Introduction to Quranic Arabic – 1

Ustadha Sawsan Mostafa Nashaat

إِنَّا أَنْزَلْناهُ قُرْآناً عَرَبِيًّا لَعَلَّكُمْ تَعْقِلُونَ

Indeed We have sent it down as an Arabic Qur’an so that you may apply reason.

In the first course of this 3 level program, join Ustadha Sawsan in learning some of the basics of the Arabic language and applying them to verses of the Holy Quran.

At-A-Glance

• Learn to identify noun sentences and how they vary.
• Learn the different grammatical states: singular, dual, plural.
• A Kiflayn designed Arabic text (adapted from Access to Quranic Arabic) shall be covered over the 3 levels.

About the Course

In this first level course, students will learn how noun sentences work using verses from the Quran and the Kiflayn Arabic text.

The course will cover how nouns can vary in a noun sentence; the different grammatical states for singular, dual, and plural nouns; adjectives and pronouns.

Students will learn about sound and broken plurals, prepositions, Inna sentences and the possessive case (al Idafa).

Unit 1: Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives, and the Masculine
Unit 2: Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives, and the Feminine 
Unit 3: Nouns, Pronouns, Adjectives, and the Indefinite 
Unit 4: Nouns, Adjectives, and the Definite 
Unit 5: Nouns, Adjectives, and Number
Unit 6: Sound and Broken Plurals, and Separated Pronouns 
Unit 7: Attached pronouns
Unit 8: Prepositions and the Genitive
Unit 9: Inna Sentences
Unit 10: The Possessive (al-Idafa)

Course Format

The course consists of weekly live sessions, quizzes and exercise sheets. In the weekly live session, the teacher will explain the lesson of the week, examine examples and solve plenty of exercises with the students. Classes are interactive and students are encouraged to participate and ask questions. Students are also encouraged to listen to the live session recording more than once afterwards if they can.

This course runs for ten weeks each term.

Weekly Time Commitment

There are weekly quizzes and an end of term final exam which will show the student how they have progressed throughout the term and whether the student may move up to the next level or not.

Course Requirements:

• Scanned course text will be provided.
• Students must be able to read and write Arabic script to enroll in this course.