NOBLE QUR'AN SECTION
TAFSEER AND 'ULOOM AL-QUR'AN
SUNNAH AND 'ULOOMUL-HADEETH
'AQEEDAH: ISLAMIC CREED
SEERAH NABAWIYYAH
FIQH AND USOOL AL-FIQH
DA'WAH AND ISLAMIC CULTURE
ARABIC LANGUAGE
ENGLISH
PSYCHOLOGY
ENGLISH GRAMMAR
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
EDUCATION
 


TAFSEER AND 'ULOOM AL-QUR'AN 'ULOOM AL-QUR'AN (120 Hours)

I. OBJECTIVES
 
  1. This course aims at familiarizing the student with how the Qur'aan was compiled, the efforts of the leading scholars in that regard.
  2. It is also the aim of this course to clarify the way in which the Qur'aan was revealed, the reasons for the revelation of its verses and its role in understanding the Qur'anic texts.
  3. The course also addresses the definition of the Makkan and Madeenan Revelations and their distinction, as well as the abrogation of verses and its impact on legislation

II. CLASS CONTENT
First Year
  1. Introduction to the Science of Tafseer
2. Books of Tafseer
3. Translations of the Qur'an
4. Wahy
5. The Revelations of the Qur'aan
6. Collection of the Qur'aan
7. The Qur'aanic Text
8. Dialects and Recitations

Second Year
  1. Reasons for Revelation
2. Makkan and Madeenan Revelations
3. Naasikh and Mansookh
4. Muhkam and Mutashaabih
5. Literary Forms of the Qur'aan
6. The Language of the Qur'aan

III. TEXTBOOKS
A. Required Text:
  Bilal Philips, Usool at-Tafseer
B. Supplementary Texts:
  Yasir Qadhi, An Introduction to the Sciences of the Qur'aan
Ahmad Von Denffer, 'Ulum al-Qur'aan (Eng. Trans.)
As-Suyootee, al-Itqaan fee 'Uloom al-Qur'aan
Az-Zarkashee, al-Burhaan fee 'Uloom al-Qur'aan
Mannaa' al-Qattaan, Mabaahith fee 'Uloom al-Qur'aan
Muhammad 'Alee az-Zarqaanee, Manaahil al-'Irfaan fee 'Uloom al-Qur'aan
 
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