1. 1 www.understandquran.com Short Course Begin to Understand Qur’an & Salah – The Easy Way Lesson No. 10 www.understandquran.com www.understandquran.com Make sure you download the fonts sent with the email or visit the website and download them. (Advance to the next slide when you hear “Allahu- Akbar” in the video/audio)

2. 2 www.understandquran.com In this lesson… Qur ’ an: Surah An-Naas Grammar: Imperfect Tense (Almost 5000 words of Qur’an on this pattern) Learning tip: The first 2 of 7+2 Homeworks

3. 3 www.understandquran.com Surah An-Naas Memorize the meanings of each word thoroughly.

4. 4 www.understandquran.com سُورَۃُ النَّاس قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ {1} مَلِكِ النَّاسِ {2} إِلَهِ النَّاسِ {3} 34 * 248

5. 5 www.understandquran.com سُورَۃُ النَّاس مِن شَرِّ الْوَسْوَاسِ الْخَنَّاسِ {4} الَّذِي يُوَسْوِسُ فِي صُدُورِ النَّاسِ {5} مِنَ الْجِنَّةِ وَ النَّاسِ {6} 304

6. 6 www.understandquran.com شَرّ Evil The 2 meanings of شَرّ Anything that leads to evil (even if it appears to be good)

7. 7 www.understandquran.com وَسْوَا س When you FORGET Allah Shaitan is always in one of the two States خَنَّاس When you REMEMBER Allah or

8. 8 www.understandquran.com وَسْوَ سة نِيَّة عَمَل First Step Repetition leads to habit – and habit leads to destiny And then such a person becomes “human Shaitan” too!

9. 9 www.understandquran.com Shaitaan is.. Not stupid! Could even whisper Adam (uwbp – upon whom be peace) to eat the fruit Very experienced (from the time of Adam, uwbp); has misled perhaps billions of people.

10. 10 www.understandquran.com صُدُور Chests Shaitaan tries to whisper in the chests Chest is the entry region for the ‘heart’. If heart is ‘alive’ and ‘sound’ with the Zikr of Allah, then the whisper attacks of Shaitaan fail and he withdraws.

11. 11 www.understandquran.com An-Naas … at the end of Qur’an? Even if you have knowledge, you have to continuously fight the whispering of Shaitaan TILL DEATH. You can not hit Shaitaan, you can not kill him, you can’t even see him. You can’t convince him either. The only COMPLETE and PERFECT solution is: Take refuge in Allah thru His Zikr.

12. 12 www.understandquran.com Interacting with Surah An-Naas; Bringing it into Life How many times did we fall into Shaitaan’s trap? Why? Bad friends? gadgets? Lack of knowledge? Plan to avoid. Make group plan too, at family and society level to avoid the attacks of Shaitaan. And work on them! We should recite Surah An-Naas or say “A’oozu billah…” very often. Let people know the dangers, the fatal strokes and entry points of Shaitaan.

13. 13 www.understandquran.com Notice a fine point of difference between… أَعُوذُ 1. 1. بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ 2. 2. مَلِكِ النَّاسِ 3. 3. إِلَهِ النَّاسِ مِن شَرِّ الْوَسْوَاسِ الْخَنَّاسِ... أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ. مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ وَمِن شَرِّ... 1. غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ 2. النَّفَّاثَاتِ فِي الْعُقَدِ 3. حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ Al-Falaq: One attribute of Allah; 3 areas of protection (in addition to general). Fatal stroke – affects Aakhirah. Damages limited to this world, in general An-Naas: Three attribute of Allah (Stronger supplication); One area of protection

14. 14 www.understandquran.com قواعد – Grammar Take a deep breath now and do all the exercises with TPI.

15. 15 www.understandquran.com َ - ُ وْا تَ تُمْ تُ نَا Almost 5000 words have come in the Qur’an on these patterns He did They did فَعَلَ فَعَلُوا You did You all did فَعَلْتَفَعَلْتُمْ I did We did فَعَلْتُ فَعَلْنَا Flowers are chosen here to represent good deeds; somebody did the good work. InshaAllah we all did some good and beg Allah to accept them. Keep this in mind while doing the ‘fa’ala’ exercises. He did (good work); They did (good work), … فِعْل مَاضِي Perfect Tense

16. 16 www.understandquran.com Arabic has only Two Tenses (Thank God!!!) فِعْل مَاضِي : That which is done فِعْل مُضَارِع : That which is not done yet. - It is being done - Or will be done Perfect tense Imperfect tense

17. 17 www.understandquran.com He does They do يَفْعَلُ يَفْعَلُو نَ You do You all do تَفْعَلُ تَفْعَلُو نَ I do We do أَفْعَلُ نَفْعَلُ Flowers are chosen here to represent good deeds; somebody did the good work. InshaAllah we all did some good and beg Allah to accept them. Keep this in mind while doing the ‘fa’ala’ exercises. He did (good work); They did (good work), … Almost 5000 words have come in the Qur’an on these patterns فِعْل مُضَارِع Imperfect Tense

18. 18 www.understandquran.com يَفْعَلُ يَفْعَلُونَ فَعَلَ فَعَلُوا تَفْعَلُ تَفْعَلُ تَفْعَلُونَ تَفْعَلُونَفَعَلْتَفَعَلْتُمْ أَفْعَلُ نَفْعَلُ فَعَلْتُ فَعَلْنَا Almost 10,000 words have come in the Qur’an on these patterns - وْا تَ تُمْ تُ نَا يَ تَ أَ نَ When practicing in Arabic, say it as if you are talking to Arabs

19. 19 www.understandquran.com Why are planes flying? If you are standing near the middle of an airstrip, you can see only the ending part of the plane that has gone ( ماضي ). You see only the front part of the plane that is coming ( مضارع ).

20. 20 www.understandquran.com Learning Tip

21. 21 www.understandquran.com Earlier Tips 1. Brain has huge capacity, largely unused 2. Create as many flashes as possible 3. Take a deep breath 4. 95% retention if we read, write, say, see, and do 5. Think big and colorful 6. Learn with love and enthusiasm 7. Learn the meanings with an example 8. Revise next hour, day, week, month,...

22. 22 www.understandquran.com First 2 of the 7 Homeworks Two on recitation 1.Recite 5 min. at least from Mushaf 2.Recite 5 min. at least from memory

23. 23 www.understandquran.com What have we learnt? Study the material thoroughly, and then fill up the work sheet in the.pdf file sent with the email. Qur ’ an: نَاس، مَلِك، إله etc. نَاس، مَلِك، إله etc. Grammar: Imperfect Tense (Almost 5000 words of Qur’an on this pattern) Learning tip: The first 2 of 7+2 Homeworks

24. 24 www.understandquran.com Be ready for the next lesson! If you stop learning or are not regular, then you are fulfilling the goals of Shaitaan to keep you away from Qur’an. Pray to Allah, take His refuge Allah and continue. Don’t give up! سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ سُبْحَانَكَ اللهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ نَشْهَدُ أَن لاَّ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ نَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَنَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ