SPEQS Package C Syllabus:
📌Package C
I‘jaz al-Quran (The Inimitability/Miraculous Nature of the Quran):
Subtopics:
Introduction and Concept of I‘jaz, History and Development of I‘jaz, Bayani (linguistic/rhetorical) Inimitability, Tashri‘i (legislative) Inimitability, Ghaibiyah (unseen/predictive) Inimitability, and ‘Ilmi (scientific) Inimitability of the Quran.
Orientalist Attitudes Towards the Quran and Sunnah:
Subtopics:
Introduction to Orientalists, Emergence of Criticisms Against the Quran and Sunnah, Orientalist Views on the Content of the Quran, Orientalist Criticism of the Authenticity of the Quran, Orientalist Views on the Language of the Quran, Orientalist Attitudes Towards Prophet Muhammad (PBUH), and Orientalist Criticism of Hadith.
Biography of the Prophet (Sirah al-Rasul):
Subtopics:
Introduction to Sirah Studies, The Arabian Peninsula Before Islam, Birth of the Prophet, Propagation of Islam in Makkah and the Migration (Hijrah), Migration to Abyssinia, Migration to Madinah, Beginning of Armed Struggles, Events After the Battle of Badr, From the Umrah al-Qadha’ to the Battle of Tabuk, The Year of Delegations (‘Am al-Wufud) until the Passing of the Prophet (PBUH), and Shama’il Muhammadiyyah (Noble Characteristics of the Prophet).
Introduction to Sources of Islamic Law:
Subtopics:
The Quran, the Sunnah, Ijma‘ (consensus), Qiyas (analogical reasoning), Maslahah Mursalah (public interest), Istihsan (juristic preference), Istishab (presumption of continuity), and Sadd al-Dhara’i‘ (blocking the means to harm).