Iğdır University Lifelong Learning Programme

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code	Course Unit Title	Type of Course Unit	Year of Study	Semester	Number of ECTS Credits
TİB-23-172	PROPHET STORIES IN THE QUR'AN	Elective	1	2	6

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle

Objectives of the Course

Determining the principles and methods of prophets in the religious manifesto. Showing the integrity dimension of the message brought by all of the prophets. Revealing the spiritual dimension of crises encountered by former societies within the historical process. Showing that history is a process to be taken as “Example”, rather than a period of time that repeats itself. Revealing the functioning mode of anecdotes and showing the ways of handing them down today.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Yrd. Doç. Dr. Zeki TAN

Learning Outcomes

1	1- learning set-up stages of modern Turkey.
2	2- Examining the process of collapse and unproductive period of the Ottoman Empire.
3	3- Knowing about modernization efforts and the results.
4	4-Examining the First World War and the War of Independence.
5	5- Knowing about modernization efforts and establishment of the Republic of Turkey.
6	Determining the reason of repeating the anecdotes
7	Handing the anecdotes down today and determining their present usages
8	Determining whether the Koran Anecdotes are occuring or not

Mode of Delivery

Daytime Class

Prerequisites and co-requisities

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Examining the issue concerning the resource of the Koran anecdotes, Emphasizing the Koran anecdotes in terms of literature, Basic elements encountered in the Koran anecdotes, Style and characteristics of the Koran anecdotes, Repetition and importance of the Koran anecdotes, Basic intentions in the Koran anecdotes, Quality and classification of the Koran anecdotes, Social rules in the Koran anecdotes… are aimed to be comprehended.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week	Theoretical	Practice	Laboratory
1	Introduction to the Koran Anecdotes
2	Resource of the Anecdotes in Koran
3	Anecdotes in Koran and Their Comparison with the Holy Scripture
4	Anecdote of Hud (a.s.)
5	Anecdote of Salih (a.s.)
6	Anecdote of İbrahim (a.s.)
7	Anecdote of Lut (a.s.)
8	Intentions and Objectives of the Anecdotes in Koran
9	Qualities of the Anecdotes
10	Characteristics of the Anecdotes
11	Anecdote of Ashabu’l-Karye
12	Anecdote of the Tribe of Sebe
13	Anecdote of Ashabu’l Uhdud
14	Anecdote of Ashabu’l-Fil

Recommended or Required Reading

FAYİZ, Sâlih el-Hatib, Avâmilu'l-Fesâd fi Umemi'l-Mâdiye, Egypt, 1996. KATTAN, Menna', Mebâhis fi Ulumi'l-Kur'ân Beirut, 1981. KİTAB-I MUKADDES, (Torah and Bible) İst. 1976. KURTUBİ, Ebu Abdillah Muhammed b. Ahmed el-Ensâri, el-Câmi' Li Ahkami'l-Kur'ân, Daru'l-Fikr, By. Th. NECCAR, Abdulvehhab Kasasu'l-Enbiya Beirut, 1990. SA'LEBİ, Ebu İshak Ahmed b. Muhammed b. İbrahim, Kasasu'l-Enbiya (Arâisu'l-Mecâlis) Beirut, 1991. ŞİMŞEK, M. Sait, Introduction to the Koran Anecdotes, İst. 1993. TABBÂRE Afîf Abdulfettah, Maa'l-Enbiya fi'l-Kur'âni'l-Kerîm, Beirut, Th. ZÜHEYLİ, Vehbe, el-Kıssatu'l-Kur'âniyye, Beirut, 1990.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Midterm Examination	1	100
SUM		100
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities	Quantity	Weight
Final Examination	1	100
SUM		100
Term (or Year) Learning Activities		50
End Of Term (or Year) Learning Activities		50
SUM		100

Language of Instruction

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities	Number	Time (hours)	Total Work Load (hours)
Midterm Examination	1	2	2
Final Examination	1	2	2
Attending Lectures	14	3	42
Discussion	5	5	25
Brain Storming	5	5	25
Seminar	5	5	25
Writing Paper	5	5	25
Criticising Paper	5	4	20
Individual Study for Homework Problems	3	3	9
Reading	4	4	16
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)			191

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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* Contribution Level : 1 Very low 2 Low 3 Medium 4 High 5 Very High