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Class Schedule

Period 1 Period 2 Period 3 Period 4

Quarter 1 Nahw MWF: Thematic Study Arabic Reader Nahw Drills

(Basic Grammar) of Quran Level 1

T/Th: Active Listening

Quarter 2 Sarf MWF: Thematic Study Arabic Reader Sarf Drills

(Morphology) of Quran Level 2

T/Th: Active Listening

Quarter 3 Advanced Nahw MWF: Thematic Study Arabic Reader Advanced

(Advanced of Quran Level 3 Nahw Drills
Grammar)
T/Th: Quran Listening

Quarter 4 Balagha MWF: Thematic Study Advanced Quran Quran Studies

(Rhetoric) of Quran Comprehension

T/Th: Quran Listening


Course Descriptions
N AHW (B ASIC G RAMMAR ) S ARF (M ORPHOLOGY )
T HEORY AND A PPLICATION T HEORY AND A PPLICATION
This course covers theories in basic Arabic This course covers basic and advanced
grammar. Students learn to apply these Arabic morphology (Sarf). Students learn tri-
theories primarily in the realm of literal root extraction, word-building, and
recognition, and secondarily in the realm of conjugation. By the end of this course,
composition. Every grammar lecture is students should be able to extract the root
accompanied by a drill period, during which letters from 99%+ morphological words in
students learn to recognize the learned the Quran. Students are also trained to use
structures in Quran and other texts. a variety of dictionaries in order to look
Students also practice applying these these root letter up.
concepts in English-Arabic translation, on a
very basic level.

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A DVANCED N AHW (A DVANCED G RAMMAR ) T HEMATIC S TUDY OF Q URAN
T HEORY AND A PPLICATION Students step away from purely academic
This portion of the curriculum covers Arabic and Quranic studies during this
advanced topics in Arabic grammar (Nahw). discussion-based period to reflect on and
Students learn how to further recognize and talk about the Quran. Each discussion
compose advanced structures. These centers around a unique theme in the
concepts are applied and reinforced during Quran and students are given related
the drill periods, where students receive passages to think about them discuss with
focused attention. the guidance of a teacher.

B ALAGHA (R HETORIC ) Q URAN L ISTENING
Students study Balagha (rhetoric) and Students develop their Quranic listening
complex grammatical structures. This comprehension skills and gradually learn to
equips students to better capture subtleties keep up with and comprehend faster-paced
in translation and to understand and recitation. Students also begin to develop
translate advanced structures. Students will the skill of comprehending spoken Arabic
begin to better appreciate the uniqueness real-time through audio lectures on various
and eloquence of the Quran. topics, including Tafsir and Seerah.

A RABIC R EADING C OMPREHENSION T AFSIR
Students begin their journey in reading at Students read the Tafsir of Quran with a
the start of the second week of the program teacher in order to gain a deeper
by learning how to read Arabic with understanding of and connection with
vowels/harakaat. The level progresses portions of the Quran. This activity helps
throughout the program and develop reading comprehension and
vowels/harakaat are slowly removed. By fluency, allowing students to access the
the end of the program, students will be commentary of scholars on the Quran.
able to read un-voweled Tafsir and other
Arabic sources.

A DVANCED Q URAN C OMPREHENSION I NTRODUCTION TO Q URANIC S TUDIES
Students read about and study passages of Students explore the Quran as it relates to
the Quran that can only be understood contemporary issues. Students begin by
given context (historical or otherwise) and studying a primer in usul al-tafsir then move
additional background knowledge. These on to study various contemporary
are passages and ayaat in the Quran whose philosophical discussions related to the
meaning is still unclear after looking up the Quran. Finally, students learn from several
words in a dictionary or reading a sources that cover the miraculous nature
translation. and beauty of the Quran.