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Short Course

Begin to Understand Qur an & Salah The Easy Way

Lesson No. 27
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In this lesson
Motivational tip: Example
Are you still busy? AayatalAayatal-Kursi

Hope you are doing the 7 homeworks, esp. carrying that vocabulary Card
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Motivational Tips

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Guidance
People equate guidance with the knowledge of rules and regulations, such as those of prayers, Zakat, Hajj, and inheritance. Rules do not constitute even 10% of the Qur an. What then does the remaining 90% talk about? It is addressed to the mind and more importantly the heart.

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Keep the heart clean

We need to keep our heart continuously clean by performing regular prayers, reciting Qur an, and other good deeds. NO ONE can claim that he does not need this maintenance.

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How does Qur an (or Allah) guide?

By describing realities of this life through different ways, most prominent among them are: Allah, his attributes and rights Prophethood and the Last Prophet, pbuh The hereafter Role of a human being Role of Shaitaan
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How does Qur an (or Allah) guide?

Signs of Allah in this universe Rules of Allah in this universe Stories and examples of earlier people and lessons from them Rights of people Why people reject the truth (Dawah, its challenges,) etc.

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MOST IMPORTANT
No one can say the way Allah says it. No one s words can have as much effect as Allah s words are.

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Shaitaan s Strategy is still working

90% 90% of us, the non-Arab Muslims, don t nonunderstand the Qur an. We ask for guidance tens of times everyday, yet most of us DON T EVEN FEEL THE NECESSITY to go to Qur an for getting it. We celebrate Ramadan after Ramadan (Qur an s month) yet Qur an is still We celebrate Lailatual-Qadr (Qur an s Lailatualrevelation night), yet Qur an is still
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The ultimate, real solution the problems of Muslims Ummah

Our major problems are two: Doubts (not enough belief that Qur an can solve the problems, that Qur an guides us to everything, ) Desires (Even though we know something to be right, we still don t do it. Muslims not united; Evils not going united; out; Morals not good; etc.) etc.) Al-Qur an solves both. It clears all our Alhidden doubts. It creates that impulse to overcome all types of desires.
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You are the luckiest

Allah has chosen you to make you students of the Qur an. It is the biggest blessing when it comes to learning. Don t reject His Mercy by going away Be the student of the Prophet (pbuh). Don t let Shaitaan make you like the example of those who were given a book before us. Don t forget that this Qur an will make us go higher and higher both in this world and in the hereafter.
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Huge Challenge
Educate a billion non-Arab Muslims nonFees of this course: Please teach at least 10 persons in your life

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Discussion board / Forum launched on the site

Topics Teaching / learning Grammar; Motivational tips; Learning tips; Text selection; Role of spoken Arabic for learning Qur an; Challenges of understanding for new Muslims / reverts; Teaching Qur an in Schools; Your input will be very valuable inshaAllah.

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A Quick Revision

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What have you learnt? Daily Recitations

Surah Al-Fatihah & Last 6 Surahs Parts of Salah Supplications and some selections

Basic Grammar And 114 words which occur in the Qur an more than 40,000 times. Let us look at 10 Golden Sets. Make sure you learn these sets THOROUGHLY
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10 GOLDEN SETS
- - - - - - 35, 35,000 or 45% 45% TPI related: 20,000 or 25%
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An Example

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New words in red color!!! You know the rest!

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An Example

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Total Words: 50; New Words: 17 50; 17 / 50 = 34% new words 34%

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Right now

please

  

Make Teams Repeat the course If you know it, teach it to others

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Plan for it now

Pondering & receiving admonition
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MashaMasha-Allah, you already took 1 step (equal to almost 10 hours) by starting this Short Course. Only 19 steps (190 hours) remain! (190 Let us pray that we never stop!
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Without understanding: Deaf and Blind

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Next Step

  

Start the next course (25 hours) (25 60 Lessons; each of 25 minutes! Contains similar items but more extensively covered. (Last 14 Surahs; more azkar of Salah; more supplications; + Spoken Arabic)

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Urgent Need


 

Start Qur an circles in every neighborhood (separate for men, women, youth, and children) Every Masjid should promote it Every School should include it as a part of its syllabus. (Which book is more fitting for Islamic Studies than AlAlQur an?) Every organization should focus on it

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Sharpen the saw

Our struggle to make life (of both worlds) happy and peaceful. Qur an will take us to that path Al-Qur an will sharpen our saw (of Alattitude) which will solve all the problems. It will be a tragedy, a huge tragedy if we keep looking for happiness and peace somewhere else while Allah out of His infinite Mercy had placed it right in front of us.
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May Allah reward everyone who helped in developing, promoting, supporting and spreading this noble work.

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