Learning how to read Arabic the Quick way pdf

Learning how to read Arabic the Quick way

LEARNING HOW TO READ ARABIC THE QUICK WAY

Book’s Preface

For verily the best speech is the Book of Allah (i.e. Qur’an) and the finest guidance is the guidance of Muhammad. the most wicked of affairs are the newly invented matters (i.e. entered into the religion); and every novelty is an innovation, every innovation is a misguidance, and every misguidance is in the hellfire.

The Messenger of Allah said, “The best of you (all) is he who learns the Qur’an and then teaches it.” Noted in Bukhari from the hadith of ‘Uthmaan Bin ‘Afaan; so from this noble hadith we rushed to write this small-sized booklet.

Hoping from Allah that He will make us from among those who be granted this tremendous prophetic glad tiding.

The thing that brought about this action (i.e. writing the book) is that we have seen over these last years in our country, Indonesia , that learning how to read and write the Qur’an is progressing in advancements that has surpassed in relation to the past.

In addition, that that children between the age of 5 and not less than are able to read the Qur’an with Tajweed and with precision, in spite their language is contrary to the language of the Qur’an, and likewise in the writing.

 That is due to them learning in this short period of time the small booklet which its author entitled, “Read!” upon a new, easy, and facilitated way (i.e. of reading).

So indeed this booklet had become among us a abrogation to the book using the Baghdad principle of reading which has been the foundation from before in this respect.

So the schools, masajid, learning institutes for children had became to receive this booklet; and they have made, this booklet, a mandatory lesson in this area, due to what is within it of a swift and good result.

Thus, we have experimented also many times upon our fellow muslim brothers’ children in teaching and instructing this booklet.

So it didn’t take long pass two, or three months or similar to that and all of a sudden they had perfected and learned to read good, eloquent, and with proper Tajweed—and the virtue in totality belongs to Allah.

So when we arrived at this place, Darul-Hadeeth in Dammaj, we noticed the way of teaching the children and/or those who haven’t learned how to read and write among the youth, and those older in age treaded on our old way; we mean by that the way of (reading the alphabet) like saying, ” Alif, fathah, and the then sound”

so we said, “If we tried this new way, which we have in our country indeed it will be better and swifter in achieving good results.

However we did not carried out that, and we were affraid that they would reject that; until Allah had opened our hearts to present this to our Noble, Sincere Advisor, Shaykh Abi ‘Abdir Rahman Yahya Bin ‘Ali Al-Hajoori –May Allah preserve him—so when we presented our goal and our objective, all of a sudden he accepted it with a good approval and he encouraged us to that—May Allah reward him with good.

Hence, we began this action (i.e. authoring this book) with the little bit of knowledge and little experience we have in the matter of writing and authoring; and we summarized from that booklet what we thought was too long and repetitive.

We added simple things that we thought important to mention—and the aid of Allah is sought.

Yes, we are not belittling the old way, because of that way we have learned reading and writing;

so May Allah reward our for-fathers, our teachers, and the author of that book with good since they have taught us so that we come become aware of what we were ignorant of;

however, the bounty of Allah is enormous and the door for obtaining His virtue and hospitality has not ceased to be open as long as theDunya’ remains.