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Semantics (1)

Course Description: The course includes an introduction to languages and semantics and their relationship to Sharia evidence. It reviews scholars' methodologies in classifying them, with an expansion on the divisions of word meaning in terms of usage and method of indication, as well as particles of meaning and their indications. .

Credit hours: 3

Prerequisites: ISF 142

Objectives of the course :

a. The student should know the importance of the Arabic language, the meanings of its words, the methodologies of scholars in its classification, and the mujtahid's need for it in order to understand the legislator's intent.
b. The student should understand the reality of speech and concept, their types, and the ruling on using them as proof.
c. The student distinguishes between particles and their meanings
d. That the student can apply the meanings of words in religious texts

Course outputs :

Knowledge and understanding:
The student knows the importance of the Arabic language, the connotations of words, the methodologies of scholars in its divisions, and the need for a diligent scholar to understand the intent of the Lawgiver and deduce rulings from religious texts.
The student will identify the meanings of literal and figurative language, their categories, and their impact on Islamic legal rulings.
3. The student understands letters of meaning and their connotations.
Skills:
1. The student will explain the significance of vocabulary in terms of the manner of signification.
2. The student will compare the reality of a spoken statement and a concept, and their types.
3. The student distinguishes between particles of meaning.
Values, autonomy and responsibility:
The student's ability to practice their profession in accordance with Islamic standards and values.
2- Student participation in group situations to reach a solution for problems they may face.
3. The student should master dealing with dissenters positively and have a sense of belonging to their religion.

Additional information:

Course Topics:
First: Introduction to Languages and Semantics.
Introduction to Languages, Speech, Utterance, and Meaning, Explanation of the Origin of Languages, the Reason for Their Establishment, and the Relationship of the Arabic Language to Islamic Law
1. Defining word meanings individually and in combination.
2. Explanation of the methodologies of scholars in their categorization, and jurisprudential applications of those methodologies.
Does analogy occur in language? And its effect on jurisprudential branches.
Second: Divisions of the signification of a word according to its usage.
Divisions of Nouns.
Introducing Truth, Its Divisions with Examples, and the Benefit of Knowing Its Types.
The proof of legal truth, and the resulting usul al-fiqh and fiqh issues.
A statement of when a term should be interpreted literally, conventionally, or linguistically, with examples.
Definition of Metaphor and its Relationships, with Examples.
Types of Contextual Clues That Shift Meaning from Literal to Figurative, with Examples.
The reasons for resorting to metaphor instead of literal expression.
A statement of the signs by which truth is known.
If the word is used figuratively or literally, it is assumed to be literal.
Applying what the student has learned in reality and metaphor to jurisprudential branches and legal texts.
Third: The divisions of the indication of a word on its meaning in terms of the manner of indication.
An introduction to the spoken (Manṭūq) and implied (Mafhūm), and their divisions according to the majority and the Hanafis, with clarification by examples and a comparison between the two approaches.
The reality of the concept of consent, its names, its divisions, its conditions, and its validity.
What is the type of connotation of the concept of consent: standard or linguistic? And its effect on jurisprudential branches.
The reality of the concept of contradiction, its names, types, and examples.
And conditions of the concept of violation.
The objection by the concept of the opposite, in general and in detail, and its ranks and degrees.
Applying what the student has learned in spoken and conceptual terms to jurisprudential branches and Sharia texts
Fourth: Particles of meaning and their indications.
– The meaning of particles and their classification.
1. The letter (Waw), its prominent meanings, and its applications.
2. The letter (fa), its most prominent meanings, and its applications.
3. The letter (than), its prominent meanings, and its applications
5. The letter (Ba' / ب), its prominent meanings, and its applications.
6. The letter (إلى) - its prominent meanings and applications.
7. The letter (حتى), its prominent meanings, and applications.
8. the letter (min), its prominent meanings, and its applications.
9. The letter "fi" (in), its most prominent meanings, and its applications.

Last updated: 2026-05-04