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Department of Arabic

arabic@maulanaazadcollegekolkata.ac.in

About the Department

Arabic is a Semitic language. Around 292 million people speak it as their first language. Many more people can also speak it as a second language. Many countries speak Arabic as an official language. Arabic is widely spoken throughout the world. Arabic language is one of the six official languages of the United Nations Organisation

The first academic session of Islamia College renamed Maulana Azad College started on 28th December 1926. Department of Arabic exists since the inception of the College. The eminent Scholar Prof.Abdul Quader was the first to teach Arabic in this department. In the year 1966, Prof Masood Hasan became the Head of the Department. Thereafter Prof A.Z.M.Harun al Rashid became the Head of the Depatrtment of Arabic. During later periods Prof. Samiullah Asad, Prof Maseehur Rahman and Prof Dr Syed Marhoonul Irshad Alquaderi served the Department of Arabic as Head. In 2021 Dr.Syed Mustafa Murshed Jamal Shah Al-Quadri became the Head of the Department of Arabic. Since then he hasbeen working as the Head of the Department of Arabic till date. He is running the department with one full time teacher Dr. Md Sadrul Islam.

We believe in imparting value based education and we foster literary sensibilities and the creative imaginations . We encourage and guide our students to develop proficiency of Arabic language and literature. The faculty members show their concern for those mainly who belong to weaker sections and marginalized in society. Our vision is to enable them to come back into main stream of society. Most of the distinguished professors, Associate and Assistant Professors of Calcutta University, different colleges as well as many famous teachers of schools and colleges are former students of the department of Arabic .

Eminent scholars Dr Md Shahidullah , former Principal ,Madrasah Aliah (Calcutta Madrsah College) now upgraded as Aliah University Kolkata, recipient of Presidential Award for his literary works , Dr Md Badiur Rahman former Head of the Department of Arabic and Persian Calcutta University ,Prof. Harunur Rashid, Prof Samiullah Asad, Prof Dr Syed Marhoonul Irshad Alquaderiformer Head of the Department of Arabic and Dr.Syed Mustafa Murshed Jamal Shah Al-Quadri the present Head of the Department of Arabic, Maulana Azad College Kolkata, Prof. Abdul Matin Assistant Professor of General Degree college Iqbalpore, Kolkata were the students of this department.

The academic environment of the department helps a good number of pass out students to take admission in the central universities like Jawahar Lal Nehru University, Aligarh Muslim University, Maulana Azad National Urdu University, Delhi University, Jamia Milia Islamia University ,Hyderabad University etc. for studying Master degree each year.

Arabic Department was established to produce good students for reading writing and understanding Arabic language and literature to establish literary, cultural and trade relation between India and entire Arab World which is known as Arab league.

Key Features of the Courses Offered:

Course Component	Topic	Aim of Course
DSE	History of Islam, Modern Arab world, Rhetoric, Prosody and Philology	To impart a clear idea of Arabic literature through the study of political and cultural studies of the Arabs and indeed history of Arabic language. Knowledge of Rhetoric and Prosody will help to know poetry better.
SEC	Communicative-skill, Translation, Composition and Interpretation to enhance the skills of language	To make students employable in different sectors.

Courses:

B.A. Honours in Arabic.

Learning Outcome

Learning outcome Arabic : View

Today, the Arabic language is the 5th most spoken language in the world and is also among the United Nations (UN) sixth official languages. It is spoken by well over 400 million people spread across more than 24 countries of the world.

The scope of learning the Arabic language will put the students in a better light of interacting and blending positively into the Arabic culture - relating easily with millions of Arabs across the globe. Student's ability to understand and speak Arabic will open doors to countless opportunities for students. Presently, there is a lot of demand for Arabic language speakers. For instance, many companies are on the lookout for Arabic speakers in the KPO, BPO, Aviation, Tourism sectors all over India. The reason is that most of the companies are involved in colossal business dealings with the Gulf region.

After learning Arabic, Students can work as a professional Faculty, Trainer, Teacher, Translator, Interpreter, Proofreader, Editor, Researcher, Content writer, either on Government or at any non government organizations. It was introduced in Indian Civil Services examination in 1963 for the first time. And it became an optional subject to be taken at the preliminary stage of the test from there onwards.

Learning the Arabic language will help the students in their academic pursuits. By studying Arabic our students gain complete knowledge of reading formal classical as well as modern Arabic, which will undoubtedly assist students in their academic research and career. They can produce well-researched written works using appropriate evidence-based argument, logical structure, correct grammar and proper references. Our explicit objective is to promot higher education and learning in the field and with successive batches of students regularly attending classes and completing the course, this target has been satisfactorily met by the Department. Our students attend different universities and earn master degree in Arabic. Arabic is being taught in more than 50 universities like JNU, University of Delhi, BHU, Jamia Millia Islamia, Calcutta University, Mumbai University, Bangalore University, Osmania University,Allahbad University Aliah University etc.

The Department is committed to the vision and mission of the College and takes special care to teach students from minority communities and other weaker sections.