Nowadays, there are many Muslims in non-Arabic speaking countries seeking to learn Quran whether for them or their kids. In order to learn the Quran correctly, one must know how to read Arabic. The first step into learning Arabic & Quran is to learn Noorani Qaida.
What is Noorani Qaida?
Noorani Qaida is a special book widely used to learn the basics of Arabic language through Quranic verses in a simple but effective way. It’s also a great tool to learn the basics of Tajweed for beginners.
The book of Noorani Qaida has 17 chapters teaching the Arabic alphabet, Arabic words, then reading complete verses from the Quran, in addition to learning the Tajweed rules. This course of study makes it easier for non-Arabs to easily learn Arabic, especially for kids.
Why Learn Noorani Qaida?
There are so many reasons why Noorani Qaida is essential to learn Quran:
Build the foundations of learning Quran because it involves an organized curriculum and a lot of exercises.
It’s the building block of learning Quran recitation; you cannot recite the Holy Quran properly without learning the Noorani Qaida first.
It teaches the beginners accurate pronunciation of Arabic words.
Learning to recite Quran with Tajweed accent.
Learn to recognize the Arabic alphabets and symbols, understanding the basic rules of pronunciation, and connecting the alphabets.
Learn Long vowels (Haroof Maddah), Tanwin, Haroof Linah, and Noon Sakeenah
Learn joint letters or compound letters.
Become able to read Quran without mistakes.
How to Learn Noorani Qaida?
The Noorani Qaida booklet contains 17 different lessons & chapters. At the beginning chapters, you’ll get to know and Arabic alphabets and excel in it. Then, you’ll move to learn the basic Tajweed rules.
The learning process is very simple & easy following the book’s chapters orders and solving included exercises.
Noorani Qaida Lessons & Chapters
As we previously mentioned, The Noorani Qaida book consists of 17 chapters and lessons. When you learn these lessons very well, It will ultimately lead you for proper reading and recitation of the Holy Quran, Hadith, and other Arabic books. Here is a brief about what each lesson contains and aims…
Noorani Qaida Chapter 1
The first chapter of Noorani Qaida consists of 29 letters (Arabic Alphabet) from which 7 letters are pronounced with a full mouth (deeply) and only four letters are pronounced from lips. All of them are single letters and also known as “Huroof”.
Noorani Qaida Chapter 2
After learning single letters, in this phase, students learn to joint letters or compound letters which also called “Murakkabat”. When two or more letters are joined together they form a “Murakkab”. After completing this lesson, students are able to understand the different shapes of the respective letters.
Noorani Qaida Chapter 3
In this chapter, there are 14 abbreviated words which are known as “Muqatta’at”. These are disjointing and disconnected letters. There are 29 Surahs out of 114 in Quran Kareem that starts with the words “Muqatta’at” just after Bismillah.
Noorani Qaida Chapter 4
This chapter consists of “Letters Movements” which are also known as “Harkaat”. There are three kinds of movements i.e “Fatha”, “Kasra”, and “Dammah”. These are short vowels in the Arabic Language.
Noorani Qaida Chapter 5
In this chapter, students will learn double Fatha, Double Kasra, and Double Dummah which is known as “Nunation” or “Tanween”. They will learn the proper sounds and pronunciations of these symbols and signs.
Noorani Qaida Chapter 6
In this chapter, students learn how to connect different letters in accordance with Tajweed rules. It also provides an opportunity to the student to make exercise of Movements and Nunation (Harkaat and Tanween).
Noorani Qaida Chapter 7
In this chapter, students will learn “standing fathah”, “standing kasrah”, and “standing dammah” (used with letters to pronounce prolong). They’ll learn not to take the maddah letters which come after “Noon” or “Meem” into the nose.
Noorani Qaida Chapter 8
In this chapter, the student will learn about “Huroof Madd’ah o Leen”. These are soft letters and long vowel sigs so these need to prolong equally to one “Alif” or one or two seconds.
Noorani Qaida Chapter 9
In this chapter, students will exercise on past lessons: Movements, Fatha, Karsa, Dummah, Madd’ah o keen, and Tanween letters. This lesson will also give a strong grip to the student to understand the difficult words to pronounce. Additionally, students will learn many important tajweed rules.
Noorani Qaida Chapter 10
In this chapter, students will learn about “Sakoon” and “Jazm”, In addition to “Huroof e Qalqalah”.
Noorani Qaida Chapter 11
This chapter is a revision on previous chapter where student will exercise the “Sakoon” and “Jazm”. When Ikhfaa is done on noon saakinah and Tanween? When the Raa letter is bold? The types of stops and when the stop is necessary and when not.
Noorani Qaida Chapter 12
In this chapter, Noorani Qaida student learns “Tashdeed” sign (duplication sign). They will learn the “Tashdeed sign” to pronounce the letter two times by connecting the previous letter and read the word with “Tashdeed” in a strong voice.
Noorani Qaida Chapter 13
This chapter is a revision and training on the previous one (Tashdeed). The students will practice “Tashdeed” with some difficult and complicated words.
Noorani Qaida Chapter 14
This chapter is a practice on what previously learned from Tashdeed, Sakoon, and Jazm. Additionally, students will learn “Tashdeed with Sakoon”.
Noorani Qaida Chapter 15
This chapter introduces new kind of “Tashdeed” which is “Tashdeed with Tashdeed” (2 duplication signs). They also have to solve exercises on the lesson of this chapter.
Noorani Qaida Chapter 16
In this chapter, students learn “Tashdeed with Huroof Madd’ah” which is also known as an exercise of “Tashdeed” or duplication after long vowel. This exercise surely makes the student perfect to go ahead of his or her journey.
Noorani Qaida Chapter 17
The last chapter of Noorani Qaida is full of exercises that ensures perefect pronunciation of Quranic Arabic. Additionally, students learn special situations for “noon saakinah”, “meem saakinah:, and “Tanween”.
