Learning Arabic From Books

[Travelleress]

Asalamu 'alaykum,

I know it's not the most amazing way of doing it, but at the moment -- because of lack of teachers and difficulty with my timetable -- I don't have much of a choice.

So, any advice on where to start would be good: in terms of which books to read, what exactly to start with. I know nothing about arabic at the moment, although i can read it.

JazakumAllah khayr

Wasalam

PS: apologies if theres already a similar thread; if someone could direct me to it insha Allah...

[Muaz bin jabal]

Asalamu 'alaykum,

I know it's not the most amazing way of doing it, but at the moment -- because of lack of teachers and difficulty with my timetable -- I don't have much of a choice.

So, any advice on where to start would be good: in terms of which books to read, what exactly to start with. I know nothing about arabic at the moment, although i can read it.

JazakumAllah khayr

Wasalam

PS: apologies if theres already a similar thread; if someone could direct me to it insha Allah...

i think if u search it you will be able to find a lot of threads regarding this subject. And i believe most ppl start with the 3 madinah arabic books their quite easy especiaally if u dont have a teacher

[eTeacher]

And i believe most ppl start with the 3 madinah arabic books their quite easy especiaally if u dont have a teacher

Correct....

[mospike]

What are the names of these 3 Books

[muslim forever]

Asalamu 'alaykum,

I know it's not the most amazing way of doing it, but at the moment -- because of lack of teachers and difficulty with my timetable -- I don't have much of a choice.

So, any advice on where to start would be good: in terms of which books to read, what exactly to start with. I know nothing about arabic at the moment, although i can read it.

JazakumAllah khayr

Wasalam

PS: apologies if theres already a similar thread; if someone could direct me to it insha Allah...

Salaam sis

You could try through sacredlearning.org:

http://www.sacredlearning.org/classr...abic/index.htm

Wasalaam

[Muaz bin jabal]

What are the names of these 3 Books

medina arabic books

[eTeacher]

What are the names of these 3 Books

Link to the books at an Islamic Bookstore in US:
http://islamicbookstore.com/b6067.html

You'll find the same books in England as well.

[tariq3]

I actually recommend the Gateway to Arabic Series which is similar in approach to the Madinah books but are much better laid out. The course offers alot easier navigations for the lessons and exercises. For and English speaker I think it laid out in a way that we are familiar with. It's a nice workbook style series. I highly recommend it. If you are near a bookstore it would be worthwhile to peruse the books for yourself.


http://islamicbookstore.com/b9008.html

Note: Each book is also sold seperately.

[eTeacher]

I actually recommend the Gateway to Arabic Series which is similar in approach to the Madinah books but are much better laid out. The course offers alot easier navigations for the lessons and exercises. For and English speaker I think it laid out in a way that we are familiar with. It's a nice workbook style series. I highly recommend it. If you are near a bookstore it would be worthwhile to peruse the books for yourself.


http://islamicbookstore.com/b9008.html

Note: Each book is also sold seperately.

Interesting. If you have a scanner, would you be able to scan a few pages?
Has anyone else used them?

How much Nahw and Sarf does it cover?

[nayyerjigar]

Theres audio lessons for the medina books at http://www.matari.com/Arabic_Lessons/ I think someone posted this website on SF and I bookmarked it.

Also Shaykh Hussain's Fundamentals of Classical Arabic is really good and available online at http://www.sacredlearning.org/classr...abic/index.htm

Another cool website which starts right from the alphabet: http://www.madinaharabic.com/