Short Course Begin to Understand Quran Salah The

Short Course Begin to Understand Qur’an & Salah – The Easy Way Lesson No. 10 Make sure you download the fonts sent with the email or visit the website and download them. www. understandquran. com (Advance to the next slide when you hear “Allahu. Akbar” in the www. understandquran. com video/audio) 1

In this lesson… Qur’an: Surah An-Naas Grammar: Imperfect Tense (Almost 5000 words of Qur’an on this pattern) Learning tip: The first 2 of 7+2 Homeworks www. understandquran. com 2

Surah An-Naas Memorize the meanings of each word thoroughly. www. understandquran. com 3

The 2 meanings of Evil Anything that leads to evil (even if it appears to be good) www. understandquran. com 6

Shaitan is always in one of the two States ﺍﺱ or When you REMEMBER Allah www. understandquran. com When you FORGET Allah 7

ﺳﺔ First Step ﺓ ﻝ www. understandquran. com Repetition leads to habit – and habit leads to destiny And then such a person becomes “human Shaitan” too! 8

Shaitaan is. . Not stupid! Could even whisper Adam (uwbp – upon whom be peace) to eat the fruit Very experienced (from the time of Adam, uwbp); has misled perhaps billions of people. www. understandquran. com 9

Chests ﻭﺭ Shaitaan tries to whisper in the chests Chest is the entry region for the ‘heart’. If heart is ‘alive’ and ‘sound’ with the Zikr of Allah, then the whisper attacks of Shaitaan fail and he withdraws. www. understandquran. com 10

An-Naas … at the end of Qur’an? Even if you have knowledge, you have to continuously fight the whispering of Shaitaan TILL DEATH. You can not hit Shaitaan, you can not kill him, you can’t even see him. You can’t convince him either. The only COMPLETE and PERFECT solution is: Take refuge in Allah thru His Zikr. www. understandquran. com 11

Interacting with Surah An-Naas; Bringing it into Life Let people know the dangers, the fatal strokes and entry points of Shaitaan. Plan to avoid. Make group plan too, at family and society level to avoid the attacks of Shaitaan. And work on them! www. understandquran. com We should recite Surah An-Naas or say “A’oozu billah…” very often. How many times did we fall into Shaitaan’s trap? Why? Bad friends? gadgets? Lack of knowledge? 12

Notice a fine point of difference between… An-Naas: Three attribute of Allah (Stronger supplication); One area of protection ﻭ ﻭ ﺍﻟ ﺍ. 1 ﺍﻟ ﺍ. 2 ﺍﻟ ﺍ. 3 . . . ﻥ ﺍﺍ ﺍ ﺍ Fatal stroke – affects Aakhirah. www. understandquran. com Al-Falaq: One attribute of Allah; 3 areas of protection (in addition to general). ﻥ ﺍ. ﺍ . . . ﻥ ﺍ ﺍ. 1 ﺍﻟ ﺍﺍ ﻱ ﺍ. 2 ﺍ ﺍ. 3 Damages limited to this world, in general 13

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

Perfect Tense ﻝ ﺍﻱ Almost 5000 words have come in the Qur’an on these patterns He did �� They did You all did I did Flowers are chosen here to represent good deeds; somebody did the good work. Insha. Allah 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), … www. understandquran. com � We did ﺍ ﺍ 15

Arabic has only Two Tenses (Thank God!!!) ﻝ ﺍﻱ : That which is done Perfect tense ﻝ ﺍﻉ : That which is not done yet. Imperfect tense - It is being done - Or will be done www. understandquran. com 16

Imperfect Tense ﻝ ﺍﻉ Almost 5000 words have come in the Qur’an on these patterns He does They do ﻭ You do You all do Flowers are chosen here to represent good deeds; somebody did the good work. Insha. Allah 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), … www. understandquran. com ﻭ I do We do 17

ﻭ Almost 10, 000 words have come in the Qur’an on these patterns When practicing in Arabic, say it as if you are talking to Arabs www. understandquran. com �� ﻭ � ﺍ ﺍ - 18

Why are planes flying? If you are standing near the middle of an airstrip, you can see only the ending part of the plane that has gone ( )ﻣﺎﺿﻲ. You see only the front part of the plane that is coming ( )ﻣﻀﺎﺭﻉ. www. understandquran. com 19

Learning Tip www. understandquran. com 20

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 8. Revise next hour, day, week, month, . . . www. understandquran. com 21

First 2 of the 7 Homeworks Two on recitation 1. Recite 5 min. at least from Mushaf 2. Recite 5 min. at least from memory www. understandquran. com 22

What have we learnt? Qur’an: ﺇﻟﻪ ، ﻙ ، ﺍﺱ etc. Grammar: Imperfect Tense (Almost 5000 words of Qur’an on this pattern) Learning tip: The first 2 of 7+2 Homeworks Study the material thoroughly, and then fill up the work sheet in the. pdf file sent with the email. www. understandquran. com 23

Be ready for the next lesson! If you stop learning or are not regular, then you are fulfilling the goals of Shaitaan to keep you away from Qur’an. Pray to Allah, take His refuge Allah and continue. Don’t give up! ﺍ ﺍﻟﻠ ﻥﻻ ﻻ ﻭ www. understandquran. com 24