COURSE SYLLABUS
TEXTS ON THE HISTORY OF SUFISM
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Course Title:
TEXTS ON THE HISTORY OF SUFISM
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Course Code:
İLA4261
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Type of Course:
Optional
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Level of Course:
First Cycle
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Year of Study:
4
6
Semester:
7
7
ECTS Credits Allocated:
9
8
Theoretical (hour/week):
2
9
Practice (hour/week) :
0
10
Laboratory (hour/week) :
0
11
Prerequisites:
-
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Recommended optional programme components:
None
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Language:
Turkish
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Mode of Delivery:
Face to face
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Course Coordinator:
Prof. Dr. SALİH ÇİFT
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Course Lecturers:
-
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Contactinformation of the Course Coordinator:
sacift@uludag.edu.tr
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Website:
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Objective of the Course:
Enabling the students to read and understand the main sources of sufism in their orginal languages.
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Contribution of the Course to Professional Development
This kind of courses contributes to the advanced learning of Arabic, which is one of the basic tools of those who works in the field of religious sciences.
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Learning Outcomes:
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Getting to know the basic classics of sufism in their original language and form.;
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Comprehending the language features of Sufi classics.;
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Examining the transformation of the sufi understanding set forth in Sufism texts in the process through texts.;
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Gainig the ability to analyze the sufi texts.;
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Comparing the content of classical texts with Turkish Sufism texts.;
Week
Theoretical
Practical
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al-Muhasibi/ The Notion of al-Nafs
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al-Tustarî/ The first sufi exegesis
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al-Tirmidhi/ The concept of sainthood
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al-Kalabadhi/ The chapter of repentance
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al-Sarraj/ The science of sufism
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Abu Tali al-Makki/ Heart
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al-Qushairi/ Biographies of sufis
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al-Hujwiri/ Biographies of sufis
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al-Ghazzali/ The chapter of sufism
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Ibn al-Jawzi/ The analysis of sufi sayings
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Ibn al-Taimiyya/ Critical comments
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Bursawi/ New sufi exegesis
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Afifi/ On the history of sufism
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A. Mahmud/ on the currents of sufism
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Textbooks, References and/or Other Materials:
1. El-Muhâsibî, Hâris b. Esed, Risâletü’l-müsterşidîn (thk. Abdülfettâh Ebû Gudde), Kahire 1983.
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Assesment
TERM LEARNING ACTIVITIES
NUMBER
PERCENT
Midterm Exam
1
40
Quiz
0
0
Homeworks, Performances
0
0
Final Exam
1
60
Total
2
100
Contribution of Term (Year) Learning Activities to Success Grade
40
Contribution of Final Exam to Success Grade
60
Total
100
Measurement and Evaluation Techniques Used in the Course
Written exam
Information
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ECTS / WORK LOAD TABLE
Activites
NUMBER
TIME [Hour]
Total WorkLoad [Hour]
Theoretical
14
2
28
Practicals/Labs
0
0
0
Self Study and Preparation
14
13
182
Homeworks, Performances
0
0
0
Projects
0
0
0
Field Studies
0
0
0
Midtermexams
1
30
30
Others
0
0
0
Final Exams
1
30
30
Total WorkLoad
270
Total workload/ 30 hr
9
ECTS Credit of the Course
9
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CONTRIBUTION OF LEARNING OUTCOMES TO PROGRAMME QUALIFICATIONS
PQ1
PQ2
PQ3
PQ4
PQ5
PQ6
PQ7
PQ8
PQ9
PQ10
PQ11
PQ12
LO1
0
5
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
LO2
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
LO3
0
0
3
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
LO4
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
LO5
0
0
0
0
4
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
LO: Learning Objectives
PQ: Program Qualifications
Contribution Level:
1 Very Low
2 Low
3 Medium
4 High
5 Very High
