Curriculum and Syllabus.
At Balag Institute we deliver a balanced
Islamic curriculum based on Islamic principles and British values. We provide
academic tuition to support the national curriculum so that our future
generation can achieve high not just in academic but also in future professions.
We aim to provide the essence of Islamic beliefs and teachings in a logical way
that our children may face the unexpected argument and misconception about Islam.
We aim to provide essential support to develop their confidence enabling them to
fully participate in mainstream society. In addition, we aim to ensure that our
future generation rise gradually as practicing British Muslims and preachers of
Islam with their outstanding character and morality.
To
fulfil these aims and objectives, We, at Balag Institute, have divided our
entire curriculum into three major stages:
|
Stage |
Age |
Description |
|
Beginner |
4-7 |
This stage will give them the
basic preparation required to develop into the intermediate stage. |
|
8-12 |
This will involve deeper learning
about the reasonings behind the fundamentals of Islamic beliefs and
teachings. |
|
|
Advanced |
13-18 |
This will involve learning how
to carry out deep public discussions and debates and developing smart decision-making
skills. |
Our
curriculum covers the four areas of knowledge:
1.
Learning Quran
2.
Islamic Studies
3.
Arabic language
4.
Academic Tuition (Math, Science
& English)
At the present, we are providing
only the first three areas: Learning Quran, Islamic studies, and the Arabic language for
beginners and Intermediate stages students.
Our
Comprehensive Syllabus
The
basic idea of our comprehensive syllabus is as follows:
Learning
Quran
Reading and reciting the Quran
is an essential part of Muslim lives. A Muslim must memorize some suras and
essential verses of the Quran. It is also important to recite the Quran in its
correct manner applying the rules of Tajweed. In addition, Muslims should understand
what they recite especially while they perform their salah. Therefore, Balag
Institute has designed its “Leaning Quran” syllabus to cover the following
areas:
1.
Qaida (Basic
steps and preparations to read Quran)
2.
Tajweed (Rules of Reciting Quan
correctly and melodiously)
3.
Hifz (Memorising
suras or entre Quran for Hifz section)
4.
Tafseer (Learning
the meaning with an explanation of basic suras and parts)
Students
will start with Arabic letters and gradually achieve the final goal.
Islamic
Studies
The preservation of the
religious and moral heritage of Muslims is important as well as complex. To
teach Islamic education to children and enable them to grow as Muslims in
modern society offers a great challenge to us. To face this challenge and
enable Muslim children to become practicing Muslims Balag Institute has designed
a very advanced Comprehensive syllabus for Islamic studies. This syllabus
covers the following areas:
1.
Aqaid & Akhlaq (Beliefs & Morality)
2.
Fiqhul Islam (Islamic Jurisprudence)
3.
Adiyat & Adab (Supplication-Duaa & Manners)
4.
Seerah
and Tarikh (Life of the prophets and Islamic history)
5.
Hadith
(understanding and memorizing the hadith of the Prophet SM.)
Students will start with the basics
of Islam and gradually they will become a “Dayi ilallah” and Imam of our
community and religious places Insha’Allah if they complete the full Alim
course.
Arabic
language
Arabic is the most important
language to all Muslims as it is the language of main two sources of Islam: the Quran
and the sunnah. Muslims apply this language in their daily life in various areas
including their supplication, Azan, 5 daily prayers, and Jumuah and Eid khutba.
To understand Islam from its main sources it is essential to learn classic
Arabic. British Muslims also need to communicate with their Arab brothers especially
when they visit Arab countries for their various purpose including Makkah and
Madinat when they perform their Hajj and umrah. To fulfill the need of our young
Muslims we provide the following area of Arabic language:
1.
Quranic Arabic
2.
Reading & Writing
3.
Listening & speaking
Students
will start with basic Quranic Arabic to go to a higher level of the Arabic language.