Al-Mawrid is a unique institution that envisions revival and perpetuation of the rich intellectual heritage of the Muslim ummah. Conceived at the dawn of the fifteenth century AH, al-Mawrid owes its establishment to the perception that the process of attaining the true understanding of Islam is not being carried out in the ummah in an appropriate manner. Lost in the maze of sectarian prejudices and political wrangling, the true message of Islam, based on the Holy Qur’an and the Sunnah, has become alien to the Muslims.