Primarily intended for high school & college students, the multi-level Quranic Linguistics curriculum develops strong foundations for understanding the Quran, Hadeeth, Fiqh, and other Islamic disciplines via the three primary toools of learning: Morphology, grammar, and rhetoric.

QL Basic: Nouns & Verbs

• Develops basic understanding of Arabic nouns, pronouns, and verbs in the context of conjugation. 
• Develops basic Arabic noun and verb vocabulary.
• Develops the necessary foundations for building basic morphological and grammatical skills.
• Serves as a prerequisite for Level One of Intro to Quranic Linguistics series.

• Required Text: Easy Intro to Arabic Nouns & Verbs
  

• Recommended Co-requisites: RCC (Reading Comp / Conversation) and Introductory Tajwid

QL1 A/B: Morphology, Syntax, Semantics

This course is designed to give students an introduction to the beauty of Quranic Arabic and help develop strong foundations for a deeper understanding of Quran, Hadeeth, Fiqh and other Islamic disciplines. Nouns, verbs, particles, the 10-forms, doer, object, subject/predicate, infinitive, the seven derivatives, morphological semantics are the key concepts that will be reinforced and applied throughout the course to hundreds of Quranic verses and hadeeths.   See what past students and teachers say about this course.

• Required Texts:  Introduction to Quranic Linguistics Level One; A root-based Arabic-English dictionary (such as Hans Weir Dictionary of MS Arabic),

• Some Recommended Dictionaries: Oxford WordPower (Eng-Eng-Arabic);  Oxford English-Arabic Dictionary  ;  الفرائد الدرية

• Recommended Co-requisites: RCC (Reading Comp / Conversation); Introductory Tajwid

QL2 A/B: Essentials of Quranic Grammar

Intended only for students who have successfully completed Level One of Quranic Linguistics series, QL2 provides technical details of the theory of Arabic Grammar. With systematic and direct application to hundreds of Quranic verses, students will master foundational topics in Arabic grammar to gain deep insights into the syntax, inflection, semantics, and introduction to famous commentaries (tafaseer) of the Quran.

• Required Text:  Level 2 of Intro to Quranic Linguistics
  

• Pre-requisite: Intro to Quranic Linguistics, Level One
  

• Recommended Texts: Tafseer Jalalayn; Irab al Quran al Kareem (Muhammad al-Ibrahim; al-Tafseer al-Wajeez (W. Zuhayli) and others TBA

• Recommended Co-requisites: RCC (Reading Comp / Conversation); Tajwid.

 QL3 A/B: Adv Morphology & Grammar, Introductory Rhetoric

A linguistic study of selected passages of the Quran, the course delves into the intricate meanings, nuances, and styles of the inimitable Quranic Arabic by integrating the study of grammar and morphology (from QL1 and QL2) to prepare the student for the next part—rhetoric (البلاغة).   Rhetoric, the highest discipline in Arabic, combines just about all of the fields of Arabic into a language that is effective and eloquent.  In this level, we travel 1400 years into history to get glimpses of the powerful rhetorical effects of the Quranic Arabic on the people of the Arabian Peninsula as it was being revealed at the tongue of the last prophet of God, Muhammad صلى الله عليه و سلم

• Required Text:  Introduction to Quranic Linguistics - Level Three
  

• Pre-requisite: Intro to Quranic Linguistics, Level 2

• Recommended Texts: Tafseer Jalalayn; Irab al Quran al Kareem (Muhammad al-Ibrahim; Tafseer of Imam Zuhayli (and others TBA)

• Recommended Co-requisites: RCC (Reading Comp / Conversation);  Tajwid

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• The Three Components of a Successful Quranic Arabic Program
  

• PEAK - The Four Characteristics of an Effective Arabic Linguistics Curriculum
  

• The Three Primary Disciplines of the Arabic Language
  

• Total-Immersion versus Grammar-Translation Method
  

• QL Curriculum in High School, College & Summer Programs

• Advice on Studying Arabic Abroad