GAUHATI UNIVERSITY

Syllabus for T.D.C. Course in Arabic

(Semester System)

2010
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Syllabus for Three Year Degree Course in Arts - 2010
(Semester System)
Subject : Arabic

The Three Year Degree Course in Arabic shall be comprised of 20 (Twenty)

papers in Major Course and 10 (Ten) papers in General Course. Each paper shall be
comprised of 100 Marks out of which 20 marks shall be allotted to continuous internal
assessment.
Each paper shall carry of 8 (eight) Credits comprising of 4 (four) Units with 20
(twenty) marks against each unit.
The break-up of Three Year Degree Course in Arabic for both Major and General are
as follows:

1.

2.

TDC Part I : First Year

A First Semester
Arabic (Major)
:
Arabic (General)
:

2 (two) Papers
1 (one) Paper

B Second Semester
Arabic (Major)
Arabic (General)

2 (two) Papers
1 (one) Paper

:
:

TDC Part II : Second Year

A Third Semester
Arabic (Major)
:
2 (two) Papers
Arabic (General)
:
1 (one) Paper

B Fourth Semester
Arabic (Major)
:
Arabic (General)
:
3.
TDC Part III : Third Year
A Fifth Semester
Arabic (Major)
:
Arabic (General)
:
B Sixth Semester
Arabic (Major)
Arabic (General)

:
:

2 (two) Papers
2 (two) Papers

6 (six) Papers
2 (two) Papers

6 (six) Papers
3 (three) Papers

Gauhati University
Syllabus for T.D.C. in Arabic
(Semester System)
1.

Distribution of Marks:

Total PAPERS : Major

: General

: 20
: 10

Total Marks : Major - 2000

: General 1000

MAJOR :
1st Semester 2 papers : (100 marks of each paper)
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GENERAL :
1st Semester 1 paper:
2nd Semester 1 paper:
3rd Semester 1 paper:
4th Semester 2 papers:
5th Semester 2 papers:
6th Semester 3 papers:

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2. Distribution of marks for Major Course:

(a) Essay Type Questions
(b) Textual Questions,
Which includes minimum of 25 marks to
answer in Arabic.
(c) Grammar & Translation
(d) Continuous internal assessment

(Per paper)
:

20%
40%

:
:

20%
20%

3. Distribution of marks for internal assessment:

(i) Classroom Test
(ii) Home Assignment & Seminar
on respective course

10

10

Note: The above distribution of marks will be applicable for both Major and General
Course except that the General Course will carry 15% marks to answer in Arabic
in place of 25% marks allotted in Major Course.
4.

This distribution of marks will be applicable for the following courses:

(up to 4th Semester only)

Major:

(AR) 1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 3.1, 3.2, 4.1 & 4.2

General: (AR) - 1.1, 2.1, 3.1, 4.1 & 4.

Major Papers:
1.
TDC Part I Arabic (Major) First Year/ First Semester:
Paper
Course Title
Marks
1.1 Paper
Arabic Prose -I & Grammar
80
1.2 Paper
Arabic Poetry I, History of Islam
& Grammar
80
2.
TDC Part I Arabic (Major) First Year/ Second Semester:
2.1 - Paper
2.2 - Paper

Arabic Prose - II & Grammar

Arabic Poetry -I1, History of Islam
& Grammar

80

80
3.

TDC Part II Arabic (Major) Second Year/ Third Semester:

3.1 - Paper
3.2 - Paper

Arabic Prose - III & Grammar

Arabic Poetry - II1, History of Islam
& Grammar

80

80
4.

TDC Part II Arabic (Major) Second Year/ Fourth Semester:

4.1 - Paper
4.2 - Paper

Arabic Prose - IV, History of Islam

& Grammar
Arabic Prose V, Literary History of the
Arabs (Pre-Islamic) & Grammar

5 TDC Part III Arabic (Major) Third Year/ Fifth Semester:

Paper
Course Title
5.1 - Paper
Arabic Prose - I (Medieval Period)
5.2 - Paper
Arabic Poetry - I (Pre-Islamic & Early Islam)
5.3 Paper
Modern Arabic Poetry : Neo Classical
5.4 Paper
Arabic Grammar, Rhetoric, Essay &
Translation of unseen passages
5.5 Paper
Literary History of the Arabs
(Early Islamic to Abbasid Period)
5.6 Paper
Functional Arabic & Terminology-I
6

80
80

Marks
80
80
80
80
80
80

TDC Part III Arabic (Major) Third Year/ Sixth Semester:

6.1 - Paper
6.2 - Paper
6.3 Paper
6.4 Paper
6.5 Paper
6.6 Paper

Indo-Arabic Literature
Modern Arabic Poetry : Mahjar
Arabic Prose - II (Modern Period)
Literary History of the Arabs
(Modern Period)
Functional Arabic & Terminology - II
An essay on the subject concerned.
(Abbasid Period)

80
80
80
80
80
80

General Papers:
1

TDC Part I Arabic (General) First Year/ First Semester:

Paper
Course Title
1.1 - Paper

4.2 Paper

Arabic Prose & Poetry - III,

History of Islam & Grammar

80

Arabic Prose, History of Islam

& Grammar
Arabic Prose, Literary History of the
Arabs & Grammar

80
80

TDC Part III Arabic (General) Third Year / 5th Semester:

5.1 - Paper
5.2 - Paper

80

TDC Part II Arabic (General) Second Year/ 4th Semester:

4.1 - Paper

Arabic Prose & Poetry - II, History of Islam

& Grammar

TDC Part II Arabic (General) Second Year/ Third Semester:

3.1 - Paper

80

TDC Part I Arabic (General) First Year/ Second Semester:

2.1 - Paper

Arabic Prose & Poetry - I,

History of Islam & Grammar

Marks

Arabic Prose - I (Medieval Period)

Arabic Poetry - I (Pre-Islamic & Early Islam)

80
80

TDC Part III Arabic (General) Third Year / 6th Semester:

6.1 - Paper
6.2 - Paper
6.3 Paper

Indo-Arabic Literature
Modern Arabic Poetry : Mahjar
Arabic Prose - II (Modern Period)

Note: The course contents assigned to the papers in 5th & 6th Semesters above,
subject to modifications.

80
80
80

Semester 1
Course No. AR 1.1 (Major)
Course Title : Arabic Prose 1 &
Grammar (Etymology) - Marks - 80
Unit I
i.
ii.

Hashim wa al-Mudarris
Al-Abb wa al-Abna

: Al-Muhadathah
: Conversation

i.
ii.

Al-Waqt
Hadarat al-Arab wa al-Muslimina fi Bilad al-Gharb

i.
ii.

Nizam al-Hujrah
Al-Ummu

Unit II

Unit III

Unit IV
i.

Grammar:
Ilm al-Sarf (Etymology)
Madi, Mudara`, Amar wa Nahyi (Thulathi Mujarrad)
& Translation.

Semester 1
Course No. AR 1.2 (Major)
Course Title : Arabic Poetry -1, History of Islam &
Grammar (Syntex)
Marks - 80
Unit I
i.
ii.

Ya BulBulie
Sharrun wa Khairun

:
:

by Abu Salamah
by Abul Atahiyah

i.

Tarbiyah al-Ummahat
(Selected 15 verses)
Aayat al-Asr fi Samaye Misr

by Ma`ruf al-Rusafi

Ahmed Shauqi Bek

Unit II

ii.
Unit III

Political History of Islam:

(From Pre Islamic Period to 632 AD)

Unit IV
i.

Grammar:
Ilm al-Nahu (Syntex)
i. Al-Ajza al-Jumlah (Ism, Fe`l, Harf)
ii. Al-Jumlah al-Mufidah (Al-Kalam)
iii. Al-Jumlah al-Ismiah wa al-fe`liah
& Translation.

Semester 2
Course No. AR 2.1 (Major)
Course Title : Arabic Prose - II
Grammar (Etymology)
Marks - 80
Unit I
i.
ii.

Al-Safar
Al-Hurriyah wa al-Masawah
wa al-Ikhau fi al-Islam

i
ii

Ila al-Suq
Fi al-Fasl

i
ii

Al-Qazi al-Adil
Biladi

i.

Grammar: Ilm al-Sarf (Etymology)

Ism al-Fail, Ism al- Maful, Ism al-Tafdil
Al-Sifat al-Mushabbaha, Ism al-Zarf
Ism al-Mubalaghah, Ism al-Aala
& Translation.

Unit II

Unit III

Unit IV

Semester 2
Course No. AR 2.2 (Major)
Course Title : Arabic Poetry II, History of Islam
& Grammar (Syntax)
Marks - 80
Unit I
i.
ii.

Nasheed al-Zakat
Lau kuntu Usfuran

:
:

by Usuf al-Azam
by Abu Salmah

i
ii

Yaquluna fi al-Islam
Fi al-Zuhd

:
:

by Maruf al-Rusafi
by Abul Atahiyah

Unit II

Unit III

Political History of Islam

Khulafa-e-Rashideen (632 AD 661 AD)

Unit IV
i.

Grammar: Ilm al-Nahu (Syntax)

Al-Marfuat :
(a) Al-Mubtada wa al-Khabar
(b) Al-Fail wa Nayeb al-Fail
(c) Ism-e- Kaana wa Akhawatuha
& Translation.

Semester 3
Course No. AR 3.1 (Major)
Course Title : Arabic Prose III
(Quran, Hadith & Nasihat) & Grammar (Etymology)
Marks - 80
Unit I
i.
ii.

Surah al-Mauun
Surah al-Teen

(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)

Unit II

ii

Buniya al-Islamu `ala Khamsin

Al-Muslimu Man Salima
Ihfazil Allaha Yahfazka
Man Da`a Ila Hudan
Ara aitum Lau Anna Nahran

Unit III
i
ii

Tallum al-Lughat al-Arabiah

Aaqibatul-Kizb

i.

Grammar: Ilm al-Sarf (Etymology)

Abwab-e- Thulathi Mazeed Fih (Five Abwabs)
Baab al-Ifaal, Bab al-Tafeil, Bab al-Mufaalah
Bab al-Tafauul & Bab al-Tafa`ul
& Translation.

Unit IV

Semester 3
Course No. AR 3.2 (Major)
Course Title : Arabic Poetry III,
History of Islam & Grammar (Syntax) Marks - 80
Unit I
i.
ii.

Maa balu Aini (Ratha al-Nabi) : by Hassan b. Thabit

Al-Rabei
: by Fouzi al-Anteel

i.

(a) Yaa Marhaba

(b) Al-Aish
Al- Qubbarah wa Ibnuha

Unit II

ii
Unit III

: by Abdur Rahman al-Shukri

: by Ahmad Shauqi

Political History of Islam: Umayyad period

(662 AD 751 AD)
(Four Selected Caliphs: Muawiyah, Marwan,
Umar b. Abdul Aziz, Hisham b. Abdul Malik)

Unit IV
i

Grammar: Ilm al-Nahu (Syntax)

i. Khabar Inna wa Akhawatiha
ii. Khabar La-e- Nafi al-Jins
iii. Ism Ma wa La Mushabbahataini bi Laisa
& Translation.

Semester 4
Course No. AR 4.1 (Major)
Course Title : Arabic Prose - IV
History of Islam & Grammar (Etymology)
Marks - 80
Unit I
i.
ii.

Allah Yuhyi wa Yumitu (Conversation)

`Adam al-Bukhle wa al-Israf (Conversation)

i
ii

Kalila wa Dimna (Zimmatul Malik)

Al-Nabiyyu wa al-Sabiyyu (Hikayah min Qalyubi)

Unit II

Unit III

Political History of Islam: Abbasid period

(751AD 813 AD)
(Four Selected Caliphs: Abul Abbas al-Saffah,
Abu Jafar al-Mansur, Haroon al-Rashid & Al-Ameen )

Unit IV
i

Grammar: Ilm al-Sarf (Etymology)

Abwab-e-Thulathi Mazeed Fih (Rest 7 Babs)
Bab-Iftial, Bab-Infial, Bab-If`ilal, Bab-If`ee`lal, BabIstif`al, Bab-If`ee`aal, Bab- If`iuwal
& Translation.

Semester 4
Course No. AR 4.2 (Major)
Course Title : Arabic Prose V,
Literary History of the Arabs (Pre-Islamic period)
& Grammar (Syntax)
Marks- 80
Unit I
i.
ii.

Sulhul Hudaybiah
Al-Sidq

i
ii

Al-Arab
Al-Islam Fi al-Sharq al-Aqsa

Unit II

Unit III
Literary History of Islam (Pre Islamic period)
Unit IV
i

Grammar: Ilm al-Nahu (Syntax)

Al-Mansubat:
Al-Mafulaat: Maf`ul Bih, Maf`ul Fih, Maf`ul Lahu,
Maf`ul Ma`ahu, Maf`ul Mutlaq
& Translation.

Semester 1
Course No. AR 1.1 (General)
Course Title : Arabic Prose & Poetry, History
of Islam & Grammar - I
Marks - 80
Unit I
i.
ii.

Hashim wa al-Mudarris
Al-Waqt

Unit II
i.
Tarbiyah al-Ummahat
(Selected 12 verses)
ii.
Ya BulBulie

(Conversation)

by Ma`ruf al-Rusafi

by Abu Salamah

Unit III
Political History of Islam
(From Pre-Islamic Period to 632 AD)
Unit IV
i.
ii.

Grammar:
Grammar:
(a)
(b)
(c)

Ilm al-Sarf (Etymology)

Madi, Mudara`, Amar wa Nahi (Thulathi Mujarrad)
Ilm al-Nahu (Syntex)
Al-Ajza al-Jumlah (Ism, Fe`l, Harf)
Al-Jumlah al-Mufidah (Al-Kalam)
Al-Jumlah al-Ismiah wa al-fe`liah

Semester 2
Course No. AR 2.1 (General)
Course Title : Arabic Prose & Poetry,
History of Islam & Grammar - II - Marks - 80
Unit I
i.
ii.

Al-Safar
Al-Hurriyah wa al-Masawah
wa al-Ikhau fi al-Islam

i.
ii.

Nasheed al-Zakat
Lau kuntu Usfuran

Unit II

Unit III

:
:

by Usuf al-Azam
by Abu Salmah

Political History of Islam

Khulafa-e-Rashideen (632 A.D. 661 A.D.)

Unit IV
i.

Grammar: Ilm al-Sarf (Etymology)

Ism al-Fail, Ism al- Maful, Ism al-Tafdil
Al-Sifat al-Mushabbaha, Ism al-Zarf
Ism al-Mubalaghah, Ism al-Aala

ii.

Grammar: Ilm al-Nahu (Syntax)

Al-Marfuat :
(d) Al-Mubtada wa al-Khabar
(e) Al-Fail wa Nayeb al-Fail
(f) Ism-e- Kaana wa Akhawatuha

Semester 3
Course No. AR 3.1 (General)
Course Title : Arabic Prose & Poetry,
History of Islam & Grammar - III
Marks - 80
Unit I
i.
ii.

Surah al-Mauun
(a) Buniya al-Islamu `ala Khamsin
(b) Al-Muslimu Man Salima
(c) Ihfazil Allaha Yahfazka

i
ii

Maa balu Aini (Ratha al-Nabi) : by Hassan b. Thabit

(a) Yaa Marhaba
: by Abdur Rahman al-Shukri
(b) Al-Aish

Unit II

Unit III
Political History of Islam: Umayyad period (661A.D. 751 A.D.)
(Four Selected Caliphs: Muawiyah, Marwan,
Umar b. Abdul Aziz, Hisham b. Abdul Malik)
Unit IV
i.

ii.

Grammar: Ilm al-Sarf (Etymology)

Abwab-e- Thulathi Mazeed Fih (Five Abwabs)
Baab al-Ifaal, Bab al-Tafeil, Bab al-Mufaalah
Bab al-Tafauul & Bab al-Tafa`ul
Grammar: Ilm al-Nahu (Syntax)
(a) Khabar Inna wa Akhawatiha
(b) Khabar La-e- Nafi al-Jins

Semester 4
Course No. AR 4.1 (General)
Course Title : Arabic Prose - I,
History of Islam & Grammar (Etymology)
Marks - 80
Unit I
i.

Allah Yuhyi wa Yumitu (Conversation)

Kalila wa Dimna (Zimmatul Malik)

Unit II

Unit III

Political History of Islam: Abbasid period (751 A.D 813 A.D)

(Four Selected Caliphs: Abul Abbas al-Saffah,
Abu Jafar al-Mansur, Haroon al-Rashid & Al-Ameen )

Unit IV
i

Grammar: Ilm al-Sarf (Etymology)

Bab-Iftial, Bab-Infial, Bab-Istif`al,
Bab-If`ee`aal, Bab- If`iuwal
& Translation.

Semester 4
Course No. AR 4.2 (General)
Course Title : Arabic Prose II,
Literary History of the Arabs (Pre-Islamic period)
& Grammar (Syntax)
Marks- 80
Unit I
i.

Sulhul Hudaybiah

Al-Arab

Unit II

Unit III
Literary History of Islam (Pre Islamic period)
Unit IV
i

Note :

Grammar: Ilm al-Nahu (Syntax)

Al-Mansubat:
Al-Mafulaat: Maf`ul Bih, Maf`ul Fih, Maf`ul Lahu,
Maf`ul Ma`ahu, Maf`ul Mutlaq
& Translation.

The Department of Arabic, Gauhati University, with the coordination of the members of the Committee of Courses and
Studies (CCS) in Arabic, G.U. has taken the decision to edit and
publish the Selection of Arabic Text for the TDC Course both in
Major & General (Semester wise). The book will be available
soon.

Books Recommended for Arabic Grammar:

1. A Grammar of Arabic Language, by Obaidullah el-Obaidi Shuhrawadi.
2. The Essential Arabic, by Rafi el-Imad Faynan
3. A new Arabic Grammar of written Language, by J.A. Haywood and H.M.
Nahmad
4. Arabic made Essay, by Abul Hashim
5. A Grammar of Arabic Language, by W. Wright
6. Misbahul-Awamil
7. Arabic for Beginners, by Syed Ali
8. Al-Qirat al-Wadihah, Part-III
9. A comprehensive Arabic Grammar, by Dr. Karamatullah Bahmani,
New College, Chennai.
10 Ilm al-Sarf (Arabic Morphology), by Dr. Moinuddin Azmi, Azizia Printing
Press, Hyderabad-2 (A.P.)
11. Kitab al-Sarf & Kitab al-Nahu by A. Rahman Amritsari
12. Al-Nahw al-Wadih, Vol. 1 &II, by Ali Jarin and Mustafa Amin
13. Muallim al-Insha, by Abdul Majid Nadwi (Part-I, II & III).

Books Recommended for Literary History of the Arabs:

1. Nicholson, R.A. : A Literary History of the Arabs.
2. Hitti, P.K. : History of the Arabs.
3. Zaydan J. : Tarikhu Aadabil lugatil Arabiyah.
4. Clement Huart: History of Arabic Literature.
5. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th edition of Semitic Languages, Tr. Noeldeke.
6. Encyclopaedia of Islam: Latest edition.
7. Tarikh al-Adab al-`Arabi

Books Recommended for Political History of Islam:

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

Siratun Nabi by Allama Shibli No`mani & Syed Sulaiman Nadwi

Al. Nabiyul Khatim by Syed Abul Hasan Ali Nadwi
A short History of Saracens, by Syed Ameer Ali.
History of the Arabs by P.K. Hitti
Concise History of Muslim World (3 Vols.) by Rafi Ahmad Fidai
Tarikhul Islam (4 Vlos.) by. Shah Mu`eenuddin Nadwi