Darun-Na'im

Spiritual growth through the cultivation of one’s understanding and relationship with Allah, has been the core vision of the Darun-Na’im institute of Higher Islamic Learning since its inception in January 2002.

This core vision was born after my (Allie Goder) graduation from Darul-Uloom Newcastle. Having gone through the secular education system at secondary and tertiary level, I realized that there was a lack of the fundamental connection to Allāh that we as Muslims need in our lives, especially at crucial young ages when our minds are highly influenced by the world around us. Young Muslims struggle to maintain the hold on their Dīn while navigating school, university, and the corporate world. And while there is an abundance of madāris for school-going children that pass on important Islamic knowledge, the focus in these madāris lay primarily in the rules and regulatory aspects of Islam. There is a gap in the spiritual education of our young Muslims.

Thus Darun-Na’im Institute of Higher Islamic Learning was established to bridge the chasm created in the secular education system by encouraging two years of full-time Islamic studies between matriculation and secular tertiary education.

The first year takes the students on an epic journey through the entire Qur’ān. In this lies three priceless benefits:

• Coverage of the entire Quran with understanding at least once in a lifetime.
• Developing the ability to read the Qur’ān and simultaneously understanding it.
• The phenomenal spiritual growth through engaging with the entire Qur’ān on this level.

Once that love and connection to Allāh is nurtured through the verses of the Qur’ān, the technical and regulatory aspects of Islām is explored in the second year of study.

It is thus our intention and goal to strive towards a future where this type of learning becomes a core part of our society, where it is standard in the education of our youth that they learn to read and understand the Word of Allāh cover to cover and connect to Him in every aspect of their lives.

The Yusufiyah Masjid in Wynberg served as the first home for Darun-Na’im. The Institute was established and began enrolment on the 16th of January 2002 under the name Yusufiyah Islamic and Arabic Institute.

In March 2003, the Institute moved to the Darun-Na’im Masjid in Wynberg and changed its name to Darun-Na’im Institute of Higher Islamic Learning to reflect its new location. The Institute began with one staff member, Moulana Allie Goder, who served as both lecturer and principal.

In the following year an additional lecturer was employed to accommodate the second-year class, and over the years grew along with its number of students Alḥamdulillāh.

Spiritual growth through the cultivation of one’s understanding and relationship with Allah, has been the core vision of the Darun-Na’im institute of Higher Islamic Learning since its inception in January 2002.

This core vision was born after my (Allie Goder) graduation from Darul-Uloom Newcastle. Having gone through the secular education system at secondary and tertiary level, I realized that there was a lack of the fundamental connection to Allāh that we as Muslims need in our lives, especially at crucial young ages when our minds are highly influenced by the world around us. Young Muslims struggle to maintain the hold on their Dīn while navigating school, university, and the corporate world. And while there is an abundance of madāris for school-going children that pass on important Islamic knowledge, the focus in these madāris lay primarily in the rules and regulatory aspects of Islam. There is a gap in the spiritual education of our young Muslims.

Thus Darun-Na’im Institute of Higher Islamic Learning was established to bridge the chasm created in the secular education system by encouraging two years of full-time Islamic studies between matriculation and secular tertiary education.

The first year takes the students on an epic journey through the entire Qur’ān. In this lies three priceless benefits:

1. Coverage of the entire Quran with understanding at least once in a lifetime.

2. Developing the ability to read the Qur’ān and simultaneously understanding it.

3. The phenomenal spiritual growth through engaging with the entire Qur’ān on this level.

Once that love and connection to Allāh is nurtured through the verses of the Qur’ān, the technical and regulatory aspects of Islām is explored in the second year of study.

It is thus our intention and goal to strive towards a future where this type of learning becomes a core part of our society, where it is standard in the education of our youth that they learn to read and understand the Word of Allāh cover to cover and connect to Him in every aspect of their lives.

The Yusufiyah Masjid in Wynberg served as the first home for Darun-Na’im. The Institute was established and began enrolment on the 16th of January 2002 under the name Yusufiyah Islamic and Arabic Institute.

In March 2003, the Institute moved to the Darun-Na’im Masjid in Wynberg and changed its name to Darun-Na’im Institute of Higher Islamic Learning to reflect its new location. The Institute began with one staff member, Moulana Allie Goder, who served as both lecturer and principal.

In the following year an additional lecturer was employed to accommodate the second-year class, and over the years grew along with its number of students Alḥamdulillāh.