Lesson 1
Course cover and orientation
Understand how the course is organised before beginning the reading exercises.
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Beginner course
Noorani Qaida: Arabic Reading
A page-by-page beginner course covering Arabic letters, joining, vowels, tanwin, madd, sukun, shaddah, and guided Quranic reading practice.
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Lesson 2
The individual Arabic letters
Recognise the 29 basic Arabic letters and learn their names without adding a vowel sound.
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Lesson 3
Joined letter forms - Part 1
Recognise how Arabic letters change shape when they are joined in words.
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Lesson 4
Joined letter forms - Part 2
Recognise how Arabic letters change shape when they are joined in words.
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Lesson 5
Joined letter forms - Part 3
Recognise how Arabic letters change shape when they are joined in words.
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Lesson 6
Disconnected letters and vowel marks
Read letters with fatha, kasra, and damma as short vowel sounds.
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Lesson 7
Short vowels - Part 1
Read letters with fatha, kasra, and damma as short vowel sounds.
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Lesson 8
Short vowels and tanwin - Part 1
Read single and joined letters with short vowels and the three tanwin endings.
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Lesson 9
Tanwin practice
Read single and joined letters with short vowels and the three tanwin endings.
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Lesson 10
Combined vowels and tanwin - Part 1
Read single and joined letters with short vowels and the three tanwin endings.
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Lesson 11
Combined vowels and long-vowel signs
Read single and joined letters with short vowels and the three tanwin endings.
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Lesson 12
Madd and lin - Part 1
Distinguish short vowels from madd (lengthened) sounds and lin (soft) sounds.
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Lesson 13
Madd and lin - Part 2
Distinguish short vowels from madd (lengthened) sounds and lin (soft) sounds.
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Lesson 14
Madd and lin - Part 3
Distinguish short vowels from madd (lengthened) sounds and lin (soft) sounds.
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Lesson 15
Mixed vowels and madd - Part 1
Distinguish short vowels from madd (lengthened) sounds and lin (soft) sounds.
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Lesson 16
Mixed vowels and madd - Part 2
Distinguish short vowels from madd (lengthened) sounds and lin (soft) sounds.
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Lesson 17
Mixed vowels and madd - Part 3
Distinguish short vowels from madd (lengthened) sounds and lin (soft) sounds.
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Lesson 18
Sukun (jazm) - Part 1
Join a moving letter to a letter carrying sukun without inserting an extra vowel.
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Lesson 19
Sukun (jazm) - Part 2
Join a moving letter to a letter carrying sukun without inserting an extra vowel.
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Lesson 20
Sukun practice - Part 1
Join a moving letter to a letter carrying sukun without inserting an extra vowel.
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Lesson 21
Sukun practice - Part 2
Join a moving letter to a letter carrying sukun without inserting an extra vowel.
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Lesson 22
Sukun practice - Part 3
Join a moving letter to a letter carrying sukun without inserting an extra vowel.
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Lesson 23
Sukun practice - Part 4
Join a moving letter to a letter carrying sukun without inserting an extra vowel.
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Lesson 24
Shaddah - Part 1
Read shaddah as a doubled consonant: the first part is still and the second carries the written vowel.
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Lesson 25
Shaddah - Part 2
Read shaddah as a doubled consonant: the first part is still and the second carries the written vowel.
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Lesson 26
Shaddah practice - Part 1
Read shaddah as a doubled consonant: the first part is still and the second carries the written vowel.
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Lesson 27
Shaddah after sukun
Read shaddah as a doubled consonant: the first part is still and the second carries the written vowel.
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Lesson 28
Advanced shaddah practice
Read shaddah as a doubled consonant: the first part is still and the second carries the written vowel.
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Lesson 29
Shaddah after long vowels
Read shaddah as a doubled consonant: the first part is still and the second carries the written vowel.
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Lesson 30
Guided Quranic reading - Part 1
Apply the earlier rules to connected Quranic text with careful articulation and pauses.
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Lesson 31
Guided Quranic reading - Part 2
Apply the earlier rules to connected Quranic text with careful articulation and pauses.
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Lesson 32
Assessment and completion record
Review progress page by page and record the learner’s completion.
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