2. Objectives
• Comprehensive and integrated understanding of the basic concepts of
principles of Islam
• Ethical & Moral values in society
• Life of the Prophet Muhammad SAW
• Fundamental believes important in our society with the religion, growth and
progress in intellectual and mystical constructions of religion through the
legal system in Islam
3. Course Outline
General concepts
1- Religion and human civilization
2- Various approaches of Religion
3- Islamic views of Religion
4- Place of Islam in world religions and in the history
4. Course Outline
Quran
1- the Quran and the basic concepts, beliefs and principles if Islam
2- Ethical and moral values of the Quran.
5. Course Outline
Life and Mission of the Prophet of Islam (PBUH)
1- An examination of the sources of the study of the life and mission of the
Prophet (PBUH)
2- Meccan and Medinan periods of the Prophetic mission
3- An analytical assessment of the Prophet's life and work, his message and his
contribution to humanity
6. Course Outline
Sunnah and Hadith
1- The nature of the Prophetic authority
2- Significance of the Sunnah and the Hadith
7. Course Outline
• The Shari’a and the Legal System
1- The Shari’a and the law
2- The sources of the Islamic view
3- Various schools of law and their distinctive features
4- The legislative movements in modern Muslim countries
8. Course Outline
• Islam and Contemporary Issues
1- Islam and human rights
2- Islam and social economics justice
3- Islam and women
4- Islam and peace
5- Islam and democracy
9. Reading List
1- Ali, Sayyid Ameer, Spirit of Islam. Lahore, 1978
2- Ling, Martin, What is Sufism, Lahore, 1983
3- Mahmassani, M, Falsafat al- Tashri fill Islam Eng. Tr.Farat J. Ziadeh. Brill: Leiden
4- Moududi, Sayyid Abul Ala, Towards Understanding Islam, Lahore, Islamic Publication
5- Naqvi, S.N.H, Ethics and Economics- An Islamic Synthesis, Islamic Foundation. UK. 1987
6- Nasr, S.H., Ideal and Realities of Islam, London, George Aleen and Unwin, 1964
7- Rahman F., Major Themes of the Quran, Chicago, 1980.
