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Arabic and Qur’aan
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Qur’aanic Arabic
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Rules of
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Publisher’s Note…………………………………………………………………………………………………. 4
Preface to Third Edition by Shaykh Dr. V. Abdur Rahim……………………………5 Preface [outline and techniques] ……………………………………………………………………..6
Introduction to Arabic Language……………………..………………………………………………8
Lesson 1 ��:�� ��� ��� …………………………………………………… ………… 10
Lesson 2 �� :�� ��� ��� …………………………………………… ……………………12
Lesson 3 �� ��� ��� �� �� �� ………………………………………………… 13
Lesson 4 ��� ����� ……………………………………………………………………………………… 14
Lesson 5 ��� ����� ……………………………………………………………………………………… 15
Lesson 6 �� :��� ��� ……………………………… …………………………………………………… 16
Lesson 7 �� …………………………………………………………………………………………..……………17
Lesson 8 � :�� ��� ��� ………………………………………………………………………..………… 18
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AT-TIBYAAN Easy Way to Qur’aanic Reading
Lesson 1
Note: These
letters are
read from
right to left
Lesson 2
Lesson 3
Lesson 4
Lesson 5
Lesson 6
Lesson 7
Lesson 8
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Lesson 9 �� ��� ……………………………………………………………………………………… 19
Lesson 10 �� ���� ………………………………………………………………………………………20
Lesson 11 �� :��� ��� ………………………………………………………………………22
Lesson 12 ��� ��� �: ……………………………………… …………………………………24 �� +�� is written as follows when not joined to the previous letter:
� ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 25
�� +�� is written as follows when joined to the previous letter: �� …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 25
Lesson 13 � ’aa ………………………………………………………………………………………… 26
Lesson 14 �� …………………………………………………………………………………………… 27
Lesson 15 ��� ��� …………………………………………………………………………………29
Lesson 16 � :��! �� ……………………………………………………………………31
Lesson 17 "�� ��� …………………………………………………………………………………… 33
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Lesson 18 �� + #� = #��� …………………………………………………………..…… 34 #��� ���� #��� ����………………………………………… ………………………………….… 34
Lesson 19 �% :��& ��% ………………………………………… ……………………..35
Lesson 20 '� ��� ………………………………………………………………………………37
Lesson 21 �( :��) ��( ……………………………………………………………………..38
Lesson 22 �* : �+� ��* ……………………………………………………………………………40
Lesson 23 �, : ��- ��, ………………………………………………………………..42
Lesson 24 ��� ���� …………………………………………………………………………. 44
Lesson 25 �� : ��. ��� ………………………………………………………………………45 ��/ ���. ���� ����…………………………………………………… 46
Lesson 26 "�� �"�� ………………………………………………………………………………47
"�� ���� �"�� ��� ���� ��� ���� ���………………….…48
Lesson 27 �" …………………………………………………………………………………………49
Lesson 28 �0………………………………………………………………………………………………51
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Lesson 29 ��1 : �2 ���3� ���1 …………………………………… ……….53 �2 ��*………………………………………………………………………………………55
Lesson 30 �4 :��5 ��4 ………………………………………………………………… 56
Lesson 31 �6 : ��7 ��6 ……………………………………………………………………58
Lesson 32 �8 �8 ��� ………………………………………………………………………….. 60
Lesson 33 �9 : ��:� ���; �� ��= …………………………………………………………………… 63 ��> ���5…………………………………………………………..………………64
Lesson 35 �?……………………………………………………………………………………….. 65 �? ��� …………………………………………………………………………. 66
Lesson 36 �@ : ��A ��@ ……………………………………………………….. 67
Lesson 37 �B : ��C ��B ………………………………………………………………. 69 �6 ��B �� ……………………………………………………………………… 71
Lesson 38 �D : ��E ��D ……………………………………………………………… 72 ��. ���� ���E ���/ ���� …………………………………… 73
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Lesson 39 �F :�G ��H� ��F ��I� �� …………………………… 74 �9 ��F ……………………………………………………………………………. 76
Lesson 40 �J…………………………………………………………………………………….. 77 ��J ��8 ��0 ………………………………………………………………..…78 �J ��? ……………………………………………………………………………78
Lesson 41 �K : ��L ��K ………………………………………………………..79 �K ��@ …………………………………………………………………………80
Lesson 42 MN ……………………………………………………………………………………..81
Lesson 43 ��O ………………………………………………………………………………83
Lesson 44 ��O ��P �MN ��� �P…………………………………………………..85
Lesson 45 QN �MN………………………………………………………….………………….86 R* ��* …………………………………………………………….……………….87 R�� ��� ………………………………………………………………….………88
Lesson 46 � =��� ……………………………………………………….……………89
Lesson 47 2 = S�1 ………………………………………………….……….……… .90 Lesson 48 2 = T��1 ……………………………………………………………….…….91
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Lesson 49 �T��� …………………………………………………………………………92 T��� = ��� …………………………………………………………… 92
Lesson 50 �"…………………………………………………………………………………94 Lesson 51 � Alif without a vowel sign………………………………….. 95 Lesson 52 " Letter waaw without a vowel sign ……………….…96
Lesson 53 S��"�� ��T�/"��…………………………………………….………………97
Lesson 54 ��U�1:���V�W#�� ��U�1 ………………………………..…………….98
T�5 :��X#Y�Z#�� T�5
"�8 :������[\#�� "�8
"�8 :'���]�̂�� "�8.
54 A: The Lunar & The Solar Letters: The Lunar Letters
"�̀ �a#��� �4�+.�̀ �b�]#� ……………………………………….…………100
54 B: The Solar Letters
"�̀ �a#��+V�cbd�� �4e ……………………………………………….101
54 C: The Arabic Letters & Their Names…………….…….……102
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Lesson 50
Lesson 51
Lesson 52
Lesson 53
Lesson 54
54 A
54 B
54 C
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Lesson 55 Letters Can Be Joined to One Another in Different
Ways………………………………………………………………………… …….… 103
Some Letters Have More Than One Form……………………103
Lesson 56 Rule of Assimilation of Saakin � ……………………………….104
56 A: Rule of Assimilation of � of Tanwiin………………….…… 105
Lesson 57 Rule of Partial Assimilation of Saakin � ………………….107
Lesson 58 When Saakin � Followed by �………………………………108
Lesson 59 Assimilation in Other Letters…………………..……….………….109
Lesson 60 Tanwiin Followed by Hamzatu l-Wasl………….……………… .110
60 B: Double Fathah Followed by Small Nuun …… ………….…. 111
Lesson 61 Extra Lengthening of Long Vowels…………………………….… 112
Lesson 62 Letters Having This Sign …………………………………….……114
Lesson 63 Pausing at a Word at End of Aayah or Middle……………115
Lesson 64 Pausing at a Word Ending With Letter *……………………118
Lesson 65 Closing Exercise ………………………………………………………………119
Introduction on Back Cover ……………….…………..…………………………………122
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Lesson 56
56 A
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Lesson 58
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Lesson 60 A
60 B
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AT-TIBYAAN Easy Way to Qur’aanic Reading
This book which is meant to teach
the reader the Arabic alphabet
with Qur’aanic orientation is
based on some of the latest
advanced teaching principles and
has considerably cut down the
learning period.
M.A. JAMEEL AHMED
General Secretary
(2000 CE)
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The speech-sounds of one language vis-à-vis those of another fall under three categories:
1. Completely identical
2. Similar but not identical
3. Totally different.
The Arabic sounds have been presented in
this book in this order.
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Arabic is written from right to left.
The Arabic alphabet has 29 letters,
which are consonants and long vowels.
Unlike English, short vowels have no
letters; they are represented by signs
placed above or below the letters.
If English were to be written in the
Arabic way, we would write the words
man, did and put like:
m n, d d, p t!
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to the vowel signs, their
names, their positions and
their pronunciations
The sign called the fathah, is
pronounced as u in sun.
In our phonetic transcription it is
represented by a.
It is placed above the letter,
e.g.,
�
The fathah �
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The sign called the kasrah, is
pronounced as i in pin.
In our phonetic transcription it is
represented by i.
It is placed below the letter,
e.g.,
�
The kasrah
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The sign called the dammah, is
pronounced as u in put.
In our phonetic transcription it is
represented by u.
It is placed above the letter,
e.g.,
�
The dammah �
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a as a in father
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the letters before
their names
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i as i in machine
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u as u in rule
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This letter is like
sh in she.
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Like z in zoo.
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This is a lisped pronunciation
of z.
While pronouncing it the tip
of the tongue is just below
the front upper teeth.
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After learning the
sounds of the letters,
learn their names
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When a saakin at the end of a word is followed by
it gets totally assimilated to the
following letter .
To indicate this, the letters
carry shaddah.
� �, � � or
� � � and
��������� ��
� ���������� is pronounced:
mil ladunka
(not : min ladunka).
E.g.,
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1. This change happens in English
also, e.g.
illegal for inlegal, immortal for inmortal, irregular for inregular.
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The following are the letters of the Arabic alphabet
with their corresponding letters and signs used in this book:
In this book, the sign of hamzah is not
indicated at the beginning of a word.
A word commencing with a vowel in fact
commences with a hamzah, e.g.
amīr ( ʾamīr ).
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in
etc.
butter,
bottle,
rotten,
tt
It is the glottal stop which is like the
Cockney pronunciation of
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as b in book.
as d in do, but softer.
as th in that.
as t in cat but softer.
as th in think.
as j in just.
a voiceless guttural fricative.
Its voiced counterpart is .
It is as h in hand, but stronger.
similar to kh in the Scottish loch,
or the German Buch, but unlike the European sound, it is
guttural not velar.
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as r in run.
as z in zoo.
as s in sun,
never s as in rose.
as sh in she.
a velarized form of s.
a velarized interdental fricative.
It is somewhat like th in this.
a velarized form of t.
a velarized form of (dh).
a voiced guttural fricative. See .
It has no approximate equivalent in English.
It may be ignored at the beginning of a word
as in ʿawār, and when it occurs after a vowel as in taʿrīf, the vowel may be
lengthened.
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a voiced form of .
G as in good may be substituted for it.
as f in food.
a voiceless uvular stop.
It is a strongly articulated k.
as k in book.
as l in love.
But in the word Allāh, it is velarized.
as m in moon.
as n in noon.
as w in wall.
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as h in hand.
as y in you.
called the round tā, it occurs only at the end of a
word. It is pronounced t but changes to h in
the pausal form. *
* The pausal form of a word is the one it
assumes when it happens to be the last word in
a sentence, e.g.
hādhihī makkatu, wa ana uḥibbu makkah
(This is Makkah and I love Makkah).
Note that in the non-pausal form, it is makkatttt-u
and in the pausal form it is makkahhhh.
The letter � is basically � to which the two
dots of � have been added to point to its
dual pronunciation.
The roman character I use to represent this
letter (h) also combines h and t.
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following a letter carrying a kasrah: ī as i in machine.
following a letter carrying a fatḥah: ā as a in father.
following a letter carrying a ḍammah: ū as u in rule.
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following a letter carrying a fatḥah:
ay as i in bite,
not as ay in bay.
following a letter carrying a fatḥah:
aw as ow in town,
not as aw in claw.
fatḥah : as a in bat.
ḍammah : as u in put.
The three short vowels of Arabic are:
kasrah : as i in bit.
The three long vowels of Arabic are:
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The two diphthongs of Arabic are:
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Coverat-Tibyaan : About the courseGlance at some pagesContents :Lessons 1-8Lessons 9-17Lessons 18-28Lessons 29-38Lessons 39-48Lessons 49-54Lessons 55-65Short Excerpts :Publisher's NotePreface by the ShaykhIntroduction to ArabicIntroduction to vowel signs :The fathahThe kasrahThe dammahLearn sounds of letters before their namesLesson 10 excerptLesson 15 excerptLesson 17 excerptLesson 23 excerptLesson 28 excerptLesson 32 excerptLessn 54 excerptRules for Qur'aanic Reading (excerpt)Chart : Arabic Alphabet Pronunciation & Phonetic Notation :ConsonantsVowels