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📚 Qaida: learn to read the Qur'an

A step-by-step course to read the Qur'an, from the first letter to your first surah. Go in order: learn, practise, tick what you can read, then take the quiz.

📖 Qur'an Beginner Ages 4+ ⏱ 3–6 months 34 steps

From the Arabic letters to reading Surah Al-Faatiḥah, step by step, with audio for every letter and word.

What you'll learn

Who it's for: Children from 4, adults and new Muslims starting from zero.

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Level 1

The letters الحُرُوف

Meet all the Arabic letters: their names, shapes and sounds.

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  1. New Welcome: how Arabic is written 4 cards
  2. New Letters 1: Alif to Khaa 7 cards
  3. New Letters 2: Daal to Ṣaad 7 cards
  4. New Letters 3: Ḍaad to Qaaf 7 cards
  5. New Letters 4: Kaaf to Yaa (and Hamzah) 8 cards
  6. New All 29 letters together 29 cards
  7. New Letters that look alike 24 cards
  8. New Where sounds come from (Makhaarij) 16 cards

🏁 Level 1 quiz

Level 2

Joining letters الحُرُوف المُرَكَّبَة

How letters change shape and join to make words.

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  1. New How letters join: the four shapes 28 cards
  2. New Reading joined letters 27 cards
  3. New Special shapes: Laam-Alif, Haa, Kaaf, Yaa and Taa Marbootah 17 cards
  4. New Huroof Muqatta'aat: letters read by their names 14 cards

🏁 Level 2 quiz

Level 3

Short vowels (Harakaat) الحَرَكَات

Fatḥah, Kasrah and Ḍammah: the three short vowels that bring letters to life.

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  1. New Fatḥah: the 'a' sound 44 cards
  2. New Kasrah: the 'i' sound 42 cards
  3. New Ḍammah: the 'u' sound 40 cards
  4. New Practice: the three short vowels together 30 cards

🏁 Level 3 quiz

Level 4

Tanween التَّنْوِين

Double vowel marks that add a soft 'n': an, in, un.

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  1. New Tanween: an, in, un 46 cards

🏁 Level 4 quiz

Level 5

Long vowels الحُرُوف المَدَّة

Standing vowels, the Madd letters and the soft Leen letters.

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  1. New Small long vowels: aa, ee, oo 37 cards
  2. New Long vowels: the Madd letters ا و ي 81 cards
  3. New Reading words with long vowels 20 cards
  4. New Soft sounds: the Leen letters aw and ay 44 cards

🏁 Level 5 quiz

Level 6

Sukoon and Shaddah السُّكُون وَالشَّدَّة

Resting letters, bouncing letters, doubled letters and the humming Ghunnah.

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  1. New Sukoon: the resting letter 48 cards
  2. New Qalqalah: the bouncing letters 24 cards
  3. New Shaddah: the doubled letter 24 cards
  4. New Ghunnah: the humming Noon and Meem 12 cards

🏁 Level 6 quiz

Level 7

Tajweed basics أَحْكَام التَّجْوِيد

The first rules of beautiful recitation: 'al', joining words, Madd, Noon and Meem rules, heavy letters and stopping.

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  1. New 'Al' (the): sun and moon letters 28 cards
  2. New Joining words and silent letters 10 cards
  3. New Longer stretches: the Madd sign 12 cards
  4. New Noon Saakin and Tanween: four rules 22 cards
  5. New Meem Saakin: three rules 9 cards
  6. New Heavy and light: Raa and the Laam of Allah 12 cards
  7. New Stopping (Waqf) and the stop signs 8 cards

🏁 Level 7 quiz

Level 8

Your first surahs السُّوَر الأُولٰى

Put everything together and read real surahs from the Qur'an.

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  1. New Surah Al-Faatiḥah 7 cards
  2. New The last three surahs: Al-Ikhlaaṣ, Al-Falaq, An-Naas 15 cards

🏁 Level 8 quiz