Question For Learning Arabic

[Sabrejet]

I have always been curious how brother @Coollearned to understand Arabic without the aid of translations. Did you learn it formally in a Madressa, or did you learn it through self study?

I have personally been using Duolingo and Quranic for the last few months, and I understand it at least as well as Punjabi. I may understand simple and basic phrases, and I sometimes get the gist of the message from longer Ayah's.

For some reason, Ahadith are more difficult for me than Ayahs.

I would like to know about the experiences of non native Arabs who learned it, and some tips on how can I take it to the next level.

Edit: I would also like some ideas on how to go about learning Farsi. There's no Farsi on Duolingo. Brother @Ashvazdanghe, any pointers? Also, is Dari and Farsi the same or mutually intelligible?

 

Edited May 25 by Sabrejet

[Cool]

3 hours ago, Sabrejet said:

how brother @Coollearned to understand Arabic without the aid of translations. Did you learn it formally in a Madressa, or did you learn it through self study?

Salam Brother!!

10 years ago, I wasn't able to read the Quranic text. I was only able to recite fatiha, 4 qul, and few more small sura of Para # 30, like Kauthar, Nasr, Asr etc. 

Then something happened to me and within 30 days I learned how to recite the Quran :), since then I have build & further strengthen my relationship with Quran. 

The little Arabic I know, is nothing but the blessings of Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى), with these sort of miracles in my life, I have seen the Lord Almighty. My heart is a witness indeed. 

Advise for you brother is that read some Quran daily and after finishing the recitation, pray to Lord Almighty to make easy for you its understanding and memorizing. 

Make Quran your companion to the extent that you must be listening to it while driving and while doing any other work which allow you to listen Quran. 

While reciting, focus on the words. Search the root of those words & their possible meanings. Also focus on the grammatical construction of each verse, it will help you to learn the Arabic Grammer. 

With time, you become familiar with Arabic, specifically the Quranic Arabic. Your helpful links in your learning would be:

1) Quran Arabic Corpus

2) Quran Phonetic Search

3) Madina Arabic is also nice. 

And my dear brother, a special tip for you is that you must try to memorize the following chapters:

1. Sura e Waqia

2. Sura e Mulk

3. Sura e Jumma

4. Sura e Qaiyamat 

5. Sura e Dahr/Insaan 

Start with # 3 & 4, after memorizing them you must recite these chapters every day (if possible) and supplicate to Lord Almighty after finish reciting them. Ask Allah's (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) help and He (سُبْحَانَهُ وَ تَعَالَى) will help you Insha Allah.

Wassalam!!

[Aale Mohammad]

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Edited May 26 by Aale Mohammad

[Ashvazdanghe]

On 5/25/2023 at 5:24 PM, Sabrejet said:

Edit: I would also like some ideas on how to go about learning Farsi. There's no Farsi on Duolingo. Brother @Ashvazdanghe, any pointers? Also, is Dari and Farsi the same or mutually intelligible?

Salam you can find soe ideas about learning Farsi in beside threads  about Dari & Farsi both of these are Persian language which usually Farsi has been mentioned as standard dialect of Iran which is basis of learning other branches of persian language likewise Dari which Dari is persian dialect of Afghan people which affected by geographical location which when Iranians & Afghan people talk with each other understand more than 90% speaking of each other which remaining 10% depends on accents & idioms & level of density of way of talking .

 

 

 

 

 

[Sabrejet]

Thank you all for your valuable suggestions. I will work on them and post a progress update after I've made some noteworthy progress