The course teaches how Quran is a coherently arranged book and not a disjointed and incoherent book.
What you will learn
How Qur’an is coherently arranged in the form of seven chapters
How Qur’anic surahs in each chapter occur in pairs and each member of a surah pair complements the other
How every chapter and surah of Quran have a theme
Case studies of coherence in a surah and chapter of Qur’an
Description
Who are We?
Al-Mawrid US was established in 2014 in order to educate people on Islam. In 2019, Al-Mawrid US took on the initiative of establishing the Ghamidi Center of Islamic Learning in Dallas, Texas as a formal educational institute. It is named after Javed Ahmed Ghamidi (b. 1951), a Pakistani Muslim theologian, a Qur’an scholar, and an educationist.
Since its inception, Al-Mawrid’s aim has been to conduct research, educate people, and disseminate Islam based purely on the Qur’an and the Sunnah, freeing it from external influences that have gradually clouded the religious thought of Muslims over the last 14 centuries.
About this Course
This course is meant to introduce to the student to the coherence found in the structure and arrangement of the Qur’an. It will show that this divine book is coherently arranged in the form of seven chapters. The surahs in each chapter occur in pairs and each member of a surah pair complements the other.
Every chapter has a theme and so does every surah. In every chapter the arrangement of the surahs is chronological and every chapter begins with one or more than one Makkan surah and end on one or more than one Madinan surah
How the Content is Divided?
The content has been arranged into five modules:
1. Arrangement of the Qur’an
2. The Concept of Surah Pairs
3. Coherence in the Chapters
4. Coherence in the Surahs
5. Coherence of Surah Nisa – A Case Study
Grading of the Course
The students will be required to give quizzes. There are quiz questions during the videos that contain 4 marks each. There are 2 more quizzes; one after week 1 and the other after week 2. Each of these 2 quizzes has 20 questions and each question contains 2 marks.
The student must secure 60 percent marks to pass the course and obtain a certificate of participation. Students scoring 90 percent marks or more will be given a merit certificate.
Recommended Background
No background knowledge or skills are necessary, but an understanding and familiarity of Islam, the Qur’an and Prophet Muhammad (sws) would be advantageous for anyone who participates in the course.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Dr Shehzad Saleem, the instructor of the course, created the course content and recorded videos on it. He was duly assisted by Faraz Ahmad who designed and simulated the course.
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