The Indian Subcontinent produced some of the greatest experts of the Islamic Sciences over the course of centuries. A significant contributor to this chain of prestige scholarship, especially in the last few centuries has been the Dars-e-Nizami curriculum, designed by one of the leading scholars of his age, Mulla Nizam al-Din Sihalwi (d. 1747 CE), after whom the curriculum is named.
The great Mughal Sultan, Aurangzeb ‘Alamgir (d. 1707 CE) offered a building in Lucknow, formally owned by a French tradesmen to Mulla Nizam’s family to live in, known as the ‘Farangi Mahall’. Mulla Nizam & his brothers soon turned this building into the leading centre for knowledge & practice in the Subcontinent & the scholars who benefitted from this tradition became known as the ‘Farangi Mahallis’.
Soon, the political landscape drastically changed with British colonialism taking its grip on India. Responding to such challenges, a prominent branch of the Farangi Mahallis, known as the Khairabadis, emerged as leading figures in upholding this rich tradition of Dars-e-Nizami. Notably, Allama Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi (d. 1859 CE) embodies this dedication. Today, the inheritors of the Khairabadi tradition continue to play a vital role in preserving and furthering the rich legacy of the Farangi Mahall.
Greengate Islamic College runs a full-time Islamic Scholarship Programme, taking inspiration from the Dars-e-Nizami Curriculum. The aim of the course is to equip students with the necessary tools to be able to access the Holy Qur’an & Noble Sunnah in a skilled manner in order to better understand & serve the religion of Islam.
Students go through rigorous training in order to achieve an ability that allows them to access the vast library of Islamic Scholarship. It is in light of these aims & objectives that recent additions have been made to the Syllabus in order to better serve our needs.
The dynamic nature of the college also allows for regular extra-curricular modules that introduce the students to a vast array of subject matters & modern issues.
Arabic Etymology has been taught as a separate discipline since its codification by Imam Abu Uthman al-Mazini (d. 863 CE). At the Greengate Islamic College, we have introduced Allama Inayat Ahmad Kakorwi’s (d. 1863 CE) magnum opus, ilm al-Seegah, which is a synthesis of 5 classical texts in Etymology along with further benefits.
Allama Inayat Ahmad Kakorwi was a leading Scholar of the Subcontinent who participated in the War of Independence (1857 CE). Eventually he was exiled to the Andaman Islands along with Allama Fazl-e-Haq Khairabadi & other masters of the sacred sciences. His book gained wide acceptance & was introduced into the Nizami Curriculum.
Arabic Syntax is the science that details the essential rules of how to structure & arrange words in order to create well-formed sentences. Students at Greengate College are reading the centuries old primer in Syntax, Nahw Meer, by Mir Sayyid Sharif Jurjani (d. 1413 CE) which is celebrated the world over.
The text details the essential terminology relating to Syntax that is required to analyse the syntactical nature of sentences in Arabic. Alongside this, there are several other benefits that the author offers, such as detailing the way to view a word in order to ascertain its purpose in a sentence. Due to the unique structure of the text, it only spans around 17 pages, but on completion students will be reading classical Arabic!
Mir Sayyid is one of the greatest intellectuals of the Muslim world, he is more well known in scholarly circles than to the commoner. He has written commentaries on dozens of books which are taught in the Nizami curriculum. Each commentary deserves to be considered a distinct book within itself.
The importance of Logic can be understood from its purpose. The purpose of this science is to enable oneself to think correctly & to protect the mind from making mistakes whilst thinking. At the Greengate Islamic College, we have introduced Mir Sayyid Sharif Jurjani’s (d. 1413 CE) centuries old primer in Arabic Logic, Risala-e-Kubra, which again is celebrated the world over.
The text introduces the reader to the major discussions relating to this science. The author separates these discussions into appropriate sections & elucidates the issues in a clear and coherent manner.
This text is in the Persian language. Students at Greengate Islamic College are fortunate to be learning Persian/Farsi Grammar as a separate language.
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