1. 1 www.understandquran.com Short Course Begin to Understand Qur’an & Salah – The Easy Way Lesson No. 9 www.understandquran.com www.understandquran.com Make sure you download the fonts sent with the email or visit the website and download them.

2. 2 www.understandquran.com In this lesson… Qur ’ an: Surah Al-Falaq Grammar: Past Tense (Almost 5000 words of Qur’an on this pattern) Learning tip: Keep your memory alive!

3. 3 www.understandquran.com Surah Al-Falaq Memorize the meanings of each word thoroughly.

4. 4 www.understandquran.com سُورَۃُ الفَلَق قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ {1} مِن شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ {2} 28248 *

5. 5 www.understandquran.com سُورَۃُ الفَلَق وَمِن شَرِّ غَاسِقٍ إِذَا وَقَبَ {3} وَمِن شَرِّ النَّفَّاثَاتِ فِي الْعُقَدِ {4} وَمِن شَرِّ حَاسِدٍ إِذَا حَسَدَ {5}

6. 6 www.understandquran.com Be Careful!!! Difference between مِنْ and مَنْ The 2 meanings of مَنْ The 3 meanings of مَا

7. 7 www.understandquran.com from أَعُوذُ بِاللهِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَان

8. 8 www.understandquran.com What? Who? مَنْ رَبُّكَ ؟ First 2 Questions in the Grave… مَا دِينُكَ؟

9. 9 www.understandquran.com مَنْ who Who are you? I am the one who … The 2 meanings of مَنْ

10. 10 www.understandquran.com مَنْ مَنْ رَبُّكَ؟ who خَيْرُكُمْ مَّنْ تَعَلَّمَ القُرآنَ وَعَلَّمَه Who is your Lord? The best of you is the one who learns the Qur’an… The 2 meanings of مَنْ

11. 11 www.understandquran.com How Foreigners with little or no Arabic knowledge manage in the Arab world… (It is) in (there); meaning Yes! ” فِي “ (It is) Not in (there); ” مَا فِي “ They manage so many things with only two slang ‘words’ !!! Change the tone and it can be a question or an answer ! The First meanings of مَا

12. 12 www.understandquran.com مَا What What are you doing? I am doing what you … Not, no مَا فِي! The 3 meanings of مَا

13. 13 www.understandquran.com مَا مَا دِينُكَ؟ What مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ What is your Deen / religion? From the evil of what (that which) He created. Not, no مَا فِي! The 3 meanings of مَا

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

15. 15 www.understandquran.com هُوَhe هُمْthey أنْتَyou أنْتُمْ you all أنَاI نَحْنُwe TPI (Total Physical Interaction): See it; say it; show it; listen to it; think it;… These 6 words have occurred 1295 times in the Qur’an Revision

16. 16 www.understandquran.com لَه ، مِنْهُعَنْهُمَعَه ، لَهُمْمِنْهُمْعَنْهُمْمَعَهُمْ لَكَمِنْكَعَنْكَمَعَكَ لَكُمْمِنْكُمْعَنْكُمْمَعَكُمْ لِيمِنِّيعَنِّيمَعِِي لَنَامِنَّاعَنَّامَعَنَا لَهَامِنْهَاعَنْهَامَعَهَا Words of this table have come 4960 times in the Quran Revision

17. 17 www.understandquran.comقواعد with, ininonto, toward بِه ا فِيهِعَلَيْهِإِلَيْهِ بِهِمْفِيهِمْعَلَيْهِمْإِلَيْهِمْ بِكَفِيكَعَلَيْكَإِلَيْكَ بِكُمْفِيكُمْعَلَيْكُمْإِلَيْكُمْ بِِيفِيَّعَلَيَّإِلَِيَّ بِنَافِينَاعَلَيْنَاإِلَيْنَا بِهَافِيهَاعَلَيْهَاإِلَيْهَا Words of this table have come 4327 times in the Quran

18. َ - ُ وْا تَ تُمْ تُ نَا Almost 5000 words have come in the Qur’an on this pattern 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

19. 19 www.understandquran.com Learning Tip

20. 20 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

21. 21 www.understandquran.com Tip No. 8 Whatever you learn, you forget. Therefore, you need to revise. Revision is a must. But the system of revision is more important.

22. 22 www.understandquran.com If you learn 100 things, then click the mouse to see that you forget 70% after an hour!

23. 23 www.understandquran.com If you revise after an hour, then you get them back, AND IT STAYS LONGER (FOR 1 DAY). But by the end of next DAY… Click the mouse you forget 70% again after one DAY!

24. 24 www.understandquran.com If you revise after 1 DAY, then you get them back, AND IT STAYS LONGER (FOR 1 WEEK). But by the end of the WEEK… Click the mouse you forget 70% again after one WEEK!

25. 25 www.understandquran.com Similarly… If you revise after 1 week, you remember till 1 MONTH If you revise after 1 MONTH, you remember till 6 MONTHS. …

26. 26 www.understandquran.com Therefore, to ensure that you don’t forget, you should do… 1 st Revision: After one hour 2 nd Revision: After one day 3 rd Revision: After one week 4 th Revision: After one month 5 th Revision: After one semester (6 months)

27. 27 www.understandquran.com To implement this for learning Qur’an We have introduced 7 + 2 Homeworks!! All of them are absolutely simple, practical, and doable by every one. What are they? Look for the next lesson.

28. 28 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: شَرّ، مَا، خَلَق، مَنْ etc. شَرّ، مَا، خَلَق، مَنْ etc. Grammar: Past Tense (Almost 5000 words of Qur’an on this pattern) Learning tip: Follow the system of revision.

29. 29 www.understandquran.com Be ready for the next lesson! Don’t give up! سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ سُبْحَانَكَ اللهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ نَشْهَدُ أَن لاَّ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ نَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَنَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ