بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
Al-hamdu-lillah! The 2022 Read And Write Arabic Class has started.
During the first session (on 06-06-2022) we mainly did an introduction to the course. The following key features were highlighted:
THE COURSE
WILL COVER THE FOLLOWING:
1. Reading &
Writing all the letters of the Arabic Alphabet in their different forms;
2. Reading &
Writing 100s of words and phrases found in Al-Qurãn (with understanding);
3. Understanding the
Makhãrij
(Place of Articulation) of all letters;
4. Reading with
proper Tajwĩd;
5. Reading &
Writing Simple Arabic Sentences (with understanding).
THE COURSE
IS AIMED AT ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS, IE. PEOPLE WHO:
1. Cannot Read the
Arabic Alphabet;
2. Cannot Read
Arabic Words;
3. Can Read, but
cannot Write Arabic;
4. Cannot Read Al-
Qurãn
with Tajwĩd;
5. Cannot identify
the different words in Al- Qurãn;
6. Do not understand
Arabic at all.
After covering these aspects and answering questions relating to this the following introductory lesson was presented:
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READ
& WRITE ARABIC
INTRODUCTION
After
covering these aspects and answering questions relating to this, the following
introductory lesson was presented:
The
phrase: لَا إلهَ إلَّا اللّه was
written on the board. I then pointed out that this phrase contains FOUR
WORDS - but only THREE LETTERS- which are repeated a few times! This phrase (لَا إلهَ إلَّا اللّه) is part of the “shahaadah” (Declaration
of Faith) in Islam. In the Noble Quran
we find these words appearing in many ayaat.
In fact they appear more than 3600 times in Al-Quran!
The THREE
LETTERS are: ا
- ل
and ـه
.
I then
showed the students how to write these three letters. The first letter,
Alif ( ا ), is written like you would write the number I (one), the
Capital “I” (as in: “I am here.”) or the small letter “l” , (as in: “letter”),
etc. In other words a simple downward stroke!
Remember Arabic
is written from right to left, unlike English.
The Laam
(ل) is written like the Capital L in English
– But you draw a mirror image instead! So, you start the letter from top to bottom, like the alif,
but then you turn to the left, not to the right (as the English L).
The third letter, the Haa’( ـه ), is written like the small a in English, but in
reverse. Students were immediately requested to write down each letter as it
was presented. They were also shown how to add the diacritical marks (ـــَــ،ـــِــ،
ـــُــ), which represent the short vowels [a, i and u] in Arabic.
Click the link below for a short video that illustrates the writing
of these letters and words:
Learn 3 letters read 100s of words
Enjoy!
