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Feb 26 | Friday | Surat al-Nasr (#110): reading, translation and understanding; Science of Tajweed & its importance; makhraj of 6 Halq (throat) letters; Unit 1 on masculine nouns, pronouns and adjective from the text Access to Qur’anic Arabic | Practice reading Surat al-Nasr by listening to a Qari of your choice. If possible memorize the surah. |
Mar 1 | Mon | Surat al-Kafiroon (#109): reading, translation and understanding; Tajweed: more practice on Halq letters and learning the makhraj of letters Qaaf, Kaaf, Daal, Dhaal. Answering questions on Unit 1 from the Workbook. Unit 2 on feminine nouns, pronouns and adjective from the text | Practice reading Surat al- Kafiroon by listening to a Qari of your choice. If possible memorize the surah. Learn the meanings of vocabulary covered in session 1. |
Mar 5 | Friday | Surat al-Ma‘oon (#107): reading, translation and understanding; Tajweed: Makhraj of letters Saad & Dhaad. Answering questions on Unit 2 from the Workbook. Unit 3 on indefinite nouns, pronouns and adjective from the text. | Practice reading Surat al-Ma‘oon by listening to a Qari of your choice. If possible memorize the surah. Learn the meanings of vocabulary covered in sessions 1 & 2. Complete doing exercises on Unit 2. |
Mar 8 |
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Surat al-Humazah (#104): reading, translation and understanding; Tajweed: Makhraj of letters Thaa, Taa, & Zaa. Practice on words containing letters covered so far. Unit 4 on definite nouns and adjectives. Looking at select questions from Unit 3 in the Workbook. |
Practice reading Surat al- Humazah by listening to a Qari of your choice. If possible memorize the surah. Learn the meanings of vocabulary covered in sessions 1 to 3. Answer 3 questions on Unit 3from the Workbook. |
Mar 12 | Friday | Surat al-Zalzalah (#99) – reading, translation and understanding; Tajweed: makhraj of remaining letters. Units 3 & 4 revision. Looking at select questions from Unit 4 in the Workbook. |
Practice reading Surat al-Zalazlah by listening to a Qari of your choice. If possible memorize the surah. Memorize all words that begin with alif in World List 1
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Mar 15 | Mon | Surat al-Qaari‘ah (#101) – reading, translation and understanding; Tajweed: Rule of tanween & nun sakin. Unit 5 from the text on Nouns, and adjectives: number
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Practice reading Surat al- Qaari‘ah by listening to a Qari of your choice. If possible memorize the surah. Learn all words that begin with baa & taa in World List 1 |
Mar 19 | Friday | Surat al-‘Aadiyaat (#100) – reading, translation and understanding; Tajweed: rules of idghaam & iqlaab. Continue practice of pronouncing makhraj letters. Select exercises in Unit 5. Quiz on vocabulary covered so far.
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Practice reading Surat al- ‘Aadiyaat by listening to a Qari of your choice. If possible memorize the surah. Learn all words that begin with jeem & haa in World List 1 |
Mar 22 | Mon | Surat al-Qadr (#97) – reading, translation, understanding and listening to its | Practice reading Surat al-Qadr by listening to a Qari of your choice. |
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memorization. Tajweed: sun and moon letters. Unit 6 from the text: Nouns, adjectives & pronouns.
You must memorize the surah. Learn all words that begin with khaa & daal in World List 1
Mar 26 | Friday | Surat al-Bayyinah (#98) – reading, translation, and understanding. Tajweed: more practice on sun and moon letters. Rules of Ikhfaa and Izhaar. Finalize discussions on Unit 6, including exercises.
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Practice reading Surat al- Bayyinah by listening to a Qari of your choice. If possible memorize the surah. Learn all words that begin with dhaal & raa in World List 1. Do select exercise on Unit .6 |
Mar 29 | Monda y | Surats al-Feel (#105) & al-Quraysh (#106) – reading, translation, and understanding. Tajweed: Rules of madd and reading of al- huruf al-muqatta`at. Unit 7 on Attached pronouns. Quiz on vocabulary covered so far.
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Practice reading Surahs al-Feel & al-Quraysh by listening to a Qari of your choice. Must memorize both surahs. Learn all words that begin with seen & sheen in World List 1
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Apr 2 | Friday | Surat al-‘Alaq (#96) till verse # 18. – Reading, translation, and understanding. Tajweed: rules of stopping & punctuation marks. Unit 8 on Prepositions and completing outstanding exercises in Units 6 & 7. Discussion on wajib and mustahab sajdahs in the Holy Qur’an.
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Practice reading Surat al’Alaq till verse 18 by listening to a Qari of your choice. (Note the last verse, #19, has a wajib sajdah). Learn all words that begin with saad to Zaa(ظ) in World List 1 |
Apr 5 | Mon | Surat al-Teen (#95) – Reading, translation, and understanding. Tajweed: final discussion and revision of some of the rules covered. Continue working on Unit 8 and solving select exercises together. | Practice reading Surat al-Teen by listening to a Qari of your choice. Must memorize both surahs. Learn all words that begin with ‘ayn & ghayn in World List 1
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Apr 9 | Friday
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Surat al-Sharh (#94) – Reading, translation, and understanding. Unit 9 on inna and her sisters; including solving select exercises in the classroom. |
Practice reading Surat al-Sharh by listening to a Qari of your choice. If possible memorize the surah. Learn all words that begin with Faa & Qaaf in World List 1
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Apr 12 | Mon | Surat al-Dhuhaa (#93) – reading, translation and understanding. Quiz on grammar rules covered so far. Begins discussion on Unit 10 on Possession – the idhafa construction.
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Practice reading Surat al-Dhuhaa by listening to a Qari of your choice. If possible memorize the surah. Learn all words that begin with Kaaf & Laam in World List 1 |
Apr 16 | Friday | Listening to verses from surahs we have covered so far. Continue working on Unit 10, including solving select exercises. Quiz on Word List 1. | Practice reading surahs that we have covered so far by listening to a Qari of your choice. Learn all words that begin with Nun & Haa in World List 1 |
Apr 19 | Monday | Listening to verses from surahs we have covered so far. Revision of all grammatical rules we have covered from Units 1 to Unit 10. Discussion on where do we go from here. | Practice reading surahs that we have covered so far by listening to a Qari of your choice. Learn all words that begin with Waw & Yaa in World List 1 |