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!
