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Short Course Begin to Understand Qur’an & Salah – The Easy Way Lesson No. 1 (Introduction) Make sure you download the fonts sent with the email or visit the website and download them. www.understandquran.com َ ُ ُ ُ ََ ْ جزاكم هللا خي ًرا May Allah reward those Who made arrangements to get it delivered or informed you about it. www.understandquran.com َ ُ َ مبار كL Congratulations To those who will attend this. Allah made us reach the month of Ramadan And gave a chance to study the Qur’an too. www.understandquran.com In this lesson… An ayah from Qur’an Introduction of the course Relationship with Qur’an and a simple model to interact with it. www.understandquran.com Clarification of my position Scholars My Position General Public www.understandquran.com Style This short course is based on modern teaching techniques taken from: Brain (Tony Buzan etc.) Lateral thinking (De Bono) Positive thinking Effective living (Stephen Covey, etc.) Time and Resource Management NLP (Neuro-linguistic Programming) Second Language learning (Latest style of teaching English to foreigners); Word power; etc. Review of books published in India, Pak, UK, USA Teaching models (interactive, lecturing, …) www.understandquran.com Objectives of the Short Course 1. Convince that Qur’an is easy to learn 2. Encourage to recite Qur’an again and again with understanding 3. Help in interacting with the Qur’an (to bring it into our lives) 4. To pray Salah effectively 5. To generate the team spirit www.understandquran.com What will we study? Surah Al-Fatihah, and last 6 Surahs Parts of Salah Supplications, etc. PLUS grammar rules in every session www.understandquran.com How will we study? 15 minutes sessions for 27 days Each Session will have: Qur’an / Hadith Grammar Educational and motivational tips www.understandquran.com Our Strategy Through these common recitations, we will learn almost 100 words that occur in the Qur’an almost 40,000 times (50% of the words of the Qur’an) www.understandquran.com Understanding Qur’an vs. Learning Arabic Language 4 Major Differences in our approach www.understandquran.com No. 1: Smooth Start Start from Salah (Why use any other text, when you want to understand Qur’an)… If I want to teach you french and if I know that you speak something in french for 1 hour, I will say: Let us learn that first! A common sense approach Valid for every Muslim man, woman, old, and young, and even for a child because he is… www.understandquran.com No. 2: Focus on Listening and Reading Reception Listening Reading Production Speaking Writing www.understandquran.com Language Learning Understanding Qur’an -X-X- No. 3: More Focus on Vocabulary More focus on Vocabulary (just the way a child learns…) Less focus on grammar; otherwise if we teach the way shown below, people will run away! ، مهموز، مذكر، جمع،غائب باب إفعال فعل مضارع مرفوع بثبوت النون ألنه والواؤ ضمير،من األفعال الخمسة متصل في محل رفع فاعل www.understandquran.com ُ ُ ؤمنون ِ ي No. 4: More Focus on Sarf In Grammar, we give More emphasis on Sarf (word construction) Less emphasis on Nahw (sentence construction) Because: • We are familiar with the topics of Qur’an; • We are learning from existing English translations; • We are learning to repeat the translation, rather than ‘translation’ itself. www.understandquran.com Rules of the Short Course www.understandquran.com Rules … We will learn with love, smiles, and relaxation. This is a thoroughly interactive short course therefore listen attentively, and participate continuously. Listen interactively, with your HEART and have faith that Allah will teach you. Don’t doubt about yourself. )الرحمن علم القرآن ( www.understandquran.com Rules … Remember the gold rule: I listen, I forget. I see, I remember. I practice, I learn. I teach, I master (more later) www.understandquran.com Repetition of words in Qur’an Repetition in Qur’an Noun (singular + plural forms); Verb (all forms) َ َ ْ َ َ َك َ ُ ْ ٌ ً ِكتاب أنزًلنا ًه ِإ ًل ًي 261* www.understandquran.com Today’s Verse www.understandquran.com Purpose of Revelation َ َ ْ َ َ َ كٌ َ ُ َ ُ ْ ٌ َ ك مبار ً ِكتاب أنزلنا ًه ِإ ًل ًي ً َّ َ َ َّ ُ ًِليدبروا آيا ًِت ِ ًه َ َ َ َ َّ َ ُ ْ ُ ْ َ َْ وا اْللباب (ص)29 : ً ر ً ً ل و ل و ك أ ذ ت ي ِ ِ *261 *382 www.understandquran.com Purpose of Revelation ٌك َ ُ َ ً مبا ًر full of blessings; www.understandquran.com َْ َك ً ِإلي to you (O! Muhammad, pbuh) َ ْ َ ُاب أ َنزًل ًنا ًه ًٌ ِك َت 261* We have revealed it (It is) a book Purpose of Revelation )29 :(ص 382* َ آيا ِت ِ ًه َّ َ َّ ُ ِليد ًبروا its verses so that they ponder َْ َ ْ ُ ْ ُ َ َّ َ َ َ َ ً ِ وِليتذك ًر أولوا اْلًلب اب and men of understanding receive admonition. www.understandquran.com Pondering: What & How? You don’t need it while you read a newspaper! You can’t read a book of science without pondering at each sentence! You can ponder only when you understand! www.understandquran.com Before we ponder, Let us look at Our Relationship with Qur’an DPPR Direct Personal Planned Relevant www.understandquran.com تذ ُّكر & تدبُّر: A simple method • ASK: Each verse of the Qur’an demands something from us. To fulfill it, start with supplication. • EVALUATE (your past day or week in the light of that supplication) • Make a PLAN of the next day / week. • PROPAGATE the message (The Prophet pbuh said: Convey from me even if it is one verse). www.understandquran.com تذ ُّكر & تدبُّر: A simple method In the next slide www.understandquran.com Check! When it comes to group or Fiqh issues or any new idea, then please check with scholars before you mention it to others or implement it. Check Then what is the real area for common people like us? Relationship with Allah, Following the Prophet pbuh, planning for the hereafter, Zikr, Worship, Morals, Dealings, Dawah, Preaching and Propagation, Ordering good and Stopping evil, Team spirit etc. www.understandquran.com Example: تدبُّر+ تذ ُّكر Just Prayer / supplication is not enough. One should evaluate his performance and make plans. Example: Do you think a student who just asks Allah to help him succeed is sincere if he does not follow it up with studies? The real target of this course is: www.understandquran.com تدبر+تذكر Rights of the Qur’an Believe in it Read it Understand it Ponder its verses Act upon it Spread it www.understandquran.com What have we learnt today? The following words which occur many times in the Qur’an: From Qur’an : ً ِل، آيات،كتاب Our relationship with Qur’an and an interaction model. www.understandquran.com From next session, we will have… 1. Introduction 2. Today’s lesson • Text – 6 min. • Grammar – 6 min. • Educational / motivational tip. - 2 Alhamdulillah, you have started! Don’t give up!! www.understandquran.com MashaAllah you have started! Don’t give up!! 1. Ramadan is the month of Qur’an – Each day we should get closer to it. 2. Don’t fail yourself! Don’t say you don’t have time! Snatch those 15 minutes from your day anyway! 3. Don’t forget to become the ‘student’ of the Prophet pbuh! َ َ ْ ُ َْ َ َالله َّم َوب َح ْمدك َ َك َ ُ ْ ُ ً هللا و ِبحم ِد ِه سبحان سبحان َِ ِ َ ِ ُ َ َ ُ ْ َ ْ َ َ ْ َ َّ َ َ َّ َ ُ َ ْ َ َك ْ ُ ً نشهد أن ال ِإله ِإال أنت أس ًتغ ِفرك وأتوب ِإلي www.understandquran.com