Numbering Code	G-AAA03 83203 LJ31	Year/Term	2022 ・ First semester
Number of Credits	2	Course Type	Lecture
Target Year	From 1st to 5th year students	Target Student
Language	Japanese	Day/Period	Wed.2
Instructor name	TONAGA YASUSHI (Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course	When researching Sufism,tariqa,or reverence for wali,one needs to study many genres of documents. In this course, we will read a succession of major documents in these areas.
Course Goals	The objective of this lecture is to get the ability to read the Arabic classical texts and to have enough knowledge of how to use the reference books for the reading the texts.
Schedule and Contents	For the above research, we will need to deal with various types of materials, such as books about theory, collections of biographies, stories of virtuous acts, records of pilgrimages, chronologies, genealogies, and glossaries. In this course, we will deal with one or two types of materials per year and practice reading them closely. The following are among the types of documents we may read: al-Sulami, Collection of Sufi Biographies (descriptions of the lives of notable Sufis) al-Ghazali, The Revival of the Religious Sciences (a major theoretical work of Sufism) Abd al-Qahir al-Suhrawardi: Spiritual Etiquette for Seekers of Tasawwuf (rules for practices in Suhrawardi Order) During the first class session, we will talk about which books we should choose and read.
Evaluation Methods and Policy	Students will be evaluated on the basis of attendance and class participation.
Course Requirements	Knowledge of elementary Arabic grammar
Study outside of Class (preparation and review)	Students will need to prepare themselves sufficiently before class. Be sure to confirm citations from the Quran and Hadiths that occur in the reading materials. When poems occur, be sure to research the meter. Also consult not only the dictionaries but also the concordances of Quran and Hadith, dictionaries of place-names, biographical dictionaries, and encyclopedia and glossaries.
Textbooks	Textbooks/References	Assigned during class. We will provide them and distribute them in class.
References, etc.	Sato Tsugitaka, ed.: Isuramu no rekishi 1 [The History of Islam 1] (Yamakawa Shuppansha, 2010) ISBN: 978-4-634-43141-6 (See Chapter 5: Tonaga Yasushi, “Sufizumu no seiritsu to hatten [The Establishment and Development of Sufism].”) Kosugi Yasushi, ed.: Isuramu no rekishi 2 [The History of Islam 2] (Yamakawa Shuppansha, 2010) ISBN: 978-4-634-43142-3 (See Chapter 3: Tonaga Yasushi, “Sufi kyodan no kakushin to saisei [Renewal and Revival of Sufi Religious Communities].”) Yamauchi Masayuki, Otsuka Kazuo, eds.: Isuramu o manabu hito no tameni [For People Studying Islam] (Sekaishisosha, 1993) (See I-4: Tonaga Yasushi, “Sufi to kyodan [Sufi and Religious Communities].” This is out of print, so borrow it from the library.) Other reference books will be assigned during class.