1. 1 www.understandquran.com Short Course Begin to Understand Qur’an & Salah – The Easy Way Lesson No. 8 www.understandquran.com www.understandquran.com Make sure you download the fonts sent with the email or visit the website and download them.

2. 2 www.understandquran.com In this lesson…  Qur ’ an: Al-Ikhlaas  Grammar: 4 imp. points re Prepositions  Educational tip: Remember meanings of every new word with an example

3. 3 www.understandquran.com Surah Al-Ikhlaas Memorize the meanings of each word thoroughly.

4. 4 www.understandquran.com سُورَۃُ الإخْلاَص قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ {1} اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ {2} لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ {3} وَلَمْ يَكُن لَّه ، كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ {4} 1719*48185 347 والد، والدة، والدين، اولاد، ولادت، ميلاد

5. 5 www.understandquran.com One (for Allah only) anyone (in negative sense) begets, gives birth; (active voice) يَلِد : one who is given birth (active voice) يُولَد : أَحَد :

6. 6 www.understandquran.com قواعد – Grammar

7. 7 www.understandquran.com هُوَhe هُمْthey أنْتَyou أنْتُمْ you all أنَاI نَحْنُwe TPI (Total Physical Interaction): See it; say it; show it; listen to it; think it;… These 6 words have occurred 1295 times in the Qur’an Revision

8. 8 www.understandquran.com لَ لِ: لَكُمْ دِينُكُمْ وَلِيَ دِين مِن: أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَان عَن: رَضي الله عنه، عَنِ النَّعِيم مَعَ: إنَّ الله َ مَعَ الصَّابِرِين --هُ --هُمْ --كَ --كُمْ --ي --نَا --هَا Revision These prepositions have occurred 4960 times in the Quran With the 7 pronouns.

9. 9 www.understandquran.com لَه ، مِنْهُعَنْهُمَعَه ، لَهُمْمِنْهُمْعَنْهُمْمَعَهُمْ لَكَمِنْكَعَنْكَمَعَكَ لَكُمْمِنْكُمْعَنْكُمْمَعَكُمْ لِيمِنِّيعَنِّيمَعِِي لَنَامِنَّاعَنَّامَعَنَا لَهَامِنْهَاعَنْهَامَعَهَا Words of this table has come 4960 times in the Quran Revision

10. 10 www.understandquran.com بِ: بِسْمِ الله فِي: فِي سَبِيلِ الله عَلَى: السَّلامُ عَلَيْكُمْ إِلَى: إنَّا ِللهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُون -- هُ -- هُمْ -- كَ -- كُمْ -- ي -- نَا -- هَا These prepositions have occurred 4327 times in the Quran with the 7 pronouns.

11. 11 www.understandquran.comقواعد with, ininonto, toward بِه ا فِيهِعَلَيْهِإِلَيْهِ بِهِمْفِيهِمْعَلَيْهِمْإِلَيْهِمْ بِكَفِيكَعَلَيْكَإِلَيْكَ بِكُمْفِيكُمْعَلَيْكُمْإِلَيْكُمْ بِِيفِيَّعَلَيَّإِلَِيَّ بِنَافِينَاعَلَيْنَاإِلَيْنَا بِهَافِيهَاعَلَيْهَاإِلَيْهَا Words of this table has come 4327 times in the Quran

12. 12 www.understandquran.com Prepositions – 4 important points لَ لِ مِن عَن مَعَ بِ فِي عَلَى إِلَى

13. 13 www.understandquran.com Same thing is expressed in different languages using different prepositions. آمَنْتُ بِاللهِ I believed in Allah ; میں اﷲ پر ایمان لایا 1

14. 14 www.understandquran.com Sometimes, a preposition may be there in Arabic but not required in English entering the religion of Allah يَدْخُلُونَ فِي دِينِ اللهِ Forgive me اِغْفِرْ لِي 2

15. 15 www.understandquran.com Sometimes, a preposition may not be there in Arabic but required in English. and have mercy on me وَارْحَمْنِي save me from your punishment قِنِي عَذَابَكَ 3

16. 16 www.understandquran.com Change of preposition leads to change in the meanings Examples: In English get; get in; get out;... In Arabic: صَلِّ لِرَبِّكَ صَلِّ عَلَى مُحَمَّد 4

17. 17 www.understandquran.com Learning Tip

18. 18 www.understandquran.com About remembering … How will you remember me? With reference to this meeting. Not with reference to my office, home, Masjid, etc.! How will you remember the meanings of new words? With reference to THE FIRST example (meeting) in which you have understood the word. You may have read it before, but without understanding.

19. 19 www.understandquran.com Example You have learnt إن، إنَّ، إنَّمَا in the 2 nd lesson, when you came across them FIRST TIME while understanding the text simultaneously. إنْ : إنْ شَاء الله إنَّ : إنَّ اللهَ مَعَ الصَّابِرِين إنَّمَا : إنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِاالنِّيّات If you forget the examples, you may forget the meanings or confuse between one another.

20. 20 www.understandquran.com An Imp. Secret of this Course Every example given in this course (for the 100 words) is: –Simple- Familiar –Spiritual/Emotional- Repeatedly used We will learn the meanings new words by remembering their examples too so that they can be easily recalled.

21. 21 www.understandquran.com If you forget me and if someone is with you, … He will remind of this first meeting Similarly, if you forget the meaning of a new word, then Just recall the example.

22. 22 www.understandquran.com After you know someone… You don’t have to remember the first meeting. Similarly… You don’t have to recall the first example, once you learn the meaning of a word.

23. 23 www.understandquran.com What have we learnt? Quran: أحد، لَمْ، قُلْ etc. Grammar: 4 imp. points re Prepositions Educational tip: Learn the meanings of each word with an example Study the material thoroughly, and then fill up the work sheet in the.pdf file sent with the email.

24. 24 www.understandquran.com Be ready for the next lesson! We ask Allah for guidance (ihdinassiraat…) in every Salah. Guidance is there in the Qur’an. Naturally, we should then look into Qur’an for it and spend sometime daily! Don’t give up! سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ سُبْحَانَكَ اللهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ نَشْهَدُ أَن لاَّ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ نَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَنَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ