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COURSE INFORMATION

Course Code	Course Title	L+P Hour	Semester	ECTS
ILH 847	KEY CONCEPTS AND THEMES IN UNDERSTANDING THE QUR’AN	2 + 0	4th Semester	3

COURSE DESCRIPTION

Course Level	Bachelor's Degree
Course Type	Elective
Course Objective	The aim of this course is to enable students from non-theology departments to gain a comprehensive, clear, and academic understanding of the Qur’an’s general content, key concepts, and major themes. The course examines the Qur’anic approach to fundamental issues such as human beings, society, morality, knowledge, responsibility, justice, mercy, worship, prophethood, and the Hereafter. It aims to help students understand the Qur’an not through fragmented information or popular debates, but within its own coherent framework of meaning.
Course Content	This course examines the key concepts and major themes of the Qur’an within a clear and systematic framework suitable for students from non-theology departments. Topics such as revelation, guidance, tawḥīd, human beings, morality, society, justice, mercy, worship, prayer, prophethood, Qur’anic narratives, death, and the Hereafter are discussed. The course also focuses on the Qur’an’s messages regarding knowledge, reason, reflection, individual responsibility, and social life. Without entering into highly technical exegetical debates, the course aims to introduce the Qur’an’s world of meaning through its basic concepts and themes.
Prerequisites	No the prerequisite of lesson.
Corequisite	No the corequisite of lesson.

COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES

1	Recognize the general content and main subjects of the Qur’an.
2	Explain the key concepts of the Qur’an with an accurate and holistic perspective.
3	Understand the Qur’anic view of human beings, society, morality, and responsibility.
4	Evaluate the significance of knowledge, reason, reflection, and guidance in the Qur’an.
5	Interpret the individual and social messages of Qur’anic narratives.
6	Explain the Qur’an’s basic messages concerning justice, mercy, worship, and awareness of the Hereafter.
7	Develop the ability to assess fragmented, superficial, or inaccurate information about the Qur’an within a more reliable framework.

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ECTS ALLOCATED BASED ON STUDENT WORKLOAD BY THE COURSE DESCRIPTION

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Work Load (Hour)
Course Duration (14 weeks/theoric+practical)	2	14	28
Hours for off-the-classroom study (Pre-study, practice)	14	2	28
Mid-terms	1	7	7
Final examination	1	15	15
Total Work Load ECTS Credit of the Course			78 3

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