Taught by our translators

Learn Quranic Arabic

Translations differ because languages differ. The surest path is to understand the original. This course is taught by the very translators who know where meaning is hardest to carry across.

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The Alphabet & Sounds

All 28 letters, their forms and sounds — including the sounds that don't exist in your language.

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Reading Words

Vowel marks (harakat), joining letters, and reading your first full words from the Quran.

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Core Quranic Vocabulary

Around 300 words make up the majority of the Quran's text. Learn them and the Quran begins to open.

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Grammar of the Quran

The structures that carry meaning — why one changed vowel changes the whole sense of an ayah.

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Where Translations Struggle

Our translators walk you through famous verses where translations differ — so you can weigh the original yourself.