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Choice based Credit System (CBCS)

Scheme and course structure for M.A. Islamic Studies 1st semester effective from academic session 2014 and onwards

CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM (CBCS)

Brief Guidelines 1. A credit means one hour of teaching work or two hours of practical work/tutorial per week

for 16 weeks in a semester. 2. A candidate compulsorily has to obtain 24 credits per semester i.e., 48 credits in one year

programme (2 semesters), 96 credits in two year programme (4 semesters), 144 credits in three year programme (6 semesters) and so on. However, a candidate compulsorily has to obtain 2/4/6 credits from general / open elective from outside the Department in one/two/three years courses respectively.

3. A candidate has to obtain minimum of 24 credits in a semester; 12 credits compulsorily are to be opted from “Core Courses”, while the remaining 12 credits can be obtained in either of the following two ways:

� All the 12 credits can be obtained from within the Department or Faculty from a pool of “Electives (Allied)” offered by the Department/Faculty. However, a minimum of 4 credits from Electives (Open) are to be obtained by a candidate from outside the Department in any semester while persuing the programme; or

� 8 credits can be obtained from the “Electives (Allied)” while 4 credits can be obtained from “Electives (Open)” from outside the Department.

4. A candidate has a provision to go with a slow pace of as low as 20 credits per semester or with an accelerated pace of as high as 28 credits per semester, so as to earn minimum required 96 credits in 2-year programme (4 semesters).

SEMESTER I

Course Code Course Name Paper Category Hours per week Credits L T P

IS14101CR Islamic Civilization: Origin and Development (Upto 750 C.E.)

Core 4 0 0 4

IS14102CR Introduction to Islamic Religious Sciences: Tafsir, Hadith and Fiqh

Core 4 0 0 4

IS14103CR Tasawwuf: Origin and Development

Core 4 0 0 4

IS14104EA Proficiency in Arabic –I Elective (Allied) 3 2 0 3+1=4 IS14105EA Proficiency in Persian –I Elective (Allied) 3 2 0 3+1=4 IS14106EA Islam and the West Elective (Allied) 3 2 0 3+1=4 IS14107EA Islam and Science Elective (Allied) 3 2 0 3+1=4 IS14108EO Ethics in Islam: Basic Concepts and

Development Elective (Open) 3 2 0 3+1=4

24 Credit = 27 Contact Hours 21 6 0 24


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Course Code: IS14101CR Course Name: Islamic Civilization: Origin and Development (Upto 750 C.E.) UNIT I: Jahiliyyah Arabia i. Social Organization, Virtues and Vices ii. Religious Conditions iii. Economic Conditions, Trade and Commerce iv. Language and Literature UNIT II: The Life of the Final Messenger Muhammad (SAAS) i. The Prophet at Makkah: Da‘wah and Major Events ii. The Prophet at Madina: Major Events (Implications) iii. The Concept of Khayr al-Qarûn, Establishment of Islamic Society and State — Characteristics iv. Ideals of Islam: Ma‘nawiyat UNIT III: Al-Khilafah al-Rashidah (The Pious Caliphate) i. Hazrat Abu Bakr (R.A.): Consolidation of State and Society ii. Hazrat ‘Umar (R.A.): Administration, Futuhat — Causes and Effects iii. Hazrat ‘Uthman (R.A.): Role and Policies iv. Hazrat ‘Ali (R.A.): Policies and Role in upholding the Institution of Khilafah UNIT IV: The Ummayad Period i. The Emergence of Banu Ummayah: Muawiyah — Consolidation of Empire ii. a) Walid: Futuhat b) ‘Umar II: Revival and Reconstruction iii. Society and Administration iv. Language and Literature BOOKS RECOMMENDED

1. Arnold, T. W, Preaching of Islam 2. Asad, Muhammad, Islam on the Crossroads 3. Bhat, M.A, The Pious Caliphate: A study of Hadrat ‘Ali (R.A) 4. Hamidullah, M, Introduction to Islam 5. Rafiabadi, H.N, Hijrah: A Turning Point 6. Hasan, Prof. Masudul, History of Islam 7. Haykal, The Life of Muhammad 8. Hitti, P. K, History of The Arabs, Macmillan 9. Hodgson, Marshall, The Venture of Islam 10. Hussain, S. Athar, The Glorious Caliphate 11. Insight Islamicus (Annual Journal of Department of Islamic Studies) 12. Khan, M. A, Muhammad the Final Messenger 13. Mawdudi, S.A.A, Khilafat wa Mulukiyat 14. Nadvi, Shah Muin- u-Din, Islam aur Arabi Tamaddun 15. Shaban, M.A, Islamic History: An New Interpretation 16. Siddiqui, M. Mazharuddin, Development of Islamic State and Society


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Course Code: IS14102CR Course Name: Introduction to Islamic Religious Sciences: Tafsir, Hadith and Fiqh

UNIT I: Mustalahat and Concepts i. Wahi, Jama‘, Tadwin ii. Nasikh and Mansukh iii. Muhkamat and Mutashabihat iv. I‘jaz, Rabt and Nazm UNIT II: Tafsir i. Tafsir its Sources and Early Development ii. Arabic Tafsir: Introduction to Tafasir of Ibn Kathir and Zamakhshari iii. Urdu Tafasir: Introduction to Tafasir of Tarjaman al-Qur’ân and Tafhim al- Qur’ân iv. English Commentaries with Special Reference to Muhammad Asad UNIT III: Hadith i. Meaning and Place of Hadith in Islam ii. Compilation (Tadwin) of Hadith iii. Hadith Criticism: An Introduction to Riwaya wa Diraya, Asma al-Rijal and Jarah wa ta’dil iv. Important Hadith Compilations (main characteristics) a. Muwatta b. Sahih al-Bukhari UNIT IV: Fiqh (Jurisprudence) i. Origin and Early Development ii. Sources of Law: The Quran, Sunnah, Ijma, Qiyas iii. The Schools of Jurisprudence: Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi‘î, Hanbali and Ja‘fari iv. Ijtihad: Meaning, Requisites and Importance BOOKS RECOMMENDED

1. Amini, M.M. Taqi, Fiqh Islami ka Tarikhi Pasi Manzar, (Urdu) 2. Azad, A. K, Basic Concepts of the Quran 3. Denfer, Ahmad Von, Ulum al-Quran 4. Hariri, G.A, Tarikh Tafsir al-Mufasirin 5. Hasan, Ahmad, The Early Development of Islamic Jurisprudence 6. Insight Islamicus (Annual Journal of Department of Islamic Studies) 7. Khan, Hamidullah, The Schools of Jurisprudence 8. Mawdudi, S. A. A, Introduction to Tafhim al-Quran 9. Rafiabadi, H.N, Tarikh Nazul-i-Quran 10. Rafiabadi, H.N, The Quran Illustrated 11. Sabhi Salah, Ulum al-Quran 12. Salih, Sabih, Ulum al-Hadith 13. Siddiqui, Zubayr, Hadith Literature 14. Uthmani, Taqi, Ulum al-Quran


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Course Code: IS14103CR Course Name: Tasawwuf: Origin and Development

UNIT I: Tasawwuf i. Meaning, Origin and Development ii. Hasan Basri (R.A.) iii. Rabia Basri (R.A.) iv. Junayd al-Baghdadi (R.A.) UNIT II: Sufis of Later Period: Life and Role as Dâ’is i. Khwaja Muin al-Din Chishti (R.A.) ii. Shaikh Abdul Qadir Jilani (R.A.) iii. Shaikh Shihab al-Din Suhrawardi (R.A.) iv. Khwaja Muhammad Baha al-Din Naqshbandi (R.A.) UNIT III: Introduction to Main Themes of the follow ing Sufi Works i. Ghuniyat al-Talibin ii . Awarif al-Ma‘arif iii. Kashaf al-Mahjub iv. Kimya-i-Sa‘adat UNIT IV: Sufi Silsilas and Theories i. Organization and Development of Sufi Silsilas ii. Common Characteristics of Major Sufi Silsilas iii. Wahdat al-Wujud of Ibn al-Arabi iv. Wahdat al-Shuhud of Shaikh Ahmad Sirhindi BOOKS RECOMMENDED

1. Al Arabi, Mohi al-Din, Fusus al-Hikam 2. Al Arabi, Mohi al-Din, Futuhat al-Makkiyyah 3. Al Jilani, Shaikh Abd, Ghuniyat al-Talibin 4. Al. Hujwairi, Kashaf al-Mahjub, English Translation by R. A. Nicholson 5. Annemarie Schimmel, Mystical Dimensions of Islam 6. Attar, Fari al-Din, Tadhkirat al-Awliya 7. Bhat, M.A, Sufi Thought of Shaikh Sayyid ‘Abdul Qadir Jilani (R.A) and Its Impact

on the Sub-continent 8. Faruqi, N. A, Mujadid’s Concept of Tawhid 9. Insight Islamicus (Annual Journal of Department of Islamic Studies) 10. Nadwi, S. Abul Hasan Ali, Tazkiyat wa Ihsan ya Tasawuf wa Suluk, Majlis

Tahqiqat wa Nashriyat 11. Nicholson, R. A, Studies in Islamic Mysticism 12. Qadiri, M. Uruj, Tasawwuf and Ahl-i-Tasawwuf 13. Sharif, M. M. (ed.), A History of Muslim Philosophy, 2 Vols. 14. Suhrawardi, Shihab al-Din, Awarif al-Ma‘arif 15. Thanwi, Mawlana Ashraf Ali, Shariat wa Tariqat, (Urdu) 16. Trimingham, J. S, Sufi Orders in Islam


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Course Code: IS14104EA Course Name: Proficiency in Arabic –I

(Prior permission from the Institute be sought as the subject is meant for those who have not studied Arabic at Graduate level.) Prescribed Texts:

Note: Students are expected to learn basic grammatical points and be able to translate from the prescribed texts from Arabic into English/Urdu and vice-versa and also to supply vowel points (A’raab) to sentences and fill in the blanks.


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Course Code: IS14105EA

Course Name: Proficiency in Persian-I


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Course Code: IS14106EA Course Name: Islam and the West

Unit I: i. Renaissance in Europe: Causes and Impact ii. Industrial Revolution & New Society (Main Features) iii. French Revolution: Causes and Impact iv. Nazism and Fascism (Main Features)

Unit II: An Introduction to: i. Secularism ii. Capitalism iii. Socialism iv. Nationalism

Unit III: i. Islam in the West: Main Features and Problems ii. Islamic Societies in UK: (Islamic Foundation, Muslim Institute, London and Oxford Centre for Islamic Studies) iii. Muslims in America: Contribution and Problems iv. Islamic Personalities in the West and their contribution (M.M. Pickthal, Murrad Hoffman, T.B. Irving) Unit IV: Muslim Response to Western Thought and Ideologies: A Study of; i. Sir Syed ii. Muhammad Iqbal iii. Muhammad Asad iv. Maryam Jameelah BOOKS RECOMMENDED

1. Ahmad, Khurshid, Islam and the West 2. Ahmad, Khurshid, Socialism Versus Islam 3. Asad, Muhammad, Principles of State and Government in Islam 4. Asloob Ansar, ed. Sir Syed 5. Insight Islamicus (Annual Journal of Department of Islamic Studies) 6. K. Ahmad, Socialism and Islam 7. Marvin Perry et al, Western Civilization: Ideas, Politics and Society 8. Maryam Jameela, Islam and the West 9. Maryam Jameela, Islam Versus the West 10. Mawdudi, S. Abul Ala, Masala Qawmiyat 11. Mazharuddin Siddiqi, Modern Muslim Reformist Thought 12. M. Iqbal, Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam 13. Pickthal, M.M. Cultural Side of Islam 14. S. Ahsan & A. Ali, Sir Syed’s Contribution to Islamic Studies


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Course Code:IS14107EA Course Name: Islam and Science

UNIT I: A Survey of Relevant Quranic Verses Related to; i. The Universe ii. The Origin of Life iii. Embryology iv. Cupping and Microsurgery UNIT-II: Contribution of Muslims in the Field of Sc ience (8th to 13th Centuries C.E.) i. Jabir Ibn Hayyan (776-803) and Muhammad Ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (d.840) ii. Yaqub Ibn Ishaq al Kindi (b.800) and Muhammad Ibn Zakariyya al-Razi (865-932) iii. al-Farabi (870-950) and Abu’l Qasim al-Zahrawi (936-1013) iv. Ibn Sina (980-1037) and Ibn al-Nafis (1213-1288) UNIT-III: Contribution of Prominent Contemporary Mu slim Scientists i. Dr. S. Z. Qasmi and S.M Naquib al-Attas ii. S. Husain Nasr and Dr Abdul Qadir Khan iii. A.P.J Abdul Kalam and Sayyid Waqar Ahmad Husaini iv. Ziaud-Din Sardar, Zakir Kirmani and HArun Yahya UNIT-IV: Scientific Pursuit in Muslim Centres i. The Islamic World Academy of Science (IAS) and Association of Muslim Scientists and Engineers (AMSE) ii. The Islamic Organisation of the Medical Sciences (IOMS) iii. Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ISESCO) iv. Muslim Association for the Advancement of Science (MASS) and International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) BOOKS RECOMMENDED

1. Al Faruqi, Ismail Raji, Tawhid: Its Implications for Thought and Life 2. Al Faruqi, Ismail Raji, Atlas of Islamic Culture 3. Al Faruqi, Ismail Raji, Islamization of Knowledge 4. Arnold, T. W, A Legacy of Islam 5. Campbel, D, Arabian Medicine 6. De lacy O Leary, How Greek Science Passed to Arabs 7. Hardic, J. B, Arab Genius in Science and Philosophy 8. Hein, Aintone, Al-Haytham: A Comparative Study of Scientific Method 9. Hitti, P. K, History of the Arabs 10. Hussaini, S.W.A, Islamic Science 11. Hussaini, S.W.A, Islamic Thought 12. Hussaini, S.W.A, The Quran for Astronomy and earth Exploration from Space 13. Insight Islamicus (Annual Journal of Department of Islamic Studies) 14. Jameelah, Maryam, Modern Technology and Dehumanization of Man 15. Karim. M. A, A Simple Guide to Islam’s Contribution to Science and Civilization 16. Khan, Ehsan Ullah, Science, Islam and Modern Age 17. Khan, Majid Ali, Islam on Origin and Evolution of Life


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18. Khawja, Abdul Wahid, Islam and the Origins of Modern Sciences 19. Maurice Bucaille, What is Origin of Man 20. Nasr, S.H, Islamic and Modern Science 21. Nasr. S.H, Science and Civilization in Islam 22. Sardar, Zia al-Din, An Early Crescent 23. Sardar, Zia al-Din, Arguments for Islamic Science 24. Saud, Muhammad, Islamic and Evolution of Science 25. Shah, Dr. Naseem Ahmad, Islamic Technology: An Illustrated History (Urdu) 26. Sina, Ibn, Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb 27. Yahya, Harun, Eternity has Already Begun 28. Yahya, Harun, The Quran Leads the Way to Science


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Course Code: IS14108EO Course Name: Ethics in Islam: Basic Concepts and Development UNIT I: Islamic Ethics i. Study of Islamic Ethical Concepts in Quran: i) Haya ii) ‘Adl iii) Taqwa iv) Afu v) Tarahum vi) Ajiz vii) Sabr viii) Tawwakul ix) Tawbah x) Sidq ii. Study of Islamic Ethical Concepts in Ahadith: i) Haya ii) ‘Adl iii) Taqwa iv) Afu v) Tarahum vi) Ajiz vii) Sabr viii) Tawwakul ix) Tawbah x) Sidq iii. Study of Islamic Ethical Concepts in Makhzan-i Akhlaq: i) Haya ii) ‘Adl iii) Taqwa iv) Afu v) Tarahum vi) Ajiz vii) Sabr viii) Tawwakul ix) Tawbah x) Sidq iv. Concept and Prospects UNIT II: Man and Moral Behaviour i. Ethical Significance of fundamental religious duties like; Tawhid, Salah, Sawm, Zakah, Hajj ii. Social Ethics in Islam iii. Economic Ethics in Islam iv. Political Ethics in Islam UNIT III: Ethical study i. Ethical Philosophy of al-Ghazzali ii. Ethical Philosophy of Sayyid Ali Hamadani iii. An Introduction to Khulq al-Muslim by Muhammad al-Ghazzali iv. An Introduction to Adabi Zindagi by M.M.Yusuf Islahi UNIT IV: Islamic Perspective on; i. Human Rights ii. AIDS iii. Cloning iv. Riba (Interest) BOOKS RECOMMENDED

1. Abbasi, S.M.Madni, Islamic Manners 2. al-Ghazzali, Muhammad, Ihya ‘ulum al-Din 3. al-Ghazzali, Muhammad, Khulq al-Muslim 4. Ali Hammdani, Sayyid’, Dhakiratu’l Muluk 5. al-Kaisi, Marwan Ibrahim, Morals and Manners in Islam 6. Bhat, Manzoor Ahmad, The Pious Caliphates; A study of Hadrat’ Ali (Rad.A.) 7. Dar, Bashir Ahmad, Quranic Ethics 8. Insight Islamicus (Annual Journal of Department of Islamic Studies 9. Islahi, M.M. Yousuf, Adabi-i-Zindagi (Urdu) 10. Islahi, Muhamad Yusuf, Husn-i-Mu’ashirat 11. M. Hamidullah, Dr., Introduction to Islam 12. Mawdudi, S.A.A, Islam Eik Mukammal Dabita-i Hayat 13. Mawdudi, S.A.A, Islam ka Akhlaqi Nuqta Nazar 14. Rahmatullah, Maulana, Makhzan-i-Akhlaq 15. T.P.Hughes, Dictionary of Islam 16. ‘Umar-ud-Din, Muhammad, Ehtical Pilosophy of al-Ghazzali

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Choice based Credit System (CBCS) Scheme and course structure for

M.A. Islamic Studies 2nd semester effective from academic session 2014 and onwards

CHOICE BASED CREDIT SYSTEM (CBCS) Brief Guidelines

1. A credit means one hour of teaching work or two hours of practical work/tutorial per week for 16 weeks in a semester.

2. A candidate compulsorily has to obtain 24 credits per semester i.e., 48 credits in one year programme (2 semesters), 96 credits in two year programme (4 semesters), 144 credits in three year programme (6 semesters) and so on. However, a candidate compulsorily has to obtain 2/4/6 credits from general / open elective from outside the Department in one/two/three years courses respectively.

3. A candidate has to obtain minimum of 24 credits in a semester; 12 credits compulsorily are to be opted from “Core Courses”, while the remaining 12 credits can be obtained in either of the following two ways: � All the 12 credits can be obtained from within the Department or Faculty from a

pool of “Electives (Allied)” offered by the Department/Faculty. However, a minimum of 4 credits from Electives (Open) are to be obtained by a candidate from outside the Department in any semester while persuing the programme; or



SEMESTER II


IS14201CR Islamic Civilization (8th – 14th Century)

Core 4 0 0 4

IS14202CR Ilm al-Kalam and Muslim Philosophy

Core 4 0 0 4

IS14203CR Islamic Social Sciences: Concepts and Development

Core 4 0 0 4

IS14204EA Proficiency in Arabic –II

Elective (Allied) 3 2 0 3+1=4

IS14205EA Proficiency in Persian –II


IS14206EA Islam and Orientalism: An Introduction to Prominent Orientalists and their Works


IS14207EA Da‘wah and its Practices Elective (Allied) 3 2 0 3+1=4 IS14208EO Introduction to Islamic Religious

Sciences: Tafsir, Hadith and Fiqh Elective (Open) 3 2 0 3+1=4



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Course Code: IS14201CR Course Name: Islamic Civilization (8th – 14th

Century)

UNIT I: Abbasi Khilifah i. The Abbasid Revolution: Causes and Impact ii. Prominent Abbasi Khulafa: Mansur, Mamun and Harun al-Rashid iii. Translation Movement and Civilizational Interaction iv. Society, Administration, Non-Arab Influences UNIT II: Civilizational Contribution i. Development of Science and Technology ii. Industry, Fine Arts and Architecture iii. Education, Social Sciences and Arabic Literature iv. Trade and Commerce UNIT III: Islamic Civilization: Regional Developmen t i. Emergence of Regional Governments and Dynasties ii. Society, Administration and Culture under Ghaznavids iii. Polity, Administration, Religion and Culture under Saljuqs iv. Society and Culture under Fatimids UNIT IV: Islamic Civilization in Spain i. Emergence of Islam in Spain ii. Contribution to Learning: Natural and Social Sciences iii. Art and Architecture iv. The Crusades and Islamic Response BOOKS RECOMMENDED

1. al. Makkari, Ahmad Abu Muhammad, Muslim Dynasties of Spain, trans. Pascal 2. Ali, Zahid, Tarikh-i-Fathimain 3. Arnold, T. W, Legacy of Islam 4. Hasan, Masudul, History of Islam 5. Hitti, P.K, History of the Arabs 6. Holt, P. M. et-al, Cambridge History of Islam 7. Insight Islamicus (Annual Journal of Department of Islamic Studies) 8. Nadvi, Muin al-Din, Tarikh-i-Millat 9. Nadvi, Riyasat Ali, Tarikh-i-Andalus 10. Nicholson, R.A, Literary History of the Arabs 11. O’ Leray, A Short History of Fatimid Khilafat 12. Sarwat, Thawlat, Millat-i-Islami ki Mukhtasar Tarikh 13. Schacht, J. and E.C. Bosworth, Legacy of Islam 14. Shah, Dr. Naseem Ahmad, Islamic Technology: An Illustrated History (Urdu) 15. Shah, Dr. Naseem Ahmad, Religion and Politics in Central Asia under the Saljuqs 16. Watt, W. M. and Cachia, A History of Islamic Spain


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Course Code: IS14202CR Course Name: Ilm al-Kalam and Muslim Philosophy

UNIT I: Muslim Philosophy: An Introduction i. Beginning of Intellectual Discussions ii. The Quranic Account of ‘Aql, Hikmah, Tadabbur, Tafakkur, ‘Ilm iii. Interaction with Greek Philosophy during the Early Abbasid Period iv. Institution of Bait al-Hikmah UNIT II: Ilm al-Kalam i. Meaning and Origin ii. Development and Significance iii. A Study of Essential Concepts and Doctrines of;

a. Jabariyah b. Qadariyah iv. A Study of Essential Concepts and Doctrines of;

a. Mu’tazilyah b. Ashariah UNIT III: Contribution of the Following Muslim Phil osophers: i. Al-Kindi ii. Al-Farabi iii. Ibn Miskaweh iv. Ibn Tufayl UNIT IV: Contribution of the Following Muslim Philo sophers: i. Imam Ghazzali ii. Ibn Rushd iii. Ibn Taimiyyah iv. Modern Philosophers: Iqbal and Ali Shariati BOOKS RECOMMENDED

1. Bhat, Dr. A, R, Iqbal’s Approach to Islam: A Study 2. Iqbal, Dr. S. M, The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam 3. Insight Islamicus (Annual Journal of Department of Islamic Studies) 4. Nadwi, M. Abul Salam, Hukumat-i-Islam 5. Nadwi, S. Muzaffur-u-din, Muslim Thought and its Source 6. Nasr, S. H, A History of Philosophy in Islam 7. Nomani, Shibli, Ilm al-Kalam, (Urdu) 8. Rafiabadi, Dr. H. N, Emerging from Darkness – Al-Ghazzali’s Impact on Western

Philosophy 9. Rafiabadi, Dr. H. N, Ghazzali and Western Thought 10. Rafiabadi, Dr. H. N, Muslim Philosophy and Science and Mysticism 11. Sharif, M.M, A History of Muslim Philosophy 12. Sheikh, M. Saeed, Studies in Muslim Philosophy, Adam Publishers 13. Watt, W.M, The Formative Period of Islamic Thought


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Course Code: IS14203CR Course Name: Islamic Social Sciences: Concepts and Development UNIT I: Political Science i. Early Development of Islamic Political Thought: An Overview ii. Al-Farabi, Al-Mawardi, Tusi and Shah Waliullah iii. Nature and Scope of Khilafah, Shura and Jihad iv. Nature and Scope of the following Concepts: Ummah, Democracy, Pluralism and International Relations in Islam UNIT II: Economics i. Economic System of Islam: Guiding Principles ii. Concept of Private and Public Property iii. Interest-Free Banking in Islam: Musharakah, Mudarabah, Murabah, etc (An Overview) iv. Islamic Economic Concepts: Zakah, Kharaj, Khums, Jizya and Ushr UNIT III: Economics and Historiography i. The Economic Role of State ii. Contemporary Islamic Thought (An Overview) iii. Islamic Concept of History iv. Muslim Contribution to Historiography: Ibn Ishaq and Ibn Khaldun UNIT IV: Sociology and Psychology i. Islamic Sociology: An Introduction ii. Islamic Institution of Family and its Social Role iii. Islamic Psychology: An Introduction iv. Muslim Contribution to the Development of Psychology: A General Survey BOOKS RECOMMENDED

1. Ahmad Khursheed, Family in Islam 2. Ahmad, Ausaf, Islami Ma‘ashiyat aur Bank Kari 3. Ahmad, Manzoor, Modern Islamic Political Thought 4. Bhat, A.R, Political Thought of Shah Waliullah: An Analytical Study 5. Faruqi, N. A, Arab Historiographers 6. Hussain, Akbar, Islamic Psychology 7. Insight Islamicus (Annual Journal of Department of Islamic Studies) 8. Khan, M. Akram, Islamic Economy 9. Manan, Islamic Economics: Theory and Practice 10. Rosenthal, E.J, Political Thought in Medieval Islam 11. Sheerwani, H.K, Early Muslim Political Thought and Administration 12. Siddiqui, M, The Quranic Concept of History 13. Siddiqui, N. A, Interest Free Banking in Islam 14. Siddiqui, N. A, Some Aspects of Islamic Economy


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Course Code: IS14204EA Course Name: Proficiency in Arabic –II

(Prior permission from the Institute be sought as the subject is meant for those who have not studied Arabic at Graduate level.) Prescribed Texts:

Note: Students are expected to learn grammatical points and be able to translate passages and portions from the prescribed texts from Arabic into English/Urdu and vice-versa and also to supply vowel points (A’raab) to sentences, and filling up the blanks.


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Course Code: IS14205EA Course Name: Proficiency in Persian–II


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Course Code: IS14206EA Course Name: Islam and Orientalism: An Introduction to Prominent Orientalists and their Works UNIT I: Orientalism i. Orientalism: Meaning and Definitions ii. Origin of Orientalism iii. European Scholars’ Interest in the Textual Study of Islam (An Overview) iv. Orientalism, Enlightenment and Imperialism (A General View of Relationships) UNIT II: Study of Islam i. W. M. Watt: Prophet Muhammad’s (SAAS) Sirah of Madinan Period ii. P.K.Hitti: History of Khulafa al-Rashidun Period iii. Richard Bell: The Doctrines of the Quran iv. N.J.Coulson: Primary Sources of Islamic Jurisprudence UNIT III: Theology, Philosophy and Mysticism in Islam i. D. B. Macdonald on the Development of Islamic Theology ii. W.M. Watt’s View of Islamic Theology iii. T.J. Deboer’s View of Muslim Philosophers (Al-Ghazzali and Ibn Rushd) iv. R.A. Nicholson’s Description of Basic Concepts of Islamic Mysticism UNIT IV: Modern Developments i. H.R.Gibb and W. C. Smith: An Introductory View of Modernism in Islam ii. J.O.Voll, An Introductory Account of Revival and Reform in Islam iii. J. L. Esposito’s View about Islamic Democracy and Jihad (An Overview) iv. Samuel P. Huntington: An Introductory Description of Theory of Clash of Civilizations BOOKS RECOMMENDED

1. Ahmad, Gorab, Subverting Islam 2. Ahmad, Prof. Khurshid, Islam and the West 3. Boer, T. J, A History of Philosophy in Islam 4. Gibb, H.A.R, Modern Trends in Islam 5. Hitti, P.K, Islamic History of the Arabs 6. Insight Islamicus (Annual Journal of Department of Islamic Studies) 7. Jameelah, Maryam, Islam and Orientalism 8. Macdonald, D.B, Development of Muslim Theology, Jurisprudence and

Constitutional 9. Nadwi, S. A. H, Islamic Studies, Orientalists and Muslim Scholars 10. Nicholson, R. A, Studies in Islamic Mysticism 11. Said, Edward, Orientalism 12. Smith, W. C, Islam in Modern History 13. Voll, J. O, Islam and Democracy 14. Watt, M. Muhammad at Madina, Oxford


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Course Code: IS14207EA Course Name: Da‘wah and its Practices

UNIT I: Conceptual Aspects of Islamic Da‘wah i. Meaning and Scope ii. Importance iii. Aims and Objectives iv. Methodology UNIT II: Dimensions of Islamic Da‘wah i. Qualities of Dai’ ii. Da‘wah and Adab al-Ikhtilaf (Ethics of Disagreement) iii. Da‘wah among Muslims iv.Da‘wah among Non-Muslims UNIT III: Contemporary Approaches i. Ikhwan al-Muslimun ii. Jama‘at-i-Islami iii. Tablighi Jama‘at iv. Salafi Movement UNIT IV: Contemporary Prospects i. Consideration of Human Psychology ii. Da‘wah in Pluralistic Societies iii. Communication Skills in Da‘wah iv. Errors in Da‘wah Methodologies BOOKS RECOMMENDED

1. Abdussalam, Dawah Guide 2. Alam, Dr. Manzoor, The Message of Islam and Approaches of Dai 3. Arnold, T.W, Preaching of Islam 4. Bin Baz, Shaikh A. A, Al Dawat Ila Allah wa Ikhlaq al-Duah 5. Hasanah, Umar Ubaid, Tehrik-i-Islami: Dawat-i Fikr 6. Insight Islamicus (Annual Journal of Department of Islamic Studies) 7. Islahi, M.A. Ahsan, Dawat-i-Din Aur us ka Tariqa-i-Kar 8. Islahi, Sadruddin, Muslims and Dawah and Islam 9. Khan, Wahiduddin, Tablighi Tehrik, Maktabah Al-Risalah 10. Mawdudi, S. A. A, Islami Tehrik ka Makhsus Tariqa-i-Kar 11. Mawdudi, S.A.A. and Amin Ahsan Islahi, Dawat-i Islami aur Is kay Mutalabat 12. Mawdudi, S.A.A, Tehrik aur Karkun 13. Nadvi, S.A. Hasan, Life and Mission of Maulana Muhammad Ilyas 14. Nadwi, A. H. Ali, Tabligh-o-Dawat ka Muajizana Aslub 15. Nadwi, Masud Alam, Hindustan ki Pehli Islami Tehrik 16. Sayf, Qadi M. Aslam, Tehrik-i-Ahli Hadith 17. Siddiq, Mawlana M, Maslak-i-Ahl-i-Hadith aur Iskey Buniyadi Masail 18. Tayyi, Qazi M, Dini Dawat ka Qurani Usul 19. Tayyib, Qari Muhammad, Dini Dawat ka Qurani Usul 20. Umri, S. Jalal al-Din, Islam ki Dawat, (Urdu). Markazi Maktabah Islami 21. Yaqin, Fathi, Dawat Tabligh ka Rahnama Usul


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Course Code: IS14208EO Course Name: Introduction to Islamic Religious Sciences: Tafsir, Hadith and Fiqh

UNIT I: Mustalahat and Concepts i. Wahi, Jama‘, Tadwin ii. Nasikh and Mansukh iii. Muhkamat and Mutashabihat iv. I‘jaz, Rabt and Nazm UNIT II: Tafsir i. Tafsir its Sources and Early Development ii. Arabic Tafsir: Introduction to Tafasir of Ibn Kathir and Zamakhshari iii. Urdu Tafasir: Introduction to Tafasir of Tarjaman al-Qur’ân and Tafhim al- Qur’ân iv. English Commentaries with Special Reference to Muhammad Asad UNIT III: Hadith i. Meaning and Place of Hadith in Islam ii. Compilation (Tadwin) of Hadith iii. Hadith Criticism: An Introduction to Riwaya wa Diraya, Asma al-Rijal and Jarah wa Ta’dil iv. Important Hadith Compilations (main characteristics) a. Muwatta b. Sahih al-Bukhari UNIT IV: Fiqh (Jurisprudence) i. Origin and Early Development ii. Sources of Law: The Quran, Sunnah, Ijma, Qiyas iii. The Schools of Jurisprudence: Hanafi, Maliki, Shafi‘î, Hanbali and Ja‘fari iv. Ijtihad: Meaning, Requisites and Importance BOOKS RECOMMENDED

1. Amini, M.M. Taqi, Fiqh Islami ka Tarikhi Pasi Manzar 2. Azad, A. K, Basic Concepts of the Quran 3. Denfer, Ahmad Von, Ulum al-Quran 4. Hariri, G.A, Tarikh Tafsir al-Mufasirin 5. Hasan, Ahmad, The Early Development of Islamic Jurisprudence 6. Insight Islamicus (Annual Journal of Department of Islamic Studies) 7. Khan, Hamidullah, The Schools of Jurisprudence 8. Mawdudi, S. A. A, Introduction to Tafhim al-Quran 9. Rafiabadi, H. N, Tarikh Nazul-i-Quran 10. Rafiabadi, H, N, The Quran Illustrated 11. Sabhi Salah, Ulum al-Quran 12. Salih, Sabih, Ulum al-Hadith 13. Siddiqui, Zubayr, Hadith Literature 14. Uthmani, Taqi, Ulum al-Quran


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M.A. Islamic Studies 3rd semester effective from academic session 2015 and onwards


Brief Guidelines 1. A credit means one hour of teaching work or two hours of practical work/tutorial

per week for 16 weeks in a semester. 2. A candidate compulsorily has to obtain 24 credits per semester i.e., 48 credits in

one year programme (2 semesters), 96 credits in two year programme (4 semesters), 144 credits in three year programme (6 semesters) and so on. However, a candidate compulsorily has to obtain 2/4/6 credits from general / open elective from outside the Department in one/two/three years courses respectively.

3. A candidate has to obtain minimum of 24 credits in a semester; 12 credits compulsorily are to be opted from “Core Courses”, while the remaining 12 credits can be obtained in either of the following two ways:

� All the 12 credits can be obtained from within the Department or Faculty from a pool of “Electives (Allied)” offered by the Department/Faculty. However, a minimum of 4 credits from Electives (Open) are to be obtained by a candidate from outside the Department in any semester while persuing the programme; or



SEMESTER III


IS14301CR Islamic Civilization in Medieval India

Core 4 0 0 4

IS14302CR Islamic Civilization in the West Asia and Iran: Society and Polity under Ottomans, Safavids, Qajars and Pahalvis

Core 4 0 0 4

IS14303CR Islam in Modern India: Thinkers, Trends and Movements

Core 4 0 0 4

IS14304EA Proficiency in Arabic –III Elective (Allied) 3 2 0 3+1=4 IS14305EA Proficiency in Persian –III


IS14306EA Major World Religions other than in Islam


IS14307EA Islamic Studies: Approaches and Methodology


IS14308EO Human Rights: Western and Islamic Tradition

Elective (Open) 3 2 0 3+1=4



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Course Code: IS14301CR Course Name: Islamic Civilization in Medieval India UNIT I: Advent of Islam: Causes and Impact i. Early Indo-Arab Relations and Spread of Islam in the South ii. Islam in Sind and its Impact iii. Socio-Religious and Political conditions of North India on the Eve of the Turkish conquest iv. The Ghaznawis and the Ghauris in India, Establishment of Muslim Sultanate UNIT II: The Delhi Sultanate and Muslim Deccan and Minor Successors i. Society, Establishment ii. Religious Policy, Political Theory and Administration iii. Literature, Education and Religious Sciences iv. Art, Architecture and Economy UNIT III: The Mughal India i. Society, Religious Policy and Administration ii. Literature, Education and Development of Religious Sciences iii. Art, Architecture and Economy iv. Causes of the Decline UNIT IV: Islam in India (An Evaluation) and Resistance to British Imperialism i. Islam and Indian Culture: Interaction, Impact, Bhakti Movement ii. Role of prominent Sufis and Ulama iii. Muslim Response to Imperialism a.Hyder Ali b. Tipu Sultan iv. Muslim Responses a. Jihad Movement b. Farazi and Mahdawi Movement c. Revolt of 1857 BOOKS RECOMMENDED

1. Rashid ,A, Society and Culture in Medieval India 2. Ahmad Aziz, Studies in Islamic Culture in the Indian Environment 3. Nadwi, S.A.H, Hindustani Musalman (Urdu) 4. Chand, Tara, Influence of Islam on India Culture 5. Ahmad, Ubaid, Contribution of India to Arabic Literature 6. Yasin, M, Social, History of Islamic India 7. Yusuf Hussain, Glimpses of Medieval Indian Culture 8. Mujeeb, M, The Indian Muslims 9. Ashraf, K.M, Life and Conditions of people of Hindustan 10. Jafar, S.M, Some Culture aspects of the Muslims Rule in India 11. Nizami, K.A, Religion and Society in the 13th Century 12. Khan, Mohibul H, Historians of the Medievals India 13. Insight Islamicus (Annual Journal of Department of Islamic Studies) 14. Qurashi, I.H, Administration of Sultanate of Delhi 15. Qurashi, I.H, Administration of Mughal Indian 16. Qurashi, I.H, Ulama in Policies


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Course Code: IS14302CR Course Name: Islamic Civilization in the West Asia and Iran: Society and Polity under Ottomans, Safavids, Qajars and Pahalvis UNIT I: Ottomans i. West Asia from the Fall of Baghdad upto the Rise of the Ottomans: A Brief Survey ii. Rise, Expansion and Decline of the Ottoman Power iii. Reforms of Salim lll and Mahmud ll,and Tanzimat of Abdul Majid iv. Constitutional Movement (1876) UNIT II: Iran under Safavids i. Society and Economy ii. Religious Policy iii. Intellectual Development iv. Literature, Art and Architecture UNIT III: Iran under Qajars i) Society and Economy ii) Religious Policy iii) Intellectual Development iv) Literature, Art and Architecture UNIT IV: Iran under Pahalvis i. Society and Economy ii. Religious Policy iii. Intellectual Development iv. Literature, Art and Architecture BOOKS RECOMMENDED

1. Brown, Bernard, The Emergence of Modern Turkey 2. Brown, E.G. Persian Revolution 1905-1909 3. Edt. Ali E. Hilla Dessouki, The Arab World 4. Gibbons. H.A, Foundation of the Ottoman Empire 5. Hitti. P.K, History of Syria 6. Holt.P.M . Political and Social Changes in Modern Egypt 7. Insight Islamicus (Annual Journal of Department of Islamic Studies) 8. Iqbal, Sheikh Muhammad, The Emergency of Saudi Arabia 9. Khaptor.J A, General History of the Turks 10. Sandra, Mackey, The Saudis 11. Feroze, Muhammad Rashid, Islam and Secularism in Post-Kemalist Turkey 12. Chatterji, N.C. Muddle of the Middle East 13. N.R.Keadie, Religions and Politics in Iran 14. N.R.Keddie, Islamic Response to Imperialism (S.J.AI-Afghan) 15. Shaw.S.J, History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey 16. W.B. Fisher, The Middle East 17. W.B. Fisher, Cambridge History of Iran


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Course Code: IS14303CR Course Name: Islam in Modern India: Thinkers, Trends and Movements

UNIT I: Islam and Modernism i. Socio-Intellectual Environment of India in the 18th and 19th Century ii. Concept of Modernity in the Western Thought iii. Concept of Tajdîd and Tajadud iv. Islamic Revivalism and Modernism in Contemporary Muslim Discourses (F. Rehman, Ibrahim Abu Rabi and Prof. Khurshid Ahmad ) UNIT II: Reformist Thinkers and Educational Development i. Shah Waliullah: Ijtihad and Political Thought ii. Sayyid Ahmad Barelvi and His Movement iii. Nadwat-ul-Ulama, Lucknow: Establishment and Main Contribution iv. Darul Ulum Deoband : Contribution to Religious Education UNIT III: New Trends in Islamic Thought i. Sir Sayyid: Main Features of Religious Thought, Educational Contribution ii. Shibli Numani: His Views on Education and Ilm al-Kalam iii.Amir Ali: Religious Thought iv. Muhammad Iqbal: Evaluation of the Western Culture UNIT IV: Later Thought and Movements in Islam i. Maulana Abul Kalam Azad: His Views on Pluralism (Mutahida Qaumiyat) ii. S.A.A. Mawdudi: Approach to Socio-political Aspects of Islam iii. Khilafat Movement and Tabligi Movement (Main Objectives and Achievements) iv. Role of Ulama in Indian Freedom Movement (M. Mahmud Hasan, M. Husain Ahmad Madani and Mawlana Ahmad Raza Khan) BOOKS RECOMMENDED

1. Ahmad, Aziz, Islamic Modernism in India and Pakistan 2. Al- Hasan, Masud, Life and Works of Mawlana Abul Ala Mawdudi 3. Ali, Abdul S. Ahsan, Sir Syed’s Contribution to Islamic Studies 4. Doughlas and Troll, Abul Kalam Azad 5. Insight Islamicus (Annual Journal of Department of Islamic Studies) 6. Iqbal, Dr. S. M, The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam 7. Jalbani, G. N, Teachings of Shah Waliullah 8. Mawdudi, S. A. A, Tajdid wa Ahyayi Din 9. Mehr Afroz, Intellectual Modernism of Shibli 10. Nadwi, S.A.H.A, Muslim Mamalik main Islamiyat aur Maghribiyat ki

Kashmakash 11. Nadwi, S.A.H.A, Seerat-i-Sayyid Ahmad Shahid, (Urdu) 12. Rizvi, S.A, Shah Waliullah and His Times 13. Shakir, Moin, Khilafat to Partition


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Course Code:-IS14304EA Course Name: Proficiency in Arabic-III


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Course Code:-IS14305EA Course Name: Proficiency in Persian-III


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Course Code: IS14306EA Course Name: Major World Religions other than in Islam UNIT I: i. What is Religion ii. Approaches and Methods for the study of World Religions iii. Unity of religion or Wahadat al-Adyan iv. Quranic Concepts of llah, Tawhid, Risalat, Kufr, Shirk , Quranic Account of Ancient Umam and Aqwam UNIT II: Aryan Religions i. Hinduism: Chief Characteristics, Historical Development, Vedic Traditions, Epic Literature ii. Modern Trends in Hinduism, Hindu Societies around the World iii. Buddhism: Life of Gautama Buddha, Basic Teachings, Sangha iv. Development and Decline of Buddhism in India, Mahayana and Hinyana UNIT III: i. Zoroastrianism: Life and teaching of Zorathustra

ii. Zoroastrian Monotheism, Zoroastrianism in Contemporary Times iii. Sikhism: Life and Teachings of Guru Nanak, Development of Sikh religion and Culture, Contemporary Trends iv) Bahaism: History and Doctrines UNIT IV: i. Judaism: Monotheism, Judaism v/s Zionism ii. Quranic view of Yahud/ Banu Israel iii. Christianity: Basic teachings, Church its History and Organisation, important Christian Sects: Roman Catholics, Protestants iv. Crises of Christianity in the Modern West, Quranic Account of Isa, Maryam and Nasara BOOKS RECOMMENDED

1. P.V.Bapat, 2500 years of Buddhism 2. August Prazen, A Concise History of the Church 3. E.Zuhehar, Buddhism 4. E.Zuhehar, Buddhism 5. Johennes Baver, Encyclopedia of Biblished Theologyed 6. James Hostings, Encyclopedia of Religion and Ethics 7. Insight Islamicus (Annual Journal of Department of Islamic Studies) 8. Maryam Jameelah, Islam v/s Ahli Kitab 9. Denis J. Meerter, Kings and Prophets 10. A. K. Birth, Religion of India 11. Josen Rhymer, The Bible in History 12. J. Foianer and L, Vischer The Common Catajosed 13. Gurbachan Singh Talib, The Guru Nanak, His personality and vision 14. Philim Hughes, The Life of the Catholic Church 15. Lord Lanford, The Life of the Jesus Christ


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16. Chista mas Humphareys, The Philosophy 17. E.W.Hopkins, The Religion of India 18. Swami Parabhawanda, The Spiritual Heritage of India 19. Neelson and Neelson, World Religions 20. Nigosian, World Religions


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Course Code: IS14307EA Course Name: Islamic Studies: Approaches and Methodology

UNIT I: i. Origin and Development of Islamic Studies (An Overview) ii. Trends and Approaches: Apologetics, Polemics, Dialogue, Integrated Approach in Civilizational Perspective iii.Oriental Studies, Islamiyat, Shariah Studies and Cultural Studies UNIT II: i. Nature and Scope of Islamic Studies ii. Inter-Disciplinary and Multi-Disciplinary Approaches iii. Islamic Studies as a Social Science and its Relationship with other Social Sciences iv. Relationship with Oriental Languages and their Literature UNIT III: i. Project Report Writing and its Significance ii. Selecting the Project Topic and Writing the Synopsis of the Project iii. Methods of Collecting the Data for the Project iv. Primary and Secondary Sources v. Transliteration Method UNIT IV: i. Examining and Using the Data ii. Use of Chapterization, References, Tables and Appendices iii. Transliteration iv. Use of Introduction, Conclusion, Bibliography in the Project Report BOOKS RECOMMENDED

1. Sardar, Ziauddin. The Future of Islamic Studie”. Islamic Culture, Vol. LVII, No. 3. July, 1983. Hyderabad.

2. Nadwi, S. A. H. Islamic Studies, Orientalists and Muslim Scholars, Lucknow 3. Gilani, S. M. Yunus. Research in Islamic Studies: Approaches and Sources,

Hamdard Islamicus, Islamabad, Pakistan. March, 1989. 4. Gilani, S. M. Yunus. Knowledge: An Islamic Weapon, Chinar Publications,

Srinagar 5. Mawdudi, S. A. A. Taleemat, (Urdu), Delhi. 6. Mawdudi, S. A. A. Ilmi Tehqiqat Kyon aur Kaisey?, (Urdu), Delhi. 7. “Iqbal aur Ulum Islamiya kay Maqasid”. Iqbal, October, 1974. (Urdu). Pakistan. 8. Denfer, Von. Research in Islam, UK. 9. Hermenson, Marica. “Trends in Islamic Studies in the United States and Canada

since the 1970s”, Islamic Culture, Hyderabad, 1994. 10. Anderson, A. and Prof. M. Durston. Thesis and Assignment Writing, New Delhi.


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Course Code: IS14308EO Course Name: Human Rights: Western and Islamic Tradition UNIT I: Human Rights in Western Tradition i. Meaning and Significance ii. Origin and Development iii. Nature and Scope iv. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights UNIT II: Human Rights: An Islamic Perspective i. Right to Security of Life ii. Right to Freedom of Conscience, Thought and Expression` iii. Right to Human Dignity iv. Right to Privacy UNIT III: i. Right to Legal Defence ii. Mutual Respect for Pacts and Treaties iii. Right to Private Property/Ownership iv. Right to Peaceful Assembly and Association

UNIT IV: i. Right to Religion ii. Right to Freedom of Fair, Hearing and Trial iii. Comparison and Scope in International and Islamic Law iv. Universal Islamic Declaration of Human Rights (Islamic Council of Europe, 19th September 1981): Major Themes

BOOKS RECOMMENDED

1. Abdur Rahim, Muhammadian Jurisprudence 2. al-Mawardi, Al-Akham-ul-Sultania 3. Arnold, T.W, Preaching of Islam 4. Cranston, M, Human Rights Today 5. Cranston, M, What are Human Rights 6. Dykee, Human Rights in United States and World Community 7. Humphery, John P, The International Law of Human Rights in Middle Twentieth

Century in the Present State of International Law and Other Essays 8. Hussain, Athar, The Glorious Caliphate 9. Hussain, Shaikh Shaukat. Human Rights in Islam, New Delhi 10. Insight Islamicus (Annual Journal of Department of Islamic Studies) 11. Iqbal, S.M, The Reconstruction of Religious Thought in Islam 12. Islahi, Amin Ahsan, Islami Riyasat, Vol.4 13. Mamic Cranston, What are Human Rights 14. Maududi, S.A.A, Human Rights in Islam 15. Maududi, S.A.A, Tafhimul-Qur’an 16. Maududi, S.A.A, The Islamic Law and Constitution 17. Moses, Moskowitz, The Politics of Dynamics of Human Rights 18. Nomani, Shibli. Al-Farooque (Eng) 19. Salahuddin, Bunyadi Huqooque


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M.A. Islamic Studies 4th semester effective from academic session 2015 and onwards


Brief Guidelines 1. A credit means one hour of teaching work or two hours of practical work/tutorial per

week for 16 weeks in a semester. 2. A candidate compulsorily has to obtain 24 credits per semester i.e., 48 credits in one

year programme (2 semesters), 96 credits in two year programme (4 semesters), 144 credits in three year programme (6 semesters) and so on. However, a candidate compulsorily has to obtain 2/4/6 credits from general / open elective from outside the Department in one/two/three years courses respectively.

3. A candidate has to obtain minimum of 24 credits in a semester; 12 credits compulsorily are to be opted from “Core Courses”, while the remaining 12 credits can be obtained in either of the following two ways: � All the 12 credits can be obtained from within the Department or Faculty from a

pool of “Electives (Allied)” offered by the Department/Faculty. However, a minimum of 4 credits from Electives (Open) are to be obtained by a candidate from outside the Department in any semester while persuing the programme; or



SEMESTER IV


IS14401CR Islamic Culture and Society in Kashmir: Origin and Development

Core 4 0 0 4

IS14402CR Islam in the Modern World: Thinkers, Trends and Movements

Core 4 0 0 4

IS14403CR Trends in Contemporary Orientalism Core 4 0 0 4 IS14404EA Proficiency in Arabic –IV Elective (Allied) 3 2 0 3+1=4 IS14405EA Proficiency in Persian –IV Elective (Allied) 3 2 0 3+1=4 IS14406EA Islam, Women and

Feminism Elective (Allied) 3 2 0 3+1=4

IS14407EA Ethics in Islam: Basic Concepts and Development


IS14408EA Dissertation Elective (Allied) 3 2 0 3+1=4 IS14409EO Islam and Science Elective (Open) 3 2 0 3+1=4 24 Credit = 27 Contact Hours 21 6 0 24


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Course Code: IS14401CR Course Name: Islamic Culture and Society in Kashmir: Origin and Development

UNIT I i. Advent of Islam in Kashmir ii. Social, Political and Religious Conditions during 12th –14th Centuries iii. Establishment of Muslim Sultanate (1339-1470 C.E.) iv. Development of Arts, Education and Literature during Sultanate Period UNIT II i. Sayyid Ali Hamadani (R.A): Life, Thought (Political and Sufic) and Role ii. Shaykh Nur al-Din (R.A): Life and Teachings iii. Shaykh Hamzah Makhdumi (R.A): Life and Role iv. Shaykh Yaqub Sarfi (R.A): Life and Works UNIT III i. Influence of Central Asia and Iran on Kashmir Society (1339-1586 C.E.) ii. Kashmir under Mughals (General Survey) iii. Kashmir under Afghans (General Survey) iv. Kashmir under Sikhs (General Survey) UNIT IV i. Treaty of Amritsar: Causes and Impact ii. Kashmir under Dogras: An Estimate iii. Role of Socio-Religious Organizations (1880-1947 C.E.) iv. Kashmir after Dogra Rule: Some Important Events BOOKS RECOMMENDED

1. A‘ezam, Muhammad, Waq‘at-i-Kashmir 2. Bamzai, P. M. K, History of Kashmir 3. Bukhari, Dr. Farooq, Kashmir Mein Arabi ‘Ulum Aur Islami Thaqafat ki Isha‘at 4. Bukhari, Dr. Farooq, Kashmir Mein Islam: Manzar Aur Pas-i-Manzar 5. Dar, G.M, Social and Religious Conditions of Kashmir on the Eve of Foundation of

Muslim Sultanate 6. Hasan, Mohibul, Kashmir Under the Sultans 7. Insight Islamicus (Annual Journal of Department of Islamic Studies) 8. Kalhana, Rajatarangini, (Eng. Tr. by M. A. Stein) 9. Khan, G. H, Freedom Movement in Kashmir 10. Khan, Muhammad Ishaq, Kashmir’s Transition to Islam 11. Khan, Muhammad Ishaq, Perspectives on the History of Kashmir 12. Rafiqui, A. Q, Sufism in Kashmir 13. Ray, S. C, Early History and Culture of Kashmir 14. Shah, Pir Hasan, Tarikh-i-Hasan 15. Sofi, G.M.D, Islamic Culture in Kashmir 16. Sofi, G.M.D, Kashir 17. Tahir, Rashid, Tarikh-i-Hurriyat-i-Kashmir


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Course Code: IS14402CR Course Name: Islam in the Modern World: Thinkers, Trends and Movements

UNIT I i. Key Concepts in Trends and Movements: Islah, Tajdid, Nahda, Intifadah ii. Islamic Order, Divergence and Convergence, Tawatur (Continuity) and Change iii. Social, Political and the Intellectual Situation at the End of the 18th and Beginning of the 19th Century in the West iv. Muhammad bin Abdul Wahab: Movement and Its Impact UNIT II i. Shaykh Ali Sanusi: Movement, Development and Characteristics ii. Sayyid Jamal al-Din al-Afghani: Thought and Movement iii. Shaykh Muhammad Abduhu: Contribution to Educational and Intellectual Awakening iv. Sayyid Rashid Rida: Thought and Contribution

UNIT III i. Al-Ikhwan al-Muslimun

a. Aims and Objectives b. Important Thinkers and their Contribution

ii. Turkey: Conflict between East and West iii. Intellectual Awakening: Namik Kamal and Zia Gokalp iii. West Asia: Current Trends (An Overview)

UNIT IV i. Ali Shariati: Contribution to Social Thought ii. Murtaza Mutahhari: Thought and Role as an ‘Alim iii. Imam Khomeini: Thought and Role iv. Islamic Revolution: Roots, Characteristics and Achievements

BOOKS RECOMMENDED

1. Adams, Charles, Islamic Modernism in Egypt 2. Algar, Hamid, Roots of Islamic Revolution 3. Ali, Sheikh Jameil. Sayyid Jamal al-Din Afghani and the West 4. Aqiqi, Ten Decades of Ulama’s Struggle 5. Badawi, M.A.Zaki, The Reformers of Egypt 6. Esposito. J.L, Voices of Resurgent Islam 7. Gibb, H.A.R, Modern Trends in Islam 8. Holt, P.M, Cambridge History of Islam 9. Hourani, Albert, Arabic Thought in the Liberal Age 10. Insight Islamicus, (Annual Journal of Department of Islamic Studies) 11. Jameela, Maryam, Islam in Theory and Practice 12. Jameela, Maryam, Islam Versus the West 13. Muazzam, Anwar, Jamal al-Din-Afghani 14. Mutahhari, Murtaza, Islamic Movement in 20th Century 15. Nadwi, S.A.H, Western Civilization, Islam and Muslims 16. Sharif, M.M, History of Muslim Philosophy 17. Siddiqui, Kalim, Stages of Islamic Revolution 18. Siddiqui, Mazharuddin, Modern Reformist Thought in the Muslim World 19. Smith, W. C, Islam in Modern History


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Course Code: IS14403CR Course Name: Trends in Contemporary Orientalism Unit I: W.C. Smith i. An Introduction of the Works of Smith ii. Smith on Modern Islam in India iii. Smith on Islamic Law iv. Muslim Christian Relations

Unit II: J.L. Esposito i. An Introduction of the Work of Esposito ii. Revivalism iii. Political Thought iv. Jihad

Unit III: J.O. Voll and W. B. Hallaq i. An Introduction of the Works of Voll ii. Reform in Islam (Voll) iii. Democracy in Islam (Voll) iv. Legal Ttheory in Islam (Hollaq)

Unit IV: Annemarie Schimmel i. An Introduction of Work of Schimmel ii. Meaning of Sufism iii. Classical Development of Sufism iv. Sufi Path BOOKS RECOMMENDED

1. Esposito, J. L, Islam and Politics 2. Esposito, J. L, Islam: The Straight Path 3. Esposito, J. L, Islam: Vocies of Resurgent Islam 4. Hallaq, W.B. Legal Theories in Islam 5. Schimmel, Annemarie, Mystical Dimensions of Islam 6. Smith, W.C, Modern Islam in India, Delhi 7. Voll, J.O, Change and Continuity in Islam 8. Insight Islamicus (Annual Journal of Department of Islamic Studies)


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Course Code: IS14404EA Course Name: Proficiency in Arabic-IV


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Course Code: IS14405EA Course Name: Proficiency in Persian-IV


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Course Code: IS14406EA Course Name: Islam, Women and Feminism

UNIT I; i. The Condition of Women in Jahiliyyah Arabia ii. The Status of Women as Depicted in Christianity and Judaism iii. The Status of Women as Depicted in Hinduism and Buddhism iv. Women in the Philosophical Traditions of the World UNIT II: i. The Primary Islamic Texts on the Status of Women ii. Women’s Role in Early Islamic History: Women during the Period of the Prophet (SAAS) iii. Social and Economic Roles of Women in the Early Days of Islam in Arabia iv. Political and Educational Roles of Women in the Early Days of Islam in Arabia UNIT III: Status of Muslim Women in Contemporary World: Social, Economic and Political Role, Rights and Duties i. Muslim Women in the West ii. India and Pakistan iii. Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Egypt iv. Malaysia and Iran UNIT IV: i. The Rise and Spread of Feminism ii. Modern Feminist Movements and Liberation Theories iii. Prominent Feminist Scholars iv. Muslim Responses to the Feminist Movements BOOKS RECOMMENDED

1. Ahmad, Anis, Muslim Women and Higher Education 2. Ahmad, Khurshid and Afza Nuzhat, The Position of Women in Islam 3. Ahmad, Prof. Khurshid, Family Life in Islam 4. Aisha, Lemeu, Women in Islam 5. Badawi, Dr. Jamal A, Polygamy in Islamic Law 6. Badawi, Dr. Jamal A, The Status of Women in Islam 7. Baweja, Malik Ram, Women in Islam 8. Chawdhary, M. Sharief, Women’s Rights in Islam 9. Choudhary, Muhammad Sharif, Women’s Rights in Islam 10. Cooper, Elizabeth, The Harim and the Purdah 11. Crare, Burton, Subordination-Feminism and Social Theory 12. Haddad, Y. Y, Women Religion and Social Change


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13. Insight Islamicus (Annual Journal of Department of Islamic Studies) 14. Kausar, Zeenat, Women in Feminism and Politics, New Directions

Towards Islamization 15. Khan, Mawlana Waheed ud-Din, Woman between Islam and

Western Society 16. Mernissi, Fatima, The Veil and the Male Elite: A Feminist

Interpretations of Women’s Rights in Islam 17. Mutahhari, M, On the Islamic Hijab 18. Mutahhari, Murtaza, The Rights of Women in Islam 19. Pascall, Gillian, Social and Feminist Analysis 20. Renate, Ovelli, Theories of Women’s Studies 21. Sharma, Arvind, Religion and Women 22. Sharma, Arvind, Women in World Religions 23. Showkat, Parveen Ali, Studies of Women in Islam 24. Siddiqui, M. Mazharuddin, Women in Islam 25. Wadia, A. R. The Ethics of Feminism 26. Wadud, Muhsin Amina, Qur’an and Women 27. Wood, Small Routh Fancies, Women in Changing Islamic System


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Course Code: IS14407EA Course Name: Ethics in Islam: Basic Concepts and Development

UNIT I: Islamic Ethics i. Study of Islamic Ethical Concepts in Quran: i) Haya ii) ‘Adl iii) Taqwa iv) Afu v) Tarahum vi) Ajiz vii) Sabr viii) Tawwakul ix) Tawbah x) Sidq ii. Study of Islamic Ethical Concepts in Ahadith: i) Haya ii) ‘Adl iii) Taqwa iv) Afu v) Tarahum vi) Ajiz vii) Sabr viii) Tawwakul ix) Tawbah x) Sidq iii. Study of Islamic Ethical Concepts in Makhzan-i Akhlaq: i) Haya ii) ‘Adl iii) Taqwa iv) Afu v) Tarahum vi) Ajiz vii) Sabr viii) Tawwakul ix) Tawbah x) Sidq iv. Concept and Prospects UNIT II: Man and Moral Behaviour i. Ethical Significance of fundamental religious duties like; Tawhid, Salah, Sawm, Zakah, Hajj ii. Social Ethics in Islam iii. Economic Ethics in Islam iv. Political Ethics in Islam UNIT III: Ethical study i. Ethical Philosophy of al-Ghazzali ii. Ethical Philosophy of Sayyid Ali Hamadani iii. An Introduction to Khulq al-Muslim by Muhammad al-Ghazzali iv. An Introduction to Adabi Zindagi by M.M.Yusuf Islahi UNIT IV: Islamic Perspective on; i. Human Rights ii. AIDS iii. Cloning iv. Riba (Interest) BOOKS RECOMMENDED

1. Abbasi, S.M.Madni, Islamic Manners 2. al-Ghazzali, Muhammad, Ihya ‘ulum al-Din 3. al-Ghazzali, Muhammad, Khulq al-Muslim 4. Ali Hammdani, Sayyid’, Dhakiratu’l Muluk 5. al-Kaisi, Marwan Ibrahim, Morals and Manners in Islam 6. Bhat, Manzoor Ahmad, The Pious Caliphate; A study of Hadrat’ Ali (Rad.A.) 7. Dar, Bashir Ahmad, Quranic Ethics 8. Islahi, M.M. Yousuf, Adabi-i-Zindagi 9. Islahi, Muhamad Yusuf, Husn-i-Mu’ashirat 10. Hamidullah, M, Introduction to Islam 11. Insight Islamicus (Annual Journal of Department of Islamic Studies) 12. Mawdudi, S.A.A, Islam Eik Mukammal Dabita-i Hayat 13. Mawdudi, S.A.A, Islam ka Akhlaqi Nuqta Nazar 14. Rahmatullah, Maulana, Makhzan-i-Akhlaq 15. T.P.Hughe, Dictionary of Islam 16. ‘Umar-ud-Din, Muhammad, Ehtical Pilosophy of al-Ghazzali


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Course Code: IS14408EA Course Name: Dissertation for Regular Students

M.A. Dissertation on the Contribution of any one of the following: (A) i. Sayyid Ali Hamadani (R.A)

ii. Mawlana Abul Kalam Azad ii. Allama Anwar Shah Kashmiri (R.A) iv. Prof. Mushir al-Haq

OR (B) Any other Relevant Topic Assigned by the Institute


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Course Code: IS14409EO Course Name: Islam and Science

UNIT I: A Survey of Relevant Quranic Verses Related to; i. The Universe ii. The Origin of Life iii. Embryology iv. Cupping and Microsurgery UNIT-II: Contribution of Muslims in the Field of Sc ience (8th to 13th Centuries C.E.) i. Jabir Ibn Hayyan (776-803) and Muhammad Ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (d.840) ii. Yaqub Ibn Ishaq al Kindi (b.800) and Muhammad Ibn Zakariyya al-Razi (865-932) iii. al-Farabi (870-950) and Abu’l Qasim al-Zahrawi (936-1013) iv. Ibn Sina (980-1037) and Ibn al-Nafis (1213-1288) UNIT-III: Contribution of Prominent Contemporary Mu slim Scientists i. Dr. S. Z. Qasmi and S.M Naquib al-Attas ii. S. Husain Nasr and Dr Abdul Qadir Khan iii. A.P.J Abdul Kalam and Sayyid Waqar Ahmad Husaini iv. Ziaud-Din Sardar, Zakir Kirmani and HArun Yahya UNIT-IV: Scientific Pursuit in Muslim Centres i. The Islamic World Academy of Science (IAS) and Association of Muslim Scientists and Engineers (AMSE) ii. The Islamic Organisation of the Medical Sciences (IOMS) iii. Islamic Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (ISESCO) iv. Muslim Association for the Advancement of Science (MASS) and International Institute of Islamic Thought (IIIT) BOOKS RECOMMENDED

1. Al Faruqi, Ismail Raji, Tawhid: Its Implications for Thought and Life 2. Al Faruqi, Ismail Raji, Atlas of Islamic Culture, Macmillan 3. Al Faruqi, Ismail Raji, Islamization of Knowledge 4. Arnold, T. W, A Legacy of Islam 5. Campbel, D, Arabian Medicine 6. De lacy O Leary, How Greek Science Passed to Arabs 7. Hardic, J. B, Arab Genius in Science and Philosophy 8. Hein, Aintone, Al-Haytham: A Comparative Study of Scientific Method 9. Hitti, P. K, History of the Arabs 10. Hussaini, S.W.A, Islamic Science 11. Hussaini, S.W.A, Islamic Thought 12. Hussaini, S.W.A, The Quran for Astronomy and earth Exploration from Space 13. Insight Islamicus (Annual Journal of Department of Islamic Studies) 14. Jameelah, Maryam, Modern Technology and Dehumanization of Man 15. Karim. M. A. A Simple Guide to Islam’s Contribution to Science and Civilization 16. Khan, Ehsan Ullah. Science, Islam and Modern Age 17. Khan, Majid Ali. Islam on Origin and Evolution of Life 18. Khawja, Abdul Wahid. Islam and the Origins of Modern Sciences


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19. Maurice Bucaille. What is Origin of Man 20. Nasr, S.H. Islamic and Modern Science 21. Nasr. S.H. Science and Civilization in Islam 22. Sardar, Zia al-Din. An Early Crescent 23. Sardar, Zia al-Din. Arguments for Islamic Science 24. Saud, Muhammad. Islamic and Evolution of Science 25. Shah, Dr. Naseem Ahmad. Islamic Technology: An Illustrated History, (Urdu) 26. Sina, Ibn. Al-Qanun fi al-Tibb 27. Yahya, Harun. Eternity has Already Begun 28. Yahya, Harun. The Quran Leads the Way to Science

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