Sunday, July 14, 2013

The Prophet


PLEASE READ ALL THE STEPS.. the last two orders were not good enough because the writer did not follow the guidelines. Please read it carefully. In the end of this page you will find the resources that mention in the guidelines. Thanks
Research Paper Guidelines Topic: The Prophet?s Ascension
1.Carefully read Abu ?Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami?s The Subtleties of the Ascension, which is a collection of early mystical sayings concerning the Prophet?s ascension (mi?raj). The translation runs from pages 29-147, and this is the section upon which you are meant to focus. The text comes with the translator?s introduction, notes, and explanatory glosses (which accompany the translation in italics). These should be consulted in order to make sense of the ideas presented in the book.
2.After you have read this book, write an essay which addresses the following question: What is the significance of the Prophet?s ascension?CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS ESSAY!!!!
3.In addition to The Subtleties of the Ascension, you must also consult the documents on resources in Islamic studies, located on the course?s website, in order to track down materials essential for your research. Essays based solely on The Subtleties of the Ascension will not be accepted. Thus, although your paper will offer a close reading and analysis of The Subtleties of the Ascension, you must also draw on the vast body of scholarship in Islamic studies in order to help you formulate your ideas and substantiate your thesis. Of course, you are expected to cite all materials (see citation guidelines below) where appropriate.
Evaluation: Essays are graded out of 45, and are worth 45% of the total course mark. Each essay will be evaluated in terms of (1) the clarity of its thesis, (2) the coherence of its argument(s), (3) evidence of original research and its careful integration into the fabric of the essay, (4) thoughtful reflection on the subject matter, and (5) faithful adherence to the content and formatting guidelines mentioned below.
Content: The paper must have a clear thesis which is defended consistently throughout. An essay without a thesis cannot receive more than a C+. A thesis essentially summarizes, in one or several sentences, the entire point of your essay. It is simply not enough to say ?I am going to talk about x, y, and z?; you must be more specific than that. A good thesis should be concise and straightforward, and must endeavour to prove a point: ?In this essay, I am going to demonstrate that x because of y and z.? You may not use the wording of this example in your essay. 7 Due Date Essays are due at the beginning of class on August 14th, 2012. Emailed versions of the essay are not acceptable.CLICK HERE TO ORDER THIS ESSAY!!!!
1.Your essay should be 10 full pages in length (excluding the title page and bibliography), double spaced, and written in Times New Roman font (size 12). It must use the normal page layout which comes standard on all Word programs.
2.Diction is to be formal, and the essay is to be written in Canadian English. Grammar, syntax, spelling, and style must be impeccable. You may write in the first person.
3.All paragraphs?except the first paragraph of your essay?must be indented. Every paragraph in your essay?including isolated quotations and footnotes?must be justified. This can easily be done by using the ?paragraph? function on your Word program.
4.Use footnotes as opposed to endnotes and/or internal citations. Footnotes are to be single spaced and written in Times New Roman font (size 10). A bibliography must be appended to the essay. Your method of citation must follow the rules laid out in the Chicago Manual of Style.
5.If you wish to quote a source from another language in your essay, you must translate it into English.
6.If citing from the Qur?an, an internal citation as follows will suffice: Q 18:5 (i.e., Qur?an, chapter 18, verse 5). In your bibliography, indicate which translation of the Qur?an you used under the name of the translator.
7.Do not put your quotations in italics, bold, or a combination of the two. Sentences which are more than 3 lines long are to be isolated, single spaced, and reduced to font size 11 with their margins indented to 1 inch on both the right and left. This can easily be done by using the ?paragraph? function on your Word program.
8.Your essay must have a title page. All pages?excluding the title page and bibliography?are to be numbered at the bottom right corner of the page.
The main book: Sulami, The Subtleties of the Ascension
These are the documents on resources in Islamic studies: Mircea Eliade (ed.), The Encyclopedia of Religion, second edition * John Esposito (ed.), The Oxford Dictionary of Islam * Suad Joseph et al. (eds.), Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures * Bernard Lewis et al. (eds.), The Encyclopaedia of Islam, second edition * Qur?an, Hadith, Prophet Muhammad Hanna Kassis, A Concordance of the Qur?an Oliver Leaman (ed.), The Qur?an: An Encyclopedia *

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