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Understand Qur’an & Salah
The Easy Way
Lesson -1a
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ً‫َج َزاك ُم هللا خيرا‬
May Allah reward those
Who made arrangements to get it delivered or
informed you about it.
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‫مبار ك‬
Congratulations to you!
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If we fail to plan, we plan to fail.
Therefore,
 First, UNDERSTAND the Task.
 Next, make the PLAN.
 Then, ASK Allah make the task easy.
 And, START the Task.
(If you walk towards Him, Allah will
come to you running!!) - Hadeeth
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For Understanding Al-Qur'an
First get to know…
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How many words are there?
How fast can the human brain learn new words?
How many days will it take?
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In the MUSHAF from Madinah, (or the one
used by those who memorize the Qur’an)
 Pages in the Mus-haf
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600
Lines per page
15
Words per Line
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Total Words in every page 130
Total Words (130 x 600)
78,000
Approximately
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In the MUSHAF from Madinah, (or the one
used by those who memorize the Qur’an)
 Non-repeated Words
 Unique words
(after learning ‫)صرف‬
 Root words
17,000
4,500
1,850
On an average, each root word occurs in
2 to 3 derived word
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For example, ‫ عالم‬،‫ علم‬،‫ع ِلم‬
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Easy to Learn!
 Allah says, “Verily We have made Al-Qur'an
EASY to understand and remember”
 So the suggestion that “Al-Qur'an is difficult”
is from shaitan! Even in your thoughts, NEVER
agree with it and NEVER say it.
 Do we want to contradict what Allah says in
the Qur’an? (May Allah forgive us!)
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Easy to Learn!
 Allah has made His Al-Qur'an easy for us
in many wonderful ways. For example,…
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The words of Surah Fatihah are
repeated …
7500 times in Al-Qur'an!
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Easy to Learn: Step 1
 Words (and their derivatives) from Salaah
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the Surah Fatiha, 6 often used small surahs,
the usual dhikr words and 4 usual du’aas are
found 40,000 times in the Qur’aan.
 This means 50% of the words… or every 2nd
word in the Qur’aan is from DAILY Salaah!
 That is the content of our Short Course-1
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Easy to Learn: Step 2
 Additional Recitations
- 5 Last Surahs
- Selections from the Qur’an
- Supplications
Learnt Basic Words (from 2 courses) : 250
Occurrences in Al-Qur'an
: 55,000
 That is the content of our Short Course -2
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After the 2 Short Courses …
Unfamiliar/New words found in Al-Qur'an
 Juz’/ Paarah 1
: 20 per page
 Juz’ / Paarah 2 to 5
: 12 per page
 Juz’ / Paarah 6 to 28
: 6 per page
 Juz’ / Paarah 29 to 30 : 12 per page
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Unfamiliar or New words per page
in Al-Qur'an after the 2 Short Courses
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New Words in the Qur'an (after you study the 2 short courses)
Number of new words
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400
300
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200
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9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30
Para / Juz Number
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Repetition / Reinforcement Opportunity on
Every Page of Al-Qur'an!
 New Words per page
: 20
 TOTAL words per page
: 130
 Repeated words
: 110
Therefore, each page ensure enough revision of
the words that have learnt earlier!!!
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Human Brain Capacity???
 New Words memorizable per Day
 The Secret of this Capacity
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: Repetition
Repetition ensures that the learnt words get stored
in the PERMANENT MEMORY of the brain
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The Problem is NOT Time or Effort,
It is just your Attitude , your Thought!
 Make it a Part of your Daily Routine Life.
 Like you eat 3 times and drink water 5-6 times.
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When you want to memorize the meaning of
new words, follow the Sunnah of Allah (for
memorizing… because that is the way He
designed the brain).
 For this, adopt 2 main aids:
– Vocabulary sheets & Posters
– Friends (to help you and team up with)
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Just 200 hours!
 To understand Al-Qur’an, you need 200 Hours!
(20 hours for the 2 short courses + 6 hours for
each of the 30 Juz’u/Paarah)
 Start A.S.A.P. (As Soon As Possible)
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When you have any way decided to learn,
Why Delay?
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Du’aa
May Allah (Sub-hanahu wa Ta-’aalah) help us to:
 Read Al-Qur'an
 Understand Al-Qur'an
 Reflect/Contemplate upon Al-Qur'an
 Implement / Act upon Al-Qur'an
 Spread the learning and the message of Al-
Qur'an
(Aameen!)
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Objectives of the Short
Course - 1
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To make the understanding of the
Qur’an easy
To pray Salah effectively
Encourage you to recite Qur’an again
and again with understanding
Help in interacting with the Qur’an (to
bring it into our lives)
To generate the team spirit
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What will we study?
In 19 lessons (First Part)
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Surah Al-Fatihah, and last 6 Surahs
Parts of Salah
Supplications, etc.
PLUS grammar rules in every session
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How will we study?
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26 minutes sessions
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Each Session will have:
Qur’an / Hadith
Grammar
Educational and motivational tips
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Strategy
Through these common recitations, we
will learn 125 words that occur in
the Qur’an almost 40,000 times
(50% of the words of the Qur’an)
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Qur’an sample page – 1
Red color shows the words covered in
this course (almost 50%)
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Qur’an sample page – 2
Red color shows the words covered in
this course (almost 50%)
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Qur’an sample page – 3
Red color shows the words covered in
this course (almost 50%)
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Understanding Qur’an
vs.
Learning Arabic Language
3 Major Differences in our approach
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No. 1: Smooth Start
 Start from Salah (Why use any other text,
for Qur’an)…
 If I want to teach you French and if I
know that you speak something in French
for 1 hour, I will say: Learn that first!
 A common sense approach
 Valid for every Muslim man, woman, old,
and young, and even for a child …
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No. 2: Focus on Listening
and Reading
Language Understanding
Learning
Qur’an
Reception
Listening
Reading
Production Speaking
Writing
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No. 3: More Focus on Vocabulary
 More focus on Vocabulary (just the way a child
learns…)
 Less focus on grammar; otherwise if we teach
the way shown below, people will run away!
‫ باب إفعال‬،‫ مهموز‬،‫ مذكر‬،‫ جمع‬،‫غائب‬
‫فعل مضارع مرفوع بثبوت النون ألنه من األفعال‬
‫ والواو ضمير متصل في محل رفع فاعل‬،‫الخمسة‬
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‫ؤم ُنو‬
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Rules of the Short Course
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Rules …
 We will learn with love, smiles, and
relaxation.
 This is a thoroughly interactive short
course therefore listen attentively, and
participate continuously.
 Listen interactively, with your HEART and
have faith that Allah will teach you.
Don’t doubt about yourself.
(‫القرآن‬
‫)الرحمن علم‬
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State of mind
What made you come here?
To See the Teacher?
To see the class?
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For you only ( What am I learning)
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Approach
With out attentiveness
With doubt (whether we can learn or not?)
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Infact with a firm belief that Allah the high
will make it easy for us to learn.
)‫(الرحمن علم القرآن‬
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Rules …
Remember the golden rule:
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I listen, I forget.
 I see, I remember.
 I practice, I learn (HW too).
 I teach, I master (more later)
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Repetition of words in Qur’an
Repetition
in Qur’an
Noun (singular +
plural forms);
Verb (all forms)
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َ ‫ِكتاب أنزل َنا َه ِإلي‬
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After the Break, we will
study:
Grammar &
Learning tips
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