Mains Examination Syllabus  - Arabic

PAPER - I

Part I : Poetry :

1. Imrul Qais : Muallaqat (Complete)

2. Diwanul Hamasah : Selected Poems :

(i) Ibn Abdul al-Asadi

(ii) Aidhan Lahu

(iii) Wa Qala al-Tai

(iv) al. Muqanna al-kindi

(v) Rajulum Minal Fazariyeen

3. Diwan-e-Hassan bin Thabit : Page 7-13 (Middle)

4. Diwanul Mutanbbi : Selected poems : “Aminazdiyaraki........Mawladi Nasliha Hawwau”

5. Ahmed Shaugi Bek : Selected Poems :

(i) Wulidul Huda.

(ii) Ayatul Asri fiSemai Misre.

6. Hafiz Ibrahim : Selected Poem : “Al-Imam al-skeikh Muhammad” Abnduhu”

7. Maaruf al-Rusafi : Page 278-285 (Bottom)

Part -II : Prose :

1. al-quran : Surah al-Fat’he (complete)

2. as-Sahih by Muslim : Page 33-46

3. ‘Abdullah Ibnul Muqaffa : Kalila wa Dimna

Selected piece : “Dimmatul Malik”

4. al-Bayn wat - Tabiyeen : Page 72-83.

5. Futuhul Buldan : Page 84-102

6. al-Ustadh Ali - Tantawi : Selected piece : “al. Firdausul Islami fi Qurrati Asiya”

7. Jibran Khalil Jibran : ‘Murta al-Baniya’

8. Dr. Taha Hussain : “Thiqlul Ghina”.

Books recomended :

1. Sab’semu’ allawat by Mumtazuddin Ahmed. Qayyum PRESS, Kanpur.

2. Diwanul Hamasah : Muhammad Qamarul - Din, Published  by Haji Muhammad Qamruddin, Wallesly Square, Cal-16

3. Diwanul Mutanabbi : Published by Rashidia Book Depot, Delhi-6

4. Ahmed Shauqi Bek : Al-Shauqiyat, Published by Darul Ma’arif, Cairo.

5. Hafiz Ibrahim : Dieane Hafiz Ibrahim, Egypt.

6. Ibn Muqaffa : Kslils wa Dimna, Published by Darul Masirah, Beirut, 1980.

7. Abul Hassan Ali Nadwi : Mukhtarat. Published Nadwatul Ulama, Lucknow.

8. Modern Arabic short stories : Abdul Aziz Abdul Muquid,  Al-Maarif Press, Cairo.

9. Calcutta University Arabic Selection for the B.A.

Examination, edition : 1963. (to be studied for

Part-I : Sl. No. 3&7

Part-II : Sl. No. 2,4,&5

Hindi Ka sahaj Vyakaran - Dr. Baduri Nath Kapoor.

PAPER - II

Part I :

(i) Translation of unseen Arabic Passage into English.

(ii) Grammar of Arabic Language.

(iii) Arabic Rhetorics.

(iv) Essay in Arabic on a subject connected with Arabic Literature.

Part - II (History of Arabic Language & Literature) :

GROUP A :

History of Arabic Language : Its origin and development.

GROUP B :

History of Arabic Literature : From the beginning of Pre-Islamic period upto end of Abbasid Dynasty i.e. upto 1258 A.D.

Books Recommended :

1. Jurji Zaydan : Falsafatul Laghatil Arabiyah.

2. Nicholson, R.A. : A Literary History of the Arabs.

3. Hitti, P.K. : History of the Arabs.

4. Jurji Zaydan : Tarikhul-Adabil Laghatil Arabiyah.

5. Zayyat, A.H. : Tarikhul Adabil Arabiyah,

6. Goldziher : Short History of the Arabic Literature.

7. Col. Huart : Arabic Literature.

(i) The candidates are expected to answer critical questions on the authors and the poets as well as the General Characteristics of the Literature.

(ii) The candidates will be required to answer some questions carrying not less than 25 percent marks in Arabic.

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