Read & Write Arabic - in 10 Weeks!

 Assalaamu Alaykum

Read & Write Arabic in 10 Weeks!

THE COURSE WILL COVER THE FOLLOWING:

1.       Reading & Writing all the letters of the Arabic Alphabet in their different forms;

2.       Reading & Writing 100s of words and phrases found in Al-Qurãn (with understanding);

3.       Understanding the Makhãrij (Place of Articulation) of all letters;

4.       Reading with proper Tajwĩd;

5.       Reading & Writing Simple Arabic Sentences (with understanding).

THE COURSE IS AIMED AT ABSOLUTE BEGINNERS, IE. PEOPLE WHO:

1.       Cannot Read the Arabic Alphabet;

2.       Cannot Read Arabic Words;

3.       Can Read, but cannot Write Arabic;

4.       Cannot Read Al- Qurãn with Tajwĩd;

5.       Cannot identify the different words in Al- Qurãn;

6.       Do not understand Arabic at all.

EVERYBODY IS WELCOME TO ATTEND

This course will be presented in conjuction with Understand The Noble Quran: Book One

See poster below: 

You may Register by sending: REGISTER + your Full Name via WhatsApp to +27645571201 or email me at ustaadhattayyibah@gmail.com.

For more info., click HERE: 

New Arabic Courses in Cape Town

 Assalaamu Alaykum Everyone

Alhamdu-li-laah!  Yes, we have finally secured a suitable venue (The DMA Centre at 83 Jupiter Road, Surrey Estate, Athlone, Cape Town) and will therefore present the following new courses on Tuesday and Thursday mornings from 09:30 to 12:00.  These courses will run from Tuesday 23 September to Thursday 27 November 2025.

So, you are most welcome to join us during this 10-week journey, which will most definitely serve as your key towards further studies in Arabic and Understanding the Noble Quran.

There will be two sessions every Tuesday & Thursday Morning:  One for the Read & Write Arabic with Understanding Course and one for the Understand Al-Quran Course.  Each course will be done over two one-hour sessions per week, with a short break in between (40 hours in total in class). Students are encouraged to take both courses for maximum benefit.

1.  Read & Write Arabic with Understanding:

The Absolute Beginner Student (i.e. who does not know how to read a single Arabic letter or word) will be guided towards Reading & Writing hundreds of words & sentences in Arabic.  The student will also simultaneously learn the meanings of these words, as well as a few Arabic sentence structures, which will help him/ her to understand what they are reading.  As far as possible students/ learners will receive individual attention when reading to the facilitator/s.  

We will also cater for the various abilities of different students.  So, those who can read a little or fluently will equally benefit, like the ones who cannot read at all or who can only recognize some letters of the Arabic Alphabet.  Students who are fully or partially Haafidh ul-Quran (Memorizers of the Holy Qur'an) will also benefit by learning the meanings of the words & sentences as well as some Grammatical/ Sentence Structures. 

2.  The Understand the Noble Qur'an Course:

During this course students will study the text:  A Simplified Method Towards Understanding The Noble Qur'an: Book One.  This first book is designed for beginner students who can at least recognize the Arabic alphabet.  These students will be guided to Read, Write & Understand a number of Quranic words and Structures, which will lead them towards understanding a number of Ayaat ul-Quran, as well as enable them to read & Understand a few short Surahs of the Holy Qur'an.  This course will also assist students to read other Arabic texts.

Ustaadh Idrees Kamish (who is a qualified educator with more than 35 years teaching experience and has a Master's Degree in Arabic & Islamic Studies) is the main course facilitator.  He is also the author of both books which will be used for the courses mentioned above.

To assist students to master the skills and vocabulary, students will receive the lesson notes as well as additional Audio or Video Revision Lessons via WhatsApp and the Enjoy Arabic More Blog per week.  Students will receive ample practice exercises in class, as well as for homework to ensure that they master the vocabulary and sentence structures.  Students will also be introduced to additional methods to help them memorize the contents of both courses.

Proposed Fees:

1.  Registration Fees:     2 x R50;

2.  Monthly Donation:   2 x R100 per month, per course.

TOTAL FEES:  R500 per person.

DISCOUNTS:  Students who cannot afford the above fees, can apply for a discount.

The printed books of the courses will be available for sale to students who wish to buy them.

The Understand The Noble Quran Programme

 Assalaamu Alaykum Everyone

I've created a dedicated page for the Understand The Noble Quran Programme:

This page will provide the links to the YouTube Podcast Video Series:  نظام سليم بنعيم نحو تفهيم القرآن الكريم  A Simplified Method towards Understanding the Noble Quran.  It will also give additional support materials, such as the text from the series of books, authored by myself, Idrees Kamish.  For those who wish to obtain the books for themselves - these will become available in pdf format soon, In-Sha-Allah!  For those in and around Cape Town, South Africa, who wish to obtain the printed books, please contact me via email: idreeskamish@gmail.com.

Links to the YouTube Podcast Video Series:   نظام سليم بنعيم نحو تفهيم القرآن الكريم  A Simplified Method towards Understanding the Noble Quran. 

A)  Link to the YouTube Channel:  At-Tayyibah School of Arabic

B)  Link to the YouTube Playlist:  Understand the Noble Quran: Simplified! 

C)  Links to individual YouTube Podcast Video Lessons/ Sessions are being provided on the dedicated Understand the Noble Quran PAGE, which appears to the right.  You may also click HERE!

I trust you'll find this useful to start your journey towards Understanding The Noble Quran!

Enjoy!

Understand The Noble Quran: Simplified

 Assalaamu alaykum Everyone

Alhamdu-lillah! I've finally succeeded to finish editing and uploading the 1st two episodes (parts) of the Understand Al-Quran: Simplified! Video Podcasts.  These Video Lessons, which were originally recorded way back in 2008 and presented over the airwaves of Radio 786 (in Cape Town, South Africa), have been remastered by me (Idrees Kamish) after applying some new edits.

I am positive that these Video Podcast Lessons, will once again be welcomed by all those who want to understand Al-Quran and are looking for a simplified method of explanation and presentation.  Off course, they are essentially Audio Podcast that have been remastered to Video Presentations.  

To view Part One, please click HERE.

I have added some colourful visuals to stimulate the viewer and enhance the learning process.  I shall also upload these lessons as YouTube Podcasts soon, and make them available via other podcasting platforms (Such as Spotify, etc.) soon, bi-ithni-llah! 

The subtitles that are currently available are automatically generated - so there are still some Arabic words that are not adequately presented via the YouTube AI generator, but I'll fix those soon, In-Sha-Allah!

To view Part Two, please click HERE.

Enjoy listening and viewing these podcasts and remember the supporting notes and additional materials will appear via this blog soon!  Some notes are already available via the Madrasah At-Tayyibah blog.  You are most welcome to pop over and make use of those resources.

I trust you'll have an amazing journey, discovering the treasures within the words and ayaat and understanding the Arabic Quran.   

PS:  Remember those of you who might not be fluent with your Arabic Reading, are welcome to visit my Read Arabic in a Matter of Minutes Playlist on YouTube.

Have Fun Learning Arabic with Short Animated Videos

 Assalaamu Alaykum Everyone

Ahlan wa Sahlan! Hello & Welcome!

Please join us and Have Fun Learning Arabic with Short Animated Videos

I've finally completed the first Short Animated Video Lesson, which covers the initial dialogue of one of the episodes from the Series Mughaamaraat Mushaakis (مُغَامرات مشاكس): The adventures of Mushaakis.  This short (10 minute) Video Lesson (Everyone Needs Exercise) covers part of the dialogue from the original episode (mentioned above) with the Arabic Text and the English Text provided, as well as Transliterated Text provided in Large Format in Speech Bubbles - which will assist the Non-Arabic Speaker in understanding the text and the Arabic Audio.  I've also added some audio comments in English, which include the English Translation of the Arabic Audio.  

Here is a link to the first Video Lesson:  Everyone Needs Exercise, which will be live from tomorrow morning (Sunday 27/10/2024) at 06.00 (Time zone: GMT+2)

The idea is to provide further support on this blog/ site, in the form of Grammatical or Structural explanations, so that the learner or viewer can understand the Arabic Audio better and simultaneously learn the Structure of the Arabic Language.

These Video Lessons are suitable for all ages.  In fact it would be ideal if adults or teenagers watch it with the young children at home.

This episode opens with Mushaakis, the monkey walking through the forest. He hears Arnuub, the rabbit counting from one to four...

He then wonders: "Isn't that the voice of Arnuub?" (أليس هذا صوت أرنوب؟):

"What is he doing there?"  (ما الذي يفعله هنا؟):

It has been proven that most people learn a new language faster when they get the opportunity to observe the language being spoken and they know some of the words being used.  This is called comprehensible input.  One learns faster when you absorb small amounts of comprehensible chunks of the language as spoken by native speakers or non-natives who are fluent.  Ideally the learner should find himself in the place where the language is spoken, however for the absolute beginner, who knows very little to nothing of the new/ foreign language this is usually too overwhelming.  So, in my opinion, the Beginner Learner should start learning the language either via his mother tongue or via the target language - with all the support he needs.  A combination of both is probably the best.  Of course nowadays with some very effective apps and AI support, it is quite possible for the beginner to acquire a new language on his own - provided he has the proper approach (which incorporates an effective  methodology of learning and teaching a new language).  This methodology is sadly lacking in many of the apps available.  One also often finds Mother-tongue speakers sharing vocabulary, phrases or sentences on YouTube, without a good, effective teaching methodology. 

I believe that one can start learning the new language (in this case Arabic) with any type of input: Be it a formal classroom, listening to someone at the market, hearing a song or qasidah (Arabic/ Islamic Poem), etc. - as long as you understand at least 60-80% of what is being communicated.  Of course the more you understand, the better.  This is especially of crucial importance if you want to respond to the input you've received.  So, the problem is where do you start if you know nothing or very little?  Following a series of this nature, with the proposed support, should most definitely assist you in learning and understanding the Arabic Language.  Why not give it a go?

For a visual breakdown with short explanatory notes, please go to the Have Fun Learning Arabic PAGE.

I trust you'll find this approach works for you.

Enjoy Arabic More!

Back to Video Productions!

 Assalaamu Alaykum Everyone!

Yes, Al-hamdu-lillah, we're back with our Video Productions after a brief bout of flu, which kept me from being productive to a large extent over the past month.

So, I'm back and I hope to complete both the Enjoy Arabic Series and the Read Arabic in a Matter of (3-5) Minutes as soon as I possibly can.  However as I previously mentioned, Video Editing takes a lot of time.  Many professional YouTubers can only manage to complete two to four short videos per month, unless they have a team of video and audio editing experts assisting them, or unless they make extensive use of AI editing programmes.

So, Al-hamdu-lillah, I've completed the Enjoy Arabic, Book One Lesson Five in two parts.  Here are the links:

Part One: Improve your basic Arabic Reading and Writing Skills (EAM L5 Part1) 

Part Two: First Short Arabic Dialogue & Letter Recognition (EAM L5 Part2)

What is quite exiting is the fact that the first short dialogue is covered in this lesson.  But, those of you who have been following the Video Lessons, will know that we've actually given many other sentence structures, including some information regarding verb use in the previous lessons.  So, I might do a summary of all the sentence structures covered thus far so that you can get a gist of the impact of these few lessons. 

Hopefully the production of other lessons will go much quicker, since as I mentioned before, I intend to skip some parts in order to concentrate more on the vocabulary and sentence structures in future.  This will facilitate the understanding of the Arabic grammatical structures greatly, which in turn will aid communication with enhanced comprehension.

Latest Developments

 Assalaamu Alaykum Everyone!

I just thought I'd keep you updated regarding the latest developments on this blog/ site.

Firstly, I am still busy with the Read Arabic in a Matter of Minutes Series.  You are probably aware that thus far 17 videos have been uploaded to our YouTube Channel in this playlist.  The aim is to upload at least one or two video lessons per week.  So, this week (probably today) the next video lesson will be uploaded in this series!  To view the Playlist, please visit: Read Arabic in a Matter of (3-5) Minutes

Secondly my aim is to complete the Enjoy Arabic Book One Videos as soon as possible, but those of you who are involved in video editing will know: it takes a lot of time!  So, please be patient!  Thus far there are 17 videos in this playlist as well.

Thirdly, I'm in the process of remastering the Speak Arabic Today Videos.  For those who don't know, I've prepared Six Lessons in this Series, which are available via the Speak Arabic Today blog.  Remember each of these lessons are divided in 5 parts, containing 20 words/ phrases/ sentences (totalling 100) each!  Thus far, I've made the first three of these lessons available via this blog in pdf format.  The process of remastering the Video Lessons is still ongoing.  Thus far parts One & Two of Lesson One are available.  You can go there via the PAGES, or click HERE.

In total there are currently 55 Video Lessons available via our At-Tayyibah School of Arabic Channel

Those of you (in Cape Town) who are eagerly awaiting physical classes, I'm hoping to start one soon, but I haven't finalized a venue yet.  Please make dua!

Shukran for your support!

Idrees