Arabic Language

Module Overview:

The Arabic course has a three-dimensional focus:
•        Speaking Arabic
•        Arabic Grammar
•        Qur’ānic Arabic

Students learn how to translate basic Arabic sentences to English, as well as to write simple sentences in Arabic. The course also equips students with a rich bank of classical and modern Arabic vocabulary to use in their speaking, reading, and writing. This one-year module has been developed to serve as an introduction to Arabic language with special emphasis on being able to speak and converse in Arabic at a basic level. An additional focus in placed on Qur’ānic Arabic so that students gain familiarity with Qur’anic terms and are inspired to delve deeper into the Qur’ān. Learning classical Arabic effectively could not be easier than with this course. And it is hoped that students will develop on their learning in the course to eventually become proficient in classical Arabic.

Objective:
‍To be able to translate basic Arabic sentences
To know of introductory phrases in order to converse in Arabic

Objectives and Learning outcomes:

Upon completion of this module the student will be able to:

- Develop the ability to read and write simple Arabic sentences
- Gain familiarity with Arabic words that are oft repeated in the Qur’ān
- Be able to converse on an introductory level in the Arabic language
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SYLLABUS

Year 1

Teacher: Dr Mawlānā Omar Jahanghir
Day/ Time: Tuesday | 7:30 – 8:30pm

Term 1

^{Arabic for beginners}

Term 2

^{Arabic verbs andnouns}

Term 3

^{Term 3}

Reads

Arabic Course

Author: Dr V. AbdurRahim

The ‘Arabic Course for English-Speaking students’ is a comprehensive and popular course for the teaching of the Qur’anic and Traditional Arabic, originally devised and taught at the renowned Madinah Islamic University catering for the non-Arabic speaking students from all over the world. Over the years, this course has enabled students to become competent in their use of the Arabic language and to participate and benefit from scholarly pursuits such as Qur’anic exegesis, hadith, Fiqh, seerah, history, and classical and modern Arabic literature.

Gateway to Arabic 1

Author: Dr Imran Hamza Alawiye

"Gateway to Arabic Book One", with its wealth of practice materials, teaches the skills necessary for reading and writing the Arabic language. It covers the complete Arabic alphabet in all its forms as well as the various short and long vowel sounds. It offers plenty of opportunity for handwriting practice through extensive copying exercises. By the end of this book, the learner will have covered the skills needed to read any vocalised Arabic text. Ten Lessons of Arabic is based on the famous Urdu language primer of Arabic grammar Das Sabaq [Ten Lessons].

Ten Lessons of Arabic

Prepared by: Aamir Bashir

Das Sabaq in Urdu has been a part of the 'Aalim course curriculum in Western madrasahs for a number of years.