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1 Module Id: 12.32 Learn More Do you know? Description Image The word madrasah derives from the tri-consonantal Semitic root D-R-S 'to learn, study' meaning "a place where something is done". Therefore, madrasah literally means "a place where learning and studying take place". The person who commits the entire Qurʼan to memory is called a ḥāfiẓ The course of instruction at a madrasa included the Qurʾan, tradition, Arabic language, theology, arithmetic, geometry, astronomy and, often, medicine 2 Al-Azhar University or Jāmiʻat al-Azhar (al-Sharīf), "the (honorable) Azhar University" is a university in Cairo, Egypt. The Darul Uloom Deoband is the Darul uloom Islamic school in India where the Deobandi Islamic movement began. It is located at Deoband, a town in Saharanpur district, Uttar Pradesh. Jamia Mazahir Uloom Saharanpur is an old Madrasa established in Saharanpur city of Uttar Pradesh, India. Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama is an Islamic institution at Lucknow, India, which draws large number of Muslim students from all over the world. 3 Jamia Darussalam is a renowned Islamic university founded by Kaka Mohammed Oomer, who laid the foundation for this institution on 7 December 1924 at the newly founded village, named after him as Oomerabad. Jamia Nizamia more properly, Jami'ah Nizamiyyah, is one of the oldest Islamic seminaries of higher learning for Muslims belonging to Sunnis in India. Timelines Image Description 970/972 CE Jāmiʻat al-Azhar 1866 CE Darul Uloom Deoband 4 1866 CE Jamia Mazahir Uloom Saharanpur 1894 CE Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama 1924 CE Jamia Darussalam Oomerabad 1876 CE Jamia Nizamia Glossary: Staring Term Definition Character PBUH Peace be upon him. a ALLAH God, Who in Arabic is called Allāh. m Madrasah A place where learning and studying take place m madaris Plural of Madrasah 5 m maktab Elementary School f fiqh jurisprudence h ḥāfiẓ the person who commits the entire Qurʼan to memory t tafsir Qur'anic interpretation s sharīʻah Islamic law m mantiq Logic m majālis sessions of the shaykhs z Zakat Compulsory Charity q The Quran Word of God revealed through the archangel Gabriel to Muhammad. s Sunnah The practices and traditions of Muhammad h Hadith Sayings of Muhammad h Hanafi A school of thought among the four schools of thoughts. Web links: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/islam http://www.patheos.com/Library/Islam.html http://www.southasiaanalysis.org/paper730 http://www.darululoom-deoband.com/english/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darul_Uloom_Deoband http://nadwatululama.org/english/index.php https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darul_Uloom_Nadwatul_Ulama http://www.jamianizamia.org/index_files/Page632.htm https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamia_Nizamia 6 Bibliography See “Madrasa” in the Encyclopedia of Islam, new ed (Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1965-); “Madrasah,” in the Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern Islamic World (New York: Oxford Univ. Press, 1995). Esposito, John (2003). The Oxford Dictionary of Islam. Oxford University Press. p. 328. ISBN 0- 19-512559-2. M. S. Asimov, Clifford Edmund Bosworth (1999), The Age of Achievement: Vol 4, Motilal Banarsidass, pp. 33–4, ISBN 81-208-1596-3 Toby E. Huff (2003), The Rise of Early Modern Science: Islam, China and the West, Cambridge University Press, pp. 77–8 M. S. Asimov, Clifford Edmund Bosworth (1999), The Age of Achievement: Vol 4, Motilal Banarsidass, p. 37, ISBN 81-208-1596-3 Jaffrelot C. and Beaumont G. A History of Pakistan and Its Origins. p224. ISBN 1-84331-149-6. Nahar, Sunita (2006-03-31). "What role for madrassas that teach Hindus?". BBC News. Retrieved 2010-05-12. İnalcık, Halil. 1973. "Learning, the Medrese, and the Ulema." In The Ottoman Empire: The Classical Age 1300–1600. New York: Praeger, pp. 165–178. .