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THEO541 (Core)

Comparative Theology Prerequisites Pending Course Description In addition to a general introduction to the discipline of comparative theology, this course focuses mainly on a detailed comparison of the creeds of the Ash`ari school of theology with those of the...

THEO531 (Core)

Comparative Dialectic Theology: Abū Muʿīn al-Nasafī’s Tabṣirat al-Adillah I Prerequisites Pending Course Description The course consists of an intensive study of Abū Mu’īn Maymūn b. Muḥammad al-Nasafī’s (d. 508/1115) Tabṣirat al-Adillah fī Uṣūl al-Dīn, one of...

LAW501 (Core)

Advanced Legal Reasoning in the Ḥanafī School: al-Marghīnānī’s al-Hidāyah Volume 3 Prerequisites Pending Course Description al-Marghīnānī’s (d. 593/1196) al-Hidāyah empowers the student with a comprehensive understanding of each legal issue through delving into...

ARAB531 (Core)

Advanced Arabic Rhetoric: Talkhīṣ al-miftāḥ and Mukhtaṣar al-Maʿānī I Prerequisites Pending Course Description Mukhtaṣar al-Ma’ānī is Sa’d al-Dīn al-Taftāzānī’s (d. 792/1390) commentary on Khaṭīb al-Qazwīnī’s (d. 739/1338) Talkhīṣ al-Miftāḥ, which in turn...

ARAB511 (Core)

Classical Arabic Linguistics: Mullah Jāmīʿs al-Fawā’id al-Ḍiyā’iyyah Prerequisites Pending Course Description al-Fawā’id al-Ḍiyā’iyyah of Nūr al-Dīn ‘Abd al-Raḥmān al-Jāmī (d. 898/1492) has been considered the best commentary of...