Short Course Begin to Understand Qur’an & Salah – The Easy Way Lesson No. 1 8

1. To get maximum benefit from the lessons, please download the .wmv or .3pg (video) file or mp3 file and watch it along with the .pps files. Change the slide whenever you hear AllahuAkbar in the background. Short Course Begin to Understand Qur’an & Salah – The Easy Way Lesson No. 18 www.understandquran.com Make sure you download the fonts sent with the email or visit the website and download them.

2. In this lesson… Hope you are doing the 7 homeworks, esp. carrying that vocabulary Card

3. Ask Propagate Understand I+G Evaluate Plan Check Before Ending SalahTaught to Abu Bakr (R) Memorize the meanings of each word thoroughly.

4. Ask Propagate Understand I+G Evaluate Plan Check Before Ending Salah اَللّهُمَّ إِنِّيظَلَمْتُ نَفْسِيظُلْمًا كَثِيرًا وَّلاَ يَغْفِرُ الذُّنُوبَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ فَاغْفِرْ لِيمَغْفِرَةً مِّنْ عِنْدِكَ وَارْحَمْنِي إِنَّكَ أَنْتَ الْغَفُورُ الرَّحِيمُ 74* 266* 293* 95* 197 91 81

5. Broken Plurals جمع مُكَسَّر Any plural that does not follow the law of “ون” or “ين” (as we studied earlier, for example: plural of مُسْلِم is مُسلِمُون، مُسْلِمِين ) i.e., it has broken the law! Therefore, it is called “Broken Plural.” • نَفْس : Soul (plural:أَنْفُس، نُفُوس) • ذَنْب : sin (plural:ذُنُوب)

6. Two Types of Plurals 1 2 Solid Plural جمع سَالِم مُسْلِمُون، مُسْلِمِين، كَافِرون، كَافِرِين، Broken Plural جمع مُكَسَّر أَنْفُس، نُفُوس ذُنُوب The tense for broken plural is singular feminine!!! (Later)

7. Special Constructions To add emphasis: Verb is followed by its noun ظَلَمْتُ ظُلْمًا اغْفِرْ لِي مَغْفِرةً noun verb I have wronged wrong (wronged too much) Forgive me forgiveness (i.e., special forgivenss)

8. As we complete the Salah… • Ask for forgiveness as we end the Salah • That includes determination to stick to the right path after the Salah. • This prayer was taught by the Prophet pbuh to Abu Bakr (R), the best person of the Ummah. And look at the message… • Let us live from “Salah to Salah”. We will come again in the next Salah and ask again.

9. قواعد – Grammar Take a deep breath now and do all the exercises with TPI.

10. Two tracks! • We are learning vocabulary as well as Grammar. Right now, there are two separate tracks. • Pure vocabulary approach will be inefficient. We will have to learn each of those 21 verb forms separately, ex: zalamtu, zulman, tazlimu, yazlimoon, etc. • Pure Grammar will make the course too boring and cumbersome. For example, if we analyze the Grammar part of today’s Du’aa, it will take us hours of ‘dry’ exercise.

11. Two tracks! • We want to build vocabulary from what we recite every day. • And learn the Grammar thru TPI and let you know how many times each verb comes in the Qur’an (to make it exciting!). • These two tracks will slowly be merged as we learn more and more of both.

12. Language Learning (Qur’anic Arabic)(Vocabulary + Grammar + Pronunciation) We will focus on Tajweed later on. Vocabulary From what we recite everyday Qur’anic Arabic; the Easy Way Grammar TPI; No. of times the verb occurs in the Qur’an

13. Styles of فَعَلَ a. فَتَحَ، يَفْتَحُ b. نَصَر، يَنْصُرُ c. ضَرَبَ، يَضْرِبُ ... d. سَمِعَ، يَسْمَعُ

14. 53* he bore (it) with patience. c ضَرَبَ، يَضْرِبُ.. صَابِر، - صَبْر 90% of the forms are the ones we are practicing here. When practicing in Arabic, say it as if you are talking to Arabs

15. 95* c ضَرَبَ، يَضْرِبُ.. he forgave غَافِر، مَغْفُور مَغْفِرَة 90% of the forms are the ones we are practicing here. When practicing in Arabic, say it as if you are talking to Arabs

16. Use this tip to remember Type-C verbs a. فَتَحَ، يَفْتَحُ ضَرَبَ ظَلَمَ صَبَرَ... غَفَرَ b. نَصَر، يَنْصُرُ c. ضَرَبَ، يَضْرِبُ ... d. سَمِعَ، يَسْمَعُ

17. Learning & Motivational Tip

18. 4 Extra Rewards The Prophet pbuh said: “No people assemble in one of the houses of Allah, reciting the Book of Allah and studying it among themselves, without: • tranquility descending upon them, • Mercy (of Allah) covering them, • the angels surrounding them, and • Allah making mention of them in the presence of those near Him.'' [Muslim]

19. If you really want to learn, then • Make a plan. IF YOU FAIL TO PLAN, YOU PLAN TO FAIL. • People start the course but do not continue. Remember that if you are alone, Shaitaan can attack you easily. • Form a team and restart it again (& again). This will ensure continuity, consistency, and support from each other, in addition to benefiting from each other’s learning.

20. What have we learnt? Study the material thoroughly, and then fill up the work sheet in the .pdf file sent with the email.

21. Be ready for the next lesson! Don’t forget the 7 homeworks, esp. the card. رَبِّ زِدْنِي عِلْمًا سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ سُبْحَانَكَ اللهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ نَشْهَدُ أَن لاَّ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ نَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَنَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ