TİB 527 - Sufism: The Insightful Dimension of Islam

Graduate Education Institute · Islamic Sciences (Arabic) · Master

ECTS: 7.5 T+P+L: 3+0+0 Departmental Elective
Coordinator: Doç. Dr. Gamal Fathy Mohamed Nassar

Course Objective

To have an information about Sufi thought and its key figures

Course Content

The emergence of Sufism (tasawwuf) and historical process of Sufism, the first sufis, sufi schools and orders, founders of order (tarika), sufi terminology will be teach. The main subjects of the course are contemporary reflections of sufi culture by giving examples from sufi movements and principles

Course Learning Outcomes

  1. To have an information about Sufi thought
  2. To have an information about Sufi thought
  3. to get knowledge about some theoretical Sufi methodology

Core Area Distribution

(22) Humanities%100

Teaching Methods

ExpressionQuestion-AnswerDiscussionGuided PracticeCase StudyProblem Solving

Assessment & Evaluation

HomeworkTesting (Essay / Tests: True-Falls, multiple-choice, short answer, matching)

ECTS / Workload

ActivityQuantityDuration (h)Total Workload
Course Duration (Including Exam Week)16348
Out of Class Study Period14342
Midterm14228
Quiz000
Assignment11212
Practice000
Final122

Course Schedule

WeekSubjectPreparation
1LOGINRead about the topic
2entranceRead about the topic
3Mysticism and Mysticism Orientalism and SufismRead about the topic
4Worships of WorshipRead about the topic
5Literature mysticismRead about the topic
6Heart Cleansing, Nefs statementRead about the topic
7Mystical conceptsRead about the topic
8MidtermMidterm
9Concepts of Sufism IIRead about the topic
10Sufism and Islamic StudiesRead about the topic
11Man according to SufismRead about the topic
12Dhikr in SufismRead about the topic
13Love in mysticismRead about the topic
14Sufi issuesRead about the topic
15Sufi Issues IIRead about the topic
16final examfinal exam