DHAKA UNIVERSITY 7 AFFILIATED COLLEGES

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One Year Master’s Course Effective from the Session: 2017-2018 to 2019-2020

DHAKA UNIVERSITY 7 AFFILIATED COLLEGES Subject: Arabic Syllabus for One-Year Master’s Course Effective from the Session: 2017-2018 to 2019-2020

Paper Code Paper Title Credits 311201 Classical Prose 4 311203 Classical Poetry 4 311205 Modern Prose 4 311207 Modern Poetry 4 311209 History of Middle East 4 311211 History of Islamic Civilization 4 311213 (a) Arabic Calligraphy / (b) Muslim Philosophy 4 311214 Term Paper 2 311216 Viva-Voce 2 Total = 32

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Paper Code 311201 ------Credits: 4 Class Hours: 120 hrs. Paper Title: Classical Prose

Distribution of marks for year final and In-course examination: 1. Translation : 410=40 (4 out of 6)

2. Explanation : 210= 20 3. Question : 210= 20 4. In -course + Attendance : 15 +5 = 20 Total : 100

Books Prescribed: a. Al-Qur`n 1. Muhammad Ali Al-Sabuni : Safwat al-Tafsir: Suratu Yasin. b. Al-Hadith 1. Al-Jabidi : TajridulBukhari:Kitabul Ate’ema, Kitabul Adab c. Litterature 1. Al-Hariri : Muqaddima, Maqamat 18 & 19.

Paper Code 311203 ------Credits: 4 Class Hours: 120 hrs. Paper Title: Classical Poetry

Distribution of marks for year final and In-course examination: 1. Translation : 410=40 (4 out of 6)

2. Explanation : 210= 20 3. Question : 210= 20 4. In -course + Attendance : 15 +5 = 20 Total : 100 Books Prescribed: 1. Antara : Al- Moallaqa (1-30 Verses) 2. : Diwan al-Hamasah, Bab al-Hamasah (1-30 Verses) 3. : Bab al-Sadis fi al-Zuhd (1-52 Verses)

3 Paper Code 311205 ------Credits: 4 Class Hours: 120 hrs. Paper Title: Modern Prose

Distribution of marks for year final and In-course examination: 1. Translation : 410=40 (4 out of 6)

2. Explanation : 210= 20 3. Question : 210= 20 4. In -course + Attendance : 15 +5 = 20 Total : 100 Books Prescribed: 1. Taha hosain : Al-Ayyam. 2. Al-Aqqad : Athar al- Arab fi al-Hadarat al- Uruwwiyya 3. Mahmud Taimur : Ihsan lillah, From Readers in Modern .

Paper Code 311207 ------Credits: 4 Class Hours: 120 hrs. Paper Title: Modern Poetry

Distribution of marks for year final and In-course examination: 1. Translation : 410=40 (4 out of 6)

2. Explanation : 210= 20 3. Question : 210= 20 4. In -course + Attendance : 15 +5 = 20 Total : 100

Books Prescribed: Beg : Al-Hamziyyah Al-Nabawiyyah, Al-Shawqiyyat (Beirut: Dar al-Fiker) V. 1. Hafez Ibrahim : Diwan Hafez Ibrahim: Qasidato Rithau al-Ustaj al-Imam Al-Saekh Mohammad Abduhu. Al- Rusafi : Diwan: Ummul Yeatim.

Book Recommended: Ahmad Shawqi: Al-Shawqiyyat. (Beirut: Dar al-Fikr, 1997). Hafiz Ibrahim: Diwan Hafiz. Dr. Mohammad Fozlur Rahman: Avie gbxlv .

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Paper Code 311209 ------Credits: 4 Class Hours: 120 hrs. Paper Title: History of Middle East

Distribution of marks for year final and In-course examination: 1. Broad Question : 516 =80 (5 out of 9) 2. In -course + Attendance : 15 +5 = 20 Total : 100

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Paper Code 311211 ------Credits: 4 Class Hours: 120 hrs. Paper Title: History of Islamic Civilization

Distribution of marks for year final and In-course examination: 1. Broad Question : 516 =80 (5 out of 9) 2. In -course + Attendance : 15 +5 = 20 Total : 100

Topics: 1. Period of Prophet (s), Khulafa-i- Rashedun & Umayyad dynasty (610 to 750). 2. Abbasid dynasty (750 to 1258 AD).

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Paper Code 311213 (a) ------Credits: 4 Class Hours: 120 hrs. Paper Title: Arabic Calligraphy

Distribution of marks for year final and In-course examination: 1. Broad Question : 516=80 (5 out of 9) 2. In -course + Attendance : 15 +5 = 20 Total : 100

Special Attention should be given to the following topics: (a) Origin of Arabic script, Major Schools of thought on the Origin of Arabic Script, Early Arabic inscriptions, Development of Arabic Calligraphy. (b) Arabic Calligraphy in the period of the orthodox calips. (c) Arabic Calligraphy in the period of Umayyads. (d) Arabic Calligraphy in the period of Abbasids. (e) Arabic Calligraphy in Muslim Spain. (f) Arabic Calligraphy in morocco, Arabic Calligraphy in the period of Fatimid’s, Arabic Calligraphy in the Ottoman Turk period. (g) Arabic Calligraphy in contemporary period. (h) Arabic Calligraphy in the east. (i) The six pens or al-aqlaam al-sittah. (j) Biographies of famous Arab and non Arab Calligraphers, Kufie scripts- the reform of the Arabic Alphabet.

Books Recommended: 1. Ma’ruf Zuraik, Mausuat al-khutut al-Arabiyah Wa Zakharifuha. 2. Khalid Muhammad Misri al-Khattat, Marja al-Tullab fi al-Khatt al-Arabi. 3. Ibn al-Nadim, al-Fihrist. 4. Khalil Yahya al-Nami, Asl Al-Khatt al-Arabi. 5. M. Ziauddin, Muslim Calligraphy. 6. P.I.S. Mustafizur Rahman, Islamic Calligraphy in Mediaeval India. 7. Nabia Abbet, The rise of the North Arabic Script and it’s Quranic Development. 8. Y.N. safadi, Islamic Calligraphy. 9. Khatibi and Sijolmassi, Splendor of Islamic Calligraphy. 10. Dr. Yakub Ali, Arbi Lipikola. 11. Abdus Salam Harun, Tahqiq al-Nusus Wa Nashruha.

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Paper Code 311213 (b) ------Credits: 4 Class Hours: 120 hrs. Paper Title: Muslim Philosophy

Distribution of marks for year final and In-course examination: 1. Broad Question : 516 =80 (5 out of 9) 2. In -course + Attendance : 15 +5 = 20 Total : 100

Muslim Philosopher: The Neo Platonic Aristolalians of the East al-Kindi, al-Farabi, Ibn Miskawaih, Ibn Sina, al-Ghazali Muslim philosopher of the west Ibn Bajja, , Ibn Rushid, Ibn Khaldun and Ibn Taymiah.

Mujaddid: Alf-e-Thani and Shah Waliullah their contribution in Muslim philosophy.

Iqbal : his philosophy of the nature of reality space and time his exposition and difference of religious experience and his philosophy of Khudi.

Origin and development of Modern philosophy till present day world.

Books Recommended: 1. Ibn Sina al-Isharat 2. Al Ghazali: Tahaful al-Falasifa 3. Iqbal: Reconstruction of religious thought in Islam 4. Renan : The life and Writing of Averrors (Trnishikanta Chattapadhyy). 5. M.M. Sharif: History of Muslim philosophy. 6. Watt: Islam Theology and philosophy 7. Dr. M.M. Rahman : An Introduction to a Maturidis Ta Wilat Abl al Sunna.

Paper Code 311214 ------Credits: 2 Marks: 50 Paper Title: Term Paper

Paper Code 311216 ------Credits: 2 Marks: 50 Paper Title: Viva-Voce

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