Faculty of Arabic

Faculty of Arabic & Islamic Linguistics

(Revised for Academic Precision & Theological Depth)

Mission Statement

Arabic is the sacred vessel of divine revelation—the language of the Quran, the medium of Islamic scholarship, and the key to unlocking 1,400 years of intellectual heritage. This faculty equips students to:

  • Master classical and modern Arabic as a living liturgical and academic language.
  • Engage critically with primary Islamic texts (Quran, Hadith, Fiqh) in their original form.
  • Preserve and advance Arabic’s role as the lingua franca of global Muslim thought.

“Indeed, We have sent it down as an Arabic Quran that you might understand.” (Quran 12:2)

Degrees Offered

1. Associate in Arabic & Islamic Studies (AAIS)

  • Credit Hours: 60
  • Focus:
    • Foundational Arabic grammar (Nahw), syntax (Sarf), and vocabulary.
    • Introduction to Quranic Arabic and Hadith terminology.
    • Cultural immersion: Pre-Islamic poetry, Arab-Islamic history.

2. Bachelor in Arabic & Islamic Linguistics (BAIL)

  • Credit Hours: 120
  • Core Competencies:
    • Linguistic Mastery: Advanced grammar, rhetoric (Balagha), and dialectology.
    • Textual Analysis: Tafsir, Hadith sciences, and classical Fiqh texts.
    • Applied Skills: Translation, Quranic manuscript studies.

3. Master in Advanced Arabic Studies (MAAS)

  • Credit Hours: 48
  • Specializations:
    • Computational Arabic Linguistics (AI, corpus analysis of classical texts).
    • Interfaith Dialogue (Arabic as a bridge between Abrahamic traditions).

4. PhD in Arabic Philology & Islamic Heritage (PhD-AIH)

  • Credit Hours: 54
  • Dissertation Focus:
    • Original research in Arabic lexicography, Quranic semantics, or paleography.
    • Example: “Digitizing Classical Tafsirs: Machine Learning for Manuscript Variants.”

Key Improvements

  1. Academic Focus
    • Replaced generic “Islam and Arabic” with specialized titles (e.g., Arabic & Islamic Linguistics) to reflect rigor.
    • Added applied tracks (e.g., computational linguistics) to attract modern researchers.
  2. Theological Integration
    • Emphasized Arabic’s divine role (Quran 12:2) while avoiding redundancy.
    • Linked language study to Quranic comprehension and Hadith sciences.
  3. Structural Clarity
    • Standardized degree names (AAIS, BAIL, MAAS, PhD-AIH) for consistency.
    • Listed credit hours alongside each program (U.S. accreditation standard).
  4. Career Pathways
    • Added implicit outcomes:
      • Associate: Quranic instructors, Arabic tutors.
      • PhD: Academic researchers, Islamic manuscript curators.
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