1. 1 www.understandquran.com Short Course Begin to Understand Qur’an & Salah – The Easy Way Lesson No. 23 www.understandquran.com www.understandquran.com Make sure you download the fonts sent with the email or visit the website and download them. They should appear like below (slide no. 4). If not, check fonts. To get maximum benefit from the lessons, please download the.wmv or.3pg (video) file or mp3 file and watch it along with the.pps files. Change the slide whenever you hear AllahuAkbar in the background.

2. 2 www.understandquran.com In this lesson… Qur ’ an: Miscellaneous Verses - 3 Grammar: Forms for دَعَا, شَاءَ and جَاءَ (Verbs with a weak letter) Motivational tip: What is the Value of Qur’an in my life? Hope you are doing the 7 homeworks, esp. carrying that vocabulary Card

3. 3 www.understandquran.com Miscellaneous Verses - 2 Memorize the meanings of each word thoroughly.

4. 4 www.understandquran.com Miscellaneous Verses - 2 يُسَبِّحُ ِللهِ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ يٰقَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا الله َ مَا لَكُمْ مِّن إِلـٰـهٍ غَيْرُه وَجَاهِدُوا بِأَمْوَالِكُمْ وَأَنفُسِكُمْ فِي سَبِيلِ اللّهِ 176 86 * 383 310 * 461

5. 5 www.understandquran.com New Words… يُسَبِّحُ to negate the negatives; to say that Allah is free from any defect; to say سُبْحَانَ الله سَمَاوَاتِ plural of سَمَاء (sky) الْأَرْضِ earth (Similar sounds of أرض and earth) جَاهِدُوا To do Jihad (utmost struggle using one’s capabilities and resources)

6. 6 www.understandquran.com Soild Plurals فَاعِلُون، فَاعِلين فَاعِل Masculine Gender صَابِرُون، صَابِرِين صَابِر فَاعِلاَتفَاعِلَة Feminine Gender مُسْلِمَاتمُسْلِمَة Formed by addition of ون or ين for masculine gender. Formed by addition of ات for feminine gender.

7. 7 www.understandquran.com Broken Plurals سَمَاوَاتِ sky; heavens سَمَاء أَمْوَال wealth; money مَال أَنفُس، نُفُوس soul نَفْس آلِهَة deity, god إِله عِبَاد slave عَبْد These plurals do not follow the rules of Solid Plurals.

8. 8 www.understandquran.com يُسَبِّحُ ِللهِ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ How much of Tasbeeh do I do it? Especially after prayers? And what are my feelings while doing it. Plan to include Tasbeeh in your daily time table and do it with understanding. When everything is making Tasbeeh, O Allah! Help me also do it. So many people attach negative things with Allah. Convey the message of Subhanallah to them. Remember the case of a student who cries to Allah to help him succeed in exams but does not go to school nor studies any book. Is he serious in his prayers? Therefore we should evaluate and plan too.

9. 9 www.understandquran.com يٰقَوْمِ اعْبُدُوا الله َ مَا لَكُمْ مِّن إِلـٰـهٍ غَيْرُه How much of my time, my capabilities and money is going for Dawah? Do individual and team plans and efforts to spread the word. O Allah! Help me invite my people to Your path. Help me to be kind with them (‘my people’) Propagate the message. This is the call made by every prophet to his people. Look at the way the prophets have addressed their non-Muslim people.

10. 10 www.understandquran.com قواعد – Grammar Take a deep breath now and do all the exercises with TPI.

11. 11 www.understandquran.com و ي ا Weak Letters Weak or ‘sick’ letters ( حروف علت ). Why ‘sick’ ( عِلَة )? Because the sounds of these 3 letters are that of a sick person!! (ooo!, aaa!, eee!). They are weak because they get ‘tired’. Beauty is that they work in a team! They keep replacing each other!!!

12. تَدْعُو دَعَتْ يَدْعُو يَدْعُونَ دَعَا دَعَوْا لاَ تَدْعُ لاَ تَدْعُوا اُدْعُ اُدْعُواتَدْعُوتَدْعُونَدَعَوْتَدَعَوْتُمْ أَدْعُو نَدْعُو دَعَوْتُ دَعَوْنَا 197 * دَاعٍ، مَدْعُوّ دُعَاء دُعَاء b نَصَرَ، يَنْصُرُ.. When practicing in Arabic, say it as if you are talking to Arabs 90% of 197 forms are the ones we are practicing here.

13. تَشَاءُ شَاءَ تْ يَشَاءُ يَشَاءُو نَ شَاءَ شَاءُوا تَشَاءُ تَشَاءُو نَ شِئْتَ شِئْتُمْ أَشَاءُ نَشَاءُ شِئْتُ شِئْنَا 277 * a فَتَحَ، يَفْتَحُ.. When practicing in Arabic, say it as if you are talking to Arabs 90% of 277 forms are the ones we are practicing here.

14. جَاءَتْ جَاءَ جَاءُوا جِئْتَ جِئْتُمْ جِئْتُ جِئْنَا 236 * c ضَرَبَ، يَضْرِبُ.. When practicing in Arabic, say it as if you are talking to Arabs 90% of 236 forms are the ones we are practicing here.

15. 15 www.understandquran.com قَالَ، كاَنَ، قَامَ دَعَا، شَاءَ، جَاءَ We have studied the following verbs with weak letters:

16. 16 www.understandquran.com Learning & Motivational Tip

17. 17 www.understandquran.com 15 minutes Overtime Everyday (For those who say, “I am busy.”) Suppose my company announces, “If you do 15 minutes overtime everyday, you will get 25 % Salary increase.” All of us will GRAB the opportunity. No one will say, “I AM BUSY.” Suppose we earn 2000 units (Dollar, Euros, Dirhams, …) per month. 25% of it will be 500; Per day – 20 If I am ready for this job but not for Al- Qur’an, then for in real terms, in a sense, the value of Qur’an is not even 20!!!

18. 18 www.understandquran.com Overtime for 200 hours? (For those who study Qur’an at snail’s pace.) Suppose my company announces, “If you do 200 extra hours of work in your service, you will get 200,000 (whatever units of money). Do it 1 hr/day or 1 hr/week. Get 200,000 when you complete 200 hours. Each one of us will try to complete 200 hours asap! No one will complain of any time! We will say: Let us do it asap, get the money, buy a house or car, and enjoy the rest of life.

19. 19 www.understandquran.com Overtime for 200 hours? Understanding Qur’an requires almost 200 hours of dedication. Once we do that, we can live the rest of life in full Qur’anic light. If we go at the snail’s pace of 1 page per week, it will take 12 years!!! Should we not complete it asap so that we can live the rest of our lives in full Qur’anic light, under Allah’s LIVE guidance?

20. 20 www.understandquran.com Plan for it now…! Masha-Allah, you already took 1 step (equal to almost 10 hours) by starting this Short Course. Only 19 steps (190 hours) remain! Let us pray that we never stop! Without understanding: ‘Deaf and Blind’ 1 2 3 4 5 … 20 Pondering & receiving admonition

21. 21 www.understandquran.com What have we learnt? Study the material thoroughly, and then fill up the work sheet in the.pdf file sent with the email. Qur ’ an: سَمَاء، أَرْض، قَوم، أَموال، أنفس etc. سَمَاء، أَرْض، قَوم، أَموال، أنفس etc. Grammar: Forms for دَعَا, شَاءَ and جَاءَ (Verbs with a weak letter) Motivational tip: What is the Value of Qur’an in my life?

22. 22 www.understandquran.com Be ready for the next lesson! Don’t forget the 7 homeworks. Don’t forget to carry the vocabulary card. Don’t give up! سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ سُبْحَانَكَ اللهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ نَشْهَدُ أَن لاَّ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ نَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَنَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ