Islamic Masterclass

Shajarah — Thamarāt

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Thamarāt, the fruit. In Level 6, students evaluate the development of Islamic scholarship and society. The course traces the era of the early caliphs, the expansion to Damascus, and the intellectual movements in Baghdad. Students learn how scholars preserved texts, reasoned through evidence, and maintained resilience during fragmentation.

Subject
Shajarah
Minimum age
17+
Chapters
19
Lessons and quizzes
19 lessons · 19 quizzes
Reading
about 439 minutes in allat 151 words a minute, a grade 8 reading rate
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What the student will learn

  • Trace the historical expansion of early Islamic societies
  • Evaluate how classical scholars reasoned and used evidence
  • Describe the intellectual contributions of the Baghdad translation movement
  • Analyze the resilience of communities during periods of fragmentation

Every lesson ends in a quiz. The next lesson opens when that quiz is passed at 90%. Retakes are unlimited.

Chapters

  1. Chapter 1What Counts as Fruit1 lesson · 1 quiz · about 32 min
  2. Chapter 2The Measure1 lesson · 1 quiz · about 18 min
  3. Chapter 3Guarding and Opening the Qur'ān1 lesson · 1 quiz · about 27 min
  4. Chapter 4The Prophet's Reports1 lesson · 1 quiz · about 11 min
  5. Chapter 5How Scholars Reasoned1 lesson · 1 quiz · about 16 min
  6. Chapter 6Reading History1 lesson · 1 quiz · about 16 min
  7. Chapter 7Using Evidence1 lesson · 1 quiz · about 13 min
  8. Chapter 8Madinah1 lesson · 1 quiz · about 51 min
  9. Chapter 9Abū Bakr1 lesson · 1 quiz · about 17 min
  10. Chapter 10ʿUmar1 lesson · 1 quiz · about 24 min
  11. Chapter 11Jerusalem1 lesson · 1 quiz · about 14 min
  12. Chapter 12ʿUthmān1 lesson · 1 quiz · about 26 min
  13. Chapter 13ʿAlī1 lesson · 1 quiz · about 34 min
  14. Chapter 14From Madinah to Damascus1 lesson · 1 quiz · about 43 min
  15. Chapter 15Expansion and Integration1 lesson · 1 quiz · about 22 min
  16. Chapter 16Society and Debates1 lesson · 1 quiz · about 28 min
  17. Chapter 17Baghdad and the Translation Movement1 lesson · 1 quiz · about 22 min
  18. Chapter 18Fragmentation and Resilience1 lesson · 1 quiz · about 12 min
  19. Chapter 27Fragmentation and Resilience1 lesson · 1 quiz · about 22 min