We must recognise and appreciate that the aim of Islamic education lies beyond the borders of this world; it is to gain Paradise in the everlasting life and, ultimately, to earn the pleasure of Allah, the Lord of the Worlds Looking back over the years we have been fortunate to witness several students successfully completing the memorisation of the Qur'an and we have observed significant advances in the development of expertise in the Islamic Sciences At the time of our humble beginnings we rented a detached property which consisted of four classrooms, in terms of individuals we had six staff members and forty male students in Yrs 7 and 8