Introductory Arabic 1

• The first level in a series of courses designed to take you from no knowledge of Arabic to a high-level proficiency.
• Understand basic sentence structure, simple word constructions, pronouns, and verb conjugations
• Consists of both pre-recorded lecture sessions twice a week and live hands-on tutorials twice a week
• Special online tools will help you practice forming sentences and learning vocabulary
• Three comprehensive exams will help you track your progress

• Ability to read and write Arabic script [i.e. Basic Arabic Reading or equivalent]. No other familiarity with the language is expected.
  
• Estimated Commitment Per Week: 6-7 hours for core requirements
• Learn how to make sure your computer is ready.

• LESSON 1
  Course Introduction
  • The Arabic Alphabet
  • Common Typing Mistakes
• LESSON 2
  Noun Sentences and Word Gender
• LESSON 3
  More on Noun-Sentences and Word Gender
• LESSON 4
  Definite Article and Final Details of Noun-Sentences
• LESSON 5
  Singular/Dual/Sound Plurals and Noun-Sentence Agreement
• LESSON 6
  Broken Plurals and Noun-Sentence Agreement
• LESSON 7
  The Describing Construction
• LESSON 8
  The Replacing Construction
• LESSON 9
  The Joining-Construction
• LESSON 10
  The J-Construction (continued)
• LESSON 11
  The J-Construction (continued)
  • the j-construction with duals and plurals
  • j-construction with embedded follower-constructions
• LESSON 12
  The J-Construction with Pronouns
• LESSON 13
  The Association-Construction
  • introduction to the association-construction
  • indefinite association constructions and plural associations
• LESSON 14
  The Association-Construction Continued
  • the association-construction with embedded follower constructions
  • the association-construction with pronouns
• LESSON 15
  Simple Verb Sentences
• LESSON 16
  1st and 2nd Person Past + More on the N-State
• LESSON 17
  3rd Person Past + Follower Constructions as Doers and Done-To's
• LESSON 18
  Association Constructions as Doers and Done-To's + the Place of the J-Constructions in Verb Sentences
• LESSON 19
  He/She Forms of the Present-Future Tense Verb
• LESSON 20
  1st and 2nd Person Present-Future + Pronouns as Done To's Verb
• LESSON 21
  3rd Person in Present-Future Tense (Plural Forms) + Pronouns as Done-To's

"The All-Merciful taught the Qur'an, created man, and taught him speech." (55:1-4)

The contributions of non-Arab scholars to the Islamic tradition have arguably been even greater than the contributions of their Arab counterparts. But the language that these great minds used to communicate with one another was Arabic, and it is for this reason that the reference works of every religious discipline are written in Arabic. It is therefore impossible to master any of the Islamic disciplines without a strong grounding in the Arabic language.

Mastering Arabic, like any language, takes a long time and many hours of practice. This course is the first step in a multi-year Arabic program that will take you from no knowledge of Arabic to a high level of proficiency where you will be able to easily read and understand Arabic texts, both classical and modern. This first level course is divided into three modules. The first module analyzes the Arabic language at the level of the single word in the context of simple noun sentences. The second module moves up a level by analyzing it at the level of multi-word constructions, such as adjective-constructions, attribution-constructions, and J-constructions. The third module focuses on verbs and verb sentences. Students will learn how to visually decompose complete sentences into their basic structural constituents. You will also learn how to conjugate basic Arabic verbs. After the successful completion of this course, you will have a strong theoretical and applied grounding in Arabic sentence structure. You will also be able to move on to the second level course.

This course is inspired by the classical approach to teaching and learning Arabic at institutions of religious education located in non-Arab lands. This classical approach has been slightly modified in light of modern language-learning techniques adopted by universities in the West and Arabic language institutes in the Middle East. The combination of ancient and modern makes this course the first of its kind in the English-speaking world. The method of this course is similar to the "grammar translation method" of learning a foreign language—focusing on grammatical rules, the memorization of vocabulary and conjugations, translations of texts, and written exercises.

Weekly live sessions for this course will consist of two parts. The first part comprises of 30-minute lecture sessions twice a week pre-recorded by the instructor. The second part will be two live weekly tutorial sessions with a highly qualified associate teacher and occasionally, the instructor. These tutorials will be highly interactive. Beyond the lessons, there are a number of very important special features that will enhance your learning experience.

This course will not cover how to read and write Arabic script. Thus, the main prerequisite of this course is the ability to read and write the Arabic script. Beyond that, no understanding or previous exposure to Arabic is assumed. This course is for absolute beginners who have never studied Arabic before (beyond for example, knowing enough Arabic to be able to read the Qur'an without understanding its meaning).

• Recorded lessons will be taught by Shaykh Hamza.
• Weekly live tutorials will be conducted by the associate teacher.
• Printable course slides will add structure to lessons.
• Assignments, tutorials, and exams will be used to help further understanding of the material.
• You will complete a vast array of exercises.
• Terminology used in the course is innovative and easy to understand, so that no prior knowledge of English grammar terminology is needed.
• The course is broken up into three modules, with each module ending in a comprehensive exam.
• The instructor will actively answer questions on the discussion forum and hold weekly office hours
• The course is highly interactive and student progress is closely tracked: Learning a language requires constant and consistent study and practice. In order to facilitate this consistency, you will be a part of a section with thirty students (max) that is closely monitored by a TA. You will receive regular feedback from the TA on your assignments and exercises.
• You will complete an e-portfolio as you progress through a course, which will comprise of a body of reflective learning that you will be able to refer to in the future.
• All live tutorials will be recorded, so that you can hear lessons you miss or review key concepts.
• You will be provided with an electronic course package that will include vocabulary lists, as well as essential concepts that are taught in the course.
• You can post questions and engage in discussion in the course forum.
• The instructor and associate teacher will hold weekly office hours.

• "I would recommend this course to others because it introduces one to the Arabic language in a very systematic and gradual method which really helps the learning process for those new/ unfamiliar to the language."
  Mustak Gheewala
  Accountant, Leicester, UK
• "I would definitely recommend this course for any new learners of the Arabic language. The phased approach to learning the grammatical concepts of Arabic helped me understand a great deal about the language, alhamdulillah."
  Mohammad Hashamy
  Network Engineer, Douglassville, USA
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• "The amount of relevant Arabic you learn in this course is substantial. It is structured very systemically allowing easy comprehension. You can easily see your increase in Arabic grammar knowledge as you progress through the course."
  Faysal Dahir
  Technician, Renton, USA
• "I would recommend this particular course, ARB111 to others. The course is broken down in a logical way and has good workbooks that help re-affirm what you learn in the week."
  Idris Stone
  Teacher, London, UK
• "I would definitely recommended this particular course to others because the way this course has been designed its really good and easy to understand for the first time Arabic learner.I have tried to learn Arabic on my own before but failed to archived any noticeable improvement in my Arabic besides the vocabulary.I found very hard to understand the grammar and thus gave up.Mashallah after i finish this course i found my enthusiasm to learn Arabic back again! That's why I enroled the Arabic Miftah programme this semister,Alhamdulillah. All thanks goes to SunniPath and especially Ustadh Sulayman as well as Ustadh Hamzah."
  Syeda Mahmud
  Housewife, Boston, USA
• "'Having taken dozens of Arabic programmes over the years, I can say - without hesitation - that SunniPath's on-line Introductory Arabic series is superior to any course I've taken in a physical classroom. I love the thoroughly planned structure: you know exactly what topics you will study, at what date and where this will lead you. The handouts are so clear that they would be sufficient for less rigorous online courses; however, handouts are explained by the remarkably easy to follow recorded lessons of Shaykh Hamza. E-portfolios and downloadable workbooks give excellent practice of the theory learnt. If this wasn't enough, live sessions are then taught by Ustadh Sulayman - a skilfull teacher who engages and pushes his students. I've not even mentioned the discussion forums, e-portfolio assignments and regular testing. Such a brilliant methodology - more organised than most university programmes - means that every topic is hammered from every angle. With the Credit Crunch, my plans for studying Sacred Knowledge in the Middle East were delayed; with SunniPath, I know I can still learn a huge deal right here on my PC. Thank you."
  Tushar Bhuiya
  English Teacher, Leicester, UK
• “I will and have recommended this course to others. I am from a non-arabic speaking background and the course was very well structured, thorough and made a lot of sense.”
  Yahya Lim
  Admin, Sydney, Australia
• “I would recommend this course to others because its systematic approach was excellent and the sequence of learning was logical.”
  Jacqueline Greig
  Health Advocate, London, UK
• “This course is just amazing, for someone who had no previous exposure to Arabic language, after 12 weeks I now write and understand a simple verb and noun sentence. Weekly assignments and workbooks to practise are very useful to digest new concepts. Teaching staff are very supportive and live lessons are very interactive and fun!.”
  Rozina Shabbir
  Charity Fundraiser, High Wycombe, UK
• “Between the theory recordings by Sh. Hamza, the indepth practice tutorial sessions with Ust. Sulayman, the weekly workbook, weekly ePortfolio submissions and modular tests the basic concepts are very well presented and absorbed. An amazing amount is covered in the 13 lessons and alhamd-o-lillah extremely well. Each student is an active member of the class. Highly recommended.”
  Nosheen Ayyub
  Software Developer, Manchester, UK
• “I would recommend this course to others because I found it a very stable foundation for learning Arabic. The lessons flowed well, and the amount we learnt was not too much as to overwhelm us, and not to little that we got bored. Alhamdulillah I thoroughly enjoyed this course.”
  Saira Dawood
  Student, Lisbon, Portugal
• “I would recommend this particular course to others because it is well organized and delivered for non-Arabic speakers with ample of opportunities for asking questions during the tutorials. I learnt more in 13 weeks than I had hoped.”
  Anjum Anwar
  Teacher, Lancashire, UK
• “I would recommend Introductory Arabic 1 because of the concise and precise approach.”
  Azhar Ismail
  Student, Singapore, Singapore
• “I would recommend this particular course because it covers a good amount of vocab and some grammar basics.”
  Riyad Shamma
  Consultant, West Chester, USA
• “I would recommend this course because it is the foundation on the path to grasping the written Arabic language in classical texts. In addition to expanding my limited Arabic vocabulary, I learned basic grammatical rules and elements which are already helping me understand some of the grammatical patterns in the Qur'an. ”
  Futema Jafri
  Accountant, San Diego, United States
• “Had a great experience, was pleasantly surprised how organized everything was, can't wait for the next course”
  Irfan Shaik
  Student, Toronto, Canada
• “I was a bit hesitant and worried at the cost of taking the whole of the Miftah series, but after the first few lessons of Introductory Arabic 1, I really felt that the structure of the course was brilliant and the course was easily understandable. The online format eliminates some of the problems experienced in lessons with a "live Shaykh", as you can watch the core course material again and again in case anything is missed. I also feel that because lessons were prerecorded, the teachers at SunniPath took care in explaining everything, which was then supplemented by live teaching sessions every week (which were also recorded which enabled convenient repeat viewing).”
  Hassan Ismail
  Student, Bradford, West Yorkshire
• “Ive already recommended it to a zillion friends! Here's one email I gave to a brother who was looking into doing Arabic! The title of the email was: "I must tell you I just must I must!!!":

  “Salam!

  OMG! I read your post about wanting to learn Arabic, I can tell you from my experience, I'm Egyptian and have been blessed with learning the language off my parents but I probably have the literary skills of a 3rd grader. I went to Arabic school on Saturdays on and off that done me no good because I was the slowest copier off the board! Then I studied Arabic at Sydney Uni for a semester and we learnt stories that were totally based on feminism and stories about people wanting to revolutionise the Quran and anti-Muslim texts and anti-Muslim writers! So that was a total waste of time! Amount of grammar learnt in the whole 13 weeks would be about 3 dot points and that was intermediate!

  Then I discovered SunniPath Arabic... Which is by far the most comprehensive, the most outstanding superb Arabic course available to mankind! No joke! I haven't learnt so much grammar in 13 weeks as I have in all the above stated places!! It's a grand course! I highly recommend it! I'm just doing my assignment now and I saw your post! It's a sign! Take it and run!

  The lessons online are interactive and absolutely awesome mashaAllah. What it is is you log into your page, there are pre-recorded lectures and 2 live tutorial lessons a week, there are weekly assignments and module tests. They have different sections for different times for people living in different places...So you can see the teacher in the cam up to the left of the screen, there's a chat box under for students to interact with the teacher and the lecture slides to the right. Its just so excellent! It even has a pen and eraser to draw on the lecture slides! And just to top it off! All the texts we read are Islamic based! So we talk about muslimoon and jannatun and Rasullulah! It's just so amazing!...

  No joke its so fulfilling and other institutes would just DREAM to cram all that wonderful grammar in a whole year. No I'm not a spokesperson for the Arabic online course lol, I'm just a student. So yeah, hope that helps.

  Wasalam,”
  

  Shaimaa Elwan
  Student, Sydney, Australia
• “I have tried to learn Arabic before but the teaching style and the course structure simply unable to inculcate in me the desire to learn Arabic. But after studying from SunniPath now I have some confidence that a even a dull minded person like me have some hope to learn the sacred language.”
  Ali Ishtiaq
  Government Officer, Lahore, Pakistan
• “I had made attempts to learn Arabic a few times before but it just wasn't taught well and I learned very little so I was hesitant to try to learn a language online but I thought I'd give it a go since I really, really wanted to learn Arabic. Alhamdulillah it was the most fantastic language course I'd ever taken part in and I really learned so much! Alhamdulillah, I feel so relieved knowing that I've finally found an institution within 'reaching distance' that I can learn Arabic properly from. I loved it, many people ask about learning Arabic and I tell them to do it with SunniPath because it's interactive, organised, professional, the teachers are awesome and really know what they're talking about, and they really do care about you as a student- this applies to SunniPath across the board, not only the Arabic department. ”
  Asra Anjam
  Student, Sydney, Australia
• “I would recommend this particular course to others, because the instructors have made it very easy to learn Arabic, i am really impressed, the concepts of Arabic grammar are divided in a very proper way, in every lesson new concepts along with the review of old concepts is very helpful which becomes very easy for students to understand. Alhumdolillah all the instructors of Arabic-111 have done a great job. May Allah (SWT) give them and their families great rewards. Ameen Thum Ameen.”
  Umm Noor Faisal
  Home Maker, Austin,Texas, USA
• “I would recommend this particular course for all those who are committed and have got the time. The course is very good and thorough but very intense as well. Ustadh Farid Dingle was excellent. The way he asked questions motivated me to do the work in advance so that I was well prepared.”
  Mujahid Narvel
  Pharmacist, Ipswich, uk
• “I took this course to improve my understanding of the Arabic language's rules and regulations, to increase my vocabulary and improve on fluency, and to be able to reach the point of being able to read classical Arabic books. I found it's set at a very good pace, and has a very good balance between vocabulary and rules, and also gives many opportunities to practice.”
  Mohammed Anwar
  Halifax, UK
• “It was a great learning experience alhamduilllah.”
  Naeem Hussaini
  Information Security Consultant, Carpentersville, USA
• “I would recommend this course because it is very professional, well organised, tutor expertise, flexible, Islamic, and trustworthy. Very high standard of teaching and learning. Very pacey and intense. Just right!”
  David Burns
  Lecturer, Northampton, UK
• “I would recommend this course because it really is a great place to learn and take the correct path to know Islam. It stressed on the skills of how to read classical Arabic text. I am indeed impressed with the instructors.”
  Mohamad Nasruddin
  Engineer, Butterworth, Malaysia
• “I would recommend this course because it teaches the Arabic you need for sacred knowledge as opposed to how to buy tomatoes in the market. Sidi Abu Omar loves Arabic and it's contagious. Sh. Hamza has a very analytical approach to Arabic and it makes sense, builds on concepts.”
  Fatima Larson
  Registered Nurse, Seattle, USA
• “I would recommend this particular course to others if they truly want to understand Arabic to learn the Quran. I was surprised how much I have learned in this amount of time. It took me 2 years to get to verbs with my old Arabic school. I'm never going back thanks to SunniPath:)”
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  Artist, Philadelphia, USA
• “The teachers, course content and the teaching pattern are EXCELLENT MashaAllah, and so is the entire SunniPath team in helping out during the entire course. Alhamdulillah, because of its convenience and flexibility it helped me achieve a great balance between my home and helped me get a very good grasp of basic Arabic grammar MashaAllah. The structure of the course makes it a very comprehensive professional school like, despite being totally online.”
  Faiza Chogle
  Homemaker, Cleveland, USA
• “I would recommend this particular course to others because simply it is an amazing organized and structured way of learning Arabic grammar to help in understanding Quran...This was my very first online course. So naturally I was a little hesitant at the beginning during registration, did not know much what to expect. However, it exceeded all my expectations. I attempted to take similar course in masajids before, failed, but this one mashaAllah was excellent.”
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  Civil Engineer, San Diego, USA
• “If you want to learn the beauty of the Arabic language then you got to start here.”
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  Orthoptist, Peterborough, UK
• “I would highly recommend this course to anyone wishing to learn Arabic in a format that is exciting and easy to follow.”
  Imaan Joshi
  Doctor and Mother of 2, Sydney, Australia
• “I would recommend ARB111 because one feels the power and beauty of learning Arabic language.”
  Hussen Farah
  Sharja, UAE
• “I would recommend this course because it has helped me to understand Arabic grammar as I read the Qur'an.”
  Sakeena Ahmed
  Research Project Manager, Birmingham, USA
• “Arabic 111 was my first course with Sunnipath and Alhamdullah it was a great experience...Sidi Farid was helpful and encouraging. It helped to have an [associate] instructor like that.”
  Affan Kareemullah
  Network Administrator, Chicago, USA
• “The class was phenomenal. Alhamdulillah, through its thorough and systematic approach I went from little knowledge of Arabic to greater understanding of the grammar and sentence structure...Shaykh Hamza Karamali explained course material clearly and concisely so that difficult concepts were within reach. This course was wonderful, and the experience has encouraged me to take more courses in the future.”
  Mustafa Rizwan Ghani
  Student, Edmonton, Canada
• “I would recommend this particular course because it was well explained and the theory was laid out in a way so that anyone can take the course and, with hard work, inshaAllah succeed...Hamza K. is extremely good at explaining complex things in a way that makes sense. I have heard others say this as well. His way of setting up the lessons are well structured.”
  Lill Iman Opheim
  University Student, Oslo, Norway
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