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