LoQ1

The Language of Quran — Easier than English (Book One)

The Foundations

Arabic has only three types of words — ISM (noun), FIL (verb), and HARF (particle). This course teaches you exactly how they combine to form every phrase and sentence structure in the Quran. Starting from the four properties of the ISM, you will work through definiteness, gender, number, i'raab, the six key phrase structures, and the Jumlah Ismiyyah — giving you the tools to read, analyse, and understand Quranic Arabic with real confidence.

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Best place to begin

Start here if you can already read Arabic and want the grammar map needed to understand Quranic Arabic.

What you will study

Word types, ism properties, i'rab, key phrase structures, and the foundations of the nominal sentence.

How to use this page

Work through the lessons in order, revise the notes, and use the grammar guide whenever a term feels unclear.

Unit 1

Mapping Arabic

An orientation to the Arabic language — the alphabet, the three word types, and how words become sentences.

Unit 2

The ISM and Its Properties

Every ISM carries four simultaneous properties: definiteness, gender, number, and i'raab. This unit covers each property in full.

Unit 3

I'raab in Depth

The three declension types and the special i'raab endings found throughout the Quran.

Unit 4

The Harf of Jarr (Particles)

The prepositions of Arabic — how they work, what they mean, and how to identify them in Quranic text.

Unit 5

The Idafah (Possessive Phrase)

The most common phrase structure in the Quran — the relationship between mudaf and mudaf ilayhi.

Unit 6

Demonstrative Phrases

How Arabic points to things near and far — and how demonstratives interact with definiteness and i'raab.

Unit 7

The Nominal Sentence — Advanced

Emphasis, negation, inna and her sisters, and the relative noun — completing your command of the Jumlah Ismiyyah.

Updated 19 August 2026