Arabic to read The Quran

Purpose

The purpose to read The Quran is only to obey Allah. Reading The Quran could be in any language, still it needs to be read to obey Allah, then Allah will guide the reader. Allah says in The Quran: ‘With it we misguide many and with it we guide many. We misguide the corruptors; those who do not keep their agreements with Allah and sever what Allah has commanded should be joined and in so doing corrupt the earth’.

Text Books

In The name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most  Mercifull, we will together try to gain insight in The Glorious Quran through a limited understanding of its Arabic Grammar and Vocabulary. For grammar we will use books like Arabic Grammar by Dr Jochanan Kapliwatsky, Mohummud Haykal and other and for vocabulary we will the dictionary of Pent Rice. We will also use the Translation of The Quran by Mamaduke Pickthall and a few others.

Text of The Quran and other Arabic text.

We will focuss on The Sura Faatiha, The Opening Chapter and thereafter the first seven verses at least of every Sura. We will not delve into any authentic tafseer or into the entire tafseer of Sura Baqrah, as is recommended. This will be for those who further their studies after this course. We will also learn a few commonly accepted, undisputed Ahaadeeth for the purpose of Arabic only. We will cover the athaan, the salaah, masnoon duaas and what is commonly used in thikr in our cultural context. We will do The Asmaa ul Husnaa and The Kanjul Arsh.

Memorisation

Only the Quranic text and The Asmaa Ul Husnaa will be for memorisation and the athkaar of The Salaah. It is good to memorise all the Arabic text, except the grammar rules.

Discussions

Discussions will evolve around Arabic and the flow of The Quran in meaning and being its own commentary.

Duration of study

Classes will be weekly, starting with two periods per week and increasing as it becomes necessary to complete the course before Ramadaan of the next year. One period will be 30 minutes with 15 minutes discussion. A break of 15 minutes will separate two periods. No longer than two periods will be on one day.