The Book (Qur’an) and the Sunnah

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Program Overview

A – General Structure of the Program :

  • Common Educational Foundation: Humanities and Social Sciences – Islamic Sciences
  • Branch: Islamic Sciences – Fundamentals of Religion
  • Relevant Specialization: The Qur’an and the Sunnah
  • Other Specializations in the Same Track: Creed (ʿAqīda) and Comparative Religion

B – Objectives of the Program :

  • To offer a specialized curriculum aligned with international academic standards.
  • To enable students to critically analyze issues related to the field.
  • To prepare students for postgraduate (Master’s level) studies.
  • To foster students’ ability to integrate into related academic disciplines.
  • To equip students with an advanced intellectual foundation in their specialization, facilitating professional integration.


Teaching Language : Arabic

Curriculum Highlights

Core Courses

Semester 5:

  • Qur’an Memorization and Recitation I
  • Thematic Exegesis (Tafsīr Mawḍūʿī)
  • Science of Hadith Criticism (Jarḥ wa Taʿdīl)
  • Transmission and Biographies of Narrators
  • One elective from the following:
  1. Verses of Legal Rulings (Āyāt al-Aḥkām)
  2. Analytical Exegesis
  3. Trends in Qur’anic Interpretation

Semester 6:

  • Qur’an Memorization and Recitation II
  • Thematic Hadith
  • Hidden Defects in Hadith (ʿIlal al-Ḥadīth)
  • Qur’anic Sciences
  • One elective from the following:
  1. Hadiths of Legal Rulings
  2. Analytical Hadith
  3. Science of Qur’anic Readings (ʿIlm al-Qirāʾāt)


Advanced Topics

For Semester 5:

  • Hadith Criticism (Jarḥ wa Taʿdīl)
  • Transmission and Narrator Studies
  • Legal Verses (Āyāt al-Aḥkām)
  • Analytical Exegesis
  • Spurious Content in Exegesis
  • Science of Hadith Discrepancy (Mukhtalif al-Ḥadīth)

For Semester 6:

  • Hidden Defects in Hadith
  • Qur’anic Sciences
  • Higher Objectives of Islamic Law (Maqāṣid al-Sharīʿa)
  • Hadiths of Legal Rulings
  • Science of Qur’anic Readings


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Admissions Information


  • Completion of four semesters of continuous education, organized in two stages:

1. First Stage: One full year of a general common core in Islamic sciences. This stage aims to introduce the student to general principles, facilitate adaptation, and expose students to foundational concepts of Islamic disciplines.

2. Second Stage: A specialized common core in the Fundamentals of Religion, which involves the consolidation of knowledge and gradual orientation toward more advanced fields.

  • Acquisition of a substantial body of prior knowledge, evidenced by academic performance qualifying the student for their chosen specialization.


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