Course Summary
First Year Arabic Course Description (PART OF MTP)

 

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ARABIC COURSE:

Quran, Hadith (The Prophet’s and Ahlul-Bayt’s sayings and traditions) and genuine Islamic knowledge cannot be properly understood without authentic knowledge of the aspects of fus'ha Arabic.

 

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General Description of the one-year intensive Arabic Course offered at IIPS, Damascus

 

The Arabic course consisting of 3 levels series for non-Arab Muslim students adopts an innovative and eclectic method in teaching Arabic as a foreign language to absolute beginners from a broad age-range, by using a gradual, assimilative and communicative approach. It emphasises the functional usage of Arabic in the language, four skills: listening and comprehension, speaking, reading, and writing. Authentic audio, video, and reading materials will be presented from the beginning, and students will be encouraged to be creative with the language in and out of class.

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Summary of the Four Year Curriculum

The Islamic Institute for Postgraduate Studies in Sayyida Zainab – 4 Year Syllabus Summary
Starting from September 2010.


 SUBJECT

 

YEAR 1

YEAR 2

YEAR 3

YEAR 4

LANGUAGE: Arabic

Listening, reading, spoken, and written
structural course special for non-Arab students

X

 

 

 

LANGUAGE: Arabic Comprehension & Composition
Text tailored for IIPS
X
X
   

SARF & Nahu:
(Morphology & GRAMMAR)

Story of I’raab
Mabaadi-ul-Arabia 1
Mabaadi-ul-Arabia 2
Mabaadi-ul-Arabia  3

X

 

MEDIA ARABIC:    

Text tailored for IIPS

 


X


BALAAGHA: (Introduction for Arabic Rhetoric)

 

 

 

 

X

Arabic ISLAMIC LITERATUE: Selected Arabic Texts    
Authentic literary works by well known Islamic writers and poets       X

QUR’AN:

Recitation, Rules of Tajwid, and Memorisation of selected Verses

X

X



ILMUL HADITH: (Sciences of Prophetic Traditions)

Text tailored for IIPS

 

X

 

 

FIQH: (Jurispudence)

Al-fiqh al-muyassar according to Ayatullah al-Uzma Al-Sistani- simplified notes
Masael al Muntakhabah
Selections from Minhaaj u Saaleheen al-fiqh al-istidlali of Shaykh Baqir Irawani

X

X

X

X

USOOL: (Principles of Jurispudence)

Ma'alim al-Jadida
Halaqah Ulaa
Halaqah Thaaniya

 


X

MANTIQ: (Logic)

Khulaasatul Mantiq, Mantiq al Muzaffar

 

X

X

 

TAAREEKH: (Islamic History)

 

 



AQAID: (Islamic Theology)

Muhadarat fi al-Ilahiyyat of Shaykh Ja'far Subhani


X

X

 

ISLAMIC PHILOSOPHY:

Al-naafidha ‘ala al-falsafa

 

 

 

X

AKHLAAQ: (Islamic Ethics)

Al-haqa'iq fi mahasin al-akhlaq

X

X

X

X

MUBAHISA: (Interactive Tutorials)

 

X

X

X

 

BOOK REVIEW (Texts relevant to issues pertaining to ‘aqaid; language medium: English)
  X
     

MA modules (Winchester University):

 


X

X

 

DISSERTATION:

 

 

 

 

X

SUMMER WORK PLACEMENTS:

 

X

X

X


 

 

Google Translation

Sayyida Zainab as

Syria