1. Short Course Begin to Understand Qur’an & Salah – The Easy Way Lesson No. 2 (Introduction) www.understandquran.com www.understandquran.com Make sure you download the fonts sent with the email or visit the website and download them.

2. In this lesson…  Qur’an:1 Ayah; 2 Ahadeeth  Grammar:he, they, you, you all…  Educational tip: You have a powerful brain!

3. Pondering over its verses.. i.e., Arabic verses. Necessary to understand Quranic Arabic And it is easy too… Purpose of Revelation

4. Qur’an can not be translated Example (I have to pick another langauge! So, I take Urdu here): Kaise kaise aise waise hogaye Aise waise kaise kaise hogaye If this can not be translated, how can Qur’an be?

5. Meaning what? Even if you have read 100 translations of the Holy Qur’an, in simple terms you have not read it at all !!! Qur’an is Arabic Qur’an only!

6. Please note that… We are not negating the rewards (10 rewards for each letter recited) Not decreasing the value of translation We will learn Arabic through the translation only. But translation is not the destination!

7. Special effects of Arabic verses 10 rewards for each letter Many spiritual affects of the verses and surahs. “Spiritual voltage” of the Qur'an that penetrates deep into the heart.

8. Easy understanding 1 وَلَقَدْيَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَلِلذِّكْرِ And indeed We have made the Qur'an easy to understand and remember فَهَلْمِن مُّدَّكِرٍ ( قمر : 17 ، 22 ، 32 ، 40 ) so is (there)any who will receive admonition?

9. 9 www.understandquran.com لَ : indeed (for emphasis) قَدْ : already لَقَدْ = لَ + قَدْ To show the complete of a task when it comes with a past tense

10. 10 www.understandquran.com لَ : Indeed (ولقد يسرنا القرآن) لِ : so that (لِيدّبَّرُوا آياتہ و لِيتذكر)

11. Indeed So that وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ لِّيَدَّبَّرُوا آيَاتِهِ.. لَ لِ

12. Easy for what? For Zikr وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ Zikr: (1) by- hearting Qur’an ، (2) understanding and learning lessons (2) understanding and learning lessons مفتی محمد شفيع (معارف القرآن)

13. Easy to understand وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ Instant Dua... - Example of Ukasha (R). In fact, Allah is calling us… فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ فَهَلْ مِن مُّدَّكِرٍ

14. Not Only Easy but Excellent Work 2 خَيْرُكُمْمَّنْتَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَه ، ( بخارى ) The best of you (is the one) who learns the Qur'an and teaches it (to others).

15. Meaning s of مَنْ مَنْ who Who are you? I am the one who …

16. Meaning s of مَنْ مَنْ مَنْ رَبُّكَ؟ who خَيركُمْ مَّنْ تَعَلَّمَ القرآن وعلّمه سَمِعَ اللهُ لِمَنْ حَمِدَه ،

17. Most Important: Intention 3 إِنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ ( بخارى ) Actions (are based) onlyon intentions.

18. 3 Important Words إنْ، إِنّ، إنَّمَا We will learn these 3 words through examples. If you remember through examples then, You can easily remember the meanings You can easily recall the meaning You will not mix between the meanings of one word with another

19. If إن شَاءَ الله َ 628 * Allah wills.

20. Indeed إن الله َمَعَ الصَّابِرِين 1297 َ َّ Allah is with those who are patient.

21. Only إنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ 146* َ َّ Actions (are based) only on intentions.

22. 22 www.understandquran.com إِنْ if إِنْ شَاءَ الله ُ إِنَّ indeed إِنَّ اللهَ مَعَ الصَّابِرين إِنَّمَا onlyإِنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ إن، إنّ، إنّمَا 2071*

23. قواعد – Grammar

24. Follow TPI !!! List of 100 words is there, but I want to help you learn. Please follow the way I say... Even if you know, use it for…

25. Follow TPI !!! Use your whole. No ‘joke’. It is a full system Follow it from now… for 20,000 Don’t let Shaitaan … –Easy! I will do that at home.

26. 10 GOLDEN SETS 1. 1. هُوَ، هُمْ، أنْتَ، أَنْتُم، أَنَا، نَحْنُ 2. 2. -هُ، -هُم، -كَ، -كُمْ، -ي، -نَا، -هَا 3. 3. لَِ، مِنْ، عَنْ، مَعَ، بِ، فِي، عَلَى، إِلَى 4. 4. هذَا، هؤلآءِ، ذلِكَ، أُولئِكَ، الَّذِي، الَّذِينَ 5. 5. إنْ، إنَّ، أنْ، أنَّ، قَدْ 6. 6. لاَ، مَا، لَمْ، إِلاَّ 7. 7. مَا؟، مَنْ،كَيْفَ 8. 8. إذ، إذا، بعد، ثُمَّ 9. 9. الله، رَبّ، رَسُول، كِتاب، حقّ، دنيا، آخرة، أرض، سماء، عذاب، قوم 10. 10. فَعَل، جَعَل، خَلَق، كَفَر، ظَلَمَ، عَلِمَ، عَمِلَ، قَالَ، كَانَ، شَاءَ، جَاءَ 35,000 or 45% TPI related: 20,000 or 25%

27. هُوَHe هُمْThey أنْتَyou أنْتُمْ you all أنَاI نَحْنُwe سبق - 8 Traffic Light

28. هُوَHe هُمْThey أنْتَyou أنْتُمْ you all أنَاI نَحْنُwe Practice in 4 Cycles A+Tr A – Tr A – A ? – A The rule for repetition is: Teacher reads Arabic+Translation (A+Tr); Student repeats it (A+Tr). Teacher reads Arabic (A); Student translates (Tr) Teacher reads Arabic (A); Student repeats Arabic (A) Teacher shows signs; Student says it in Arabic (A)

29. 1295 times هُوَHeهُمْThey أنْتَyou أنْتُمْ you all أنَاI نَحْنُwe Explain to Arabs

30. We will learn dual and feminine gender later on. Just 6 instead of the 14 below. هُوَ، هُمَا، هُمْ، هِيَ، هُمَا، هُنَّ أنْتَ، أنْتُمَا، أَنْتُمْ، أَنْتِ، أَنْتُمَا، أَنْتُنَّ أَنَا، نَحْنُ

31. 6 forms only instead of 14 يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا means both males and females Dual forms come very rarely When it comes, we can learn it quickly. We will learn dual and feminine gender later on.

32. Educational Tip You can Learn! You have to use brain to learn the Qur’an! And you have got an extremely powerful one!!!!

33. Tip No. 1 1000 cells, neurons For each of these cells, we have 20,000 dendrites 1,00,000,000,000,000 Connections 500 times/sec We have toooooo much CAPACITY.

34. Tip No. 2 We use hardly 5% of our brain! It is empty……!

35. Tip No. 3 Only up to 3% of brain cells die when you reach 60 years of age! If you forget things at this age, it is due to lack of using the rules of memory.

36. Tip No. 4 For brain and muscles – Exercise is a must. More important for aged people Use it or lose it!!! Why not use it for Qur’an Learning Qur’an has special blessings too.

37. What did we learn in this lesson? The 11 words below which come in the Qur’an almost 4500 times!!! Qur’an/Hadith قَدْ، إِنْ، إنَّ، إِنَّمَا، مَنْ Grammar هُوَ، هُمْ، أَنْتَ، أَنْتُمْ، أَناَ، نَحْنُ Educational tipPresence of a powerful brain

38. Be ready for the next lesson! Allah has chosen you to be the ‘student’ of Qur’an. So, thank Allah for this selections and don’t discontinue. سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ سُبْحَانَكَ اللهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ نَشْهَدُ أَن لاَّ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ نَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَنَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ