THE 20-WEEK PATH
ZERO TO
READING QUR'AN.
A step-by-step curriculum designed so absolute beginners can build real Arabic literacy in twenty weeks.
- 1
GREETINGS & INTRODUCTIONS
Assalaamu alaikum, your name, where you're from.
- 2
THE ARABIC ALPHABET — PART 1
The first ten letters, their sounds, and how they connect.
- 3
THE ARABIC ALPHABET — PART 2
Remaining letters and short vowel marks (harakat).
- 4
READING YOUR FIRST WORDS
Simple two- and three-letter words from the Qur'an.
- 5
COMMON NOUNS AROUND YOU
Book, pen, door, home — building your first vocabulary.
- 6
NUMBERS 1–20
Counting, prices, and telling how many.
- 7
FAMILY & PEOPLE
Father, mother, brother, sister, teacher.
- 8
PRONOUNS
I, you, he, she, we — the backbone of every sentence.
- 9
BASIC SENTENCE STRUCTURE
How Arabic builds meaning without a verb 'to be'.
- 10
DAYS, TIME & PRAYER TIMES
Vocabulary you use every single day as a Muslim.
- 11
FOOD & EVERYDAY VERBS
Eat, drink, want, like — verbs come alive.
- 12
ASKING QUESTIONS
Who, what, where, when, why, how.
- 13
DIRECTIONS & PLACES
Mosque, market, school, right, left, near, far.
- 14
SHOPPING & MONEY
Practical dialogue you can use on Umrah or in Muslim countries.
- 15
FEELINGS & ADJECTIVES
Happy, tired, thirsty, patient — describing yourself.
- 16
WEATHER & NATURE
Sun, moon, sky, water — vocabulary that appears everywhere in Qur'an.
- 17
INTRODUCTION TO VERBS (PAST)
How Arabic verbs are built from three-letter roots.
- 18
INTRODUCTION TO VERBS (PRESENT)
Speaking in the here and now.
- 19
COMMON QURANIC WORDS
The 50 words that make up half of the Qur'an.
- 20
PUTTING IT ALL TOGETHER
A full conversation and a short passage from the Qur'an you can now read.