Karan is learning to read. Do I need to learn to read Arabic if you only need spoken language

The Quran is not only Holy Bible Muslim religion, but also one of the main literary monuments of mankind, the focus of his religious and philosophical thought. Even if you are not a follower of Islam, but are interested in the history and culture of the Middle East, then you simply need to learn how to read the Quran correctly. It will also help you learn Arabic.

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Instruction

First of all, learn the Arabic alphabet, namely the spelling, reading and pronunciation of the letters. To do this, use a textbook or self-instruction manual of the Arabic language. Quite a lot of them have been published and are being published in our country. You can find an Arabic tutorial in a bookstore, or download it from one of the sites dedicated to learning foreign languages ​​in general, as well as Arabic in particular. At the same time, try to find audio files for textbooks, since it is impossible to correctly reproduce the sound of Arabic words on paper.

Pay attention to the rules for placing stress in Arabic words. As you know, Arabic words can contain secondary stresses in addition to the main stress. The main stress highlights one of the syllables with the help of exhalation and raising the tone, while the secondary ones are only power. Remember that it is impossible to learn how to read the Quran correctly without mastering the characteristic rhythm of Arabic speech, which consists in alternating unstressed syllables and syllables with main and secondary stress.

Learn the rules for connecting some words of the Quran, as well as the designations of all types of pauses when reading (pauses in the Quran are quite diverse, and any mistake changes the meaning of the phrase read).

Decide how much text of the Quran you will master every day. Read the prescribed number of texts aloud daily, trying to memorize and repeat to yourself throughout the day. Do not move on to the next passage until you have mastered the previous one.

Use the same copy of the Qur'an for training so that not only auditory memory, but also visual memory works.

As often as possible, try to pronounce the mastered texts in front of people who know the Qur'an perfectly. They will be able to point you to errors that you won't notice on your own.

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The Quran is the holy book of Muslims. It is composed of divine revelations sent down to the prophet Muhammad. The Qur'an consists of 114 chapters called suras. The suras are arranged in descending order of their length, which does not apply to the first sura - the fatiha. The prophet received his first revelation in a month

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September 27, 2016

Arabic alphabet.
How to memorize Arabic letters several times faster

The Arabic alphabet at the first glance at it can cause a whole bunch of emotions - “what kind of squiggles are these”, “these are some kind of hieroglyphs”, “yes, I will never remember this”, “in order to learn how to read and write here with these badges, many days of hard work are needed ”... and so on.

To be honest, such an attitude towards the Arabic alphabet is understandable - it is so unlike the usual Latin alphabet, and even the Arabs write from right to left, how can a person figure it out? No way!

In fact, any new phenomenon can be mastered quite quickly if you approach it along the shortest path. And today I will share with you a part of the methodology of the RUSARA center for quickly memorizing Arabic letters. We successfully use it on courses where reading and writing in Arabic is taught.

So, firstly, I want to immediately reassure you - the Arabic alphabet does not consist of hieroglyphs or squiggles, but of letters, each of which denotes its own sound. Dot!

Next, look at the expanded picture of the Arabic alphabet. We count letters. How? 28 pieces. Already 5 less than in the Russian alphabet. But the main thing is not even the number of letters, but their quality. Let's take a closer look at the letters. Don't you find, dear friends, that some of them are very similar to each other, differing only in dots above or below?

This feature of the Arabic alphabet will help us. Our first task is to remember appearance and letter names. This is much easier to do if you do not learn all the letters in a row, but break the alphabet into "groups" of letters similar to each other.

I show on a live example:

• I take the first three similar letters and separate them into a separate group.

• After that, I take the next letters and also form a new grouping from them, and so on, until the end.

Good news- the letters that we select into groups follow each other alphabetically, so there is no need to mix and drag them, so you can do everything quickly and clearly.

And here's what you need to do now to quickly memorize the letters.

1. Print the alphabet or find your own
2. Draw different colors around groups of letters that are similar to each other
3. Remember the appearance and name of the letters, starting with the very first grouping.

This is easy to do, since we have 4-5 letters in a group, and even if you work with one group a day, then in a maximum of a week you will master the entire Arabic alphabet.

1. Teach for the sake of Allah.

Very often we encounter a common mistake among our brothers and sisters, who are engaged in some charitable deed more with the intention of showing off or keeping up with others, rather than doing it for the sake of the Almighty. And it is no coincidence that the author put this advice under the first point. After all, many imams, including Bukhari and Muslim, began their well-known collections of hadiths with a hadith about intention.

Therefore, the author further says: "This intention can be purified by learning about the benefits of studying and memorizing the Qur'an, as well as the dignity of those who study the Qur'an and know it by heart."
In this regard, I would like to cite a reliable hadith: "The best of you is the one who has learned the Qur'an and teaches it to others."

2. Determination of the goal (set a goal).

For example: “I will study tajweed with my brothers and memorize the juz of the Koran and do this the best way For Allah loves that which is best done.”

3. To do this, plan your time and your opportunities so as not to miss lessons and keep up with memorization.

That is, the author says that it is not enough to wish for something, one must also make some reasons for this.
For example: “On Monday I am busy all day, but on Tuesday I have a few free hours during which I can review the material covered and learn something from the Koran.”
If you have a daily routine where you pay attention to this, then, insha Allah, there will be a result.

4. Choose for yourself the most optimal time and place.

For example: “On Tuesday, I have to learn Surah al-Ihlyas, but my nephews will come to our house, they will make noise and indulge, so they will not let me memorize in peace. It would be better for me to go to the mosque, where no one will interfere with me and I can calmly do what I intended.

5. Choose a specific Quran from which you will constantly learn.

The author focuses on the fact that there is visual and auditory memory. That is, he wants to say that for the best result in memorization, it will be right to take as a basis one Quran, the font of which your eyes will get used to, and you will not be distracted each time by some features of the Quran printed in a different font.

6. Do not be afraid of the first difficulties (for example, in difficulty with pronunciation or memory). As a rule, all beginners face this. It's like playing sports. If some corns appear on the first day, this does not mean that you should give up playing sports.

And indeed, this is the problem of many Muslims who, at the instigation of the devil, can find a lot of reasons for themselves to leave any business.

Someone says that he graduated from the university a long time ago and studying is not for him, while another may say that he did not study well at school, and therefore nothing will work out now. This should not be, and if such thoughts visit you, then drive them away with the help of Allah.

7. If you are learning the Qur'an on your own, then check what you have learned from a sheikh who can read correctly.

I was convinced of the correctness of this advice when checking with one sheikh. It seemed that I had known that little sura for several years and memorized it to the smallest detail. But later it turned out that there are a number of inaccuracies that had to be corrected. Therefore, do not leave a single sura so that it is not checked by a knowledgeable sheikh.

This can also be checked on cassettes or discs.

The main thing is to have a clear audibility.

As an example, we can cite brothers who, by nature, have beautiful voices and begin to get carried away with this or that they pull, where sounds are necessary and not necessary, while pronouncing some letters incorrectly.

This is the essence of the words of Zayd ibn Harith, who said: "Read the Qur'an as you were taught."

8. When studying or memorizing the Quran, have a simple, small tafsir (translation of certain phrases, interpretation of certain expressions, etc.) with you, because if you take a serious tafsir, then you can be distracted and move away from the goal itself.

When you study verses, first learn one verse, then the next, then read them together, and so on in ascending order.

To be more focused, be at the bath.

When reading the Quran, sit in such a way that your posture likens you to serious study.

Here I would like to draw your attention to the fact that such a posture should also be present during dars with sheikhs or some other important activities. This is without a doubt an adab which must be adhered to in order to be among the successful.

10. Read what you have learned in front of your relatives or friends, thereby revealing your shortcomings in reading, you will become more confident, and also take your time and listeners by listening to the Qur'an.

It is important to overcome your shyness and ask a friend or relative to listen to you. Our grandparents especially love this business, they get great pleasure from the fact that their grandchildren study the book of Allah and rejoice in this more than we ourselves.

11. Review what you have learned from time to time. It is especially useful to repeat this in prayer.

A person who reads the Qur'an from memory feels the difference when he closes the Qur'an and the best test of his knowledge is to check it in prayer. It is important that the suras are not on duty. For example, earlier, due to ignorance and lack of experience, I knew 10 suras by heart, but in my prayers I most often used only half and occasionally the remaining half. And the half that I read more often I knew better than the other half. So try not to be.

Pay attention to similar or somewhat similar verses in different suras so as not to be mistaken.

12. In order for Allah to make your knowledge durable and your memory strong, follow that you learn and then do not sin.

Alhamdulillah, I have embarked on the path of gaining knowledge, but today I am all in righteous deeds, and tomorrow the day may pass in sin and Allah may punish you by taking away this knowledge. To prevent this from happening, one should strictly adhere to this twelfth advice, because Allah does not give Islamic knowledge to unrighteous people.

13. Go to all kinds of circles where the Qur'an is read in the presence of a knowledgeable person.

That is, in addition to the main place for studying the Quran, try to find a place where you can consolidate the material you have learned or discover something new. As a rule, such a tradition is practiced in Arab countries, which, insha Allah, we will also transfer to our region as a useful thing.

And it happens like this: for example, after some kind of prayer, those who wish remain, sit down, bring the Korans and read in turn. Among them there is one knowledgeable brother who corrects mistakes and makes a little tafsir of certain verses.

14. When you have memorized a certain part of the Qur'an (whether it be juz, half juz, half of the Qur'an, etc.), contact a person who has permission (ijaza) to teach the Qur'an.

This is necessary in order not to be self-taught, as practice shows that such people can make very gross mistakes somewhere.

15. Take advantage of youth when memory is strong. But if you started learning the Qur'an at an age, then you should be even more diligent.

As the sheikh told us, when he was studying, they had one adult brother who came to study after the army. Due to the fact that in the army at a construction site a brick fell on his head, he constantly complained of a headache. This brother spent whole days, wherever he was seen, sitting and studying the Koran, because. it was very hard for him. However, at the exams, he passed it better than anyone else and even better than those brothers who were 10 years younger than him and they were easily given hifz. But for his diligence and diligence, Allah gave him the opportunity to show the best results.

16. The one who seeks knowledge and learns the Koran should watch his food intake.

17. Don't get carried away planning for hifz (learning) more than hifz. And don't go from one way of learning to another.

18. When you achieve some first success, then do not show ‘ujb (complacency, narcissism, narcissism), because it is said in the hadith: “Three things are destructive for a person ... and one of them is when a person is engaged in narcissism.”

For example: “I started studying the Koran, tajwid, I have already learned 10 last suras and my little brother doesn't even know Arabic letters yet. What a fine fellow I am ”- at this moment the person begins to relax, which in the end can lead him to leave the goal.

19. Make the du’a that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) did, in which he asked to save us from impotence (lethargy) and laziness.

In Russian transcription, it will sound like this: “Allahumma, inni a’uuzu bika minal ‘ajzi wal kasal.”

20. Make dua so that Allah will grant you this knowledge.

There are various du’a for this and as an example, you can use the verse from the Koran: “Rabbi, zidni ‘ilman.”

These were twenty tips from Mishari Rashid for those who want to learn how to read the Qur'an. May Allah grant that these tips will benefit us all and make our reading at least a little like the reading of our dear brother.

Learning to read the Qur'an consists of 4 basic rules:

1. Learning the alphabet (the alphabet in Arabic is called "Alif wa ba").
2. Writing training.
3. Grammar (tajwid).
4. Reading.

You may immediately think that this is easy. However, all these stages are divided into several subparagraphs. The main point is that you need to learn how to write correctly. That's right, not right! If you do not learn to write, then you cannot move on to learning grammar and reading.

2 more very important moments: first - by this method you will only learn to read and write in Arabic, but not to translate. To fully delve into this language, you can go to an Arab country and already there gnaw at the granite of science. Secondly, you need to immediately decide on which Koran you will study, since there are differences in them. Most of the old mentors teach from the Qur'an, which is called Ghazan.

But I do not advise you to do this, because then it will be difficult to switch to the modern Koran. The font is very different everywhere, but the meaning of the text is the same. Naturally, “Gazan” is easier to learn to read, but it is better to start learning with a modern font. If you do not quite understand the difference, then look at the picture below, this is how the font in the Quran should look like:

I think that if you want to learn how to read the Quran, then you have already bought it. Now we can move on to the alphabet. At this stage, I advise you to start a notebook and remember the school. All letters must be printed separately in a notebook 100 times. The Arabic alphabet is not more complicated than the Russian one. Firstly, there are only 28 letters in it, and secondly, there are only 2 vowels: “he” and “alif”.

But it can also make understanding that language more difficult. Because in addition to letters, there are also sounds: “un”, “u”, “i”, “a”. Moreover, almost all letters (except "wow", "zey", "rei", "zal", "dal", "alif") at the end, in the middle and at the beginning of the word are written differently. Most also have problems with what needs to be read from right to left. After all, they read from left to right. But in Arabic it's the other way around.

It can also cause inconvenience in writing. The main thing in it is that the bias in handwriting should be from right to left, and not vice versa. You can get used to it for a long time, but after a while you will bring everything to automatism. Now hr-portal will show you the Arabic alphabet (in the yellow boxes, the spelling options are highlighted depending on their location in the word):

First, it is important that you write as much as possible. You need to get your hands on this as you are now building the foundation of your learning. In a month it is quite possible to learn the alphabet, know the spelling options and learn how to write. If you are interested, then you will meet in half a month.

Once you have learned the alphabet and learned how to write, you can move on to grammar. In Arabic, it is called "tajwid". You can comprehend grammar directly while reading. Only a small nuance - in the Koran the beginning is not where everyone is used to. The beginning is at the end of the book, but it is better to start with the first sura of the Qur'an called Al-Fatiha.

Video lessons

Spending a lot of time in one of the Arab countries, many people want to learn how to speak Arabic, communicate with the local population, and understand what is happening around you. That is, to master the language at a conversational level. You don't need all the subtleties of the language, you just need to communicate at a casual level. And then the question arisesDo I need to learn to read Arabic?

Of course, you can write down the words and expressions you hear on a piece of paper in Russian letters. This will be enough if you only need to ask the price in the store or explain to the taxi driver where to take you. But if you want to tell something, then after the third sentence, the Arabs will lose the thread and stop understanding you. What's the matter?

The fact is that the European ear does not pick up very many Arabic sounds. We simply do not hear the difference between all these X, K, and a few A. But let you reassure that the Arabs also do not hear the difference between our familiar letters. For them, Victoria and Victoria are one and the same.

For example. Two girls Lena and Lina are walking. Meet a young man. He liked one of them. But he can't explain which one just by saying her name. He will have to describe her. Do you know why? For him, these girls have exactly the same names! By the way, my name is Lana, also from the same series. Despite the fact that I emphasized A, they called me either Lena or Lina. It only helped when I began to pronounce A with a slight breath, likeع (as the letter ain).

The same thing happens when we try to pronounce what we wrote down in Russian letters. As long as our communication consists of several phrases and it is clear what it is about, then everything is fine. But if you try to tell something, then after the third sentence, the Arabs will lose the thread of the conversation and will no longer understand what is being said.

This is because all Arabic words consist of three root letters, and if these letters are pronounced incorrectly, then the meaning is lost. Therefore, it is very important to learn to distinguish between them. That is why, if you want full communication, it is better to learn how to read and memorize the words written in Arabic.

Learning to read is much easier than most people think.

For those who are just thinking about starting to learn Arabic, the most difficult thing seems to be that you need to read from right to left. But this is just the easiest part. And I will prove it to you now. Read the following sentences from right to left.

A FOX, HE IS SMART. THE RAT BROUGHT CHEESE TO HIM.

YES, LOOK FOR A TAXI - HELL!

THE MOON BELL Dipped

LYOSHA FOUND A BED ON THE SHELF.

Those who have already started learning face the following difficulties :

1. Arabic has no vowels - all 28 letters are consonants. How do you know which vowel to pronounce?
2. All letters are the same
3. Letters change their spelling depending on their location in the word.

Let's deal with this right now.

Yes. In Arabic, all 28 letters are considered consonants. But it's not all that tragic. Because the familiar A, O, And yet there are, and if they are clearly pronounced, then they are written. Those that are not clearly audible are not written. In different dialects, they can sound completely different. But classical Arabic manages to remain unchanged precisely due to the fact that in the Koran these same fuzzy sounds are nevertheless indicated. It is much easier to learn to read when there are these special icons (vowels).

Therefore, when choosing an Arabic course, pay attention to Are there any vowels in the texts? The fact is that when adults compose a course for adults, they often simply do not understand how we need these voicing assistants. By the way, when we were compiling our course of the Egyptian dialect, the most difficult thing was just to arrange the vowels. Adult Arabs sincerely did not understand why this was necessary at all. Then we asked them, how did you learn to read in the first grade? To which they smiled and did everything right.

Do you remember how you learned to read Russian? This experience will help us further. Most likely, at first you had an alphabet or a primer with pictures, and you memorized the letters from watermelon to apple using the association method. Then you learned how to add the syllables "ma-ma we-la ra-mu." And then it was a matter of practice: walking hand in hand along the street with adults, you jumped for joy if you managed to read what was written on the sign. You had picture books and big letters. You moved your finger along the line and added syllables from letters, letters from syllables.

The same can be done now. Memorize letters with associations. For example letter و (wow) is similar to an ear and reads like o or u (Arabs do not hear the difference).

You can memorize letters, learn how to put them into syllables in just a couple of days. Our students complete the course "Reading Arabic is easy if you know how" in 2-3 days. We do not recommend chewing on the study of letters for a long time, not analyzing and checking what you have already memorized and what not, but immediately proceed to practice and use a cheat sheet at first (as in childhood). Because understanding the principles of reading and memorizing letters, with our approach, just as they explain it to young children at school, is not difficult. But if you don’t practice right away, you will forget everything very quickly, no matter how much time you spend on learning.

Our brain is so arranged that everything unnecessary, unused is put aside in the far corner and then it is difficult to find it. You will definitely learn how to read fluently if you practice. But in fact, you have this experience even without me - after all, you did not immediately begin to read Russian quickly either. It is important to start and move forward. From the bottom of my heart I wish you good luck and invite you to be convinced of the ease of mastering Arabic letters on the example of the first two lessons of my author's course “Reading Arabic is easy if you know how”, which you can get for free.