COURSE UNIT TITLE

: INTRODUCTION TO THE QURANIC COMMENTARY I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TIT 5041 INTRODUCTION TO THE QURANIC COMMENTARY I ELECTIVE 2 0 0 5

Offered By

Hermeneutics

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR HÜSEYIN YAŞAR

Offered to

Hermeneutics

Course Objective

To help to explain the Holy Quran which is the main and basic source of Islam to those who speak English, and to have them understand the terms and the concepts of Quran and tafsir in English..

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will have opportunity to revise the basic grammar rules of English.
2   They improve their capability of English by taking this course.
3   They learn the features of the commentaries in English.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Commentaries of Fil, Quraish, Maun, Kavsar and Kafirun chapters. .
2 Commentaries of Nasr, Tabbat, Ihlas, Falaq and Nas chapters..
3 Some samples from the different ayats: Ayat al Kursi (Baqarah/255), the last two verses of Baqarah (285-286), the last three verses of Hashr (22-24), Nahl/90, Ahzab/56.
4 Some samples from the chapter of Hud..
5 Some samples from the chapter of Kahf..
6 Some samples from the chapter of Ali Imran..
7 Some samples from the chapter of Maidah..
8 Mid-term Exam.
9 Some samples from the chapter of Anfal..
10 The commentary of verses about marriage and divorce..
11 The commentary of Mudayana verse (Baqarah/282)..
12 The commentary of Surah of Hucurat
13 Some samples from Noah parable (Hud/25-49).
14 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Mavlana Abdulmajid Daryabadi, Tafsir-ul-Qur'an, Karaçi 1991.
Shaykh Muhammad al-Ghazali, A thematic Commentary on the Qur an, Herndon ISTAC.
Muhammad Asad, The Message of the Qur an, Bristol 1990-1992.
Şebbir Ahmed Osmani, The Noble Quran : Tafseer-e Usmani, Lahor 1993.
Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, Tafhim al-Qur'an.
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Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Learning and Teaching Strategies:
Lecturing, research, question answer, studying on examples, homework and practice.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 14 3 42
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 6 84
Final 1 1 1
Midterm 1 1 1
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 128

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10
LO.12
LO.23
LO.31