1) The document provides guidance on learning about the Quran and Salah through a 22-part lesson series from the website understandquran.com. 2) It emphasizes practicing key Arabic verb forms and memorizing Quranic verses and their meanings. 3) The document motivates the reader to thoughtfully evaluate how well they are fulfilling their duties to the Quran to avoid being like "a donkey which carries books" in Allah's sight.

1. Short Course Begin to Understand Qur’an & Salah – The Easy Way Lesson No. 22 www.understandquran.com Make sure you download the fonts sent with the email or visit the website and download them. They should appear like below (slide no. 4). If not, check fonts. To get maximum benefit from the lessons, please download the .wmv or .3pg (video) file or mp3 file and watch it along with the .pps files. Change the slide whenever you hear AllahuAkbar in the background.

2. In this lesson… Hope you are doing the 7 homeworks, esp. carrying that vocabulary Card In the sight of Allah, am I…? Motivational tip: Practice the forms for كَانَ and قَامَ (Verbs with a weak letter) Grammar: Miscellaneous Verses - 1 Qur’an:

3. Miscellaneous Verses - 1 Memorize the meanings of each word thoroughly. DPPR Ask Evaluate Plan Propagate Understand I+G Check

4. Miscellaneous Verses - 1 وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا كَ إِلاَّ رَحْمَةً لِّلْعَالَمِينَ الله ُ الَّذِي خَلَقَ كُمْ ثُمَّ رَزَقَ كُمْ ثُمَّ يُمِيْتُ كُمْ ثُمَّ يُحْيِيْ كُم 122 * 338 DPPR Ask Evaluate Plan Propagate Understand I+G Check

5. Miscellaneous Verses - 1 إِنَّ اللهَ مَعَ الصَّابِرِين . إِنَّا ِللهِ وَ إِنَّا إِلَيْ هِ رَاجِعُونَ . وَالله ُ عَلِيمٌ حَكِيمٌ . 53 * 163 162 97 DPPR Ask Evaluate Plan Propagate Understand I+G Check

6. Analysis of words وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا كَ إِلاَّ أَرْسَلْنَا ... رَسُول، رُسُل عَالَم ← عَالَمُون، عَالَمِين except, but not We sent Messenger Messengers world worlds worlds

7. Analysis of words صَبَرَ ← صَابِر ← صَابِرون، صَابِرِين رَجَعَ ← رَاجِع ← رَاجِعُون، رَاجِعِين He was patient. The one who is patient the one who returns He returned.

8. إِنَّا ِللهِ وَ إِنَّا إِلَيْ هِ رَاجِعُونَ . How many times do I remember to say when I face losses or problems? Do I have complaints against Allah in my heart? If I am not happy with Qadr, Remember the countless blessings of Allah… Indeed, we… Let everyone realize the importance of accepting Allah’s plan in our lives (for areas on which we don’t have control). Remember the case of a student who cries to Allah to help him succeed in exams but does not go to school nor studies any book. Is he serious in his prayers? Therefore we should evaluate and plan too. Ask Evaluate Plan Propagate Understand I+G Check

9. وَمَا أَرْسَلْنَا كَ إِلاَّ رَحْمَةً لِّلْعَالَمِينَ What have we done in this area? Have I read his biography to know him? What did I do to convey the message to the world? Plan to study his life, pbuh. Prepare answers to objections raised by others. Make group plans to study his life. Hold programs. O Allah! Help us convey the true picture of the Prophet pbuh to the world. Convey the true picture of Muhammad pbuh to the whole world. Plan for it. Remember the case of a student who cries to Allah to help him succeed in exams but does not go to school nor studies any book. Is he serious in his prayers? Ask Evaluate Plan Propagate Understand I+G Check

10. قواعد – Grammar Take a deep breath now and do all the exercises with TPI.

11. Weak Letters Weak or ‘sick’ letters ( حروف علت ). Why ‘sick’ ( عِلَة )? Because the sounds of these 3 letters are that of a sick person!! (ooo!, aaa!, eee!). They are weak because they get ‘tired’. Beauty is that they work in a team! They keep replacing each other!!! و ي ا

12. كَائِن، - كَوْن b نَصَرَ، يَنْصُرُ .. When practicing in Arabic, say it as if you are talking to Arabs 90% of 1361 forms are the ones we are practicing here. تَكُونُ كُنْتُ كُنَّا أَكُونُ نَكُونُ كُنْتَ كُنْتُمْ تَكُونُ تَكُونُونَ كُنْ كُونُوا لاَ تَكُنْ لاَ تَكُونُوا كَانَ كَانُوا يَكُونُ يَكُونُونَ كَانَتْ 1361 *

13. قَائِم، - قِيَام b نَصَرَ، يَنْصُرُ .. When practicing in Arabic, say it as if you are talking to Arabs 90% of 55 forms are the ones we are practicing here. تَقُومُ قُمْتُ قُمْنَا أَقُومُ نَقُومُ قُمْتَ قُمْتُمْ تَقُومُ تَقُومُونَ قُمْ قُومُوا لاَ تَقُمْ لاَ تَقُومُوا قَامَ قَامُوا يَقُومُ يَقُومُونَ قَامَتْ 55 *

14. The 3 letters replace each other!!! “Team Work” كَ ا نَ يَكُ و نُ كُن - و ي ا

15. Whan كَانَ comes with Allah… It always means: is وَ كَانَ اللَّهُ عَلِيماً حَكِيماً ( 4:117 ) Allah is full of knowledge and wisdom.

16. Motivational Tip

17. In the sight of Allah, am I like…? Please don’t be offended. Click on the next slide to know what I mean.

18. Example of those who do not fulfill the rights of Allah’s Book. People before us were given a Book! About them, Allah says that their example is: ... كمثل الحمار يحمل أسفارًا . “ that of a donkey which carries books” (62:5) i.e., they did not fulfill its rights (Believe, Recite, Understand, Implement, Propagate). That is why they are like donkeys.

19. Important Points. Allah is not joking (astaghfirullah). He is extremely angry with those who did not value the Book Allah does not have any special relationship with us either. If we do not fulfill the rights of Qur’an, we will not be better than donkeys in His sight. It is as simple as that.

20. Pleeeeeeeease Note. Don’t start counting the donkeys among people. Beware! Allah is angry here (astaghfirullah). THE OBJECTIVE OF GIVING THIS EXAMPLE IS TO ASK: Am I a donkey in the sight of Allah (astaghfirullah) . APPLY THE FORMULA: Ask-evaluate-plan-propagate. And if I say that I don’t have time to recite, study, understand, implement, propagate… then am I not insisting to remain a donkey (even after knowing) ???

21. Plan for it now…! Masha-Allah, you already took 1 step (equal to almost 10 hours) by starting this Short Course. Only 19 steps (190 hours) remain! Let us pray that we never stop! Without understanding: ‘Deaf and Blind’ 1 2 3 4 5 … 20 Pondering & receiving admonition

22. What have we learnt? Study the material thoroughly, and then fill up the work sheet in the .pdf file sent with the email. In the sight of Allah, am I…? Motivational tip: Practice the forms for كَانَ and قَامَ (Verbs with a weak letter) Grammar: خَلَقَ، رَزَق، رَجَعَ، عَلِيم، حَكِيم etc. Qur’an:

23. Be ready for the next lesson! Don’t forget the 7 homeworks. Don’t forget to carry the vocabulary card. Don’t give up! سُبْحَانَ اللهِ وَبِحَمْدِهِ سُبْحَانَكَ اللهُمَّ وَبِحَمْدِكَ نَشْهَدُ أَن لاَّ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ أَنْتَ نَسْتَغْفِرُكَ وَنَتُوبُ إِلَيْكَ