Course Outline:
This is a weekly study of the Quran set up from the grassroots of the community.
The study will include a direct translation and explanation in English. The format of these Halaqaat will be a pure process between myself, a mushaf and fellow students. In a typical lesson I will read the Ayaat in Arabic then translate and discuss the central ideas found in these passages in relation to life’s affairs in light of classical and contemporary commentaries.
Course Aims:
-To taste the miraculous and inimitable beauty in the language and meanings in the Quran
-To gain an overall understanding of the Quran Al-Kareem in its themes and narratives
-To build a conceptual framework of Islam which allows one to see the internal consistency and coherence of the Quran
-Learn ahkam related to personal, family affairs under the wider framework of working to revive our Ummah
-Gain a familiarity and basic level of knowledge of word usage, grammar and sentence structure of the Quran.
-Understand the Quran from the perspective of an idea and method
-Develop critical thinking by studying the answers provided by Western materialistic creeds and systems through the lens of the Quran
-Train you to have balance between family, community life and the Dawah.
-Study various ahadith in detail in relation to the ayaat of Quran.
-Since we’ll have some overview of the Quran we will gain a brief overview of how Usuli principles were derived from the Quran
Course Length:
Each lesson will be 1hr to 1h:30mins in length. There will be a time during for Q&A towards the end. We are hoping we can cover front to back of the Quran but we want to make clear, there can be a temporary or even a permanent cancellation depending on other extenuating factors.
Course Outcome:
-Every student gains a framework from which they can approach the Quran on practical level that is built on a sound basis.
-Students of knowledge and duaat will learn the breadth and limitations one has when taking general lessons from the Quran.
-I also hope the younger generation see this work and appreciate how necessary it is to reverse engineer concepts of Islam back to the Quran and Sunnah and thereby building a closeness with Allah (SWT) and taking this approach forward as a result.
COURSE Y1: AL-BAQARA – THE HUNDRED OF AL-BAQARAH COURSE OUTLINE:
TERM 1
TERM 1 WEEK 1: The Concept of Madinah & The Nation State
1- Madinan and Makkan Surahs
2- The addressees of Madani verses
3- The Renaissance
4- The Reformation
5- The Enlightenment
6- The Industrial Revolution
7- The difference between progress and revival
Instructor: Br. Shahid Rupon is a student of Arabic and Usul ul Fiqh. He graduated History and Arabic at the School of Oriental and African Studies.
TERM 1 WEEK 2:
1- Clearing before adorning Takhliyyah qabla at-Tahliyyah
2- Mukhaatabun-naas ‘alaa Qadri ‘uqoolihim
3- Summary of last week
4- Fada’il of Surah al-Baqarah:
5- Location and Compilation of Surah Al-Baqarah:
6- Thematic Structure of Surah Al-Baqarah
7- The Detailed Structure of Surah Al-Baqarah
TERM 1 WEEK 3:
1- Recitation of Al-Baqarah
2- Hadith: The Intelligent Person
3- Themes and Structure
4- ALM – brief introduction to Muhkaam & Mutashaabihaat
5- The Huroof Al-Muqatta’aat (The disjointed letters)
6- Tafseer of ALM via Sabr and Taqseem (A deductive process)
TERM 1 WEEK 4:
1- Hadith on beneficial knowledge
2- The Hadith of non-beneficial knowledge
3- Types of Openings in The Quran
4- Overview of the Broken/Disjointed letters
5- Continuing The Sabr & Taqseem of the Broken Letters
TERM 2
TERM 2 WEEK 1:
1- The need for Adab in our times
2- ’This’ or ‘that’ book in your hands or in the heavens?
3- The perfect and complete book
4- Laa Rayba Feehi – Healthy and unhealthy doubt. Ilm, Dhann, Shak, Rayb
TERM 2 WEEK 2:
1- Laa Rayba Feehi and removing preconceived notions
2- The need for Guidance (Huda)
3- Qualities of Human beings to be Muttaqoon
4- The Mantuq and Mafhoom of Muttaqoon
TERM 2 WEEK 3:
1- Naseeha patience in seeking knowledge
2- Linking to the ‘Concept of Madinah’ with Hudan and Muttaqi
3- Qualities of Human beings to be Muttaqoon
4- Definition of Imaan (Belief) and Ghayb (Unseen)
5- Inferring things beyond the sensed world
TERM 2 WEEK 4:
1- Imaan bil-Ghayb The potency of belief in the Unseen that makes Human beings Transcend
2- The difference between Iman and Shariah
3- The importance of Salah being connected to Iman
TERM 3
TERM 3 Week 1:
0- Introduction the mechanics of Nifaaq
1- The difference between Iman and Shariah
2- The importance of Salah being connected to Iman
3- Zakaat and the basics of economic theory in a single ayah
4- The Quranic narrative started before the Quran
5- Yaqeen & the Akhirah perspective
6- Overview of all Balāghi (Rhetorical) devices for the Muflihoon (successful one)
TERM 3 Week 2:
0- Introduction: Building a Quranic Generation
1- Outcome of differentiating between Iman and Sharia
2- Linguistic Feature: of Singular, Duals and Plural
3- Rizq and Infaaq and the basics of economic theory in a single ayah
4- The Quranic narrative started before the Quran
5- Yaqeen & the Akhirah perspective
6- Overview of all Balāghi (Rhetorical) devices for the Muflihoon (successful one)
TERM 3 Week 3:
0- Introduction: Building a Quranic Generation
1- Who are the ‘they’ who disbelieve
2-Al-Kufr linguistic roots of Ka-Fa-Ra and the effect of “Inna”
3-Kuffaar are inverse of the traits of the Muttaqeen
4- Warning (Indhaar) to Mankind and the Kuffār
TERM 3 Week 4:
0- Introduction: Basic lines of Iman and Kufr are a source of confusion & Hadith on taking friends
1- Supporting the Prophet (pbuh) and censure of the Kafir
2- Al-Kufr regarding the legal (shar’i) meaning of a Kaafir
3- Al-Kufr in regards to actions
4- The legal framework of Shariah is concern with the apparent
5- Al-Kufr and the ‘Concept of Madinah’, citizenship and the Islamic constitution of the future.
6- Balagha: Hearts, Hearing and Sight sentence structure and word usage.
TERM 3 Week 5:
0- Aims of TQI and Nasiha for Ramadan
1- A seal over hearts: Between predestination and free will (The Majaz & Haqiqi)
2- Al-Kufr in relation to the ruling system
3- Al-Kufr and the ruler and ‘kufr doona kufr’
4- The third archetype: Three types of Al-Munafiqoon
5- An-Nifaq from the “Power Perspective”
6- An-Nifaaq & the private and public Muslim
TERM 4
TERM 4 WEEK 1:
Introduction to Uloom Al-Tafsir based on Ustadh Saffaruk’s paper: Qur’an Methodologies of Abu Bakr al-Jassas -A Case-Study into Understanding Tafsir.
Instructor: S. Z. Chowdhury: BA, AKC in Philosophy, MA, MPhil PHD. Currently doing a PHD specialising in Khurāsānian Sufism.
TERM 4 WEEK 2:
0- Conceptual Frameworks
1- A legal definition of Quran
2- Sealed eyes and covered hearts
3- The eloquence and penetrative meaning of Min-An-Naas
4- A discussion of An-Nifaq from the “Power Perspective”
5- An-Nifaaq & the Private and public Muslim & Identity Politics
6- Modern day pitfalls of iNfaaq and cases studies
TERM 4 WEEK 3:
1- Descriptions of Minor and Major Nifaaq (Ayah 8)
2- The harmony (insijaam) of the Islamic Shakhsiyyah compared to the Disbeliever and Munaafiq (Ayah 8)
3- Internal and external influencers of Nifaaq (Ayah 9)
4- Rewiring the sincere/hypocritical mind of the Social Justice Activist and Treating self deception (Ayah 9)
TERM 4 WEEK 4:
1- The Islamic Activist & Alertness to Deviation and Compromise (Ayah 9)
2- Diseased Hearts: A spiritual Disease (ayah 10)
3- They perceive not, so they know not (Ayah 11-13)
4- Profitless sale leading to bankruptcy (14-16)
5- To not benefit from Islam leads to Nifaaq (17-20)
6- The mental landscapes of fire and rain (19-20)