Tafsīr Specialization Program

  • Level 3
  • Duration: 4 Years

Overview

This program has been designed to create the next generation of authors and researchers of traditional Qur’anic exegesis. Students will be provided the skillset to navigate through traditional tafsirs and provide contemporary explanations in light of it. They will be taught writing and publishing skills thus making their work quickly accessible to select target audiences in an efficient manner. Ideally, this program will create a multitude of scholars that will serve as a healthy alternative for the ummah to the publications on Qur’anic interpretation prepared by Orientalists.

Course Curriculum

This module will cover the following subjects:

  1. TafsīrOrientation: A  study of Sūrat Yāsīn and Sūrat al-Ṣāffāt from the renowned work Jalālayn to acquaint students with the basic style of tafsīr followed by a study of two surahs from Ṣafwat al-Tafāsīr by Sh. Ṣābūnī r; (1) Sūrat al-Raʿd for ʿaqīdah related matters and, (2) Sūrat Hūd for prophetic stories in which a comparative analysis is to be carried out with other surahs mentioning the same stories, and the Bible.
  2. Fiqhof Tafsīr:  A study of the verses on judicial regulations (Āyāt al-Aḥkām) from Sūrat al-Baqarah using Sh. Ṣābūnī’s Tafsīr Āyāt al-Aḥkām.
  3. Introduction to Classical Tafāsīr: A study of the styles of tafsīremployed by the likes of Ibn Kathīr, Qurṭubī, Fakhr al-Rāzī, Ālūsī, Ibn Saʿd etc. in their respective works.
  4. Principles of Tafsīr: The history, classifications, terminologies and rules of tafsīrusing Sh. Zurqānī’s Manāhil al-ʿIrfān.
  5. Principles of Fiqh: Rules pertaining to deducing rulings from the Qurʾān using Uṣūl al-Fiqhby Sh. Abū Zahrah
  6. Arabic Poetry: A study of select classic Arabic poems to advance one’s comprehension of the usage of the language using Nafḥat al-ʿArabby Sh. Iʿzāz ʿAlī.
  7. Arabic Rhetoric: A review and advanced study of Arabic Balāghahto help develop the skills required to understand the nuances of the Qurʾan’s language.

Book: Balāghat al-Wāḍiḥah.

Duration: 24 months

Class days and timings: Every Tuesday and Thursday from 6:45 pm to 9:30 pm.

This module will cover the following subjects:

 

  1. Compilation and analysis: Students will be required to collect the explanations rendered on select surahs from chosen tafsirs. They will then:
  • Point out the differences in the explanations.
  • Provide a conclusion on which explanation is better suited for the current climate and why.
  • Provide the source and authenticity level of the hadiths and athars mentioned in the explanations.

Surahs:

  • Sūrat al-Ḍuḥā
  • Sūrat al-Taḥrīm

Tafsīrs to be used:

  • Tafsīr al-Qurṭubī
  • Tafsīr ibn Kathīr
  • Tafsīr Fakhr al-Rāzī
  1. Fiqh Analysis: Students will research select regulations from the chosen surahs and present the viewpoints of each madhhabon them. The viewpoints will be extracted from the authentic and relied upon texts of each madhhab, namely Badāʾiʿ al-Ṣanāʾiʿ for the Ḥanafī Madhhab, Majmūʿ for the Shāfiʿī Madhhab, Mukhtaṣar al-Khalīl for the Mālikī Madhhab, and Iqnāʿ for the Ḥanbalī Madhhab.  

Surahs:

  • Sūrat al-Ṭalāq
  • Sūrat al-Māʾidah

Duration: 15 months

This module will cover the following subjects:

Students will be taught the method of preparing a book which entails manuscript preparation, editing, typesetting and printing. Each student will then be assigned a specific surah in which they will have to write:

  • Introduction and synopsis of the Surah
  • Their own translation of the Arabic verses. (Other authors’ translations will not be permitted)
  • Explanation of each verse using classical tafsir literature supplemented by contemporary traditional scholarly viewpoints on how the verse is to be understood and applied
  • Fiqh discussions pertaining to the relevant verses
  • Lessons extracted from the verses
  • Additional optional angles on how the verse may be viewed and analysed

Material will have to be prepared in manner that it is publishable. Upon successful completion and approval of the project, students will be conferred a certificate of “Scholar of Qur’anic Exegesis” by the Institute.

Duration: 9 months

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Details :

  • Teacher: Mufti Yusuf Badat
  • Course Book: MLC Arabic
  • Completion Certification

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