About Us
إِشْرَاق (ishraq) means “to make something bright” or “brightening.”
شَرَقَتِ الشَمْسُ means the “sun rose”—the sun, of course, being a means of spreading light.
Our hope (raja’) is to bring light and brightness to the hearts of people through understanding.
“…وَأَشۡرَقَتِ ٱلۡأَرۡضُ بِنُورِ رَبِّهَا“
“And the transformed earth dawns radiant with the light of its Lord…” (39:69)
About Zain
Beginnings
Zain Ali is from Toronto, Canada, currently living in Istanbul, Turkiye.
Zain was homeschooled from a young age and thereafter was enrolled in an Islamic school where he did his hifz (memorization of the Holy Qur’an).
Hifz
After his completion of hifz at the age of 12, he continued his homeschooling until high school, at which time he attended a public high school.
Teenage Years
Although he regularly attended gatherings of learning during his high school years, it wasn’t until following high school that he started studying the Islamic sciences again full-time.
Present
After studying for four years with local scholars in Toronto, he moved to Istanbul where he is currently pursuing his studies with Syrian scholars.