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Syllabi of MA Previous & Final (Islamic Studies) 

M. A. (Previous)

Paper - I 

ISLAMIC ULOOM (QURAN, HADITH & FIQH) 

UNIT I             The Quran 

a.                   Revelation: its meaning and importance

b.         A brief history of the compilation of the Holy Quran

c.         The Quran - the final message of Allah to Humanity

d.         Major themes in the Quran, Tawhid, Shirk (polytheism): its forms
            and practices.

e.         Social, economic and political teachings of the Holy Quran 

UNIT II             Tafsir 

a.            Meaning, origin and scope of ilm al-tafsir (commentary on the
               Holy Quran)

b.            Principles and forms of Tafsir

c.            Introduction of major Tafaasir with special reference to Indian
               subcontinent.

d.            Farahi school of Tafsir 

UNIT III            The Hadith 

a.            Meaning and importance of Hadith

b.         History of compilation of Hadith

c.            Principles of Hadith: categories and Riwayah and Derayah

d.            Contribution of outstanding Indian Muhaddisin (Sheikh Abdul Haq Muhaddis Dehlvi, Shah Waliullah & Shah Abdul Aziz). 

UNIT IV          Mufassireen and Muhaddiseen 

a.         Major Classical Mufassireen and Muhaddiseen and the
            significance of Their Works.

b.         Tafseer Kabeer, Tafseer Tabari, , Tafseer Ibn Katheer and
            Kashshaf

c.         Imam Malik's Muatta and Sihah Sitta 

UNIT V             Fiqh 

a.         Its meaning, relevance and sources

b.            Development of Fiqh

c.            Principles of Fiqh (Usool-e-Fiqh): an overview

d.         Schools of Fiqh; Hanafi, Maliki, Shafii, Hambali and Jafari

e.            Contemporary debate on economic issues, bank interest, life insuranceand stock exchange etc. 

M.A. (Previous)

Paper-II

Islam and Promotion of Knowledge

Unit I               The Islamic Concept of Knowledge

a.         Ilm  in Islam  ( definition)

b.         Unity of Knowledge  (as opposed to separation of religious and
            secular knowledge)

c.         Salient features of Islamic concept of Knowledge : universalism, historicity, rationalism, egalitarianism, humanism etc.

d.            Emphasis on Ilm in the Holy Quran

e.         The Holy Quran on observation and reflection

f.            Scientific discourse in the Holy Quran 

Unit II             Dissemination and Propagation of Islamic Knowledge

a.         The teacher and the taught:  the Islamic view

b.            Democratization of Knowledge

c.            Institutionalization of learning:  Mosque, Madaris and Khanqah

d.            Technology of writing

e.            Invention and diffusion of paper

f.          Men of letter in Islam :  their social role 

Unit III            Islam and Natural Sciences

a.            Internationalization of science under Islam

b.         The scientific legacy of Islam:   its role in the rise of modern science

c.        Mathematics and Physics

d.         Astronomy

e.         Botany

f.         Chemistry and Metallurgy

g.         Agriculture

h.         Medicine, hospital and medical colleges  

Unit IV            Islamic Contribution to Social and Human Sciences

a.            Jurisprudence

b.         History, Historiography and Archaeology

c.            Sociology and Anthropology

d.            Psychology, Psychotherapy

e.            Geography, Economics

f.          Political Science:  governance and human rights. 

Unit V             Muslim Contribution to Humanities and Arts

a.            Philosophy and Ethics

b.            Muslims and the Greek philosophy

c.         The Islamic critique of philosophy :  al - Ghazali

d.         Arts and Architecture

e.            Calligraphy

f.          Crafts :   pottery and ceramics, metalwork, book-binding, wood-carving, textile and miniature painting etc. 

g.         Decline of Knowledge in the Muslim World :   causes.  

M. A. (Previous) 

Paper - III 

Islam in India 

Unit I               Advent of Islam in India 

a.         Pre-Islamic Indo-Arab links through traders and advent of Islam at the shores of Southern India.

b.            Conquest of Mohammad Bin Qasim.

c.                   Establishment of Muslim Sultanate at Delhi

d.                  Establishment of Sharqi Sultanate at Jaunpur.

e.         The spread of Islam in India: its causes. 

Unit II             The Mughal Period 

a.         Islam during the Mughal period.

b.         The development of Indo-Islamic culture, art and architecture.

c.         The Influence of Islam on Indian society, religion and culture and
            the vice- versa.

d.            Intellectual life during the Mughal period 

Unit III            Sufis and the Preaching of Islam 

a.         The role of sufis in spreading Islam in India.

b.         The life and times of important Sufis of India, Sheikh Ali Hajveri, Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti, Sheikh Abdul Wahab Jeelani, Sheikh Ali Hamdani, Sheikh Ahmad Sirhindi, Sheikh Abdul Haque Mohaddis Dehlavi.

c.         The Impact of Shah Wali Ullah, Syed Ahmad Shaheed, and Haji Imdadullah              

Unit IV            Islam in British India 

a.         The Mughal Decline: causes

b.            Muslims under the British rule.

c.         The role of Ulema during and after 1857, establishment of religious Madaris and colleges of modern educatin. (M.A.O.College, Delhi College, Madarsa Aliya Calcutta, Darul Uloom Deoband, Jamia Millia Islamia.)

d.            Modern Muslim thinkers and ulama, Maulana Fazle Huque Khairabadi, Muhammad Iqbal, Shibli Nomani Maulana Abul Ala Mawdoodi, Maulana Abul Kalam Azad. 

Unit V             Sects and Movements 

a.            Deobandi, Barelavi, Ahl Hadees, Shias.

b          Faraizi Movement, Mahdavi Movement, Khilafat Movement, Jamitul Ulema, Tableeghi Jamaat, Jamaat Islami, Khaksaar Tehrik, Muslim League.

c.            Partition: An overview

d.            Muslims in Post Independence India - an overview

M. A. (Previous) 

Paper - IV 

HISTORY OF MUSLIM CIVILIZATION

(From Khilafat-e-Rashida to Fall of Baghdad)

UNIT I            Advent of Islam and Khilafat-e-Rashidah 

a.                    Arabia before Islam

b.                  Advent of Islam: The Life of Prophet

b.         Islamic concept of Khilafat

c.         The rightly guided Caliphs; their life and contribution.

UNIT II              The Expansion of Islam 

a.            Consolidation of Islam in Arabia.

b.         Islam spreads outside Arabia.

c.         Military and civil administration during Khilafat-e-Rashida.

d.         Schism between Hazrat Ali and Hazrat Muawiyah, rise of Kharijites and Sheites. 

UNIT III            The Umayyad Period 

a.            Establishment of hereditary monarchy

b.            Expansion of Arab empire

c.         The Umayyad administration

d.         Socio-economic condition of the Umayyad empire

e.            Literature and fine arts

f.          The Umayyad decline: causes 

UNIT IV             The Abbasid Period 

a.         The rise of Abbasids (brief history of Caliphs)

b.         The structure of the Abbasid society

c.         Socio-economic conditions (trade, industry and agriculture)

d.            Development of sciences and fine arts

e.         The Abbasid decline: causes. 

UNIT V              Rise of Dynasties

a.                               A brief outline of the Fatimid Caliphate in Egypt

b.                              The Mongol Invasion and the sack of Baghdad

c.         The Crusades

d.         Rise of Sundry dynasties in the east such as Ghaznavids, Saljuqs, Ayyubids etc. 

 M. A. (Final Year) 

Paper - V 

HISTORY OF MUSLIM CIVILIZATION (Since-1258-) 

UNIT I            Expansion 

a.         Islam in Spain and North Africa

b.         The Ottomans: rise, administration, society, millet system and causes of decline.

c.         The Safavids: rise, society, intellectual development and consolidation of Sheism and administration. 

UNIT II            Islam in Central Asia 

a.         The Arab conquest of Central Asia

b.         The rise of Central Asian people during the Abbasid period

c.         The rise of dynasties in Central Asia

d.         Islamic scholarship and learning in Central Asia 

UNIT III            Islam in South East Asia 

a.         Advent and spread of Islam in Indonesia & Malaysia

b.         Muslim society and culture in the two countries

c.         Islam in the constitution and politics of Malaysia

d.         The role of Ulama in Indonesian society

e.            Muslims in Burnei, Burma, Thailand and Philiphine 

UNIT IV            Islam and the West 

a.            Interaction between Muslims and Christians during the Crusades

b.            Medieval Europe’s Interest in Islam (Briefly)

c.            Imperialism and Islam

d.         Muslim presence in the West 

UNIT V            Islam and West Asia 

a.            Western Imperialism in West Asia.

b.         The rise of ideologies in West Asia: Arab nationalism, Turkish nationalism, Arab socialism Zionism  and Islamic revivalism (brief introduction)

c.         The Arab-Israel conflict, mandates.

d.         Brief introduction of the Arab League, OIC, OPEC and the GCC

e.         PLO, Intifada and peace process

M.A. (Final Year) 

Paper -VI 

Islam and Pluralism

(in Indian Context) 

Unit I               Pluralism: Definition and Scope

a.         The Islamic concept of Pluralism

b.            Reinterpreting nomenclatures:             Darul Harb, Darul Islam and Darul Amn.

c.            Understanding Indian pluralism:            citizenship and rights

d.         Position of Muslims in Indian constitution:  minority rights

Unit II             Pluralism in Islam: Historical Experience 

a.         Non-Muslims and the Islamic Shariah

( Concept of Ahl-e-Kitab, Zimmis)

b.            Coexistence and cooperation :            The Arabs’ relation with India

c.         Hindus in the Sultanate period

d.            Coalition governance and development of composite culture : The Mughal period

e.         The Millat system of the Ottomans 

Unit III            Identity and Belonging  

a.                   Concept of Ummah and Ummatic identity

b.            Muslimness and Indianness.      

c.            Coexistence in Indian society :            the historical experience

d.            Challenges to coexistence in modern India :   genesis and history of communal riots

e.            Problems of coexistence in post Independence India :   Muslims between chauvinism (of the Sangh Parivar) and secularism

Unit IV            Understanding India’s Multiculturalism 

a.         Indian diversity :    major religious communities

b.         The Hindu samaj :            castes and sub castes

c.         The politics of castes and reservation

d.                  Parties and party politics :  Congress, The Sangh Privar and the Third Front: their Mulim

policy

e.         Indian Muslims in post Independence India :   The reality of all round marginalization

Unit V             Towards Indian-Islamic Identity 

a.         Neither assimilation nor alienation

b.            Towards coexistence and participation:            inter community dialogue

c.         A new politics: taking common challenges (poverty, illiteracy disease etc.) and standing up for and with the marginalized

d.            Towards educational renaissance

 M.A. (Final Year) 

Paper - VII 

Introduction of Major Indian and World Religion

(Other than Islam) 

UNIT I             Hinduism

a.         Basic Features of Hinduism

b.            Concepts of God, man and Universe

c.         Human Destinity and Liberation

d.            Principal sects

UNIT II              Buddism 

a.         The life of Budha

b.         Basic Budhist concepts

c.         The four noble truths

d.         The eight-fold path

e.         The conflux of Budhism and Hinduism in India. 

UNIT III            Judaism  

a.         The meaning of God, creation and man in Judaism

b.            Revelation in Judaism

c.         The concepts of morality and justice

d.         "The chosen people"

e.         Israel 

UNIT IV            Christianity 

a.         Jesus:            the Christian view

b.         Basic teachings of Christianity

c.         Major sects or branches of Christianity: Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy and Protestantism

d.            Christian Mission: ideology and history

UNIT V            Brief Introduction of other religions (both Indian and foreign) 

a.            Confucianism

b.         Taoism

c.            Shintoism

d.         Jainism

e.                   Sikhism

f.                    Bahaism

M. A. (Final Year) 

Paper - VIII 

Tasawwuf,  Kalam & Ethics 

UNIT I            Tasawwuf

a.            Tasawwuf: definition and objectives

b.         Gradual evolution of Tasawwuf

c.            Tasawwuf in the Modern age 

UNIT  II             Some Early Sufis and Their Teachings 

a.         Hasan al Basri: his life and teachings

b.         Junaid Baghdadi: his life and teachings

c.         Al-Hallaj: his life and teachings

d.         Ibn al-Arabi

e.            Mujadid Alf Sani: Shaykh Ahmad Sirhindi  

UNIT III            Major Sufi Orders in India 

a.            Qadiriyyah: origin, history and major teachings

b.            Firdausia: origin, history and major teachings

c.         Chistia: origin, history and major teachings

d.            Naqshbandia: origin, history and major teachings

e.            Suhrawardia: origin, history and major teachings 

UNIT IV            Ilm-e-Kalam 

a.         Origin and history of ilm-e-Kalam

b.            Asharites and Mutazilites

c.            Ishraqia, Mashshain and Mutakallemin (An Introduction of eminent Indian Mutakallemin) 

UNIT V             Islamic Ethics 

a.         Islamic ethics: definition

b.         Ethical teachings of Islam (in the light of Qur'an and Hadith)

c.            Classical exponents of Islamic ethics: al-Ghazali, ibn Miskawayh, ibn and others.