Free series · Beginner · 12 lessons
Twelve short lessons that take you from the Arabic letters to reading your first verses. Written for adults: no childish drills, no rush, and every lesson ends with something to practise.
Meet the 28 letters, learn their names, and get used to reading right to left.
الحروف الهجائيةLetters change shape at the start, middle and end of a word. Learn the patterns and the six letters that never join forward.
أشكال الحروفA practical first look at pronunciation: throat letters, heavy letters, and the pairs English speakers most often mix up.
مخارج الحروفThree small marks give each letter its vowel sound. Learn them, then read your first real words.
الحركاتDoubled vowel marks add an n-sound at the end of a word. Learn the three forms and the silent alif that often comes with them.
التنوينAlif, wāw and yāʼ stretch a vowel to two counts. Learn the three patterns and the small 'standing' marks in the mushaf.
حروف المدA small circle means the letter has no vowel. Learn to close syllables cleanly and read the soft letters wāw and yāʼ.
السكونFive letters bounce slightly when they have a sukūn. Learn which ones, and how much echo is right.
القلقلةThe shaddah doubles a letter. Learn to hold it properly, and the extra nasal sound on nūn and mīm.
الشدةSome alifs are always pronounced; others vanish when you join words. Learn to tell them apart and how to start on a joining alif.
همزة الوصلThe lām of ال is sometimes said and sometimes swallowed. It depends on the next letter.
اللام الشمسية والقمريةLearn how a word changes when you stop on it, then put everything together to read Sūrat al-Fātiḥah.
الوقف وقراءة الفاتحة