Easy Steps in Qur'an Reading Teacher's /Self-Study Manual

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Easy Steps in Qur'an Reading Teacher's /Self-Study Manual

Easy Steps in Qur'an Reading Teacher's /Self-Study Manual This Teacher-Self-Study Manual contains full explanatory notes in English for each page of the Arabic text of Easy Steps in Qur'an Reading.

Each line of the text is numbered to make it easy to follow text and tapes. This is all part of the simple and enjoyable Easy Steps in Arabic Course, the main aim of which is to encourage the regular reading of the Qur'an from an early age and a love for and attachment to the Glorious Book.

The course can be used by anyone wishing to read and write the Arabic script.

Two Appendices give detailed suggestions on how to use the course and on teaching methods and techniques. There is also a lesson for teaching the course in a ten-day intensive program.

The Complete Set Complete set of Graded Steps in Qur'an Reading and Arabic Handwriting Course with books, workbooks, CDs and other audiovisual aids for teaching/learning the reading of the Arabic script, rules of Qur'anic recitation based on the 'UTHMANI SCRIPT', and Arabic handwriting. You need to be able to read and write the Arabic script as a base for learning Arabic as a language and for further study of the Qur'an.

The Arabic script is phonetically precise and easy to learn and teach. MELS books, charts and audio materials make this process easy and enjoyable. Reading the Qur'an beautifully is both science and art. For the reading of the Arabic script, there is the MELS Starter Pack which includes an Alphabet Poster with an accompanying Alphabet Flashcards Pack. For reading the Qur'an, we recommend Graded Steps in Qur'an Reading which uses the Uthmani script of the Madinah Mus-haf, beautifully written by the Damascene calligrapher, Uthman Taha.

There is a Teacher/Self-Study Edition with full explanatory notes in English and a StudentsEdition. Each Unit and each line of text is numbered. This makes it easy to follow recording and text and is particularly helpful for both classroom teaching and individual use. The text is recorded onto CDs. Each Unit is a separate track on the CDs. You can thus go to a Unit and repeat it as often as necessary. T

he Arabic script is a quintessential part of Islamic art. Learn the basics of calligraphy using the MELS Easy Steps in Arabic Handwriting Workbooks. See how words are formed from individual letters, trace, and copy, compose words and write from dictation. A Summary Chart shows the Arabic letters in all their forms, with Standard English equivalents and as they appear in words.

Please note CD is not included and has to be purchased separately.

About The Authors

Abdul Wahid Hamid

Born in Trinidad in 1943. His best-selling Islam: The Natural Way has been translated into several languages including French, Spanish, Turkish, Bossanski, Urdu, and Malay.

Earlier publications include a pioneering course for the teaching of Qur’anic Arabic and life histories of the Companions of the Prophet based on original Arabic sources. He has edited several books including The Makkan Crucible by Zakaria Bashier, Pondering the Qur’an translated from Urdu by M. S Kayani and The Quest for Sanity – reflections on September the 11th and the Aftermath, published by the Muslim Council of Britain.

Before arriving in Britain in 1964, AbdulWahid was a primary school teacher and a student at Al-Azhar in Cairo. In London, while doing further ‘A’ levels in Latin and History, he joined the Labour Party but left in disgust at Harold Wilson’s Rhodesia policy.

Abdul Wahid Hamid studied Middle East history and Arabic at the School of Oriental & African Studies, University of London. As a student, he was president of the London Islamic Circle, general secretary of the Federation of Students Islamic Societies in the UK and EIRE, editor of its monthly publication The Muslim, a member of the team that launched Impact International in 1971 and was active in community work, in both Trinidad and Britain.

He was involved in founding and developing The Muslim Council of Britain (MCB). He was a member of the MCB panel that presented evidence to the House of Lords Select Committee on Religious Discrimination in October 2002.

He was responsible for the major refurbishment of the Rabitah Centre and Mosque, Goodge Street, Central London under the supervision of the architect Ayyub Malik and the graphic designer Zafar Malik. Zafar Malik has provided the graphic design for most of MELS publications.

His career has included work as a university lecturer and an educational consultant in Saudi Arabia and the teaching of Qur’anic Arabic in London, Chicago, Toronto, Trinidad, Bahrain and South Africa.

About The Publisher

MELS – Muslim Education and Literary Services

MELS – Muslim Education and Literary Services Established in 1980

MELS is a publishing company that aims to produce quality books and educational materials on Islam, the Qur’an, Qur’anic Arabic and Muslim heritage for the benefit of Muslims and others.