Full Length Audio Lectures - Sample Notes & Slides

One of the greatest strengths of the Shariah Program is the expertise and style of its teachers. Keeping in mind the capabilities of its students, teachers regularly recap important material to make sure everyone understands and is caught up with the rest of the class.

Click on the links below to listen to the entire first week. We've uploaded full length lectures, as we believe it is very important that students make an informed decision in joining our classes. The audio files below are accompanied with slide presentations which should be referred to while one is listening. In addition, many students have prepared detailed notes and shared them with fellow students. To give an idea of the amount of supporting content CLICK HERE for sample notes pertaining to the material below.

Entire First Week's Material

• Purpose of Learning, Comprehensiveness and Sarf Intro : Click for Associated Presentation
• Primary reason to learn the Arabic language is to understand the words of the Creator. Vowels and Consonants. Comprehensiveness of the language, as in the 'istansaroo' example. Introduction to sarf. Combining verb with its subject. Table layouts. Notion of model base-letters
• Introduction to Nahw : Click for Slide Presentation on Nahw Intro
• Arrangement of words to make a meaning that will benefit the listener. Subject/Predicate relationship. English parts of speech. How to make definitions. Words/ phrases/ sentences. Classification of ism and fe'l.
• Introduction to the Past Tense Verb : Click for Associated Slide Presentation
• 14 Conjugations. Suffixes, including pronouns attaching to verbs. Active/Passive voice and Affirmative/Negative resulting in four tables.

Advanced Tafseer Lectures

Take a first-hand look at the achievements of 2nd year students in the course. After 1 year of studying Arabic language sciences in depth, they are now learning the tafsir of Surah Maryam in eloquent detail. The lectures, as you will see, are not limited to just a brief translation, rather they focus heavily on Arabic Balagha (rhetoric) using the highly esteemed tafsirs Ruh al-Ma’ani, Tafsir Abu al-Sa'ood and Bayan al-Quran by Hakim al-Umma, as a regular reference. The students have mastered the fundamental concepts of Arabic grammar which prepared them to follow high-level discussions such as these; something rarely achieved in such a short amount of time.

When listening to the audios, keep in mind that this material was introduced 14 months into the program. As the student's level of understanding for tafsir increases, the discussions also increase in depth and detail. Not only that, but based on the steady progress of the 2nd year students, for the first time, we are fortunate to announce a 3rd year where we will introduce further Fiqh, Hadith, Adab and Balagha into our syllabus. This is complementary to tafsir of 5 additional ajzaa of the Qur’an.

The well-rounded combination of teaching fundamental concepts of the language, regular student participation, and live correction by the Teacher is a unique method used by Shariah Program. This method of teaching is used each and every week in class and is the only way one can truly develop their understanding of the Arabic language to the level of deciphering the Qur’an, in the detail you see in these 3 audios below. Links to student notes and further discussion have also been provided for your reference.

• Tafseer of verses 34-40, Surah Maryam: Click here for entire lecture. Vist our student message board for notes related to verses 34-40.
• Tafseer of verses 41-50, Surah Maryam: Click here for entire lecture. Visit this thread for notes on verses 41-58.
• Tafseer of verses 51-58, Surah Maryam: Click here for entire lecture

Now formally registering for the Online Arabic Foundations Program (March 27, 2010)