COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE TAFSIR METHOD OF FAHREDDIN RAZI AND IBN TAYMIYYA

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
TIS 5955 THE TAFSIR METHOD OF FAHREDDIN RAZI AND IBN TAYMIYYA ELECTIVE 3 0 0 9

Offered By

Basic Islamic Sciences

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR MUAMMER ERBAŞ

Offered to

Basic Islamic Sciences

Course Objective

To ensure students to have practical and theoretical knowledge of interpretation and understanding principles and methods of the Quran according to F. Razi and Ibn Taymiyya.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Students will obtain knowledge about the revelation according to F. Razi and Ibn Taymiyya.
2   They will possess the tafseer bi r-rivaye (by the wievs of predecessors) according to F. Razi and Ibn Taymiyya.
3   They will possess the tafseer bi d-diraye (by the mind) according to F. Razi and Ibn Taymiyya.
4   The students will be informed of the methodology of F. Razi and Ibn Taymiyya s tafseers.
5   The students will get acquisition of following to the influences of F. Razi and Ibn Taymiyya s tafseers on the others.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The fact of revelation according to F. Razi and Ibn Taymiyyah.
2 The issue of seven letters and readings of Quran according to F. Razi and Ibn Taymiyyah.
3 Tafseer in the time of the Prophet and His companions according to F. Razi and Ibn Taymiyyah.
4 The concepts of tafseer and te vil according to F. Razi and Ibn Taymiyyah.
5 The methodology of exegesis in the tafseer of F. Razi and Ibn Taymiyyah.
6 Historical context in Tafseer; sabab al nuzûl according to F. Razi and Ibn Taymiyyah.
7 The issue of Naskh and Mansukh; the change of judgements according to F. Razi and Ibn Taymiyyah.
8 Mid-term Exam
9 History of the Quran and Israiliyyat according to F. Razi and Ibn Taymiyyah.
10 The issue of Muhkam and Mutashabih according to F. Razi and Ibn Taymiyyah.
11 The linguistic context in Tafseer of F. Razi and Ibn Taymiyyah.
12 Uslub al Quran according to F. Razi and Ibn Taymiyyah.
13 Meani l-Quran according to F. Razi and Ibn Taymiyyah.
14 The judgements of Quran in the tafseers of F. Razi and Ibn Taymiyyah.

Recomended or Required Reading

1. Fahraddin Razi, Mafatih al Ghayb.
2. Ibn Taymiyyah, Tafsir al-Qur ani l-Azim.
3. Muammer Erbaş, F. Razi ile Ibn Teymiyye nin Kur an a Yaklaşımları, (Basılmamış doktora tezi), Izmir 2001.
4. Enver Arpa, Ibn Teymiyye nin Kur an Anlayışı, Ankara 2002.
5. Süleyman Uludağ, Fahreddin Razi: Hayatı, Fikirleri, Eserleri, Ankara 1991.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, research, question answer, studying on examples, homework and practice.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER)
3 FIN FINAL EXAM
4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + FIN* 0.50
5 RST RESIT
6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.30 + STT * 0.20 + RST* 0.50


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Students achievements are calculated from the results of mid-term exam, homework assignments, final exam and active participation to the lecture.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

muammer.erbas@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

Friday 15:00 17:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 11 143
Preparation for midterm exam 1 5 5
Preparation for final exam 1 10 10
Preparing assignments 1 7 7
Preparing presentations 1 7 7
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 215

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7
LO.11
LO.21
LO.31
LO.41
LO.51

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