In the name of Allah, Most Beneficent, Most Merciful Table of Contents FROM QUR AN / HADITH GRAMMAR.1 Introduction ه و هم....2 Al-Fatihah Surah ه و مس لم هم مس ل مون....3 Surah Al-Fatihah ر ب ه.. ر ب 4. Qur an? Why Understand the د ين ه.. ك ت اب ه.. ه ي ر ب ه ا... 5. easy? Why is it ل من عن م ع 6. it? How to learn ب في ع لى ا 7. Surah Al-Asr 4 tips on proposition.8 Surah Al-Nasr ف ع ل ف ع لوا فع لت فع لت م فع لت فع لن ا.9 Surah Al-Ikhlaas ي ف ع ل ي ت ل ت ل ن ل.10 Al-Falaq Surah ف ع ل... ي ل....11 Surah An-Naas ا ف ع ل ا.12 Surah Al-Kafiroon فا عل م.13 Wudu Azkar of ف ت ح ي فت ح ا فت ح... ج ل ي ج ع ل ا ج ع ل....14 Iqamah خ ل ق ي خ لق اخ لق... ن ص.15 Sana Ruku, Sjd ذ كر ي ذ كر ا ذ كر... ك ف ر ي ك فر ا ك فر....16 Tshd ر ز ق ي ر ز ق... د خ ل ي د خ ل... ع ب د ي ع ب د....17 Praying for the Prophet pbuh ض ر ب ي ض ر ب ا ض رب... ظ لم ي ظل م ا ظل م....18 Praying for the Prophet pbuh غ ف... ص ب ر ي ص بر ا ص بر....19 Before Ending Salah ع ل م ي ع لم س م ع ي س م ع ا س م ع....20 Supplications: Sleeping... ع م ل ي ع م ل ا ع م ل... ر ح م ي ر ح م.21 Eating Supplications: قا ل ي قو ل ق ل....22 Qur anic Supplications قام ي قوم قم... كا ن ي كو ن كن....23 Miscellaneous-1 ش ا ء ي ش اء... ج ا ء د عا ي د ع وا....24 Miscellaneous-2 ه ذا ه و لاء ذ ل ك ا ول ي ك ال ذ ي ال ذ ي ن 25. Miscellaneous-3 Revision Frequent Words After this course? MOTIVATIONAL & LEARNING TIPS www.understandquran.com 1
Lesson 3 SURAH 1: AL-FATIHAH (Verses-5-7) 5. You alone we worship and You alone we ask for help. 6. Guide us to the straight path. 7. The path of those You have bestowed favors on them; not of those who earned (Your) warth on themselves nor of those who go astray. (5) ا ي اك ن ع ب د و ا ي ا ك ن س ت ع ين we ask for help. (7) ( 6) and You alone we worship You alone الص ر ا ط اه د ن ا ا لم س ت ق ي م the straight. (to) the path, Guide us ص ر ا ط ال ذ ي ن ا ن عم ت ع لي هم on them; You (have) bestowed (of) those (The) path غي ر ا لم غ ض و ب ع لي هم و لا الض ا ل ين those who go astray. [and] nor of on them (of) those who earned (Your) wrath not GRAMMAR: In the last class, you learnt the words for he, they, you, you all, I and we. In this lesson, we will learn the words for his, their, your, your, my, and our. In fact, they are not words in Arabic. They come as part of a word. We therefore learn these forms by attaching them to a noun ر ب (Lord; sustainer and cherisher).... His Lord ر ب + ر ب ه Attached/Possessive Pronouns --ه -- His -- ه م ه م Their ر ب ه م Their Lord Your Lord Your Lord ها --- ك Your ر ب ك --- كم Your ر ب كم ---ي My ر ي ب My Lord --- ن ا Our ر ب ن ا Our Lord No. dl., Person 3 rd 2 nd 1 st Note: The Grammar lessons are not directly related with the Surah that you study. It will be too complicated to analyze the grammatical aspects of the verses before we learn important rules. We are teaching simple rules in each of the class in parallel to vocabulary that you learn from the Surahs. As we proceed, we can then be able to see the application of these grammar rules to the Arabic text. www.understandquran.com 2
Lesson 4 Purpose of Revelation ا نز لن ا ه ا لي ك م ب ار ك full of blessings; (ص: 29) to you (O! Muhammad, pbuh) We have revealed it 1: ك ت اب (It is) a book ل ي د ب ر وا ا ي ات ه و ل ي ت ذك ر ا و لوا ا ل ا لب ا ب and men of understanding receive admonition. its verses so that they ponder Our Relationship with the Qur an: Direct; Personal; Planned; and Relevant : A simple method: Follow the following four steps تذك ر & تدب ر ASK: Each verse of the Qur an demands something from us. To fulfill it, start with supplication. EVALUATE (your past day or week in the light of that supplication) Make a PLAN of the next day / week. PROPAGATE the message (The Prophet pbuh said: Convey from me even if it is one verse). While Making plans When it comes to group or Fiqh issues or any new idea, then please check with scholars before you mention it to others or implement it. Then what is the real area for common people like us? Well, there are many areas such as: Our relationship with Allah, Following the Prophet pbuh, planning for the hereafter, Zikr, Worship, Morals, Dealings, Dawah, Preaching and Propagation, Ordering good and Stopping evil, Team spirit etc..كتاب and دين nouns, GRAMMAR: Let us apply the rules that we learnt in the previous lesson to two more Gender: book his book their book د ين +... ك ت اب + ك ت اب ه ك ت اب ه م way of life Attached/Possessive No. his way of life / religion د ين their way of ك ت اب ك your book your way of your book his ه --ه --ها -- ه م --ه م their د ين ه م --- ك your د ين ك ك ت اب كم your way of ك ت ا بي my book my way of ك ت اب ن ا our book our way of ك ت اب ه ا: her book her way of life --- كم your د ين كم ---ي my د ي ني --- ن ا our د ين ن ا د ين ه ا: her Lord To make feminine gender of most of the nouns, just add ة at the end. There are other rules that you will study later. The rule for making their plurals is to add ات at the end, after removing,ة as shown below. Plural Masculine ر ب ه ا: ه ي : she Plural dl., Person 3 rd 2 nd 1 st Masculine م س ل م م س ل م ة م س ل م ات كاف ر كاف ر ة كاف ر ات م و م ن م و م ن ة م و م ن ات م ش رك م ش ر كة م ش ر كات ص ال ح ص ال ح ة ص ال ح ات م ن اف ق م ن اف قة م ن اف قات www.understandquran.com 3
Lesson 5 Why is it easy? 1. It is easy to understand the Qur an because Allah says so. ( 40 32 22 17 و ل قد ي س ر ن ا ا ل قر ا ن ل لذ ك ر(قمر: to understand and remember We have made the Qur'an easy The word كر ذ has two meanings: (1) Memorize; (2) Understand and take lessons 2. It is not only easy, but the best thing to do. The Prophet pbuh said: And indeed خ ي ر كم ا ل قر ا ن ت ع ل م م ن و ع ل م ه (بخارى) and teaches it (to others). learns the Qur'an (is the one) who The best of you 3. Let us correct our intentions because Allah accepts only those deeds which are done with correct intentions. ا ن م ا ا ل ا ع م ا ل بال ن ي ا ت (بخارى) on intentions. Actions (are based) only GRAMMAR: ف ع ل ح ر ف) (اس م : We have learnt earlier that in Arabic, word can be one of the three types. (م س ل م م و م ن) or an attribute (ك ت اب م ك ة) (Noun): Name اس م.1 ) ف ت ح ن ص ر وا ( action (Verb): Indicates the ف ع ل 2. ح ر ف 3. (ب ل م ن ف ي إن ( verbs (Letter): Joins nouns and/or in this lesson such as prepositions. We will study four prepositions in this lesson and join them with ح ر فو Let us study the pronouns that we have learnt earlier. Example sentences for remembering the meanings of prepositions. ل: ل كم د ين كم و ل ي د ين م ن: ا ع و ذ باالله م ن الش ي طان ع ن: ع ن الن ع يم ر ض ي االله ع ن ه م ع : ا ن االله م ع الص ا ب رين Note that when a preposition comes with a verb or a verbal noun, its meaning changes according to the verb with which it comes and the language to which it is translated. Use TPI here too. With م ع ه from, about, with From ع ن ه م ن ه for له له م لك ل كم ل ي لن ا له ا م ن ه م م ن ك م ن كم م ن ي م ن ا م ن ه ا ع ن ه م ع ن ك ع ن كم ع ن ي ع ن ا ع ن ه ا م ع ه م م ع ك م ع كم م ع ي م ع ن ا م ع ه ا www.understandquran.com 4
Lesson 6 How to learn it? 1. Pray to Allah regularly and with eagerness ر ب زد ني ع لم ا (طه : (114 in knowledge. Increase me 2. Use all your resources including your pen (العلق: 4) O My Lord! ال ذ ي ع ل م با ل ق ل م by the pen. taught (The one) Who 3. Compete (to show it to Allah) (الملك: 2) ا ي كم ا ح س ن ع م لا in deeds? is better Which of you GRAMMAR: We have learnt earlier that in Arabic, word can be one of the three types. (م س ل م م و م ن) or an attribute (ك ت اب م ك ة) (Noun): Name اس م.4 ) ف ت ح ن ص ر وا ( action (Verb): Indicates the ف ع ل 5. ح ر ف 6. (ب ل م ن ف ي إن ( verbs (Letter): Joins nouns and/or in this lesson such as prepositions. We will study four more prepositions in this lesson and join ح ر فو Let us study them with the pronouns that we have learnt earlier. Example sentences for remembering the meanings of prepositions. ب: بس م االله ف ي: ف ي س بي ل االله ع لى: الس لام ع لي كم ا لى: ا ن ا الله و ا ن ا ا لي ه ر ا جع ون Note that when a preposition comes with a verb or a verbal noun, its meaning changes according to the verb with which it comes and the language to which it is translated. Use TPI here too. to, toward on in with, in بها ب هم بك ب كم ب ي بن ا به ا ف ي ه ف ي هم ف ي ك ف ي كم ف ي ف ين ا ف يه ا ع لي ه ع لي هم ع لي ك ع لي كم ع لي ع لي ن ا ع لي ه ا ا لي ه ا لي هم ا لي ك ا لي كم ا ل ي ا لي ن ا ا لي ه ا www.understandquran.com 5