaddamātOpen lectures and workshops broadening the student's intellectual horizons.
Where are you in the tradition?
01
Mabādiʾ al-ʿUlūm
Principles of the SciencesThe general principles of each science, forming a disciplined conception of its nature, subject, and fruit.
02
Madākhil al-ʿUlūm
Entrances to the SciencesThe questions of the sciences with their rational and transmitted foundations and internal structure.
03
Maqāṭiʿ al-ʿUlūm
Passages of the SciencesQuestions with their conditions, constraints, and proofs — engaging disagreement and weighing evidence.
Taught by researchers
Najdat Haj Ali
PhD researcher in the Islamic sciences · holder of scholarly ijāza from Syrian scholars · editor and author of several books.
Ataullah Sarbalin
Postgraduate researcher in the Islamic sciences · holder of scholarly ijāza · editor of several books.
The experience
Everything the cohort includes.
Live sessions with the teachers, recordings to revisit, the classical texts, and a small focused circle — held together in one place.
Live on Zoom
Weekend sessions with both teachers
Recordings
Revisit every lesson, any time
Classical texts
Studied in the original Arabic
A small cohort
A focused circle of students
Vision & mission
A contemporary Islamic epistemological model
Reviving the classical methodology in forming the Muslim mind, disciplining the tools of inquiry, and qualifying the student to engage contemporary challenges through sound method.
Rigorous, methodological scholarly education
Forming the Muslim mind in a complete epistemological formation — consolidating the sciences of instruments and wisdom and connecting them to the heritage of the umma.
Our values
EmpowermentIntegrityHumility
ادخر
Fund a scholarshipWhatever good you forward for yourselves, you will find it with Allah.
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