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The Golden Advice Regarding The Proper Manner Of Learning The Arabic Language ( NB this piece has been edited & modified ). Orignal article By Abu Umar al-Jurjani All praise is for Allah. We praise him and seek his assistance. May the salah and salam be upon the messenger of Allah and all those who follow the prophetic path until the last day. Amma ba’d: Many brothers have asked me about learning the Arabic language and the best way to arrive at an understanding of the qur’an and sunnah. In response to these brothers I put this small essay together. May Allah grant us ikhlaas and sucsess in our efforts. Some of the salaf used to say, “man dakhala fil ilm jumlatan, kharaja minhu jumlatan.” “Whoever entered into knowledge all at once, it shall leave him all at once.” It is binding upon the student of any subject to gain an understanding and basic conception of what exactly he/she is studying. In Arabic this is called ‘tasawwur’. The lack of a proper ‘tasawwur’ concerning ...

http://www.lisanularab.org/forums/showthread.php?t=1402 (Take with a pinch of salt) 7 RULES OF EASY ARABIC ***RULE 1: Always Study and Review Phrases, Not Individual Words Never study a single, individual word. Never. When you find a new word, always write down The Phrase it is in. Always. When you review, always review all of the phrase,.. not the word. Collect phrases. Your speaking and grammar will improve 4-5 times faster. Never again study a single word. Never write a single word in your notebook, always write the complete phrase. Learn Phrases Only. ** RULE 2: Don’t Study Grammar Stop studying grammar. Stop studying grammar. Right now. Stop. Put away your grammar books and textbooks. Grammar rules teach you to think about Arabic, you want to speak automatically– without thinking! . So Rule 2 is: Don’t Study Grammar! **RULE 3 (The number one secret): The Most Important Rule– Listen First Listening, listening, listening. You must listen to UNDERSTANDABLE Ara...

Learning Arabic By Abu Bakr Salmaan ibn Nasir http://www.dkh-islam.com/ The religion has been distorted and changed beyond recognition by the People of Desires and Innovations until the common Muslim has come to regard innovations as sunnahs and the Sunnah as something strange. Generations of Muslims have lived in the darkness of ignorance of the Qur’aan and of the religion of Allaah. This cancer has eaten away at the flesh of the Muslim Ummah leaving it extremely weak and humiliated. And how could it be otherwise when the Prophet (صلى الله عليه و سلم) told us: Allaah raises up peoples by this Book, and puts down by it others. (Reported by Muslim (no. 817), ibn Maajah (no. 218), Ahmad (1/35), and ad-Daarimi (no. 3365). So when the Ummah neglected Allaah’s book, Allaah lowered and humiliated us as He (سبحانه وتعالى) informed us: That is because Allaah will never change the blessing which He has bestowed on a people until they change what is in their ownselves. [...

Reflections on learning arabic for a muslim student in the West Posted by alynch4047 under Arabic , Islam , Western Culture [3] Comments As a student and also now a teacher of Arabic I’m always really curious, whenever I meet a fellow student, what techniques did he use to learn Arabic? What books did he read, which teachers did he have, where did he travel to? If he watchs Arabic TV then how much does he understand, and just exactly what level has he reached? How long did it take, did he take any breaks? Did he study full time or part time? In anticipation of those questions being aimed at me, I’ll do my best to answer you, and to throw in some tips as well. Where am I now I can now understand most of the Qur’aan and can explain the grammar for the great majority of the verses, الحمد لله. It took about 3 – 4 years of occasional part-time study all-in-all to reach that point. I can also hold my own in conversational Arabic, a skill I learnt sometime after learning th...