Learn Quranic Arabic

From the letters to the grammar of what you recite. Short lessons, one at a time.

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Course progress

Start with the letters — five minutes is enough.

Level 1

The letters

Recognise and sound out all 28 Arabic letters.

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Alif to HaThe first seven letters and their shapes.Dal to SadSeven more, including the emphatic letters.Dad to QafThe heavy letters that shape Quranic recitation.Kaf to YaThe final seven letters.

Level 1

Reading marks

Vowels, sukun, shaddah and the lengthenings.

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The short vowelsThree marks that turn letters into syllables.LengtheningWhere recitation errors usually live.

Level 2

Core Quranic words

The vocabulary that covers most of what you recite.

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The most frequent particlesSmall words that appear on nearly every page.Allah and His attributesNames repeated throughout the Quran.Faith and actionThe vocabulary of belief and deeds.People and the worldNouns you will recognise again and again.Speech and guidanceVerbs the Quran uses to address you.

Level 3

Grammar foundations

Pronouns, possession, and how verbs change.

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Attached pronounsThe endings that mean my, your, his, our.The definite articleal- and the sun and moon letters.Past and present verbsHow one root gives many meanings.Possession and casesIdafah, and why endings change.

Level 2

The Arabic of your prayer

Understand every word you already say five times a day.

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Al-Fatihah, line by lineThe surah you recite in every rak'ah.What you say in each positionRuku', sujud and the sitting.

Level 3

Pronouns

I, you, he, she, we, they — the people inside every sentence.

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The standalone pronounsThe words that carry a whole person on their own.We, you all, theyThe plural pronouns the Quran addresses crowds with.Checkpoint: who is speaking?Bring the pronouns together.

Level 3

The verb

Past, present, and the person doing the action.

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Past tenseThe done-and-finished form the Quran narrates with.Present tense and commandsThe ongoing action, and the imperative.

Level 3

Plurals and the dual

Two of something, and many — including the 'broken' plurals.

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Sound plurals and the dualThe regular endings.Broken pluralsPlurals made by changing the inside of the word.

Level 4

The numbers

Count to ten, and meet them where the Quran uses them.

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One to fiveThe smaller numbers, with their grammar quirk.Six to ten and beyondThe rest of the count.

Level 4

Questions and negation

Who, what, where, how — and how to say no.

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The question wordsThe Quran asks questions that stop the heart.Saying nola, ma, lam and lan — four kinds of 'not'.

Level 4

Prepositions and cases

The small words that stitch sentences together.

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Direction and placein, from, to, on — the map of a sentence.Checkpoint: stitch it togetherRead full fragments using the small words.

Level 4

Everyday phrases

Polite, useful Arabic you can say today.

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Greetings and gratitudeThe phrases of the doorway and the table.Asking and answeringSimple conversation.

Level 4

Quran in context

Whole fragments of ayat, word by word.

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Ayat al-Kursi, openingThe greatest ayah, taken slowly.Checkpoint: the closing surahsAl-Ikhlas and Al-Falaq, word by word.