another site for Arabic

Try this site:

http://www.happychild.org.uk/freeway/arabic/index.htm

Arabic Verb Conjugators

When learning Arabic, verbs are considered the most difficult. There are two sites that allow one to create conjugation of Arabic verbs from the root letters:

The first site is: http://qutrub.arabeyes.org/index#options The free downloadable qutrub software is beta version. I have found some verbs that are in the Quran and textbooks of classical Arabic, but qutrub sometimes gives the message:

Strangely, sometimes it continues to provide the conjugation for the allegedly gheir-saleh verb, and sometimes it does not. However, in overwhelming cases, the qutrub software, is good.

This site does not require one to have a knowledge of the type of verb. One can type the root letters with or without the vowels. In the latter case, if there are are more possibilities of vowels, the program gives a drop down list of the allowed combinations.

If one enters an invalid combination of letters or vowels, the program informs that the verb being sought is incorrect. Sometimes this looks like a false alarm, which may be due to an incorrect copy-paste. A new typing from the keyboard of the verb removes the false alarm. The root letters are not limited to three, and one can enter 4-letter and 5-letter roots as well. One drawback is that the interface is entirely in Arabic. One can also download a beta version of qutrub 0.5 which is a stand-alone small program, making it possible to work off-line. I prefer the off-line version. Here is part of website page:

and now look at part of a tasreef view from the stand-alone qutrub program:

The second site is: http://acon.baykal.be/ 
Most (but not all) Arab words, have a triliteral root, i.e. they come from combinations of three letters in the Arabic alphabet. One can select letters for each of the three parts of the root. This is a useful site, but somehow I am unable to understand how a person would know what the other two selections are for the verb: 1:- group (I-X) that the verb is supposed to belong to, and 2:- the vowels on (a, i, u) on each of the three letters of the root.

I just read on a blog (http://arabic-learners.blogspot.com/) that "don't trust it for weak-lettered verbs"

UQ verb example from ppt

Mesbahul Quran: مصباح القرأن

The organisation baitul Quran has more publications than the ones shown on its website: bait-ul-quran.org

These are for understanding the Quran without using terminology of Arabic Grammar. The language of teaching is Urdu. There are two main publications:

1. meftahul Quran, which describes the function of various indicators (alamaat) in a word, and how each indicator is used in the Quranic Arabic. The indicator (alamat) is shown in red.

• Black is used for Quran words that are also used (in original or derived form) in Urdu, hence an Urdu user is familiar with these words. These comprise approximately 65% of the Quranic words.
• Blue is used for those Arabic words that are not used in Urdu, but are very frequently used in the Quran. This frequency makes it possible to remember them with their meanings.
• Red is used for those words that are quite new for Urdu users, and need to be learnt with some effort. These are about 15% of the words in the Quran.

2. mesbahul Quran, which is a series of Quran juzz (paras) in three colors. One the left page:

On the opposing page the words are broken up in boxes, using three colors:

• Red for using one indicator (alamat)
• Blue for a second indicator (alamat) if used in the same word
• Black for the normal remaining portion of the word.

Thus composition of each word is clearly visible in different colors.  The translation follows the same colors.

After the understand Quran short course  (levels 1 and 2), I am now going for reading the Quran with the help of these publications. Classes will start on Feb 8th, inshalllah. Although I am still struggling with levels 1 and 2, this level 3 will inshallah allow me to make an effort for covering the previous levels as well.

Allah's Quran and tanzil.info

Allah's Quran and tanzil.info are two sites that provide the Quran is various Arabic scripts/fonts, translations of the meanings, recitations, searches, etc. Admittedly these are also provided by many other sites, some with a greater variety than in these two sites. However, an attractive feature of these two is search by roots.

There is a database of roots on both these sites. By selecting a root and hitting the search button, one gets the ayahs containing words derived from these roots. These words are displayed in red. The tanzil.info site also has other refined search capabilities.

The Quran Corpus

The Quran Corpus is an annotated linguistic resource which shows the Arabic grammar, syntax and morphology for each word in the Holy Quran. Clicking on an Arabic word shows details of the word's grammar, or a correction may be suggested. One of the features is the Quranic Syntactic Treebank. An example is given below:

Another example is:

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Understand Quran the easy way

understandquran.com claims to teach most of the Arabic of the Quran (more than 70% words) without using too much grammatical terms, in 52 lessons. Two supporting sites provide practice of the 80% words and are:

• 80percentwords.blogspot.com/
• 80percentwords.com

Previous claims were for more than 80% words, hence the names of these two supporting sites.

understandquran.com uses modern methods of teaching: audio, video, powerpoint presentations and printed or pdf files for the lessons. The key is total physical interaction, and frequent revision until one has a fair grasp.

The short course, comprises two participatory sessions of 10-12 hours each. Level-1 covers 25 lessons. Similar hours are needed in Level-2 for the remaining 27 lessons. These can be broken down into sessions of lesser durations (e.g. 20-30 minutes for one lesson), for those who find the intensity overwhelming. The level-1 course was initially conducted in Ramadan this way, and now has been offered in several places over weekends as intensive sessions.

The Basic course contains 50 main lessons, of 25 minutes duration each. 10 revision lessons follow the main ones. It is the older course, which had a book and CDs with it containing wmv files featuring Dr AbdulAziz AbdurRaheem teaching the course. It formed the basis for division (with some modifications) into the level 1 and 2 short courses.

Short course levels 1 and 2 also have books and powerpoint presentations and are much improved versions, but any wmv files they have are not to my liking. The short course level 1 is being taught on peacetv. In Pakistan it is currently being aired at 11:30 pm. Here is a mention of this on the peactv site:

Aao Qur'an Samjhein
IST 22:30 23:00
KSA 20:00 20:30

http://www.peacetvurdu.org/our_speakers.htm

I haven't so far seen this on TV, but if you want to watch PEACE TV tune into anyone
of the following :-

INTELSAT 10 (PAS 10)

Position: 68.5 East,
Frequency: 4116,
Symbol Rate: 8145,
FEC: 3/4,
Polarization - Vertical.
Reach: Asia, Middle East,
Australia and Africa

If you possess a personal Private Dish then please tune into above new frequency, alternately request your cable operator or DTH provider to include 'Peace TV' and mention them they are absolutely free to air channels.

Here is a page showing a verb conjugation template.

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Quranee Urdu, or Urdu words from the Quran

The easier it is here, the more difficult it will be in the Hereafter

we born Muslims did not have to struggle with having to search for the truth, except may be in a superficial way. Being brought up as Muslims we could always see the wrong in other aqeedas. There is a downside, for all will be asked what action they took on the knowledge they possessed.

Some take it to mean we should not try to gain knowledge - if we do not know, we won't be asked about it, but that is wrong. We will be taken to task for not trying to learn.

Those who understand Arabic will have a harder time. Those of us who have a language close to Arabic, will also have to explain why we did not try to learn it.

Subhanallah. There is good news for those who can understand, read and write Urdu:

Urdu is similar to Hindi. Both were indistinguishable, except for the script. Urdu became closer to Arabic because of incorporating the script, but retaining a few letters of the alphabet for sounds peculiar to its Indian origin.

A book called "Quranee Urdu" has just come out by Col. Aashiq Hussain. He has spent his life in the education corps, with Urdu, Arabic and linguistics as his passion. He claims that 94% of the words in the Quran are in use in Urdu in some derived form or the other (sometimes the meanings are different from the Quranic ones).



The book is actually an encyclopedia, although small as encyclopedias go. In the first of its three parts, the author takes a root word of the Quran, and shows its various transformations or similarities in Urdu, with an example from an Urdu couplet for the use. This part forms the major portion of the book. The second part contains those Quranic words which have not been incorporated in Urdu. And the third part is just two pages of pronouns and huroofe jarr.

As a test I took a list of Arabic verbs (some repeated in the list or different meanings), and tried to write out any related Urdu word that immediately came to mind. See what you can make of it:

English pronunciation Arabic usage in Urdu
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accept qabela قبل qubool, maqbool
advise nasaha نصح naseehat
allow samaha سمح
appear dahara ظهر zahir
arrive wasala وصل wisaal
attach rabata ربط rabita
bake khabaza خبز
beat daraba ضرب zarb
begin bada’a بدأ abadaul abaad
bind rabata ربط marboot
bleed nazafa نزف
blow nafakha نفخ
break kasara كسر kasr
burn haraqa-sharp h حرق
calculate hasaba حسب hisaaab
carry hamala حمل hamal, hamila
chew madagha مضغ
collect jama'a جمع jama, jamay
copy nasakha نسخ naskh, nasikh
crawl zahafa زحف
cross 'abara عبر ibrat
cut jaraha جرح jarah, jarrah
dance raqasa رقص raqs, raqqaas
deliver naqala نقل naql
describe wasafa وصف wasf
detect kashafa كشف kashf, kashif
dig hafara حفر
dislike kareha كره kirahat
do ‘amala عمل a`mal
draw rasama رسم rasm (tradition)
dream halama حلم hilm, haleem
dress labesa لبس libaas
drink shareba شرب sharaab, sharbat
earn kasaba كسب kasb
eat akala أكل
enter dakhala دخل dakhl, dakhil
escape haraba هرب
explain sharaha شرح sharh
fall saqata سقط saqit
feel sha’ara شعر sha`ir
find wajada وجد wajd, wajid
follow tabe'a تبع taba`y
forsake hajara هجر hijr, hijrat
freeze jamada جمد jamid, jumood

go dahaba ذهب
grind tahana طحن
guard harasa حرس
hit daraba ضرب darb
hurt jaraha جرح jarah, jarrh
joke mazaha مزح mezaah
jump qafaza قفز
kill qatala قتل qatl
kneel raka’a ركع ruko`o
know ‘arafa عرف urf, urfiat
laugh daheka ضحك tazheek
lay raqada رقد
leap wathaba (th as in thin) وثب
leave taraka ترك
let go, left taraka ترك tark
lie kathaba (th as in that) كذب kazib
listen same'a سمع sama`a, sama`y
look nadara نظر nazr, nazzara
lose khasera خسر
make sana’a صنع sana`at, sana`y, masnua`at
mean kasada قصد qasd, qased
murder qatala قتل qatl, qatil
obtain hasala حصل hasil
open fataha فتح fath, fateh, maftooh
pay dafa’a دفع
permit adena أذن izn, azaan
place wada'a وضع waz`a
plant zara'a زرع zira`at
play la'eba لعب lahw wa la`ab
prevent mana'a منع man`a, mana`y, mamno`o
promise wa'ada وعد wada`a
push dafa'a دفع dafa`a, dafa`y
put wada’a وضع waza`a
reach wasala وصل wisl, wisaal
read qara’a قرأ
refuse rafada رفض
regret nadema ندم nadim, nidamat
request talaba طلب talb, taleb
ride rakeba ركب rakaab
rise nahada نهض
rule hakama حكم hukm, hukumat
run rakada ركض
saw nashara نشر
scream sarakha صرخ
search bahatha (th as in thin) بحث
seek bahasa بحث bahays
show ‘arada عرض `arz, `arzee,
sink gharaqa غرق gharq
sit jalasa جلس jalsa, majlis
slay dabaha ذبح zibah,
sneeze 'atasa عطس
spill dalaqa دلق
spit basaqa بصق
split qasama قسم qasm
spread nashara نشر nashr, nasher, manshoor
squeeze 'asara عصر asr, asre hazir
stand waqafa وقف waqf, waqif
steal saraqa سرق masrooqa
sting lasa’a لسع
strike daraba ضرب zarb
succeed najaha نجح related: nijaat
swear halafa حلف halaf
sweep masaha مسح masah
thank shakara شكر shukr, mashkoor, shukria
think fakkara فكر fikr, afkaar
thrive najaha نجح
touch lamasa لمس lams
understand fahema فهم fahm, tafheem
wash ghasala غسل ghusl
wear labesa لبس libaas
win rabeha ربح
work 'amela عمل `aml
worry qaleqa قلق qalq
write kataba كتب ketaab, kateb, maktoob