Master's Thesis Defense on the Qur’anic Evidence in the Book Al-ʿUbāb
Under the patronage of the President of the University of Fallujah, Prof. Dr. Ahmed Suleiman Hamad, and under the supervision and follow-up of the Dean of the College of Islamic Sciences, Prof. Dr. Mohammed Jassim, the public defense of the Master's thesis submitted by Ammar Adnan Hamed, a student in the Department of Arabic Language, College of Islamic Sciences, University of Fallujah, was held on Sunday, June 7, 2026.
The thesis, entitled “The Qur’anic Evidence in Al-ʿUbāb fī Sharḥ al-Lubāb by al-Naysaburi (d. 776 AH), Known as al-Naqqarah Kār: A Grammatical Study of the Nominative Constructions,” was defended in the Central Hall of the College of Islamic Sciences.
The examination committee consisted of:
- Prof. Dr. Mohammed Abdul Dhiab – Chairperson
- Prof. Dr. Ayman Saud Mutab – Member
- Assist. Prof. Dr. Adnan Jumaa Ouda – Member
- Assist. Prof. Dr. Saad Sabbar Abdulbaqi – Member and Supervisor
Thesis Objectives
The study aimed to investigate al-Naqqarah Kār’s methodology in employing Qur’anic evidence within the chapter of nominative constructions in his book Al-ʿUbāb fī Sharḥ al-Lubāb. It sought to clarify the role of Qur’anic evidence in establishing and directing grammatical rulings, highlight the impact of Qur’anic readings and syntactic analyses on grammatical argumentation, and demonstrate the author’s scholarly contributions while emphasizing the close relationship between Qur’anic studies and Arabic grammatical scholarship.
Major Findings
The thesis reached several significant conclusions, most notably that al-Naqqarah Kār demonstrated a distinctive approach in utilizing Qur’anic evidence to address numerous grammatical issues. His work relied extensively on the Holy Qur’an and the canonical Qur’anic readings as primary sources of grammatical proof. The study also revealed his critical scholarly methodology, characterized by preference, justification, and comparison among grammatical opinions, alongside a notable concern for explaining syntactic interpretations and their influence on grammatical rulings.
Following an extensive discussion by the examination committee, the thesis was accepted with the grade of Satisfactory.
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