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COURSEOUTLINE
Kulliyyah
IslamicRevealedKnowledgeandHumanSciences
Department
DepartmentofGeneralStudies
Programme
Bachelor
CourseTitle
Islam:KnowledgeandCivilization
CourseCode
UNGS2040
Status
Universityrequirement
Level
Undergraduate
CreditHours
ContactHours
Prerequisites
(ifany)
UNGS2030
Corequisites
(ifany)
None
Instructional
Strategies
Contentbasedteachingandclassroomdiscussion
Instructor(s)
Tobedetermined
Semester
Offered
Course
Synopsis
Everysemester
Course
Objectives
Thiscourseaimsat:
1. Acquainting students with meanings, objectives and importance
ofknowledgeandcivilizationfromIslamicperspective.
This course deals with the basic issues that lead to a good
understanding of theory of knowledge and civilization from Islamic
and nonIslamic perspectives. It describes the contribution of
Muslimscholarsandscientistsindifferentfieldsofknowledgeand
science throughout the history of Muslim civilization. The course
also reviews some contemporary challenges facing the Muslim
Ummah and the possible solutions to overcome them with
referencetotheconceptofIslamHadhari.
2. Describingandelucidatingthevarioussourcesofknowledgeand
methodologies of scientific inquiry from both Islamic and non
Islamicperspectives.
3. Examiningthelawsandpatternsofriseandfallofcivilizations.
4. Recognizing and acknowledging Muslim contributions to various
fieldsofknowledgeandscience.
5. CreatingawarenessofthechallengesconfrontingMuslimsinthe
fieldsofscienceandtechnologyandexploringthepossibleways
toreviveMuslimcivilization.
Learning
Outcomes
Course
Assessment
Weeks
1
Attheendofthecourse,thestudentwillbeableto:
1. ShowtheimpactofIslamiccivilizationonothercivilizations.(C3)
2. Respond to the contemporary challenges facing Muslims in the
fieldsofscienceandtechnology.(P3,LL2)
3. Explain the possible ways to revive Muslim civilization. (A3,
CTPS3)
Method
Coursework
FinalExamination
Total
%
50
50
100
Topics
Task/Reading
IslamandKnowledge
Qadir(1991),514.
Meaningofknowledge
2
Classificationofknowledge
SourcesofKnowledge
3
AlWay(Revelation):TheQuran&the
Sunnah
Bakar(2006),121
151,203226,249
262,263270.
AlAttas(1989),45
66.
Mohammed&
Hussain(2003),67
82.
Ilyas(2002),4968.
Nyazee(2000),162
181.
AlAql(Reason)
5
Nature&Alaws(Senses)
MethodologyinSciences
Definitionofmethodology
Kindsofmethodologies
1)Methodologyinrevealed
knowledge.
2)Methodologyinhuman
knowledge(pure&social
sciences).
3)Integrativemethodologyof
revealedknowledgeand
humanknowledge.
IslamandCivilization
Meaningofcivilization
Civilizationandculture
Characteristicsofcivilization
(TawdofGod,universality,
moderaterationalism,preservation
ofhumansrightsandrightsof
minorities,integration,tolerance,
etc.)
AlAttas(1989),45
66.
Bakar(2006),
Chap.
3.
Davutoglo(1994),
70
72.
AlAttas(1989),45
66.
Bakar(2006),
Chap.
3.
Rahman(1994),65
79.
Safi(1996),324.
AlAttas(1992),1
36.
Yousif(2004),97
114.
Safi(1996),324.
alAttas(1992),1
36.
Yousif(2004),97
114.
Bakar(2006),6993.
AlFaruqi(1986),
23
48.
ElMesawi(1998),
107138.
IbnKhaldun(1986),
87184.
Bennabi(1991),7
41.
AsSibaaie(2003),
6385.
Patternsofriseandfallof
civilizations.
Factorsbehindtheriseanddeclineof
Muslimcivilization
AlFaruqi(1986),
23
48.
ElMesawi(1998),
107138.
IbnKhaldun(1986),
87184.
Bennabi(1991),7
41.
Arslan(2004),18&
2250.
10
TheContributionofMuslimScholars
NaturalSciences
Nasr(1997),126
285
&325327.
Sardar(1996),144
177.
11
HumanSciences
12
RevealedSciences
Nasr(1997),126
285
&325327.
Sardar,(1996),144
177.
AlAzami(2003),
165193.
13
SomeChallengesConfrontingMuslims
Today
Challengesofmodernscienceand
technologyandMuslimresponses.
14
ChallengesofrevivingIslamic
KamalHasan
civilization.
(2005).
IslmHadhri:Itsroleinreviving
JAKIM(2004).
Islamiccivilization.
Required
AsSibaaie,M.(2003).Civilizationoffaith:Ajourneythrough
Islamichistory.(N.alKhattab,Trans.).Riyadh:International
IslamicPublishingHouse.
Bakar,O.(2006).ClassificationofknowledgeinIslam:Astudyof
Islamicphilosophiesofscience.KualaLumpur:ISTAC,IIUM.
Nasr,S.H.(1983).ScienceandcivilizationinIslam.Lahore:Suhail
Academy.
References
Sardar(1985),66
75.
Nasr(1994),180
191.
AsSibaaie(2003),
195248.
Recommended
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4
Lumpur:ISTAC.
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Malaya.
AlAttas,S.M.N.(1992).Islamandsecularism.KualaLumpur:
ISTAC.
AlAzami, M. M. (2003). The history of the Quranic text from
revelation to compilation: A comparative study with the Old
andNewTestaments.UK:IslamicAcademy.
AlFaruqi,I.R.(1986).TheculturalatlasofIslam.NewYork:
Macmillan.
Arslan, A. S. (2004). Our decline: Its causes and remedies. Kuala
Lumpur:IslamicBookTrust.
Bakar,O.(1991).Tawhidandscience:Religiousorthodoxyandthe
battleforrationality.UK:ZedBooksLtd.
Bennabi,M.(1991).Islaminhistoryandsociety.KualaLumpur:
BeritaPublishing.
Davutoglu,A.(1994).CivilizationaltransformationandtheMuslim
world.KualaLumpur:Mahirpublications.
ElMesawi,M.T.(1998).AMuslimtheoryofhumansociety.Batu
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JAKIM.(2004).TheConceptofIslamHadhari.KualaLumpur:
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IIIT.(1982).Islam:Sourceandpurposeofknowledge.Herndon,
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KamalHasan(2005).IslamHadharicivilizationalIslam:An
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Mohammed,R.&HussainD.(Eds.).(2003).Islam:Thewayof
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Selangor:IIUM.
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Yousif,A.F.(2004).Islamandscience:ASoutheastAsianperspective.
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ProposedStart
Date
SemesterI,2006/2007
(Semester)
Batchof
Studentstobe
Affected
SemesterI,2006/2007onwards
Preparedby:
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Coordinator,
CurriculumCommittee
Checkedby:
Approvedby:
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Head,Dept.of
GeneralStudies
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Dean,KIRKHS