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Learn to read the Qur'an — from zero

Five short lessons, then practise with short surahs using the verified text and recitation on this site.

To learn by listening, play a qari's recitation of the practice surahs below and follow the Noorani Qaida course in the videos section; learn exact makhraj from a teacher.

  1. 1 · The 28 letters

    Arabic is read right to left. Learn each letter's name and sound; practise a few each day.

    • اAlifa
    • بBab
    • تTat
    • ثThath (thin)
    • جJimj
    • حHaḥ
    • خKhakh
    • دDald
    • ذDhaldh (this)
    • رRar
    • زZayz
    • سSins
    • شShinsh
    • صSadṣ (heavy s)
    • ضDadḍ (heavy d)
    • طTaṭ (heavy t)
    • ظZaẓ (heavy dh)
    • ع'Aynʿ
    • غGhayngh
    • فFaf
    • قQafq (deep k)
    • كKafk
    • لLaml
    • مMimm
    • نNunn
    • هHah
    • وWaww / ū
    • يYay / ī
  2. 2 · Short vowels (harakat)

    Fatha (a stroke above) gives 'a', kasra (a stroke below) gives 'i', damma (a small waw above) gives 'u'.

    • بَba
    • بِbi
    • بُbu
  3. 3 · Sukun, shadda and tanween

    Sukun (a small circle) means the letter has no vowel. Shadda (a small 'w' shape) doubles the letter. Tanween (doubled vowel marks) adds an 'n' sound at the end.

    • اَبْab
    • بَّbba
    • بًاban
    • بٍbin
    • بٌbun
  4. 4 · Long vowels (madd)

    Alif after fatha, ya after kasra and waw after damma stretch the vowel for two counts.

    • بَاbā
    • بِيbī
    • بُوbū
  5. 5 · First tajweed rules

    Noon sakin and tanween have four rules: izhar (read clearly before throat letters), idgham (merge into the next letter), iqlab (turns into a 'm' sound before ba) and ikhfa (a hidden, nasal sound before the remaining letters). Learn them by listening to a qualified teacher.

  6. 6 · Practise with short surahs

    Open a surah, press play on each ayah, listen, then read it yourself.

One hadith a day — Imam an-Nawawi's Forty

A classic collection of short, foundational hadith. Read today's, then go through them in order.

Today · Hadith 36 of 42

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Hadith collection

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه و سلم قَالَ: مَنْ نَفَّسَ عَنْ مُؤْمِنٍ كُرْبَةً مِنْ كُرَبِ الدُّنْيَا نَفَّسَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ كُرْبَةً مِنْ كُرَبِ يَوْمِ الْقِيَامَةِ، وَمَنْ يَسَّرَ عَلَى مُعْسِرٍ، يَسَّرَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ، وَمَنْ سَتَرَ مُسْلِما سَتَرَهُ اللهُ فِي الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ ، وَاَللَّهُ فِي عَوْنِ الْعَبْدِ مَا كَانَ الْعَبْدُ فِي عَ…

On the authority of Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Whoever removes a worldly grief from a believer, Allah will remove from him one of the griefs of the Day of Resurrection. And whoever alleviates the need of a needy person, Allah will alleviate his needs in this world and the Hereafter. Whoever shields [or hides the misdeeds of] a Muslim, Allah will shield him in this world and the Hereafter. And Allah will aid His slave so long as he aids his brother. And whoever follows a path to seek knowledge therein, Allah will make easy for him a path to Paradise. No people gather together in one of the Houses of Allah, re…

Forty Hadith of an-Nawawi · Hadith 36 · Forty Hadith of an-Nawawi
Translation: Forty Hadith of an-Nawawi — English. Hadith data: fawazahmed0/hadith-api (numbering and gradings as published there).

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Video courses

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Rasulullah.org links to these courses for learning; each teacher's views are their own. Nothing loads from YouTube until you press play. On the Bangla site, English courses open with Bangla subtitles where YouTube can translate them (machine translation — the spoken audio stays in the original language).