Noorani Qaida online: Qaida classes for beginners and adults

Qaida Classes for Beginners at a glance

Format

Live, one-to-one, online

Who it's for

Children and adults who cannot read Arabic yet

Suitable for ages

Early kids (4 to 8), Kids (9 to 12), Teens (13 to 17) and Adults (18 and over)

Before you start

Nothing: no Arabic needed, lessons are in English

What you use

The Noorani Qaida, a step-by-step reading primer

Schedule

30, 45 or 60 minutes; 2 to 5 classes a week

Teachers

Native Arab teachers, including ijazah holders

Teacher matching

Female teachers for women and girls, male for men; Murouj matches for children

Outcome

Read words and verses from the mushaf on your own

What is the Noorani Qaida, and can adults learn it online?

The Qaida is the beginner's primer for reading Arabic; the Noorani Qaida is the best known. It takes you from single letters to full words, until you can read the Quran on your own.

Every class is live and one-to-one, so nobody else hears a mistake. Your teacher explains in English and starts from the first letter. Adults begin with the same letters and vowels as children, only faster where you are confident.

Women are taught by female teachers, adult men by male teachers. See Quran classes for adults and learning the Quran as a new Muslim sister.

Who is this course for?

• Children

  Short, friendly lessons with repetition, from teachers qualified to teach children from age 4.

• Adult beginners

  Start from the first letter, in private, at your pace. Men are taught by male teachers.

• Women, girls and new Muslim sisters

  Always a female teacher, at your pace and in private.

• Anyone rebuilding the basics

  Your teacher checks what you remember and starts there.

What will you learn?

Your teacher builds a personalized curriculum from these stages, starting from your level.

1. Stage 1: The letters

   • The shape and sound of each letter
   • Look-alike letters told apart by their dots

2. Stage 2: Joined letters

   • Letter shapes at the start, middle and end of a word
   • Reading two and three joined letters

3. Stage 3: Vowel marks

   • Fatha, kasra, damma and tanween
   • Long vowels with alif, waw and ya

4. Stage 4: Sukun and shaddah

   • Letters with no vowel, and doubled letters
   • Full words with every mark

5. Stage 5: Reading the Quran

   • Words and short phrases
   • Your first verses from the mushaf

Milestones along the way

• Recognize and pronounce every letter
• Read letters joined into words
• Read every vowel mark, sukun and shaddah
• Read a new verse slowly and correctly
• Move on to tajweed or memorization

How fast you progress depends on your starting point, age, weekly classes and practice. Your teacher sets a plan after the free trial class and reviews it with you.

What does the Qaida cover, and when have you finished it?

Each step builds on the last, and your teacher corrects every letter on the spot.

You have finished when you can read an unseen verse, slowly but correctly, without help. Most students then join Tajweed classes. See the Noorani Qaida guide and Arabic alphabet pronunciation guide.

How do the classes work?

• One-to-one, never in a group

  The teacher hears every letter and corrects it on the spot.

• A personal plan

  Your level is checked in the free trial, and lessons follow your pace.

• Matched for you

  Murouj matches a suitable teacher for your free trial class and switches if the fit is not right. Never random.

• Zoom, Google Meet or Halqora

  Live in your time zone on Zoom, Google Meet or Halqora, Murouj's classroom software. Never recorded.

Lessons are 30, 45 or 60 minutes, with the number a week agreed when you book (see the class plans page). For times in your time zone, see our pages for the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands and Australia.

Meet some of our teachers

Every teacher is a native Arab and teaches live online. Murouj matches you with a suitable teacher for the free trial class: female teachers for women and girls, male teachers for men.

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  Noha A.

  Female teacher

  Ijazah in Quran recitation from a qualified shaykh. Has memorized the whole Quran and trained to teach the Nour Al-Bayan Qaidah.

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  Soha A.

  Female teacher

  Certified in the Qaidah, tajweed for non-Arabic speakers and Islamic studies. Teaches all levels, from the Qaidah up.

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  Shereen M.

  Female teacher

  Has memorized the whole Quran. Teaches children and adults, from beginner to advanced.

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  Mariam K.

  Female teacher

  Teaches Quran, tajweed and the Qaidah to children and teens.

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  Mohammad S.

  Male teacher

  Bachelor's degree in Islamic Studies from Al-Azhar University. Has memorized the whole Quran and teaches non-Arabic speakers from the basics up.

Read all teacher profiles or see our online Qaida teachers.

Why one-to-one with a native Arab teacher?

• Your whole lesson. The teacher hears every letter you recite, and nobody shares your time.
• Your pace and plan. A personalized curriculum built around your level, goals and time zone.
• A native Arab teacher. Arabic sounds modeled as a first-language speaker says them. Each profile states the teacher's own studies and ijazah, if any.
• Privacy and comfort. Women and girls learn with female teachers, and men with male teachers.

Read what students and parents say on our reviews page.

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