Arabic Intensive Programme
Course Overview
Learn the Language of the Qur’an in One Year
Ebrahim College has developed a unique curriculum for an Arabic Language programme that aims to enable students to be able to read, write, speak and understand Arabic in one year.
The Arabic Intensive is designed for students motivated to learn Arabic in order to gain access to the Qur’an in its language, access to Islamic texts, future academic study or even for personal enrichment. The course is also perfect for anyone who intends to take a gap year from studies or a career break.
The programme incorporates intensive modules in Arabic grammar & literature, along with modules dedicated to the language of the Quran & hadith, as well as spoken and written Arabic. In addition to this, three modules of the science of Tajweed are also taught along with the Arabic language course. This is to also contribute to the proficiency of one’s pronunciation and phonetics.
A comprehensive set of modules in jurisprudence (fiqh) covering purification, prayer, fasting, zakah and Hajj are also part of the programme to enrich students further.
The programme is taught in an environment at harmony with the norms of Islamic faith and practice and Arabic is taught as a sacred language.
Students can also expect inspiring lectures delivered by distinguished visiting scholars from around the world.
How to Apply
- We are now accepting applications for the 2024-25 academic year. Places do fill up quickly, so don’t miss out and APPLY NOW!
- The course will start in September.
- After processing your application form, the college will contact you to arrange an interview.
- Following the interview, applicants will be notified of a decision within 10 workings days.
Entry Requirements
- Applicants must be 16 years or over and have achieved or predicted to achieve a minimum of 5 A-Cs or 9-4s in GCSEs, including English. International applicants must have achieved the equivalent qualifications in their respective country.
- It is essential that students have a basic foundation in reciting the Qur’an and the ability to write Arabic alphabets.
- Additionally, applicants must be passionate, enthusiastic, and committed about studying the Arabic language.
- Most importantly applicants must remember that the Programme is designed to be intensive, and it will take up considerable time and require serious dedication.
Admissions Policy
To view or download the admissions policy, please click here
1 Year – Full time
Monday to Friday 9am to 5pm (On Campus & Online option available)
This is a 1 year programme. The course runs from September until July.
2 Years – Part time
Sundays 9.30am till 6pm (On Campus & Online option available)
This is a 2 year programme running from September until July.
These classes cover the bulk of the Arabic subjects. Other classes will be offered on the part time modular courses to enable greater flexibility for students as they can choose a class schedule according to their availability and other commitments.
3 Years – Part-time Modular, (On Campus & Online option available)
Weekend or Weekdays, 9 terms (108 weeks), 3 hours per week
By the end of the course all students will be able to:
- Read general text and understand 50% without a dictionary and most of it with a dictionary.
- Read Qur’anic text and understand 50% of its literal import without a dictionary, and most of it with a dictionary.
- Workout un-vowelled text using ‘I’rab (grammatical analysis) and read the text with 60% accuracy.
- Able to follow the gist of a general dialogue in spoken fusha Arabic.
- Able to compose short essays on general topics.
In addition to the above, most students will be able to:
- Read general and Qur’anic text and understand 70% without a dictionary and all of it with a Qur’anic dictionary.
- Workout un-vowelled text using ‘I’rab (grammatical analysis) and read the text with 80% accuracy.
- Able to follow general dialogue in spoken fusha Arabic and contribute to it.
- Able to compose longer essays with more sophisticated use of language and grammar on general topics.
In addition to the above, some students will be able to:
- Workout un-vowelled text using ‘I’rab (grammatical analysis) and read the text with above 90% accuracy.
- Able to follow general dialogue in spoken fusha Arabic and actively engage in it.
What can I do after I have completed the Arabic Intensive?
Anyone that successfully completes the Arabic Intensive course gets the blessed opportunity to study in the Alimiyyah programme. The Alimiyyah programme is an opportunity to delve deeper into the different Islamic sciences. These subjects include Tafsir, Fiqh, Hadith, Ulumul Hadith, Usulul Fiqh, History etc. The Arabic language is a tool that allows the student to venture into the treasures of the Islamic Sciences that are in Arabic.
1 Year – Full time
On Campus: £3,875
Online: £3,375
2 Years – Part time
On Campus: £3,875
Online: £3,375
3 Years – Part time
Fees: £175 per module (9 in total), Online & On Campus
Scholarship or Financial Support
Ebrahim College is committed to supporting students of knowledge who have achieved academic excellence and/or cannot afford the cost of studying courses at Ebrahim College. The Mus’ab ibn Umair Fund (MIUF) continues a tradition which existed since the establishment of college; of removing barriers for students who have the desire, ability, and commitment to study the Islamic Sciences.
Payment options and fees deposit
Students are required to pay a fees deposit of £375 to secure their placement. The remaining balance can be paid in monthly instalments, starting from September until March (Full time 1 Year Programme) or August (Part time 2 Years Programme). Students may opt to pay fees up-front to receive a discount.
Full time Arabic Intensive (AIFT)
Arabic Intensive students studying the Full time programme will be studying the following subjects:
Status: Core module
Assessment: Written Assessment
Taught in: Arabic Intensive
Brief description:
Nahw, together with sarf, is the most important course of the Arabic Intensive as it sets the foundations for understanding the language and engaging further with Arabic texts. The course focuses on ensuring students understand key grammatical concepts and can use them to construct a broad variety of grammatically correct sentences, as well as read the Qur’an and a broad variety of texts. The target is for students to understand 50% of what is read without a dictionary, and this is achieved by reading Arabic texts and applying grammar rules across various subjects. The module is essential for students who want to proceed onto the Alimiyyah programme or continue their Islamic studies elsewhere.
Workload:
This module comprises of daily classes in the first term, with the load being lightened in the remaining terms.
Scope and syllabus:
The course covers basic nahw terminology, objectives and scope of grammar; the classifications of words (kalimah) into nouns (ism), verbs (fiʿl) and particles (ḥarf); the definite and indefinite (al-maʿrifah wa al-nakirah); masculine and feminine (al-mudhakar wa al-mu’annath); singulars, duals and plurals (al-mufrad, al-muthannā wa al-jamʿ); compound structures (al-murakkab): adjectival (tawṣīfī), genitive (iḍāfī) and demonstrative compounds; verbal and nominal sentences (al-jumlah al-ismiyyah wa al-fiʿliyyah); the three cases (i‘rab); inflective and non-inflective nouns.
Suggested reading:
Essential
Ebrahim College Naḥw Course Notes
Additional
Thackston, W. M. An Introduction to Koranic Arabic. Cambridge, Mass: Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University, 1990.
Haywood, John A., and Hayim Musa Nahmad. A New Arabic Grammar of the Written Language. Lund Humphries. 1990.
Teachers of Ayesha Siddiqua. Lisaan Ul Quran Volumes 1-3. Maktabah al-Bushra.
Alawiye, Imran Hamza. Gateway to Arabic. Anglo-Arabic Graphics.
Khan, Abdus Sattar. Arabic Tutor Parts 1-4. Darul Isha’at. 2000.
Bashir, ‘Aamir. Tasheel al-Nahw version 2.2 based on ʿIlm al-Naḥw by Mawlana Mushtaq Ahmad Charthawali. Ihya Press. 2015. (For the latest PDF version of this book, see https://ilmresources.wordpress.com )
Bashir, ‘Aamir. The Ten Lessons of Arabic based on Das Sabaq of Mawlana ‘Abd al-Salam Kidwai Nadvi. Ihya Press. 2015. (For the latest PDF version of this book, see https://ilmresources.wordpress.com )
Status: Core module
Assessment: Written Assessment
Taught in: Arabic Intensive
Brief description:
Sarf, together with nahw, is the most important course of the Arabic Intensive as it sets the foundations for understanding the language and engaging further with Arabic texts. The course focuses on ensuring students understand key morphology concepts and can use them to conjugate verbs and identify word patterns to assist them in writing, as well as reading the Qur’an and a broad variety of texts. The target is for students to understand 50% of what is read without a dictionary, and this is achieved by reading Arabic texts and applying grammar and morphology rules across various subjects. The module is essential for students who want to proceed onto the Alimiyyah programme or continue their Islamic studies elsewhere.
Workload:
This module comprises of daily classes in the first term, with the load being lightened in the remaining terms.
Scope and syllabus:
The course teaches the various conjugations (gender, number, person) for the past tense, (madhi), present-future (mudari‘) and the imperative (amr); the six variations of present/future and conversions from the past tense; prohibition; jussive and subjunctive; simple triliteral verbs; derived triliteral verbs; simple quadrilateral verbs; derived quadraliteral verbs; assimilated verbs; hollow verbs; defective verbs; doubled verbs; complex verbs; hamzated verbs. Students are expected to learn five new verbs per lesson.
Suggested reading:
Essential
Ebrahim College Notes on Sarf
Verb booklet
Additional
Muhammad, Ebrahim. From the Treasures of Arabic Morphology. Zam Zam Publishers: Karachi. 2005.
Teachers of Ayesha Siddiqua. Lisaan Ul Quran Volumes 1-3. Maktabah al-Bushra.
Patni, Abu Bakr. The Cream of Arabic Imperative Words – With Modern Words – English rendering of Safwat al-Masadir by Maulana Ahmed Charthaawli. Zam Zam Publishers: Karachi. 2013
Audio and video resources
Pimsleur.com (audible.co.uk)
Arabic podcast: www.arabicpod.net
Al Jazeera children www.jcctv.net
www.nicetranslator.com
www.brainscape.com
www.quizlet.com Youtube (Lessons on Sarf)
Apps
Arabic fun easy learn
Ankidroid Flashcards
Status: Core module
Assessment: Written Assessment
Taught in: Arabic Intensive
Brief description:
This course will develop students’ reading and writing skills, as well as ingraining an appreciation of Arabic literature through a selection of classical and modern Arabic readings.
Workload:
This module is taught over 24 weeks with 5 periods of contact a week.
Scope and syllabus:
The Arabic Literature is a combination of classical and modern Arabic. Modern Arabic is based on A-Level Arabic and Islamic studies materials, whereas classical Arabic is taught through texts such as Nadwi’s Qasas al-nabiyin and al-Qira’at al-rashida and al-Manfaluti’s Majdulin.
Reading:
al-Nadwi, Abu al-Hasan. Qisas al-Nabiyyīn. Multiple editions.
al-Nadwi, Abu al-Hasan. al-Qirāʼat al-Rāshidah. Multiple editions.
Kaylani, Kamil. Abd Allah al-Barrī wa Abd Allah al-Baḥrī. Multiple editions.
al-Manfalūti, Mustafà Lutfi. Mājdūlīn. Multiple editions.
Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ. Kalilah wa Dimnah. Multiple editions.
Status: Core module
Assessment: Written Assessment
Taught in: Arabic Intensive
Brief description:
As well as being one of the application modules in the Arabic Intensive, the Language of the Quran is one of the most important modules of the course. It introduces students to the study of the Qur’anic text and exposes them to Qur’anic vocabulary, commentary, themes, background, and structure, providing them insight into the devotional element of selected surahs. The module should help students understand up to 50% of the Qur’anic text without need of a dictionary.
Workload:
This module is taught over 24 weeks, during terms 2 and 3, with 3 contact periods a week.
Scope and syllabus:
The course consists of linguistic analysis and basic commentary of Yasin, al-Waqi‘ah, al-Mulk, al-Sajda, al-Kafirun, al-Ikhlas, al-Falaq and al-Nas as well as other selected verse of the Qur’an.
Reading:
Essential
Abdel Haleem, M. A. The Qurʼan: A New Translation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.
Additional
Ṣābūnī, Muḥammad ʻAlī. Ṣafwat al-tafāsīr. Multiple editions.
Muḥammad Shafīʻ, and Muḥammad Taqī ʻUs̲mānī.
Maʻariful-Quran. Karachi: Maktaba-e-Darul-Uloom, 1996.
Ali, Muhammad Mohar. A word for word meaning of the Qur’ân: with explanatory notes, word meanings with cross references and grammatical hints. Ipswich, Suffiolk: Jamʻiat ʼIḥyaaʼ ‘Minhaaj Al-Sunnah, 2003.
Status: Core module
Assessment: Written Assessment
Taught in: Arabic Intensive
Brief description:
This module has been designed to introduce Arabic Intensive students to the genre of prophetic traditions. Using small hadith compilations such as Zād al-Ṭālibīn and basic Arabic commentaries, students will apply the nahw and sarf theory learnt in the first term to their reading of Arabic texts, and analysing selected traditions both linguistically and grammatically.
Workload:
This module is taught over 24 weeks, during terms 2 and 3, with 3 periods contact a week.
Scope and syllabus:
The course will focus on linguistic and grammatical analysis, as well as a basic commentary, of selected traditions. Students will also be expected to memorise forty hadiths
Suggested reading:
ʻĀshiq Ilāhī, Muḥammad, Provisions for the Seekers: A Manual of Prophetic Ḥadīths with Commentary (Zād al-Ṭālibīn). Translated by Abdur-Rahman Ibn Yusuf. Santa Barbara, Calif: White Thread Press, 2005.
Status: Core module
Assessment: Oral Assessment
Taught in: Arabic Intensive
Brief description:
The core objective of this module is to develop communication skills, and to give students the confidence to have basic discussions in Arabic in some of the other modules during terms 2 and 3.
Workload:
This module is taught over 36 weeks with 1 period contact a week.
Scope and syllabus:
The course will loosely follow the GCSE Arabic Specification in accordance with Edexcel. The following five broad themes will be explored over the course of the year: 1. Identity and culture: Who am I?; daily life; cultural life. 2. Local area, holiday & travel: holidays; travel and tourist transactions; town, region and country. 3. School: what school is like. 4. Future aspirations, study and work: employment, ambitions, work 5. International and global dimension: bringing the world together, environmental issues
Suggested reading:
Aal Shaikh, Mohammed Ibn Abdul Rahman. Al-ʿArabiyyah bayna yadayk. Al-ʿArabiyyah Li al-Jamīʿ: Riyadh. 2008.
Status: Core module
Assessment: Oral Assessment
Taught in: Arabic Intensive
Brief description:
This course develops students’ Qur’an recitation according to the rules of recitation of Imam Hafs from Imam ‘Asim. While primarily practical, theory is also covered to
Workload:
This module is taught over 36 weeks with 4 contact periods a week.
Scope and syllabus:
The first two terms focus on practical implementation and memorisation of rules using simple terms, although some elements of advanced theory may occasionally be introduced. Students will also be expected to learn how to recite some of the shorter surahs to a high standard. The third term focuses on study of the the pronunciation of letter and revisiting some of the theory at a more advanced level, as well as revising the memorised surahs and reading from the mushaf following the rules of recitation.
Reading:
Rules of Tajwid. Safar Publications.
Supplementary
Ebrahim College Tajweed Notes
Abū ʿAmr al-Dānī. Al-Taḥdīd fī al-Itqan wa al-Tajwīd. Multiple editions.
Status: Core module
Assessment: Written
Taught in: Arabic Intensive
Brief description:
This course provides insight into key events of the life of the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ and some of his unique characteristics using Ibn Sayyid al-Nās’ famous biography of the Prophet entitled Nūr al-ʿUyūn fī Talkhīṣ sīrah al-Amīn al-Ma’mūn ﷺ.
Workload:
This module is taught over two terms (24 weeks) with 2 contact periods a week.
Scope and syllabus:
The course covers the lineage of the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ, his birth and early life, prophethood & revelation, pilgrimages and battles, as well as his attributes, names and mannerisms, family, home life, and his passing away.
Reading:
Essential
Ibn Sayyid al-Nas, Abdul-Fath Muhammad ibn Muhammad. Nūr al-ʿUyūn fī Talkhīṣ sīrah al-Amīn al-Ma’mūn. Dar al-Minhaj: Jeddah. 2013.
Additional
Ibn Sayyid al-Nas, Abdul-Fath Muhammad ibn Muhammad. The Light of the Eyes – A Concise Biography of the Trustworthy and Reliable Prophet. Turath Publishing. 2016.
Lings, Martin. Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources. Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society, 2007.
Al-Mubarakpuri, S. R. The Sealed Nectar. Lahore: Darussalam, 2003.
Ibn Isḥāq, Muḥammad. The life of Muhammad: a translation of Isḥāq’s Sīrat rasūl Allāh. Translated by Alfred Guillaume. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2013.
Status: Optional module
Assessment: None
Taught in: Arabic Intensive
Brief description:
This is an introductory course on the fiqh and inner dimensions of purification (tahara) and prayer (salat). It provides practical knowledge that relates to one’s obligatory worship as well as being a core module of the Arabic Intensive that provides the prerequisite foundations for further study of the subject in Arabic during the Arabic Intensive course.
Workload:
This module is taught over 36 weeks with 1 period contact a week during term 1, and 2 periods contact a week during terms 2 and 3.
Scope and syllabus:
This course covers impurities (najāsah); ablutions (wuḍū’) and its inner dimensions; bathing (ghusl); preparation for prayer; conditions and prerequisites of ṣalāh; inner dimensions of prayer; different types of ṣalāh; supplicating and remembrance after prayer.
Suggested reading:
Essential
Ebrahim College Notes on Ṭahārah and Ṣalāh
Additional
Rabbani, Faraz. Absolute Essentials of Islam: Faith, Prayer, & the Path of Salvation According to the Hanafī School. London: White Thread Press, 2008.
Muḥammad S̲anāʼullāh Pānīpatī. Essential Islamic knowledge (Mā Lā Budda Minhū). Translated by Yusuf Talal De Lorenzo. Leicester: UK Islamic Academy, 2003.
Shurunbulālī, al-Ḥasan. Ascent to Felicity: a Manual on Islamic Creed and Ḥanafī Jurisprudence (Maraqi ‘l-Saʻadat). Translated by Faraz Khan. London: White Thread Press, 2010.
Shurunbulālī, Ḥasan. Nur al-Idah: The Light of Clarification. Translated by Wesam Charkawi. Lagare Publishers. 2010.
Abū al-Husayn, Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad. The Mukhtaṣar al-Qudūrī (A manual of Islamic Law according to the Hanafi School). Translated by Ṭāhir Maḥmūd Kiānī. Ta-Ha Publishers. 2010.
Nadwi, Akram. Al-Fiqh al-Islāmī. Angelwing Media. 2007.
Status: Optional module
Assessment: None
Taught in: Arabic Intensive
Brief description:
This course introduces the basic tenets of normative Muslim creed.
Duration:
This module is taught over 36 weeks with 2 periods contact a week.
Content Summary:
This course introduces theology and its history. Key concepts such as Islam and iman are explained. This is followed by a study of the pillars of faith (Allah, the angels, the prophets, the books, the hereafter and destiny).
Suggested Reading:
– al-Tahawi, Abu Ja‘far, I‘tiqadahl al-sunna wa ’l-jama‘a.
– Yusuf, Hamza, The Creed of Imam al-Tahawi, California: Zaytuna Institute, 2007
– Mangera, Abdur Rahman, Imam Abu Hanifa’s al-Fiqh al-Akbar Explained, California: White Thread Press, 2007
– Amjad M Hussain, The Muslim Creed: A Contemporary Theological Study, Cambridge: The Islamic Text Society, 2016
Full time Arabic Intensive students may study an additional 2 FREE part time modular courses each term. This excludes Arabic Language modules. Part time courses run every term during weekday evenings or weekends.
Part time Arabic Intensive (AISUN)
Arabic Intensive students enrolled on the Part time programme will be studying the following subjects:
Year 1
Status: Core module
Assessment: Written Assessment
Taught in: Arabic Intensive
Brief description:
Nahw, together with sarf, is the most important course of the Arabic Intensive as it sets the foundations for understanding the language and engaging further with Arabic texts. The course focuses on ensuring students understand key grammatical concepts and can use them to construct a broad variety of grammatically correct sentences, as well as read the Qur’an and a broad variety of texts. The target is for students to understand 50% of what is read without a dictionary, and this is achieved by reading Arabic texts and applying grammar rules across various subjects. The module is essential for students who want to proceed onto the Alimiyyah programme or continue their Islamic studies elsewhere.
Workload:
This module comprises of daily classes in the first term, with the load being lightened in the remaining terms.
Scope and syllabus:
The course covers basic nahw terminology, objectives and scope of grammar; the classifications of words (kalimah) into nouns (ism), verbs (fiʿl) and particles (ḥarf); the definite and indefinite (al-maʿrifah wa al-nakirah); masculine and feminine (al-mudhakar wa al-mu’annath); singulars, duals and plurals (al-mufrad, al-muthannā wa al-jamʿ); compound structures (al-murakkab): adjectival (tawṣīfī), genitive (iḍāfī) and demonstrative compounds; verbal and nominal sentences (al-jumlah al-ismiyyah wa al-fiʿliyyah); the three cases (i‘rab); inflective and non-inflective nouns.
Suggested reading:
Essential
Ebrahim College Naḥw Course Notes
Additional
Thackston, W. M. An Introduction to Koranic Arabic. Cambridge, Mass: Dept. of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, Harvard University, 1990.
Haywood, John A., and Hayim Musa Nahmad. A New Arabic Grammar of the Written Language. Lund Humphries. 1990.
Teachers of Ayesha Siddiqua. Lisaan Ul Quran Volumes 1-3. Maktabah al-Bushra.
Alawiye, Imran Hamza. Gateway to Arabic. Anglo-Arabic Graphics.
Khan, Abdus Sattar. Arabic Tutor Parts 1-4. Darul Isha’at. 2000.
Bashir, ‘Aamir. Tasheel al-Nahw version 2.2 based on ʿIlm al-Naḥw by Mawlana Mushtaq Ahmad Charthawali. Ihya Press. 2015. (For the latest PDF version of this book, see https://ilmresources.wordpress.com )
Bashir, ‘Aamir. The Ten Lessons of Arabic based on Das Sabaq of Mawlana ‘Abd al-Salam Kidwai Nadvi. Ihya Press. 2015. (For the latest PDF version of this book, see https://ilmresources.wordpress.com )
Status: Core module
Assessment: Written Assessment
Taught in: Arabic Intensive
Brief description:
Sarf, together with nahw, is the most important course of the Arabic Intensive as it sets the foundations for understanding the language and engaging further with Arabic texts. The course focuses on ensuring students understand key morphology concepts and can use them to conjugate verbs and identify word patterns to assist them in writing, as well as reading the Qur’an and a broad variety of texts. The target is for students to understand 50% of what is read without a dictionary, and this is achieved by reading Arabic texts and applying grammar and morphology rules across various subjects. The module is essential for students who want to proceed onto the Alimiyyah programme or continue their Islamic studies elsewhere.
Workload:
This module comprises of daily classes in the first term, with the load being lightened in the remaining terms.
Scope and syllabus:
The course teaches the various conjugations (gender, number, person) for the past tense, (madhi), present-future (mudari‘) and the imperative (amr); the six variations of present/future and conversions from the past tense; prohibition; jussive and subjunctive; simple triliteral verbs; derived triliteral verbs; simple quadrilateral verbs; derived quadraliteral verbs; assimilated verbs; hollow verbs; defective verbs; doubled verbs; complex verbs; hamzated verbs. Students are expected to learn five new verbs per lesson.
Suggested reading:
Essential
Ebrahim College Notes on Sarf
Verb booklet
Additional
Muhammad, Ebrahim. From the Treasures of Arabic Morphology. Zam Zam Publishers: Karachi. 2005.
Teachers of Ayesha Siddiqua. Lisaan Ul Quran Volumes 1-3. Maktabah al-Bushra.
Patni, Abu Bakr. The Cream of Arabic Imperative Words – With Modern Words – English rendering of Safwat al-Masadir by Maulana Ahmed Charthaawli. Zam Zam Publishers: Karachi. 2013
Audio and video resources
Pimsleur.com (audible.co.uk)
Arabic podcast: www.arabicpod.net
Al Jazeera children www.jcctv.net
www.nicetranslator.com
www.brainscape.com
www.quizlet.com Youtube (Lessons on Sarf)
Apps
Arabic fun easy learn
Ankidroid Flashcards
Status: Optional module
Assessment: Oral (optional)
Taught in: Arabic Intensive
Brief description:
The core objective of this module is to develop communication skills, and to give students the confidence to have basic discussions in Arabic in some of the other modules during terms 2 and 3.
Workload:
This module is taught over 1 semester with 1 period contact a week.
Scope and syllabus:
The course will loosely follow the GCSE Arabic Specification in accordance with Edexcel. The following five broad themes will be explored over the course of the year: 1. Identity and culture: Who am I?; daily life; cultural life. 2. Local area, holiday & travel: holidays; travel and tourist transactions; town, region and country. 3. School: what school is like. 4. Future aspirations, study and work: employment, ambitions, work 5. International and global dimension: bringing the world together, environmental issues
Suggested reading:
Aal Shaikh, Mohammed Ibn Abdul Rahman. Al-ʿArabiyyah bayna yadayk. Al-ʿArabiyyah Li al-Jamīʿ: Riyadh. 2008.
Status: Optional module
Assessment: Written/Oral (optional)
Taught in: Arabic Intensive
Brief description:
This course develops students’ Qur’an recitation according to the rules of recitation of Imam Hafs from Imam ‘Asim. While primarily practical, theory is also covered to
Workload:
This module is taught over 36 weeks with 4 contact periods a week.
Scope and syllabus:
The first two terms focus on practical implementation and memorisation of rules using simple terms, although some elements of advanced theory may occasionally be introduced. Students will also be expected to learn how to recite some of the shorter surahs to a high standard. The third term focuses on study of the the pronunciation of letter and revisiting some of the theory at a more advanced level, as well as revising the memorised surahs and reading from the mushaf following the rules of recitation.
Reading:
Rules of Tajwid. Safar Publications.
Supplementary
Ebrahim College Tajweed Notes
Abū ʿAmr al-Dānī. Al-Taḥdīd fī al-Itqan wa al-Tajwīd. Multiple editions.
Year 2
Status: Core module
Assessment: Written Assessment
Taught in: Arabic Intensive
Brief description:
This course will develop students’ reading and writing skills, as well as ingraining an appreciation of Arabic literature through a selection of classical and modern Arabic readings.
Workload:
This module is taught over 24 weeks with 5 periods of contact a week.
Scope and syllabus:
The Arabic Literature is a combination of classical and modern Arabic. Modern Arabic is based on A-Level Arabic and Islamic studies materials, whereas classical Arabic is taught through texts such as Nadwi’s Qasas al-nabiyin and al-Qira’at al-rashida and al-Manfaluti’s Majdulin.
Reading:
al-Nadwi, Abu al-Hasan. Qisas al-Nabiyyīn. Multiple editions.
al-Nadwi, Abu al-Hasan. al-Qirāʼat al-Rāshidah. Multiple editions.
Kaylani, Kamil. Abd Allah al-Barrī wa Abd Allah al-Baḥrī. Multiple editions.
al-Manfalūti, Mustafà Lutfi. Mājdūlīn. Multiple editions.
Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ. Kalilah wa Dimnah. Multiple editions.
Status: Core module
Assessment: Written Assessment
Taught in: Arabic Intensive
Brief description:
As well as being one of the application modules in the Arabic Intensive, the Language of the Quran is one of the most important modules of the course. It introduces students to the study of the Qur’anic text and exposes them to Qur’anic vocabulary, commentary, themes, background, and structure, providing them insight into the devotional element of selected surahs. The module should help students understand up to 50% of the Qur’anic text without need of a dictionary.
Workload:
This module is taught over 24 weeks, during terms 2 and 3, with 3 contact periods a week.
Scope and syllabus:
The course consists of linguistic analysis and basic commentary of Yasin, al-Waqi‘ah, al-Mulk, al-Sajda, al-Kafirun, al-Ikhlas, al-Falaq and al-Nas as well as other selected verse of the Qur’an.
Reading:
Essential
Abdel Haleem, M. A. The Qurʼan: A New Translation. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2011.
Additional
Ṣābūnī, Muḥammad ʻAlī. Ṣafwat al-tafāsīr. Multiple editions.
Muḥammad Shafīʻ, and Muḥammad Taqī ʻUs̲mānī.
Maʻariful-Quran. Karachi: Maktaba-e-Darul-Uloom, 1996.
Ali, Muhammad Mohar. A word for word meaning of the Qur’ân: with explanatory notes, word meanings with cross references and grammatical hints. Ipswich, Suffiolk: Jamʻiat ʼIḥyaaʼ ‘Minhaaj Al-Sunnah, 2003.
Status: Core module
Assessment: Written Assessment
Taught in: Arabic Intensive
Brief description:
This module has been designed to introduce Arabic Intensive students to the genre of prophetic traditions. Using small hadith compilations such as Zād al-Ṭālibīn and basic Arabic commentaries, students will apply the nahw and sarf theory learnt in the first term to their reading of Arabic texts, and analysing selected traditions both linguistically and grammatically.
Workload:
This module is taught over 24 weeks, during terms 2 and 3, with 3 periods contact a week.
Scope and syllabus:
The course will focus on linguistic and grammatical analysis, as well as a basic commentary, of selected traditions. Students will also be expected to memorise forty hadiths
Suggested reading:
ʻĀshiq Ilāhī, Muḥammad, Provisions for the Seekers: A Manual of Prophetic Ḥadīths with Commentary (Zād al-Ṭālibīn). Translated by Abdur-Rahman Ibn Yusuf. Santa Barbara, Calif: White Thread Press, 2005.
Status: Optional module
Assessment: None
Taught in: Arabic Intensive
Brief description:
This course provides insight into key events of the life of the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ and some of his unique characteristics using Ibn Sayyid al-Nās’ famous biography of the Prophet entitled Nūr al-ʿUyūn fī Talkhīṣ sīrah al-Amīn al-Ma’mūn ﷺ.
Workload:
This module is taught over two terms (24 weeks) with 2 contact periods a week.
Scope and syllabus:
The course covers the lineage of the Prophet Muḥammad ﷺ, his birth and early life, prophethood & revelation, pilgrimages and battles, as well as his attributes, names and mannerisms, family, home life, and his passing away.
Reading:
Essential
Ibn Sayyid al-Nas, Abdul-Fath Muhammad ibn Muhammad. Nūr al-ʿUyūn fī Talkhīṣ sīrah al-Amīn al-Ma’mūn. Dar al-Minhaj: Jeddah. 2013.
Additional
Ibn Sayyid al-Nas, Abdul-Fath Muhammad ibn Muhammad. The Light of the Eyes – A Concise Biography of the Trustworthy and Reliable Prophet. Turath Publishing. 2016.
Lings, Martin. Muhammad: His Life Based on the Earliest Sources. Cambridge: Islamic Texts Society, 2007.
Al-Mubarakpuri, S. R. The Sealed Nectar. Lahore: Darussalam, 2003.
Ibn Isḥāq, Muḥammad. The life of Muhammad: a translation of Isḥāq’s Sīrat rasūl Allāh. Translated by Alfred Guillaume. Karachi: Oxford University Press, 2013.
Status: Optional module
Assessment: None
Taught in: Arabic Intensive
Brief description:
This is an introductory course on the fiqh and inner dimensions of purification (tahara) and prayer (salat). It provides practical knowledge that relates to one’s obligatory worship as well as being a core module of the Arabic Intensive that provides the prerequisite foundations for further study of the subject in Arabic during the Arabic Intensive course.
Workload:
This module is taught over 36 weeks with 1 period contact a week during term 1, and 2 periods contact a week during terms 2 and 3.
Scope and syllabus:
This course covers impurities (najāsah); ablutions (wuḍū’) and its inner dimensions; bathing (ghusl); preparation for prayer; conditions and prerequisites of ṣalāh; inner dimensions of prayer; different types of ṣalāh; supplicating and remembrance after prayer.
Suggested reading:
Essential
Ebrahim College Notes on Ṭahārah and Ṣalāh
Additional
Rabbani, Faraz. Absolute Essentials of Islam: Faith, Prayer, & the Path of Salvation According to the Hanafī School. London: White Thread Press, 2008.
Muḥammad S̲anāʼullāh Pānīpatī. Essential Islamic knowledge (Mā Lā Budda Minhū). Translated by Yusuf Talal De Lorenzo. Leicester: UK Islamic Academy, 2003.
Shurunbulālī, al-Ḥasan. Ascent to Felicity: a Manual on Islamic Creed and Ḥanafī Jurisprudence (Maraqi ‘l-Saʻadat). Translated by Faraz Khan. London: White Thread Press, 2010.
Shurunbulālī, Ḥasan. Nur al-Idah: The Light of Clarification. Translated by Wesam Charkawi. Lagare Publishers. 2010.
Abū al-Husayn, Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad. The Mukhtaṣar al-Qudūrī (A manual of Islamic Law according to the Hanafi School). Translated by Ṭāhir Maḥmūd Kiānī. Ta-Ha Publishers. 2010.
Nadwi, Akram. Al-Fiqh al-Islāmī. Angelwing Media. 2007.
Part time Arabic Intensive students may study 2 FREE part time modular courses each term, in addition to the two optional modules included in the programme. This excludes Arabic Language modules. These courses run every term during weekday evenings or weekends.
Please note, the optional modules in the part time Arabic Intensive programme cannot be taken on Sundays.
Progression
