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Insight Qur’an through Seerah

Read the Qur’an alongside the life it was revealed into.

Level
Open to all levels (to be confirmed)
Duration
One year, three terms (to be confirmed)
Schedule
2×/week, 45 min (to be confirmed)
Language
Urdu & English (to be confirmed)
Prerequisite
No prerequisite (to be confirmed)
Duration
Entry at the start of any term (to be confirmed)
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Taught by Prof. Shaheen Shahzadi

PhD · Founder & Lead Instructor, Firaasah Academia

Insight Qur’an through Seerah

About this course

The Qur'an came down over 23 years into a life — persecution, migration, grief, victory, ordinary community trouble. Read alongside that life, distant verses become immediate. This course follows both together across a full year — Arabia, then Makkah, then Madinah — closing on Fiqh al-Seerah, the pattern drawn from the whole life.

لَقَدْ كَانَ لَكُمْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ أُسْوَةٌ حَسَنَةٌ

یقیناً تمہارے لیے رسول اللہ ﷺ کی زندگی میں بہترین نمونہ ہے۔

“In the Messenger of Allah you have a most beautiful example.”
Al-Ahzab 33:21

Is this for you?

  • Read Seerah and Qur'an separately and sensed they belong together
  • Some verses feel abstract, and wants to know what they answered
  • Wants depth over survey, and is willing to give it a year
  • Wants a course that's moving, not just informative

What you’ll learn

  1. Place major revelations within the life's timeline
  2. Connect verses to the events that occasioned them
  3. Explain how Makkan and Madinan revelation differ in purpose and tone
  4. Trace how a community was built in sequence
  5. Draw the pattern out of the biography rather than isolated lessons
  6. Read the Qur’an with historical context as a habit

Curriculum

  1. Term 1

    Before and Beneath: Pre-Islamic Arabia, Early Life & Lineage, and the run-up to the First Revelation

  2. Term 2

    Makkah and the Migration: the Makkan Period (its longest phase, across three modules) and the Hijrah

  3. Term 3

    Madinah and the Pattern: the Madinan Period (across three modules), closing on Fiqh al-Seerah

Assessment & certificate

  • Reflection responses linking verse to context
  • A timeline-mapping exercise per term
  • A final assessment on context and application

Firaasah Certificate in Insight Qur’an through Seerah on completing all three terms (term completion certificates issued along the way)

A certificate of completion issued by Firaasah Academia, awarded when you meet the assessment criteria above.

Where it sits

Track D → branches 1–5 and Fiqh al-Seerah. Also Track A → 'Ulum al-Qur'an: Asbab al-Nuzul, Al-Makki wal-Madani.

See the full Seerah Studies map →

Seerah Studies

  • Pre-Islamic ArabiaCovered within this course
  • Early Life & LineageCovered within this course
  • The Makkan PeriodCovered within this course
  • The HijrahCovered within this course
  • The Madinan PeriodCovered within this course
  • Fiqh al-SeerahCovered within this course
From $25/mo