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20260412890The PhD in the Qur'an and Sunnah Sciences is a postgraduate program at Level 8 of the National Qualifications Framework, through a coursework-and-thesis, full-time mode. It prepares specialized researchers in the sciences of the Qur'an, its exegesis, and hadith, its narrators and hidden defects ('ilal), capable of producing original scholarship, editing classical manuscripts, and responding to objections raised against the two revealed sources. It comprises 39 credit hours (12 compulsory + 3 elective + 24 thesis), delivered at the main campus in Jeddah for both sections.
Leadership and distinction in preparing specialized researchers in the Qur'an and Sunnah sciences and in producing original Qur'anic and hadith knowledge, in service of the two revealed sources, attaining a distinguished standing among comparable programs locally and regionally.
To graduate distinguished researchers in the Qur'an and Sunnah sciences capable of producing original Qur'anic and hadith knowledge and of serving the Book of God and the Sunnah of His Messenger (peace be upon him); possessing the highest competencies in research, manuscript editing (tahqiq), and derivation (istinbat); defending the two revealed sources and responding to objections raised against them.
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