Scholars of various interpretative traditions disagree about...

Scholars of various interpretative traditions disagree about the legitimacy of ḥadīt texts in the interpretative traditions of Islam. ḥafez : حافظ One who has memorized the Holy Qur’ān . Ḥanafi : حنفی Dominant school of Islamic jurisprudence in Pakistan and South Asia generally. Considered to be the most liberal of the four school of*fiqh * (jurisprudence) because it accepts both analogical reasoning and unanimity in decision making. ḥifz-e-Qur’ān : حافظِ قُرآن Memorizing the Holy Qur’ān .

ibtidai : ابتدائی literally “primary”. The first level (five years) of religious education roughly equivalent to the period of primary education in worldly sector. ijtihad : اجتهاد derivation of rules for the new situation from the principal sources of Islamic jurisprudence. Islamiat : اسلامیات Islamic studies. An official component of Pakistan’s state curriculum. Jamāʽat-i-Islāmī : جماعتِ اسلامی sectarian Islamist political party in Pakistan. jāmiʽah : جامعه college madrasah : مدرسه(pl.

madaris مدارس) school that imparts secondary and post secondary religious education using a specialized curriculum, Dars-i-Nizāmī درسِ نظامی. maktab : مکتب (pl. Makatib مکاتب) religious primary school that generally teaches young children to read the Qur’ān and sometimes to recite it. markaz: literally, “center.” Headquarters or central offices of an organization. In the context of this study, the central location of the five boards that govern Pakistan’s madaris. maslakمسلک * * (pl.

masalik مسالک ): Way or practice, usually in reference to a particular interpretative tradition. Matriculation (Matric): certificate on completion of ten years of education and passage of an examination. Matric qualification is a pre-requisite for many jobs as well as admission to colleges and universities in Pakistan. maulvi : مولوی religious scholar. mutawassitah:متوسطه First level of formal religious education that follows ibtedai. Three years long; it is the equivalent of middle school.

(vastani) nazra Qur’ān: نا ظره قُرآن Learning to recite the Holy Qur’ān* .* nisāb : نصاب The curriculum. qārī : قاری a master of the recitation of the Holy Qur’ān in one of the major seven styles of recitation, tağwīd تجوید. radd: Refutation of the doctrines of rival mazhabs مذاهب . tafsīr تفسیر (pl stafāsīr ): Exegesis of the Holy Qur’ān . takmīl : تکمیل Typically a one-year, post-M.A. course of religious study.

* thānvīyah-i-ammah* : تهنویه عامه Two-year level of religious studies that follows mutawassitah متوسطه.