1 Short Course Begin to Understand Qur’an & Salah – The Easy Way Lesson No Make sure you download the fonts sent with the or visit the website and download them. To get maximum benefit from the lessons, please download the.wmv or.3pg (video) file or mp3 file and watch it along with the.pps files. Change the slide whenever you hear AllahuAkbar in the background.

2 In this lesson… Qur ’ an: Supplications for sleeping and getting up Grammar: Practice the forms for سَمِعَ & عَلِمَ (Type – d or باب سَمِعَ ) Motivational tip: Take Qur’an as the book of Success ( of Dunya and aakhirah) Hope you are doing the 7 homeworks, esp. carrying that vocabulary Card

3 Supplications Before & After Getting up Memorize the meanings of each word thoroughly.

4 Supplications Before & After Getting up اَللّهُمَّ بِاسْمِكَ أَمُوتُ وَأَحْيَا اَلْحَمْدُ ِللهِ الَّذِي أَحْيَانَا بَعْدَ مَا أَمَاتَنَا وَإِلَيْهِ النُّشُورُ 196

5 Notice the Difference أَمُوتُ ، َأَحْيَا --- أَفْعَلُ مَاتَ أَمَاتَ حَيَّ أَحْيَا Both are 3 rd person; Advanced forms He died He lived He gave life He gave death 1 st Person I die. I live. I do.

6 Prophet’s Mission To correct the relationship between human beings and their Creator To keep that relationship ALIVE –The Prayers are an excellent proof of the 2 nd part. –He taught us prayers for almost every occasion.

7 Example: Prayer after coming out of bathroom is غُفْرَانَكَ (I ask Your forgivenss) It has two interpretations I could not do Your Zikr in the bathroom (Importance of Zikr) O Allah I enjoyed the food you gave; digested it; got energy; and now removed the waste. But could not thank you enough for that. So, I ask Your forgiveness!

8 Prayer Before Sleep What % of my time, money, and efforts are spent for the sake of Allah? Am I really living in His name? Plan for the next day. Allot some of your time, money, and effort for Allah’s Deen for the next day. O Allah! In Your name, do I die and do I live. Propagate the message that the purpose of our lives is to live and die for Him.

9 Prayer After Getting up As a sign of thanks (by action), am I planning to spend sometime for his Deen (study Al-Qur’an, spread the message…) or just get up and live like that… Plan for the day. Allot some of your time, money, and effort for Allah’s Deen for the next day. Praise and thanks be to Allah who has given us life… Propagate the message that the purpose of our lives is to live and die for Him. He gave another day to live and do something for our life after death.

10 قواعد – Grammar Take a deep breath now and do all the exercises with TPI.

11 Styles of فَعَلَ d. سَمِعَ، يَسْمَعُ b. نَصَر، يَنْصُرُ c. ضَرَبَ، يَضْرِبُ... a. فَتَحَ، يَفْتَحُ

تَسْمَعُ سَمِعَ تْ يَسْمَعُ يَسْمَعُو نَ سَمِعَ سَمِعُوا لاَ تَسْمَعْ لاَ تَسْمَعُوا اِسْمَعْ اِسْمَعُو اتَسْمَعُ تَسْمَعُو نَ سَمِعْتَسَمِعْتُمْ أَسْمَعُ نَسْمَعُ سَمِعْتُ سَمِعْنَا 100 * سَامِع، مَسْمُوع سَمْع سَمْع d سَمِعَ، يَسْمَعُ When practicing in Arabic, say it as if you are talking to Arabs 90% of the forms are the ones we are practicing here.

تَعْلَمُ عَلِمَتْ يَعْلَمُ يَعْلَمُونَ عَلِمَ عَلِمُوا لاَ تَعْلَمْ لاَ تَعْلَمُوا اِعْلَمْ اِعْلَمُواتَعْلَمُتَعْلَمُونَعَلِمْتَعَلِمْتُمْ أَعْلَمُ نَعْلَمُ عَلِمْتُ عَلِمْنَا 518 * عَالِم، مَعْلُوم عِلْم عِلْم d سَمِعَ، يَسْمَعُ When practicing in Arabic, say it as if you are talking to Arabs 90% of the forms are the ones we are practicing here.

14 Learning & Motivational Tip

15 Elevation Umar bin Al-Khattab (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (PBUH) said, "Verily, Allah elevates some people with this Qur'an and abases others.'' [Muslim]. Let us see what makes people successful in this world!

16 Elements of Success (as described by modern gurus) AttitudeConfidence Optimism & Positive thinking Perseverance A Pondering mind High moral values Good relationship with others No book or teacher can create these values more forcefully than Al-Qur’an!

17 Al-Qur’an - A Book of Personality Development It will give you… All the elements of success to excel in this world; The peace of mind and heart, the ultimate prize in this world Success in the hereafter, the everlasting true success. This is the real Barakah that Al- Qur’an can give us (actually Allah gives us through His guidance).

18 Our Vision Not to take Al-Qur’an in that limited sense of “Barakah.” Take as a book of ‘Success,’ the comprehensive Barakah, and study it with utmost attention and dedication.

19 What have we learnt? Study the material thoroughly, and then fill up the work sheet in the.pdf file sent with the . Qur ’ an: ،أَمُوتُ، أَحْيَا، نُشُور etc. ،أَمُوتُ، أَحْيَا، نُشُور etc. Grammar: Practice the forms for سَمِعَ & عَلِمَ (Type – d or باب سَمِعَ ) Motivational tip: Take Qur’an as the book of Success ( of Dunya and aakhirah)

20 Be ready for the next lesson! Don’t forget the 7 homeworks, esp. the card. & Don’t give up! سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ سُبْحَانَكَ اللهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ نَشْهَدُ أَن لاَّ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ نَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَنَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ