Qur'anic Arabic

Our 14-week core academic programme, blended with supplications, short prayer surahs and fun practical dialogues suited to our children's world, is as follows:

• 1: Isti'adhah-Basmalah Pronunciation, In-Prayer Tasbihat and Greeting Phrases / Introductory Noun Knowledge & Greeting Practice
• 2: Prayer Supplication Phonetics / Continuing Noun Structures & Farewell Sentences
• 3: Analysis of the Subhanaka Supplication / Definiteness (Ma'rifah) and Indefiniteness (Nakirah) Rules & How-Are-You Dialogues
• 4: Analysis of Surah Al-Fatiha / Masculine (Mudhakkar) and Feminine (Mu'annath) Distinction & Daily Communication Practice
• 5: Surah Al-Fatiha Grammar Review / General Summary of the Grammar Rules & Interactive Getting-to-Know-You Games (Kahoot)
• 6: Word Analysis of Surah Al-Ikhlas / Introduction to Noun Compound (Idafah) Rules & Asking Age, Numbers and the Days
• 7: Structural Analysis of Surah Al-Kawthar / Deepening the Noun Compound & Asking About Places
• 8: Analysis of the At-Tahiyyat Supplication / Adjective Compound Rules & Professions and Introduction Sentences
• 9: Phonetics of the Salli-Barik Supplications / Adjective Compound Exercises & the World of Colours
• 10: Study of the Rabbana Supplications / Independent Pronouns (Munfasil) & Introducing Family Members (Kahoot)
• 11: General, Applied Review of the First 3 Weeks / Independent Pronoun Practice & Conversation Patterns
• 12: Applied Revision of Weeks 4, 5 and 6 / Attached Pronouns (Muttasil) & Dialogue Practice
• 13: Summary Analysis of Weeks 7 and 8 / Attached Pronoun Exercises & Daily Life Scenarios
• 14: General Review of Weeks 9 and 10 / Closing Assessment & Final Level Check Test

Qur'anic Arabic for Adults

Our adult programme is completely different from classical methods that make you memorise theoretical rules and only apply them at the end of the lesson. In our lessons, right after a grammar topic is covered, the remaining time is spent reading the most renowned surahs of the Holy Qur'an (Ya-Sin, Al-Mulk, An-Naba, Al-Hujurat) page by page. The grammar rules covered are reinforced by finding them live in the verses at that very moment.

Our education progresses through 3 main levels, in a logical order:

Level 1: Foundation (Vocabulary and Sentence Infrastructure)
Distinguishing Word Types in Arabic (Noun, Verb and Particle Structure)
Definiteness Forms in Words (the Ma'rifah-Nakirah Logic)
Gender Structure in Words (Mudhakkar-Mu'annath) and the Use of Demonstratives
The Structure of Compounds (Noun and Adjective Compound Analyses)
The World of Pronouns (Separate and Attached Pronouns and Their Counterparts in the Verses)
Prepositions (Harf al-Jarr) and Adverbs of Place
The Anatomy and Elements of the Nominal Sentence
Numerical Structures (Singular, Dual, Regular and Irregular Plural Rules)
Introduction to Verbs (Past Tense / Madi Verb and Present-Broad Tense / Mudari Verb Patterns)

Level 2: Intermediate (Verb Management and Sentence Depth)
Command and Prohibition Patterns (Direct / Indirect Imperative and Negative Command Structures)
Agent and Affected Structures (Ism al-Fail and Intensive Ism al-Fail)
Changes at Word Endings (the Logic of I'rab and Noun Cases)
The Structure and Elements of the Verbal Sentence
The Different Types of the Particle "Ma" (ما) in Arabic and Future Tense Patterns
Methods of Negating a Sentence and Negation Particles
The Jazm States of Present-Tense Verbs and Their Particles
Passive (Majhul) Verb Structures and the Deputy Subject (Naib al-Fail) Concept
Elements That Change Sentence Structure (the Effect of Inna, Kana and Their Sisters on the Sentence)
Question Techniques, Interrogative Particles and Superlative Nouns (Ism al-Tafdil)

Level 3: Advanced (Advanced Syntax and Literary Touches)
Types of Verbal Nouns (Masdar) Derived from Verbs
Nouns of Time, Place and Instrument, the Attribution (Nisbah) Suffix and Diminutive Nouns
The Sifah Mushabbahah Concept and Defective/Weak Verb Structures
Conditional Sentences and the Use of Conditional Particles
Elements Expressing State and Specification in the Sentence (Hal and Tamyiz Structures)
Exceptional Cases and the Rules for Using Numbers Within Sentences
Indeclinable Words in Qur'anic Grammar (Mabni) and Relative Pronouns (Ism al-Mawsul)
Exception Particles and Emphatic Verb Structures (Maf'ul Mutlaq)
Emphasis (Ta'kid) Structures That Strengthen Meaning (the Lam and Nun of Ta'kid)
The System of Deriving New Words from Root Verbs (Mazid Forms)

Throughout all these grammar topics, the surahs Ya-Sin, Al-Mulk, An-Naba and Al-Hujurat will be our constant field of practice. The rules will come to life not through tables, but directly on the living verses of these surahs.

Textbooks Used in the Programme