Short Course

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Short Course Begin to Understand Quran
Salah The Easy Way Lesson No. 1
(Introduction)
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• May Allah reward those
• Who made arrangements to get it delivered or
  informed you about it.

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• Congratulations
• To those who will attend this.
• Allah made us reach the month of Ramadan
• And gave a chance to study the Quran too.

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In this lesson

• An ayah from Quran
• Introduction of the course
• Relationship with Quran and a simple model to
  interact with it.

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Clarification of my position
Scholars

My Position
General Public
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Style

• This short course is based on modern teaching
  techniques taken from
• Brain (Tony Buzan etc.)
• Lateral thinking (De Bono)
• Positive thinking
• Effective living (Stephen Covey, etc.)
• Time and Resource Management
• NLP (Neuro-linguistic Programming)
• Second Language learning (Latest style of
  teaching English to foreigners) Word power etc.
• Review of books published in India, Pak, UK, USA
• Teaching models (interactive, lecturing, )

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Objectives of the Short Course

1. Convince that Quran is easy to learn
2. Encourage to recite Quran again and again with
   understanding
3. Help in interacting with the Quran (to bring it
   into our lives)
4. To pray Salah effectively
5. To generate the team spirit

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What will we study?

• Surah Al-Fatihah, and last 6 Surahs
• Parts of Salah
• Supplications, etc.
• PLUS grammar rules in every session

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How will we study?

• 15 minutes sessions for 27 days
• Each Session will have
• Quran / Hadith
• Grammar
• Educational and motivational tips

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Our Strategy

• Through these common recitations, we will learn
  almost 100 words that occur in the Quran almost
  40,000 times (50 of the words of the Quran)

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Understanding Quranvs.Learning Arabic Language

• 4 Major Differences in our approach

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No. 1 Smooth Start

• Start from Salah (Why use any other text, when
  you want to understand Quran)
• If I want to teach you french and if I know that
  you speak something in french for 1 hour, I will
  say Let us learn that first!
• A common sense approach
• Valid for every Muslim man, woman, old, and
  young, and even for a child because he is

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No. 2 Focus on Listening and Reading
Language Learning Understanding Quran
Reception Listening ? ?
Reception Reading ? ?
Production Speaking ? - X -
Production Writing ? - X -
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No. 3 More Focus on Vocabulary

• More focus on Vocabulary (just the way a child
  learns)
• Less focus on grammar otherwise if we teach the
  way shown below, people will run away!
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No. 4 More Focus on Sarf

• In Grammar, we give
• More emphasis on Sarf (word construction)
• Less emphasis on Nahw (sentence construction)
• Because
• We are familiar with the topics of Quran
• We are learning from existing English
  translations
• We are learning to repeat the translation, rather
  than translation itself.

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Rules of the Short Course
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Rules

• We will learn with love, smiles, and relaxation.
• This is a thoroughly interactive short course
  therefore listen attentively, and participate
  continuously.
• Listen interactively, with your HEART and have
  faith that Allah will teach you. Dont doubt
  about yourself. (?????? ??? ??????)

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Rules

• Remember the gold rule
• I listen, I forget.
• I see, I remember.
• I practice, I learn.
• I teach, I master (more later)

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Repetition of words in Quran
Noun (singular plural forms) Verb (all forms)
Repetition in Quran
261

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Todays Verse
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Purpose of Revelation
261

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Purpose of Revelation
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(It is) a book We have revealed it to you (O! Muhammad, pbuh) full of blessings
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Purpose of Revelation
382
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so that they ponder its verses
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and men of understanding receive admonition.
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Pondering What How?

• You dont need it while you read a newspaper!
• You cant read a book of science without
  pondering at each sentence!
• You can ponder only when you understand!

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Before we ponder, Let us look atOur Relationship
with Quran
DPPR

• Direct
• Personal
• Planned
• Relevant

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?????? ?????? A simple method

• ASK Each verse of the Quran demands something
  from us. To fulfill it, start with supplication.
• EVALUATE (your past day or week in the light of
  that supplication)
• Make a PLAN of the next day / week.
• PROPAGATE the message (The Prophet pbuh said
  Convey from me even if it is one verse).

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?????? ?????? A simple method
In the next slide
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Check!

• When it comes to group or Fiqh issues or any new
  idea, then please check with scholars before you
  mention it to others or implement it.
• Then what is the real area for common people like
  us?
• Relationship with Allah, Following the Prophet
  pbuh, planning for the hereafter, Zikr, Worship,
  Morals, Dealings, Dawah, Preaching and
  Propagation, Ordering good and Stopping evil,
  Team spirit etc.

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Example ?????? ??????

• Just Prayer / supplication is not enough. One
  should evaluate his performance and make plans.
• Example Do you think a student who just asks
  Allah to help him succeed is sincere if he does
  not follow it up with studies?
• The real target of this course is ???? ????

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Rights of the Quran

• Believe in it
• Read it
• Understand it
• Ponder its verses
• Act upon it
• Spread it

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What have we learnt today?

• The following words which occur many times in the
  Quran
• From Quran ????? ????? ??
• Our relationship with Quran and an interaction
  model.

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From next session, we will have

• Introduction
• Todays lesson
• Text 6 min.
• Grammar 6 min.
• Educational / motivational tip. - 2
• Alhamdulillah, you have started! Dont give up!!

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MashaAllah you have started! Dont give up!!

1. Ramadan is the month of Quran Each day we
   should get closer to it.
2. Dont fail yourself! Dont say you dont have
   time! Snatch those 15 minutes from your day
   anyway!
3. Dont forget to become the student of the
   Prophet pbuh!

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