Seekers Circle is a place where we can all learn together, sharing our journeys, insights, and experiences.
Image: Discussion with HRH Prince Ghazi bin Mohammed of Jordon about the development of computational tools for the Quran scholars
ABOUT ME
Salaam, I’m Z, and I would like to have proper, real, authentic relationship with God.
We all have one and over the course of our lives it can change. In my opinion it’s the most important relationship we have so its worth putting in some effort to ensure that this relationship works better for you.
I have personally tried many different things to make sure that it changes for the better and gives me a deeper, more profound and satisfying relationship. Not everything has worked and i’ve made many mistakes on the way, but this is the principal reason behind Seekers’ Circle. It is a place where we can all seek together, sharing our journeys, insights, and experiences.
In truth the principal reason for setting up Seekers’ Circle is selfish. I believe through my work with Seekers’ Circle, I will be able to improve the quality of my own relationship with Allah (SWT). If I also manage to help others, that would be amazing too!
It’s easy to forget that Islam and our ‘doing Islam’ well, begins and ends with our relationship to Allah (SWT), everything else is there to help you in towards that single objective. You may not have heard someone talk about our religion in this way but I promise you I’m not some crackpot!
I’m actually someone that is pretty square and come from a traditional islamic background. I received formal training in Islamic Studies (Dar Nizami & the Madyafa at Azhar) and hold a BA, MA in Mathematics and Computer Science from Pembroke College, University of Cambridge. The coolest thing I’ve done was to publish academic papers on Computational Linguistics & AI applied to the Quran as part of my PhD studies (I told you I was pretty square!).
But do not worry as I am adept at designing and delivering educational and transformative experiences to western students that aim to ‘translate the tradition’ in a manner that is both honest to our past and fruitful for our future. In fact, some of my courses of the past two decades have been delivered to tens of thousands of students via Ebrahim College as well other organisations here in the UK and abroad including the flagship ‘Awakening the Prayer’, Route 42 and Prophetic Success.
So I’m not some head in the clouds theoretical techno babbling boffin (albeit my family may say otherwise!), but rather I have a real passion for talking with real people about their real struggles to connect with Allah. Seekers’ Circle has no “airs and graces”, there’s no unnecessary technical lingo (islamic, scientific or philosophical despite training in them), no badges, bayahs, or “better than thous”.
It is entirely focussed on delivering courses and modes of engagement based on traditional and reflective learning, which encourages discussion, and lays the foundations for us to implement long-lasting positive change in our lives.
If this sounds like something you’d be interested in then also know that I’m professional person (I started my career in strategy consulting & investment banking and ran my own firm for over a decade, advising on high impact strategy for some of the world’s largest banks and corporations.) I like to do things to with as much ihsaan as I can must aka i try to do thing well with people who bring the best of themselves to the table, and I hate getting messed around, I’m sure you’re no different.
So that’s Seekers’ Circle and me, Z. If that resonates with you, come and have a chat.