fulfill the main purpose for which Allah revealed the Quran.

This
means that learning Arabic to some degree is essential to fully grasp the
beauty and accuracy of Allah’s words. However, the classical method of
learning Arabic, regardless of its effectivity or the lack thereof, has
proven to be a long and time-consuming method, and one that requires
a lot of time. A privilege that many of us, unfortunately, do not have
much of. It has become increasingly evident that many learners who
start learning classical Arabic (or as it is widely known as MSA –
Modern Standard Arabic), with the purpose of understanding the
Quran, find it difficult to finish the course, and there are reasons for
this phenomenon. First, this usually happens because of the irrelevance
of much of the information offered in such courses. These MSA
courses tend to lean heavily on explaining grammar rules, and teaching
all sorts of vocabulary. Second, and as a result, it could literally take
months before these learners start noticing that they understand some
phrases or structures from the Quran. And since many of us cannot
keep 100% motivation all the time, many start giving up their dream to
understand the Quran in Arabic altogether.
As a result, there had to be a method that can offer a solution to this
problem: learning and understanding the Quran, without having to go
too deeply into grammar rules, or learning the meaning of words like
‘table’, ‘salt’, ‘rocket’ …etc., which you will never need to know for the
Quran. That is why, a new term was coined: Quranic Arabic. Quranic
Arabic refers to all the necessary skills needed to read and understand
the Quran without having to dive deeply into Arabic grammar, or learn
irrelevant vocabulary, which means faster results.
And this is exactly where this book comes in. This humble work, which
is based on the work of Dr. AbdulAzeez AbdulRahmaan, tries to list
the most frequently used vocabulary in the Noble Quran. Studying and
learning this list by heart, will be your first serious step towards reading
and understanding the sacred text. And as a second step, learning some
basics of Arabic grammar makes it possible for every learner to read

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and understand the Noble Quran in its original language in less than 6
months, in shaa Allah.
This book, like any branch of knowledge related to the Quran, is best
utilized under the supervision of a certified Quran teacher. However,
this book was designed in a way that can also suit the self-learner, so
that one can learn and make progress even if you do not have the
privilege to learn under a teacher at your local mosque. Bear in mind,
you can always contact me, the author, to ask questions and for
feedback as well.

May Allah accept my humble work, and make my intentions purely for
His sake. Amen.

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 The Method

The chart below shows the learning method which I devised to make it
easy for non-Arabs to learn the Quran from absolute scratch to reading
and understanding the Quran in Arabic. Each step is built on the
foundations of the previous step. It is, therefore, imperative that before
you start learning a certain step, that you have grasped all the steps
under it.

This book (How to Understand 50% of the Quran) is the first of a

series of books which constitute the fifth step in this method (see
chart). This means that you, who are about to start learning how to
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understand the Quran, should be able to recite the Quran with
acceptable tajweed, which means that you have some knowledge about
the special Arabic sounds. And this should mean that you have good
knowledge of the Arabic Alphabet system, as well as its vowel system.
If that is not the case, or you want to be sure of your knowledge before
embarking on this journey. No worries!
For each of these steps (steps 1 to 6), there are online courses which I
have put together, and which you can find on the website:
Arabic101.org . You can also get quick access to these courses through
our YouTube channel: Arabic 101, you can find the links here below:

Step ONE: https://bit.ly/StepOne01

Step TWO: https://bit.ly/StepTwo02
Step THREE: https://bit.ly/StepThree03
Step FOUR: https://bit.ly/StepFour04
Step FIVE: https://bit.ly/StepFive05
Step SIX: https://bit.ly/StepSix06

All courses are FREE of charge, and all you need to do, is sign up and
start learning.

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 How does this book work?

The Noble Quran consists of 114 surahs, and 6236 ayas. If you count
every single word from cover to cover, you will find out that they are
about 18,994 unique words in total. Importantly, you do not need to
learn all of them to get grasp of the Quran because of the number of
repeated words. As a matter of fact, roughly 50% of the entire Noble
Quran is made up using only 77 words! Yes. You read that correctly.
This book will concern itself with this list of words. Nearly every single
word on this list is repeated hundreds if not thousands of times in the
Quran, and in many different forms. Once you get to know the
meaning of the root word, things get a whole lot easier. See Chart:
QURANIC VOCABULARY

Unique words

Verbs Pronouns/
Prep./ Question

Nouns &
Adjectives

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This book only deals with the BLUE part of the pie chart, the greater
part of the vocabulary of the Noble Quran which is around 50%. And
by the end of this book, you will, in shaa Allah, immediately see the
difference yourself, and you will notice how things are starting to make
sense.

Why is this book different from others, other books/ lists?

This is not the first attempt to gather the most frequently used words in
the Quran. However, this book is the first to use the Uthmani script to
teach the word lists, so the words you see in each list, is written in the
same way as you would see it in your mus’haf1. This book also teaches
you the new words in context, and gives you examples of the possible
combinations, if they are combined with other words. This makes it
much easier to recognize the words and learn faster.

How should you use this book?

The first and best option is learning under the supervision of a certified
teacher who can give guidance and show you the proper way of
pronunciation, and correct your mistakes. However, for those who do
not have access to a Quran teacher, you should keep the following
points in mind:
- It is not recommended to learn a lot of words (more than one list)
within a single week. You should give yourself the chance to study
the words carefully, as well as their examples. It is very important
to read lots of Quran, and try and find these learned words as you
read, and keep asking yourself ‘what does this word mean?’
- This book offers you along with the lists in Uthmani script,
context examples to train your eyes on how the words look when
they are used and/or combined with other parts of words. It is

1The word Mus’haf ‫حف‬ َ ‫ ُم ۡص‬is an Arabic word which refers to the physical copy of the Quran. The Quran,
however, is the spoken words, not the book itself.
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 highly recommended that you study these examples as you go
through the lists. You will start picking up words faster, and you
will also see words that you have already learned, which makes the
learning process much more effective.
- You can also make use of the Memrise page of Arabic101, which
helps you learn the words much faster and much more effectively.
Memrise is a FREE app (and also a website) which you can use to
learn word lists. I have also added the audio pronunciation of the
words you are supposed to learn to make it easier for those who
cannot reach a Quran teacher. At the end of each chapter, you
will see a QR code which takes you directly to the list in question
on the Memrise page of Arabic101.

Finally, and most importantly, remember to purify your intentions before

starting this journey so that, in shaa Allah, you will be rewarded for
every step of the way, and ask Allah for forgiveness and guidance since
He alone is able to make things, no matter how difficult they are, much
easier.

Bismillah …

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 List ONE
Demonstrative Pronouns2
This legend will give more information about the gender/ number of the
pronouns in question.

Ddd

Male Female Plural

2 [In English] Demonstrative pronouns are words, such as ‘this’ and ‘that’, used to indicate what you are referring
to. This book. That pen. Those people ..etc.
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English Details Arabic
َ َٰ َ
This ‫هذا‬
َ َ
That ‫ذَٰل ِك‬
َ
This ِ ‫هَٰ ِذه‬
َ ۡ
That ‫ت ِلك‬
َُٓ َ
These ‫هؤَّلء‬
َ َُْ
Those ‫أولئِك‬
‫ا‬
He who ‫ٱَّلِي‬
‫ا‬
She who ‫ٱل ِت‬
Those who َ‫اٱَّلِين‬
َ
These ِ ‫هَٰ ِذه‬
َ ۡ
Those ‫ت ِلك‬
‫ا‬
Those who ‫ٱل ِت‬

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