Recently, Ta’dib International Foundation, RZS-CASIS of UTM together with Raja Zarith Sofiah of Johor Foundation and in partnership with QSR Brands and the World Trade Centre (Kuala Lumpur) was honoured to have been given the opportunity to co-organise an inaugural lecture by The Honourable Tan Sri Professor Dr Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas in conjunction with the launching ceremony of his latest book, Islām: The Covenants Fulfilled. The event was held at Dewan Merdeka, World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur on the afternoon of 29th July 2023.
The event was very successful and received an extraordinary response as it was attended by 1400 people, consisting of Her Majesty Raja Zarith Sofiah, royal family, national leaders, top government management, UTM and Ta'dib International Foundation, scholars, professionals, domestic and foreign students.
In his lecture, Professor al-Attas expounded a couple of important points in his book, Islam: The Covenants Fulfilled. Initially, he explained the subtleties of understanding the relationship between the soul and the body of a human being. He then elucidated the historical progression of revealed religion culminating in Islam.
While the lecture was relatively brief due to time constraint, it was full of insight and inspiration.
Following that, this Extempore Speech by YM Tan Sri Prof. al-Attas is a continuation of the previous lecture to further explain the contents of the book.
All tickets includes admissions and light refreshments throughout the event.
Free seating at first 10 rows from the stage on the ground floor. Inclusive of:
Free seating at last 10 rows from the stage on the ground floor. Inclusive of:
Free seating at the floor circling the hall. Inclusive of:
Free seating at first 10 rows from the stage on the ground floor.
Free seating at last 10 rows from the stage on the ground floor.
Free seating at the floor circling the hall.
4 x Free Seating at first 10 rows from the stage on the ground floor
4 x Free Seating at last 10 rows from the stage on the ground floor.
If you could not make it to the special lecture physically, we have a live streaming online option for you to still benefit from the program. The live streaming online access includes:
You may purchase the access to the event recording BEFORE and AFTER the event. The post event recording access includes:
The program book (in PDF) contains the summary of the previous lecture given by The Professor at the book launch in July as well as several write ups related to the particular book.
As a global scholar Professor Al-Attas has lectured throughout the world and written more than thirty books and many articles on Islam in the fields of comparative philosophy, theology, metaphysics, religion, history, language, literature, epistemology, and education. The global influence of his ideas in contemporary times is indicated by the fact that some of his works written in English have been translated into more than fifteen major European and Asian languages.
At the age of 92, the esteemed scholar has completed yet another seminal book to the world of scholarship and for the attention of the global Muslim community.Originally written in long-hand, like all of his books, Professor Al-Attas has devoted the last several years of his life to addressing a pertinent issue confronting the learned among the Muslims worldwide.
Prof Al-Attas founded the International Institute of Islamic Thought and Civilization Malaysia (ISTAC), a world-class learned institution, where he taught and collected the unique multilingual library comprising more than one hundred and forty thousand volumes of rare books and manuscripts. For his outstanding creative and effective contributions in the various fields of Islamic thought and civilization, as well as his contributions to contemporary thought on education and epistemology, he received many distinguished awards of recognition and acknowledgement from learned and scientific institutions and societies in Europe, America, Asia, Africa, and Australia.
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Ta’dib International Foundation was honoured to have been given the opportunity to co-organise together with Raja Zarith Sofiah of Johor Foundation, RZS-CASIS of UTAM and in partnership with QSR Brands and the World Trade Centre (Kuala Lumpur)—an inaugural lecture by The Honourable Tan Sri Professor Dr Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas in conjunction with the launching ceremony of his latest book, Islam: The Covenants Fulfilled. The event was held at Dewan Merdeka, World Trade Centre, Kuala Lumpur on the afternoon of 29th July 2023.
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