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  • Advanced Mysticism

      • The advanced Islamic mysticism course offers a detailed exposition of the final sections of Ibn Sina’s al-Ishārāt wa-l-tanbīhāt and its commentary by Naṣīr al-Dīn al-Ṭūsī, thereby giving students a clear appreciation of the intricate balance and affinity between philosophy and mysticism among two classical Islamic thinkers. The course also covers a technical study of Dāwūd al-Qayṣarī’s masterpiece known as the Muqaddima, which provides a rational and philosophical prolegomenon to the thought of Muḥyī l-Dīn Ibn ʿArabī and the school that subsequently developed around his thought known as the School of the Unity of Existence.

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  • Qur’anic Sciences

      • This module aims to introduce students to the academic study of Qur’anic sciences by first providing a brief historical background of the Qur’anic text and its compilation. It then delves into the concept of its divine revelation, its arrangement, debates in distortion of the Qur’an, abrogation, the difference between tafsīr and taʾwīl, its miraculous nature, and many other sub-topics.

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  • Introduction to Shi’i Legal Theory

      • This module introduces students to Muslim legal theory (uṣūl al-fiqh). Legal theory provides a framework or a method that a jurist (mujtahid) uses to deduce knowledge of Sharia. This module therefore explains the reasons for how and why Sharia is the way it is today. It specifically focuses on the main themes that are discussed in classical legal theory, together with the technical language and terminology used therein.

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  • Advanced Theology

      • This module explores the central themes of Muslim theological doctrine, including the arguments for the existence of God, debates over predestination and free will, theodicy, Prophethood, Imamology and eschatology. Students will primarily engage with ʿAllāma Ḥillī commentary Kashf al-Murād fī Sharḥ Tajrīd al-Iʿtiqād. The Shi’i position is contrasted with opinions of other Muslim theological schools in order to gain an appreciation of the diversity of thought within Muslim theology.

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  • Introduction to Muslim Mysticism

      • Islamic mysticism (ʿirfān) relies primarily on experiential knowledge to provide an understanding of God, the universe and the human being; and the relationship between them. This module introduces students to key historical figures and themes within the study of Islamic mysticism, familiarising them with not only the key concepts within the Islamic mystical discourse but also the foundational texts of Islamic spirituality as well as the different literary modes of expressing spiritual sentiment such as in poetry and art.

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