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Read one of the most influential books in Islamic history in the original Arabic. This advanced seminar explores Imām al-Ghazālī’s Iḥyāʾ ʿUlūm al-Dīn, a masterpiece that integrates law, theology, ethics, worship, and spirituality into a comprehensive vision of the Islamic tradition. Students will read, translate, and discuss the text while receiving guidance and correction in a collaborative seminar environment.
Explore the foundations of Sunni theology through one of the most influential texts in the history of Islamic education. In this advanced Arabic seminar, students will read Sharḥ al-ʿAqāʾid al-Nasafiyyah in the original language while examining major debates concerning God, reason, revelation, faith, prophecy, and human freedom.
Journey through fourteen centuries of Qurʾānic interpretation by reading the greatest tafsīrs of Islamic civilization in the original Arabic. Study the masterpieces of al-Ṭabarī, al-Māturīdī, al-Qushayrī, al-Zamakhsharī, al-Rāzī, al-Qurṭubī, al-Biqāʿī, al-Ālūsī, al-Manār, and Ibn ʿĀshūr while exploring the major interpretive traditions that shaped the Muslim understanding of the Qurʾān.
Study one of the greatest works ever written on the wisdom and objectives of Islam. In this advanced Arabic seminar, students will read Shāh Walī Allāh al-Dihlawī’s Ḥujjat Allāh al-Bālighah, exploring the relationship between revelation, law, ethics, spirituality, and civilization while strengthening their ability to engage classical Arabic texts.
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