(Ancient Arabic Mud City, Shibam, Yemen)
I decided to write this post to help beginner Arabic Language students know where to begin and to know about some free resources available on the web to assist them in their studies, this isn't to say this is the best way to learn, or the only way, rather that depends on the person and how hard he tries and what learning methods most suit him. I just felt the need to compile whatever I found useful into one place to help those who want to learn Arabic get a head start. I intend to update this post, and/or continue several other posts to facilitate those who have gone through "First Level" and are to the point where they can begin with more detailed explanations of Arabic Language books in Arabic only, and also start with other basic texts in Arabic. You don't NEED everything from each section, and some of it might be repetitive, however, go through the material, and see what works best for you and use that.
First Level:
The Arabic language:
A) Begin with the letters:
If you don't already know the Arabic Letters, this is the way that worked best for me. For every letter of the Arabic language with all of it's possible vowel sounds, write ONE index card. So For:
بَ - Baa , the Arabic version would be on the front and the English version would be on the back.
Also keep in mind that some Arabic letters change when in the beginning, middle or end stage of a word, so for what would be easiest is for every different Vowel sound use ONE of the different methods in which the Arabic letter comes depending on it's placement in the word.
Since there are 28 letters in the Arabic language, and four vowel sounds and three placements You should have around 112 cards in total. One card for every letter, each letter written with 4 vowel sounds and out of those 4 up to three ways in which the letter comes depending on it's placement in the word.
So here I have ONE letter (Baa) Written in three different ways according to it's placement in a word with three different vowel sounds (known by the diacritical mark above or below the letter).
Here is a chart showing all the letters in their various forms depending on it's placement in the sentence.
1) Here is a video on How to Pronounce the Arabic Letters Properly: Arabic Letters Video Link (1 video)
3) Here is a set of videos that will help you learn how to properly write the letters in all different positions within a word:
4) Here is a set of 16 videos also dealing with Arabic letters and an introduction to Arabic language
B) Practice writing worksheets:
C) Arabic Numbers:
In order to properly pronounce them, see the following video:
Slightly unrelated to learning the Arabic language, but still a short informative piece on the origins of numbers and mathematics can be found in the following video:
D) Days of the week:
E) Islamic Arabic Months:
F) Other Beginner Vocabulary:
11) Google Translate Link It works well to translate words, especially English to Arabic without having to shuffle through a dictionary.
G) Quranic Studies:
Understanding the Meaning of the Qur'an:
1) The following website has a BETA version of a software that helps a person practice learning 80% if the words in the Qur'an.
2) Word for Word translation of the Qur'an:
3) The Following link is a to website that gives grammatical break down of the entire Qur'an as well as English translation word by word:
4) The Following Link is 6 videos entitled, Selections from the Glorious Qur'an (Advanced Arabic Grammar) by, Dr V. Abdur Rahim.
Learning how to recite the Qur'an:
This is a link to an audio (with pictures) of a program used to help a young student learn how to properly read letters and learn Tajweed of the Qur'an.
2) Juz Amm (30th Juz)- With Arabic/English and recitation A link to the KSU Mushaf program, which features Qur'an, English (and other translations), Tafseer, as well as multiple audio selections.
H) Introduction to Sarf (Morphology);
2) The Following link is to another set of videos that are from The Middle East Institute in Georgia State University, on issues related to Arabic Morphology Arabic Grammar Lessons G-State
4) Treasures of Arabic Morphology PDF
5) Lexicon of Morphed words (Arabic PDF)
6) A Good Arabic ONLY Book on Morphology (PDF) التطبيق الصرفي
7) Another Arabic only Book PDF تصريف العزي
5) Lexicon of Morphed words (Arabic PDF)
6) A Good Arabic ONLY Book on Morphology (PDF) التطبيق الصرفي
7) Another Arabic only Book PDF تصريف العزي
I) Now to Arabic Grammar (English/Arabic Classes):
All in all there are three books with hundreds of videos, so one would go in order.
Similar to Medina Books, these also come in three volumes, and I believe they as well have been completely taught in the video link above, which reach into the hundreds in terms of how many videos there are.
3) Al-Aajroomiyah (Ancient Arabic Text on Arabic Grammar), Explained in English:
4) Two Arabic ONLY Books for Grammar:
a) Arabic Only PDF التطبيق النحوي
b) Arabic Only Book ايسر الشروح
Reading Material:
1) Stories of the Prophet (Arabic Only) Abi Al-Hasan An-Nadwi
2) Prophet Muhammads Biography (PDF ARABIC ONLY) Abi Al-Hasan An-Nadwi
3) Arabic Only Children Stories (PDF 200 mb), some of the stories might in fact not be appropriate for children and may contain things that go against Islam.
Cartoons (Listening/Watching Arabic Videos):
Some Random Tips:
1) Download all the material to your hard drive, and keep it neatly organized into folders and levels and subjects. To download Youtube videos see this free program.
2) To unzip zipped files you can use the following program:
3) Want to type Arabic but don't have an Arabic Keyboard? Try this Maren Website Link
4) If you have an Arabic keyboard (Or you can use a white paint marker to draw the letters on your current keyboard, or buy the stickers online), this is how to add it to Windows 7 Add Arabic Keyboard Windows 7
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Having posted videos, books and, audios to links of people and/or organizations does not mean I entirely know about and/or agree with everything from the person and/or organization, rather what was posted here is to help people learn the Arabic language ONLY, and I don't necessarily agree with and or condone any or all other information found within from any or all of the resources.
For ajrumiyah i run a study group on facebook called ajrumiyah made easy
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