Muslim Faculty of Advanced Studies Conference, Norwich, Birleşik Krallık, 21 Eylül 2013
This paper on Islamic Education is divided into three parts. The paper will begin by giving an overview of the history of education in the Muslim world. The lecture will then go on to introduce the different Islamic educational terms such as tarbiya, ta’dib, and ta‘lim and investigate the relationship between them. It will finally go on to focus on the importance of the tarbiya brought by the Prophet Muhammad a. It will demonstrate the importance of tarbiya in the Madinan society which will be discussed in the context of the original pattern of understanding, upbringing, and the cultivation of good character. The lecture will highlight how this edification gave the community of Madina the understanding, upbringing, and character that today all Muslims aspire towards.