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القِرَاءَةُ وَالكِتَابَةُ — المُسْتَوَى الأَوَّل
How this book is built
مَنْهَجُ الكِتَابprinted pages 17–150
Source:القراءة والكتابة — المستوى الأول (Reading & Writing, Level One), from
سلسلة تعليم اللغة العربية للناطقين بغيرها — Imam Muhammad ibn Saud Islamic University.
Every page reference below p.00 is the printed page number inside the book.
Everything on this map is transcribed from the book; nothing has been invented. Where the book leaves an exercise
blank, it stays blank here too.
The shape of every lesson. Each lesson (مَوْضُوع) is built around one letter and runs through the same steps:
① الكَلِمَاتُ الجَدِيدَة — the boxed new words ·
② أَوَّلاً: اسْتَمِعْ وَرَدِّدْ — listen & repeat: sentences, each with the target word and the letter's shape beside it ·
③ a short Qurʾān passage to read ·
④ ثَانِياً: اُكْتُبْ — write the letter in all its positions ·
⑤ ثَالِثاً: اِقْرَأْ وَاكْتُبْ — read & copy words and sentences ·
⑥ رَابِعاً / خَامِساً — exercises: underline the letter, tell two similar letters apart, re-order letters into words.
Several lessons add a مُقَابَلَةٌ صَوْتِيَّة — a sound-contrast drill between two letters that beginners confuse.
Unit
Lessons
Letters / topics covered
Printed pages
الوَحْدَةُ الأُولَى
1–16
ب ت م ر ف د ل ن س ش ز ج ث ذ ك ق
17–81
الوَحْدَةُ الثَّانِيَة
17–23
ص ض ط ظ خ غ ح
82–114
الوَحْدَةُ الثَّالِثَة
24–32
هـ ع ء و ي · التشديد · أل القمرية والشمسية · التنوين · التاء المربوطة
115–150
Notice the order: the book does not teach the alphabet in أبجد order. It starts with the easiest,
most frequent letters (ب ت م ر ف) and saves the hard throat letters and the hamzah for the end —
so you can read real words from lesson 1.
Conversations & Questions
الحِوَارُ وَالسُّؤَالevery question and exchange in the book
The book has one full two-person dialogue (p.147) and one yes/no drill (p.137) — memorise both.
Everything else in this section is a real question sentence from the lessons; string them together and you have a conversation.
Sayأَهْلًا وَسَهْلًا يَا …ahlan wa-sahlan yaa …Welcome, O … p.147
Politeتَفَضَّلْ، اجْلِسْ عَلَى الكُرْسِيِّ.tafaDDal, ijlis 'alaa-l-kursiyyPlease, sit on the chair. p.20p.87
Sayسَلِّمْ عَلَى وَالِدِكَ.sallim 'alaa waalidikGive greetings to your father. p.25
Asking about a person
السُّؤَالُ عَنِ الشَّخْص
Qمَا جِنْسِيَّتُكَ؟maa jinsiyyatuk?What is your nationality? p.48
A patternهَلْ أَنْتَ تُرْكِيٌّ؟hal anta turkiyy?Are you Turkish? p.21
Qمَا مِهْنَتُكَ؟maa mihnatuk?What is your profession? p.115
Aمِهْنَتِي طَبِيبٌ.mihnatii TabiibMy profession is a doctor. p.17
Aأَنَا طَالِبٌ. · أَنَا مُدَرِّسٌ جَدِيدٌ. · أَنَا أَمِينُ المَكْتَبَةِ.anaa Taalib · anaa mudarrisun jadiid · anaa amiinu-l-maktabaI am a student. · I am a new teacher. · I am the librarian. p.17p.25p.124
Qمَا عُنْوَانُكَ؟maa 'unwaanuk?What is your address? p.121
A patternأَسْكُنُ فِي الطَّابَقِ الثَّالِثِ / الثَّامِنِ.askunu fii-T-Taabaqi-th-thaalith / ath-thaaminI live on the third / eighth floor. p.49p.44
Aأَسْكُنُ فِي حُجْرَةٍ وَاسِعَةٍ. · أَسْكُنُ فِي بَيْتٍ بَعِيدٍ.askunu fii Hujratin waasi'a · askunu fii baytin ba'iidI live in a spacious room. · I live in a far-off house. p.60p.133
Qمَا سُؤَالُكَ؟maa su'aaluk?What is your question? p.124
Qهَلْ أَنْتَ طَبَّاخٌ؟hal anta Tabbaakh?Are you a cook? p.103
Statementأَنْتَ مُهَنْدِسٌ. · أَنْتَ طَبِيبٌ. · أَنْتَ مُدَرِّسٌ.anta muhandis · anta Tabiib · anta mudarrisYou are an engineer / a doctor / a teacher. p.45p.93p.137
Where · When · Why · How much
أَيْنَ · مَتَى · لِمَاذَا · بِكَمْ
أَيْنَأَيْنَ الدَّفْتَرُ؟ · أَيْنَ قَلَمُكَ؟ · أَيْنَ دُرْجُكَ؟ · أَيْنَ وَالِدُكَ؟ · أَيْنَ الخَيَّاطُ؟ · أَيْنَ البِئْرُ؟ayna …?Where is the notebook / your pen / your drawer / your father / the tailor / the well? p.32p.75p.38p.72p.93p.124
أَيْنَ + verbأَيْنَ تَتَنَاوَلُ الغَدَاءَ؟ayna tatanaawalu-l-ghadaa'?Where do you have lunch? p.39
إِلَى أَيْنَإِلَى أَيْنَ أَنْتَ ذَاهِبٌ؟ilaa ayna anta dhaahib?Where are you going? p.147
لِمَاذَالِمَاذَا تَذْهَبُ إِلَى الطَّبِيبِ؟limaadhaa tadhhabu ilaa-T-Tabiib?Why do you go to the doctor? p.42
مَاذَامَاذَا تُرِيدُ؟maadhaa turiid?What do you want? p.25p.70
بِكَمْبِكَمْ كِيلُو السُّكَّرِ؟bi-kam kiiluu-s-sukkar?How much is a kilo of sugar? p.42
Price answersكِيلُو الزَّيْتِ بِثَلَاثَةِ رِيَالَاتٍ. · العُلْبَةُ بِخَمْسِينَ رِيَالًا. · الحَقِيبَةُ بِعَشْرَةِ رِيَالَاتٍ.kiiluu-z-zayti bi-thalaathati riyaalaat · al-'ulbatu bi-khamsiina riyaalan · al-Haqiibatu bi-'ashrati riyaalaatA kilo of oil is 3 riyals. · The box is 50 riyals. · The bag is 10 riyals. p.131p.49p.42
هَلْ — yes/no questions
أَسْئِلَةُ «هَلْ»
هَلْ عِنْدَكَهَلْ عِنْدَكَ قَلَمٌ وَوَرَقٌ؟hal 'indaka qalamun wa-waraq?Do you have a pen and paper? p.75
هَلْ عِنْدَكَهَلْ عِنْدَكَ صَحِيفَةُ المَدِينَةِ؟hal 'indaka SaHiifatu-l-madiina?Do you have the city newspaper? p.110
هَلْ عِنْدَكَهَلْ عِنْدَكَ طَوَابِعُ بَرِيدٍ؟hal 'indaka Tawaabi'u bariid?Do you have postage stamps? p.130
هَلْ + pastهَلْ قَرَأْتَ الصُّحُفَ؟ · هَلْ قَرَأْتَ سُورَةَ الإِخْلَاصِ؟hal qara'ta-S-SuHuf? · hal qara'ta suurata-l-ikhlaaS?Have you read the newspapers? · Have you read Sūrat al-Ikhlāṣ? p.82
هَلْ + presentهَلْ تُفَضِّلُ القَهْوَةَ؟hal tufaDDilu-l-qahwa?Do you prefer coffee? p.41
هَلْ هَذَاهَلْ هَذَا دُرْجُكَ؟ · هَلْ هَذَا مَكْتَبُ الطَّبِيبِ؟hal haadhaa durjuk? · hal haadhaa maktabu-T-Tabiib?Is this your drawer? · Is this the doctor's office? p.29p.72
هَلْ + placeهَلْ بِالمَكْتَبِ هَاتِفٌ؟hal bi-l-maktabi haatif?Is there a telephone on the desk? p.115
Commandsخُذْ قَلَمًا وَوَرَقَةً. · تَنَاوَلِ الخُبْزَ وَالخُضَارَ. · تَنَاوَلْ عَصِيرَ الفَوَاكِهِ.khudh qalaman wa-waraqa · tanaawali-l-khubza wa-l-khuDaar · tanaawal 'aSiira-l-fawaakihTake a pen and paper. · Have the bread and vegetables. · Have the fruit juice. p.103p.115
Commandsأَعْطِنِي نِصْفَ رِيَالٍ. · اِذْهَبْ وَاشْتَرِ مِنْهُ. · اكْتُبْ عَلَى ظَهْرِ الدَّفْتَرِ.a'Tinii niSfa riyaal · idhhab wa-ishtari minhu · uktub 'alaa Zahri-d-daftarGive me half a riyal. · Go and buy from it. · Write on the back of the notebook. p.45p.18p.99
Pronouns & Gender
الضَّمَائِر · المُذَكَّرُ وَالمُؤَنَّثI · we · you (m/f) · he · she
The book never prints a conjugation table — it teaches the pronouns by example sentences. This table gathers
every one of those sentences into one place. The prefix on a present-tense verb is what tells you who is doing it.
Pronoun
Arabic
Prefix
The book's own sentence
Meaning
Page
I
أَنَا
أَـ / أُـ
أَنَا أَقْرَأُ دَرْسِي.
I read my lesson.
126
I
أَنَا
أَـ
أَدْرُسُ فِي المَعْهَدِ.
I study at the institute.
39
I
أَنَا
أُـ
أُرِيدُ صَحِيفَةَ المَدِينَةِ.
I want the city newspaper.
31
we
نَحْنُ
نُـ
نُسَافِرُ اليَوْمَ.
We travel today.
45
you (m)
أَنْتَ
تَـ
أَنْتَ تَبْدَأُ عَمَلَكَ.
You (m) begin your work.
126
you (f)
أَنْتِ
تَـ … ـِينَ
أَنْتِ تَأْخُذِينَ رِسَالَتَكِ.
You (f) take your letter.
126
he
هُوَ
يَـ
يَعْرِفُ إِسْحَاقُ القِرَاءَةَ.
Ishāq knows how to read.
131
he
هُوَ
يَـ
هُوَ قَرِيبٌ مِنْ هُنَا.
It / he is near here.
147
she
هِيَ
تَـ
زَيْنَبُ تَطْبُخُ الطَّعَامَ.
Zaynab cooks the food.
103
she
هِيَ
تَـ
تَكْتُبُ زَيْنَبُ الدَّرْسَ.
Zaynab writes the lesson.
20
you (pl.)
أَنْتُمْ
تَـ … ـُونَ
وَلَا أَنْتُمْ عَابِدُونَ مَا أَعْبُدُ
Nor do you worship what I worship. (Qurʾān)
122
The trap.تَـ means both “you (m)” and “she”. Only the rest of the sentence tells them apart:
أَنْتَ تَبْدَأُ (you begin) vs زَيْنَبُ تَطْبُخُ (Zaynab cooks).
For “you (f)”, the tell is the endingـِينَ: تَأْخُذِينَ.
★ Masculine → Feminine: just add ة
المُذَكَّرُ وَالمُؤَنَّثthe book's own table, p.149
Masculine مُذَكَّر
Feminine مُؤَنَّث
Meaning
طَالِبٌ
طَالِبَةٌ
student
مُجْتَهِدٌ
مُجْتَهِدَةٌ
hard-working
مُمَرِّضٌ
مُمَرِّضَةٌ
nurse
مَاهِرٌ
مَاهِرَةٌ
skilful
طَبِيبٌ
طَبِيبَةٌ
doctor
جَدِيدٌ
جَدِيدَةٌ
new
نَظِيفٌ
نَظِيفَةٌ
clean p.44
صَغِيرٌ
صَغِيرَةٌ
small p.105–106
هَذَا
هَذِهِ
this p.18p.32
ـكَ (عَمَلَكَ)
ـكِ (رِسَالَتَكِ)
your p.126
The same three sentences, both genders p.149
Masculineمُحَمَّدٌ طَالِبٌ مُجْتَهِدٌ.Muhammad is a hard-working student.
Feminineفَاطِمَةُ طَالِبَةٌ مُجْتَهِدَةٌ.Fatimah is a hard-working student.
Masculineإِبْرَاهِيمُ مُمَرِّضٌ مَاهِرٌ.Ibrahim is a skilful nurse.
Feminineلَيْلَى مُمَرِّضَةٌ مَاهِرَةٌ.Layla is a skilful nurse.
Masculineعَامِرٌ طَبِيبٌ جَدِيدٌ.ʿĀmir is a new doctor.
Feminineسَكِينَةُ طَبِيبَةٌ جَدِيدَةٌ.Sakīnah is a new doctor.
More pairs the book builds sentences from: أَنَا طَالِبٌ (p.17) vs هَذِهِ البِنْتُ طَالِبَةٌ (p.18) ·
مِهْنَتِي طَبِيبٌ (p.17) vs سِهَامُ طَبِيبَةٌ (p.49) ·
المَطْعَمُ نَظِيفٌ (p.44) vs المَلَابِسُ نَظِيفَةٌ (p.44) ·
سَلْمَانُ طِفْلٌ صَغِيرٌ (p.106) vs فَاطِمَةُ بِنْتٌ صَغِيرَةٌ (p.105) ·
زَيْنَبُ بِنْتٌ صَغِيرَةٌ (p.44).
★ She did it: the feminine past ending ـَتْ
تَاءُ التَّأْنِيثِ السَّاكِنَةthe book's very last lesson, p.150
The book closes the whole course on this one point — so it matters. A past-tense verb with a
female doer takes a silent ـتْ on the end.
He (no ending)
She (+ ـَتْ)
Meaning
Page
كَتَبَ عَلِيٌّ
كَتَبَتْ فَاطِمَةُ
wrote
72 · 150
سَافَرَ مُحَمَّدٌ
سَافَرَتْ رُقَيَّةُ
travelled
60 · 150
قَرَأَ مُنِيرٌ
قَرَأَتْ سَكِينَةُ
read
45 · 150
—
نَجَحَتْ عَزِيزَةُ
succeeded
150
مَرِضَ إِسْمَاعِيلُ
ضَحِكَتِ البِنْتُ
fell ill · laughed
87
قَرَأَ عَامِرٌ الرِّسَالَةَ
قَرَأَتْ أَمَلُ الدَّرْسَ
read
128
بَدَأَ عُثْمَانُ العَمَلَ
رَجَعَتْ عَفَافُ مِنَ المَدْرَسَةِ
began · returned
128
كَتَبَ بَدْرٌ
كَتَبَتْ بُدُورُ الرِّسَالَةَ
wrote
39
Don't confuse them:كَتَبَتْ فَاطِمَةُ = Fatimah wrote (past, ـتْ at the end) but
تَكْتُبُ زَيْنَبُ = Zaynab writes (present, تَـ at the start).
Also قَرَأْتُ with ـتُ (damma) = “I read”, not “she”. p.21
The three times, and how the book marks them. Pastالمَاضِي — no prefix; the doer is shown by the ending:
دَرَسَ (he) · دَرَسَتْ (she) · دَرَسْتُ (I) · دَرَسْتَ (you m). Presentالمُضَارِع — the doer is shown by the prefix:
يَـ (he) · تَـ (she / you m) · أَـ (I) · نَـ (we). Futureالمُسْتَقْبَل — the present verb with سَـ or سَوْفَ in front.
The book only shows this inside its Qurʾān passages: سَيَصْلَىٰ “he will burn” p.116,
وَلَسَوْفَ يُعْطِيكَ رَبُّكَ “your Lord will surely give you” p.88,
سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ “you will know” p.73. Commandالأَمْر — the bare stem: اُكْتُبْ ، اِقْرَأْ ، خُذْ ، تَفَضَّلْ.
One verb through all four
دَرَسَbuilt from the book's own forms
Form
Arabic
Meaning
Where the book shows it
Past (he)
دَرَسَ
he studied
new word box, p.38
Present (he)
يَدْرُسُ
he studies
new word box, p.38
Present (I)
أَدْرُسُ
I study
أَدْرُسُ فِي المَعْهَدِ p.39
Past (they)
دَرَسَ الطَّلَبَةُ
the students studied
دَرَسَ الطَّلَبَةُ دَرْسًا جَدِيدًا p.38
+ shadda = teach
دَرَّسَ
he taught
دَرَّسَ عُثْمَانُ ابْنَهُ p.137
+ shadda, present
يُدَرِّسُ
he teaches
يُدَرِّسُ عُثْمَانُ ابْنَهُ p.137
Doer
مُدَرِّسٌ
a teacher
أَنَا مُدَرِّسٌ جَدِيدٌ p.25
Noun
الدِّرَاسَة / دَرْس / دُرُوس
study / lesson / lessons
p.38p.20
★ The book's own past → present drill
مَاضٍ ← مُضَارِعp.136–137
Past مَاضٍ
Present مُضَارِع
Meaning
نَظَّفَ يُوسُفُ أَسْنَانَهُ.
يُنَظِّفُ يُوسُفُ أَسْنَانَهُ.
Yusuf cleaned → cleans his teeth
قَطَّعَ أَحْمَدُ كُرَّاسَتَهُ.
يُقَطِّعُ أَحْمَدُ كُرَّاسَتَهُ.
Ahmad tore up → tears up his exercise book
دَرَّسَ عُثْمَانُ ابْنَهُ.
يُدَرِّسُ عُثْمَانُ ابْنَهُ.
Uthman taught → teaches his son
ضَرَبَ
يَضْرِبُ
he hit → hits p.89 (also ضَارِب hitter, مَضْرُوب hit)
Doubled-root verbs: past ↔ present
الأَفْعَالُ المُضَعَّفَةp.135, the shadda lesson
Past
Present
Past
Present
Past
Present
رَدَّ
يَرُدُّ
مَسَّ
يَمَسُّ
هَزَّ
يَهُزُّ
قَصَّ
يَقُصُّ
بَرَّ
يَبَرُّ
بَثَّ
يَبُثُّ
شَدَّ
يَشِدُّ
خَفَّ
يَخِفُّ
عَضَّ
يَعَضُّ
هَمَّ
يَهُمُّ
شَقَّ
يَشُقُّ
رَشَّ
يَرُشُّ
Every verb the book uses
مُعْجَمُ الأَفْعَال
Past
Present
Meaning
Page
دَخَلَ
يَدْخُلُ
to enter
18 · 24
قَابَلَ
يُقَابِلُ
to meet
18 · 144
أَعْطَى
يُعْطِي
to give
18 · 133
كَتَبَ
يَكْتُبُ / تَكْتُبُ
to write
20 · 72
قَرَأَ
يَقْرَأُ / أَقْرَأُ
to read
21 · 25 · 126
أَكَلَ
يَأْكُلُ
to eat
21 · 24
اِشْتَرَى
يَشْتَرِي
to buy
21 · 44
حَانَ
يَحِينُ
(the time) came
20 · 38 · 110 · 129
تَفَضَّلَ
—
please / go ahead
20 · 87
رَسَمَ
يَرْسُمُ
to draw
28
شَرِبَ
يَشْرَبُ
to drink
28 · 52 · 124
فَتَحَ
يَفْتَحُ
to open
31
عَرَفَ
يَعْرِفُ
to know
32 · 131
دَرَسَ
يَدْرُسُ
to study
38
تَنَاوَلَ
يَتَنَاوَلُ / تَتَنَاوَلُ
to take, to have (food)
39 · 42 · 72
ذَهَبَ
يَذْهَبُ / أَذْهَبُ
to go
18 · 41 · 42 · 69
فَضَّلَ
يُفَضِّلُ / أُفَضِّلُ / تُفَضِّلُ
to prefer
41 · 58 · 129
أَرَادَ
يُرِيدُ / أُرِيدُ / تُرِيدُ
to want
25 · 31 · 41
سَكَنَ
يَسْكُنُ / أَسْكُنُ
to live, reside
44 · 49 · 60 · 133
سَافَرَ
يُسَافِرُ / نُسَافِرُ
to travel
44 · 45 · 60 · 150
سَلَّمَ
يُسَلِّمُ
to greet
25 · 144
أَخَذَ
يَأْخُذُ / تَأْخُذِينَ
to take
69 · 126
بَاعَ
يَبِيعُ
to sell
87 · 121 · 128
مَرِضَ
يَمْرَضُ
to fall ill
87
ضَحِكَ
يَضْحَكُ
to laugh
87 · 145
حَفِظَ
يَحْفَظُ
to memorise
99
طَبَخَ
يَطْبُخُ / تَطْبُخُ
to cook
103
بَلَغَ
يَبْلُغُ
to reach (an age)
105
تَاهَ
يَتِيهُ
to lose one's way
115
سَأَلَ
يَسْأَلُ
to ask
124
بَدَأَ
يَبْدَأُ / تَبْدَأُ
to begin
126 · 128
أَجَابَ
يُجِيبُ
to answer
128
عَدَّ
يَعُدُّ
to count
134
نَظَّفَ
يُنَظِّفُ
to clean
136
قَطَّعَ
يُقَطِّعُ
to cut up
136
زَارَ
يَزُورُ
to visit
126 · 144 · 148
رَأَى
يَرَى
to see
128 · 144
تَكَلَّمَ
يَتَكَلَّمُ
to speak
144
نَظَرَ
يَنْظُرُ
to look
100 · 144
نَجَحَ
يَنْجَحُ
to succeed
150
رَجَعَ
يَرْجِعُ
to return
128
شَاهَدَ
يُشَاهِدُ
to watch, see
148
وَجَدَ
يَجِدُ
to find
146
خَرَجَ
يَخْرُجُ
to go out
133 · 136
مَلَأَ
يَمْلَأُ
to fill
130
Commands
الأَمْر
اُكْتُبْ
uktub
write!
اكْتُبْ عَلَى ظَهْرِ الدَّفْتَرِ p.99
اِقْرَأْ
iqra'
read!
اِقْرَأْ وَاكْتُبْ (exercise heading)
اِذْهَبْ
idhhab
go!
اِذْهَبْ وَاشْتَرِ مِنْهُ p.18
اِشْتَرِ
ishtari
buy!
p.18
اِجْلِسْ
ijlis
sit!
تَفَضَّلْ اجْلِسْ عَلَى الكُرْسِيِّ p.20
تَفَضَّلْ
tafaDDal
please / go ahead
p.20p.87
سَلِّمْ
sallim
greet!
سَلِّمْ عَلَى وَالِدِكَ p.25
أَعْطِنِي
a'Tinii
give me!
أَعْطِنِي نِصْفَ رِيَالٍ p.45
خُذْ
khudh
take!
خُذْ قَلَمًا وَوَرَقَةً p.103
تَنَاوَلْ
tanaawal
have / take!
تَنَاوَلْ عَصِيرَ الفَوَاكِهِ p.115
هَاتِ
haati
bring here!
p.117
عَيِّنْ / ضَعْ / رَتِّبْ / صِلْ
'ayyin / Da' / rattib / Sil
identify / put / arrange / join
the book's exercise instructions
Nouns & Vocabulary
الأَسْمَاءgrouped by theme; page = where it first appears
The book introduces only 44 formally “new words” across the whole course (the boxed
الكَلِمَاتُ الجَدِيدَة), but its sentences use far more. Words marked ★ are the book's official new words.
The whole idea. The definite article أل (“the”) is always written the same way —
but it is not always pronounced the same way.
🌙 Moon letters (أل القَمَرِيَّة): you hear the L.
القَمَر = al-qamar — the lām takes a sukūn: اَلْقَمَر.
☀️ Sun letters (أل الشَّمْسِيَّة): the L disappears and the next letter doubles.
الشَّمْس = ash-shams, not al-shams — the next letter takes a shadda: اَلشَّمْس.
How to spot it on the page: look at the letter right after the ل. Shadda on it → sun letter. Sukūn on the ل → moon letter.
🌙 Moon letters — أل القَمَرِيَّة
As printed in the book p.139 — you pronounce the L.
أ ، ب ، ج ، ح ، خ ، ع ، غ ، ف ، ق ، ك ، ل ، م ، هـ ، و ، ي
☀️ Sun letters — أل الشَّمْسِيَّة
As printed in the book p.141 — the L is swallowed, next letter doubles.
ت ، ث ، د ، ذ ، ر ، ز ، س ، ش ، ص ، ض ، ط ، ظ ، ن
⚠ One thing to ask your teacher about. This printing puts ل in the moon list (p.139) and
leaves it out of the sun list (p.141) — giving 15 moon and 13 sun letters.
The classification you will meet everywhere else has 14 and 14, with ل counted as a sun letter
(so اللَّيْل = al-layl with a shadda, اللُّغَة = al-lugha).
The book itself writes اللِّسَان with a shadda on p.139 — the sun-letter way — even though it lists
لِسَان among the moon examples. Both lists above are exactly as printed; don't “fix” them from memory in an exam
without checking which convention your teacher wants.
خَامِساً: عَيِّنْ (ال) الشَّمْسِيَّةَ و(ال) القَمَرِيَّةp.142–143 · blanks are the book's
Decide for each word: sun or moon? The book leaves both boxes empty — fill them in yourself.
الصَّبَاحُ · الْقَمَرُ · السَّاطِعُ · السَّمَكُ · الْبَيْتُ · الظَّلَامُ · الْجَمِيلُ · الشَّمْسُ · الْقَصِيرُ · الْمَسْجِدُ · النُّورُ · الْهِلَالُ · اللِّسَانُ · الزَّيْتُونُ · الْحِصَانُ · الْجَمَلُ · الْكِتَابُ · الذِّئْبُ
Then سَادِساً: أَدْخِلِ (ال) عَلَى الكَلِمَاتِ الآتِيَةِ ثُمَّ اقْرَأْهَا — put “al-” on these and read them aloud p.143:
سُوق · مَعْهَد · زُجَاجَة · دَجَاج · جَرَس · ضَابِط · طَعَام · وَلَد · سَيَّارَة · يَد · أُسْرَة · طَبِيب · مُمَرِّض · مُهَنْدِس · شِمَال · بَيْت · ثَوْر · لَذِيذ
The Shadda — doubling a letter
التَّشْدِيدLesson 29 · printed 134–137
The mark ◌ّ means “say this letter twice.” It is not decoration — it changes the word, and often changes the
meaning of the verb: a plain verb becomes a “make someone do it” verb.
دَرَسَ he studied → دَرَّسَ he taught · كَتَبَ he wrote → كَتَّبَ he made (someone) write.
New words for this lesson: عَدَّ (counted) · الحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ العَالَمِينَ · الكُتُب (the books).
Its three sentences p.134:
عَدَّ البَقَّالُ النُّقُودَ (the grocer counted the money) ·
الحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ العَالَمِينَ ·
هَذَا رَفُّ الكُتُبِ (this is the bookshelf).
Doubling the vowel sign adds an “-n” sound. It marks a noun as indefinite (“a …”, not “the …”).
Which of the three you use depends on the noun's job in the sentence.
ـٌ-un = the doer · ـً-an = the object · ـٍ-in = after a preposition.
التَّاءُ المَرْبُوطَةLesson 32 · printed 148–150 · the final lesson
ة is the feminine ending. It is written like a ه with two dots, and it appears only at the
end of a word. Stop on it and it sounds like h; continue into the next word and it sounds like t.
Adding it to a masculine word makes it feminine — طَالِب → طَالِبَة.
New word for the lesson: الفَاكِهَة (fruit).
Sentence
Meaning
Page
الحَدِيقَةُ جَمِيلَةٌ.
The garden is beautiful.
148
الفَاكِهَةُ لَذِيذَةٌ.
The fruit is delicious.
148
المَسَّاحَةُ فِي الدُّرْجِ.
The eraser is in the drawer.
148
السَّبُّورَةُ فِي الفَصْلِ.
The board is in the classroom.
148
الفَتَاةُ فِي البَيْتِ.
The girl is in the house.
148
قَرَأْتُ فَاتِحَةَ الكِتَابِ.
I read the opening of the book. (here ة sounds as t)
148
زُرْتُ مَكْتَبَةَ المَعْهَدِ.
I visited the institute library.
148
شَاهَدْتُ حَدِيقَةَ الحَيَوَانِ.
I saw the zoo.
148
This lesson then runs straight into the masculine/feminine table and the
feminine past-tense ـَتْ drill — both are in the Pronouns & Gender section above.
Sound pairs — letters learners confuse
المُقَابَلَةُ الصَّوْتِيَّة11 drills spread through the book
Each pair below is a minimal pair: the two words differ by exactly one letter. Read them across, out loud,
until your ear separates them. Getting these wrong changes the word — قَلْب is a heart, كَلْب is a dog.
ب vs ف
p.34
ب
ف
بَتَرَ
فَتَرَ
بَرَكَ
فَرَكَ
مَبْرُوك
مَفْرُوك
طَرَبٌ
طَرَفٌ
تَرْبِيعٌ
تَرْفِيعٌ
رِبْع
رَفْع
مَبْرُور
مَفْرُور
مَرْبُوع
مَرْفُوع
طَابَ
طَافَ
حَرْبٌ
حَرْفٌ
بَاتَ
فَاتَ
س vs ش
p.55
س
ش
سَادَ
شَادَ
سَدَّ
شَدَّ
سَدِيدٌ
شَدِيدٌ
سَبَّ
شَبَّ
أَسْرَفَ
أَشْرَفَ
مُسْرِفٌ
مُشْرِفٌ
أَسْهَر
أَشْهَر
أَسْوَاقٌ
أَشْوَاقٌ
فَارِسٌ
فَارِشٌ
اِفْتَرَسَ
اِفْتَرَشَ
ز vs ج
p.63
ز
ج
زَارَ
جَارَ
زَادَ
جَادَ
زَلَّ
جَلَّ
زَاوَرَ
جَاوَرَ
مُزْمِعٌ
مُجْمِعٌ
مَنَازِل
مَنَاجِل
مُزَاوِر
مُجَاوِر
مَوْزٌ
مَوْجٌ
فَوْزٌ
فَوْجٌ
بُرُوزٌ
بُرُوجٌ
ك vs ق
p.78
ك
ق
كَالَ
قَالَ
كَادَ
قَادَ
كَلْبٌ
قَلْبٌ
كَلِيلٌ
قَلِيلٌ
كَلَّمَ
قَلَّمَ
تَكْرِيرٌ
تَقْرِيرٌ
بَاكِر
بَاقِر
مُشْرِكٌ
مُشْرِقٌ
أَشْرَكَ
أَشْرَقَ
س vs ص
p.84
س
ص
سَيْفٌ
صَيْفٌ
سَبَرَ
صَبَرَ
سَالَ
صَالَ
سَامَ
صَامَ
مَسْرُورٌ
مَصْرُورٌ
مَسْحُوبٌ
مَصْحُوبٌ
يَسُومُ
يَصُومُ
يَسِيرُ
يَصِيرُ
مَسِيرٌ
مَصِيرٌ
حَارِسٌ
حَارِصٌ
د vs ض
p.90
د
ض
دَرْبٌ
ضَرْبٌ
دَرَّ
ضَرَّ
دَلَالٌ
ضَلَالٌ
دَائِرٌ
ضَائِرٌ
بَعْدَ
بَعْضَ
رِدَاءٌ
رِضَاءٌ
مُدِرٌّ
مُضِرٌّ
رَوَافِدُ
رَوَافِضُ
فَرْدٌ
فَرْضٌ
بَادَ
بَاضَ
ت vs ط
p.96
ت
ط
تَامَّةٌ
طَامَّةٌ
تَابَ
طَابَ
تَرِبَ
طَرِبَ
تَمْرٌ
طَمْرٌ
مَتْبُوعٌ
مَطْبُوعٌ
رَتَّبَ
رَطَّبَ
مَتْبُولٌ
مَطْبُولٌ
مُمِيتٌ
مُمِيطٌ
رَبَتَ
رَبَطَ
بَتَّ
بَطُّ
ذ vs ظ
p.101
ذ
ظ
ذَلَّ
ظَلَّ
ذَلِيلٌ
ظَلِيلٌ
نَذَرَ
نَظَرَ
نَاذِرٌ
نَاظِرٌ
مَنْذُورٌ
مَنْظُورٌ
مَحْذُورٌ
مَحْظُورٌ
حَاذِرٌ
حَاظِرٌ
مَذْرُوفٌ
مَظْرُوفٌ
ق vs غ
p.107
ق
غ
قَابَ
غَابَ
قَرِيب
غَرِيب
قَادِر
غَادِر
قَامَ
غَامَ
سَاقَ
سَاغَ
أَقْفَل
أَغْفَل
بَقْلَة
بَغْلَة
فَارِقٌ
فَارِغٌ
سَائِقٌ
سَائِغٌ
قَائِلٌ
غَائِلٌ
ح vs خ
p.112
ح
خ
حُدُودٌ
خُدُودٌ
حَامِلٌ
خَامِلٌ
حَالَ
خَالَ
حَارَ
خَارَ
حَرِيفٌ
خَرِيفٌ
مَحْزُونٌ
مَخْزُونٌ
رَحِيمٌ
رَخِيمٌ
مَحَابِرُ
مَخَابِرُ
مَنَاحٌ
مَنَاخٌ
أَفْرَاحٌ
أَفْرَاخٌ
سَاحَ
سَاخَ
ح vs هـ
p.118
هـ
ح
هَامَ
حَامَ
هَانَ
حَانَ
هَامِدٌ
حَامِدٌ
هَالَة
حَالَة
أَهَلَّ
أَحَلَّ
الهَاوِي
الحَاوِي
مَهْجَرُ
مَحْجَر
اِنْهَرْ
اِنْحَرْ
فَهْمٌ
فَحْمٌ
أَفْهَمَ
أَفْحَمَ
فَاهَ
فَاحَ
أَشْبَاهُ
أَشْبَاحُ
مِهْنَةٌ
مِحْنَةٌ
The Qurʾān passages in this book
مَا فِي الكِتَابِ مِنَ القُرْآنreading practice, lesson by lesson
From lesson 9 onward almost every lesson ends with a short passage to read aloud — always a sūrah or verses
containing that lesson's letter. Sūrah names below are as the book footnotes them. Full sūrahs are marked ●.
Grammar hiding in these verses. The book never states the future tense as a rule, but it hands it to you three times:
كَلَّا سَوْفَ تَعْلَمُونَ (p.73) · وَلَسَوْفَ يُعْطِيكَ رَبُّكَ فَتَرْضَىٰ (p.88) ·
سَيَصْلَىٰ نَارًا ذَاتَ لَهَبٍ (p.116). Sūrat al-Kāfirūn (p.122) is a whole pronoun drill:
أَنَا / أَنْتُمْ · أَعْبُدُ / تَعْبُدُونَ / عَبَدْتُمْ.
All 32 lessons, letter by letter
الحُرُوفُ دَرْسًا دَرْسًاthe book's own order
Each card = one lesson. The purple boxes are the letter's written shapes as the book drills them
(isolated · start · middle · end — six non-connectors have only two). The amber box is the boxed
الكَلِمَاتُ الجَدِيدَة. Then come the lesson's اسْتَمِعْ وَرَدِّدْ sentences.
Unit 1 — lessons 1–16
الوَحْدَةُ الأُولَىprinted 17–81
ب
Lesson 1 · حرف ب · p.17–19
ببــبــب
New wordحُبُوبٌ — pills, grains
اِسْمِي بَكْرٌ.My name is Bakr.
مِهْنَتِي طَبِيبٌ.My profession is a doctor.
أَنَا طَالِبٌ.I am a student.
فِي حَقِيبَتِي قَلَمٌ وَكِتَابٌ.In my bag are a pen and a book.
إِبْرَاهِيمُ بَقَّالٌ.Ibrahim is a grocer.
هَذِهِ البِنْتُ طَالِبَةٌ.This girl is a student.
فِي البَقَالَةِ بُنٌّ وَسُكَّرٌ.In the grocery are coffee and sugar.
اِذْهَبْ وَاشْتَرِ مِنْهُ.Go and buy from it.
دَخَلَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ مِنْ بَابِ الحُجْرَةِ.Ibrahim came in through the door of the room.
قَابَلَ إِبْرَاهِيمُ الطَّبِيبَ.Ibrahim met the doctor.
أَعْطَى الطَّبِيبُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بَعْضَ الحُبُوبِ.The doctor gave Ibrahim some pills.
ت
Lesson 2 · حرف ت · p.20–23
تتــتــت
New wordsتِين (figs) · زَيْتُون (olives) · دُرُوس (lessons)
تَكْتُبُ زَيْنَبُ الدَّرْسَ.Zaynab writes the lesson. (she, present)
هَذِهِ مَكْتَبَةُ المَعْهَدِ.This is the institute library.
حَانَ وَقْتُ الغَدَاءِ.Lunchtime has come.
عِنْدِي ثَلَاثَةُ رِيَالَاتٍ.I have three riyals.
تَفَضَّلْ اجْلِسْ عَلَى الكُرْسِيِّ.Please, sit on the chair.
قَرَأْتُ تِسْعَةَ دُرُوسٍ.I read nine lessons.
هَلْ أَنْتَ تُرْكِيٌّ؟Are you Turkish?
كَتَبَتْ فَاطِمَةُ الرِّسَالَةَ.Fatimah wrote the letter. (she, past ـتْ)
قَرَأْتُ كِتَابَ الحَدِيثِ.I read the book of hadith.
أَكَلْتُ تِينًا.I ate figs.
اِشْتَرَيْتُ زَيْتُونًا.I bought olives.
م
Lesson 3 · حرف م · p.24–27
ممــمــم
New wordمِلْعَقَة — spoon
دَخَلْتُ مَكْتَبَةَ المَعْهَدِ.I entered the institute library.
أَكَلْتُ السَّمَكَ.I ate the fish.
القَلَمُ فِي الحَقِيبَةِ.The pen is in the bag.
هَذِهِ صُحُفُ اليَوْمِ.These are today's newspapers.
الحَقِيبَةُ عَلَى مَكْتَبِي.The bag is on my desk.
هَذِهِ مِلْعَقَةٌ.This is a spoon.
أَنَا مُدَرِّسٌ جَدِيدٌ.I am a new teacher.
سَلِّمْ عَلَى وَالِدِكَ.Give greetings to your father.
مَاذَا تُرِيدُ؟What do you want?
هَذِهِ حُجْرَةٌ جَمِيلَةٌ.This is a beautiful room.
يَقْرَأُ مَحْمُودٌ الكِتَابَ.Mahmud reads the book. (he, present)
ر
Lesson 4 · حرف ر · p.28–30
رـر
New wordsرَسَمَ (drew) · رُفُوف (shelves)
الصُّحُفُ عَلَى رَفِّ المَكْتَبَةِ.The newspapers are on the library shelf.
يَشْرَبُ خَالِدٌ العَصِيرَ.Khalid drinks the juice.
رَسَمَ يُوسُفُ عَلَى السَّبُّورَةِ.Yusuf drew on the board.
كَتَبَتْ فَاطِمَةُ رِسَالَةً.Fatimah wrote a letter.
الكُتُبُ عَلَى رُفُوفِ المَكْتَبَةِ.The books are on the library shelves.
هَلْ هَذَا دُرْجُكَ؟Is this your drawer?
الكُرَّاسَةُ فِي الحَقِيبَةِ.The exercise book is in the bag.
فِي الحُجْرَةِ سَرِيرٌ وَمَقْعَدٌ.In the room are a bed and a seat.
فِي الكِتَابِ تِسْعَةُ دُرُوسٍ.In the book are nine lessons.
هَلْ عِنْدَكَ صَحِيفَةُ المَدِينَةِ؟Do you have the city newspaper?
هَذَا مَقْعَدٌ مُرِيحٌ.This is a comfortable seat.
صَبَاحُ الخَيْرِ.Good morning.
✱ Four Qurʾān lines (p.111) · ح vs خ sound drill (p.112).
Unit 3 — lessons 24–32
الوَحْدَةُ الثَّالِثَةprinted 115–150 · last letters, then the marks
هـ
Lesson 24 · حرف هـ · p.115–120
هــهــههة
New wordتَاهَ — got lost
هَلْ بِالمَكْتَبِ هَاتِفٌ؟Is there a telephone on the desk?
مَا مِهْنَتُكَ؟What is your profession?
تَنَاوَلْ عَصِيرَ الفَوَاكِهِ.Have the fruit juice.
تَاهَ أَحْمَدُ عَنِ السَّكَنِ.Ahmad lost his way to the residence.
✱ Sūrat al-Masad, al-Ikhlāṣ 1–2, al-Qāriʿah 6–11 (p.116) · ح vs هـ sound drill (p.118).
Word family: ذَهَبَ → ذَاهِب → ذَهَاب.
ع
Lesson 25 · حرف ع · p.121–123
ععــعــع
New wordبَاعَ — sold
مَا عُنْوَانُكَ؟What is your address?
المَلْعَبُ كَبِيرٌ.The playing field is big.
المَعْهَدُ وَاسِعٌ.The institute is spacious.
بَاعَ البَقَّالُ رُزًّا.The grocer sold rice.
✱ Sūrat al-Kāfirūn in full + Quraysh 3–4 (p.122) — a whole pronoun drill.
ء
Lesson 26 · حرف أ / الهمزة · p.124–128
أـأئــئــؤء
New wordsسَأَلَ (asked) · سُؤَالٌ (question) · بِئْرٌ (well)
أَنَا أَمِينُ المَكْتَبَةِ.I am the librarian.
سَأَلَ الطَّالِبُ المُدَرِّسَ.The student asked the teacher.
أَيْنَ البِئْرُ؟Where is the well?
شَرِبْتُ مَاءً.I drank water.
مَا سُؤَالُكَ؟What is your question?
✱ The hamzah has six written shapes — the most of any letter.
Sūrat al-Kawthar & Quraysh (p.125). p.126 holds the أنتَ / أنتِ contrast:أَنْتَ تَبْدَأُ عَمَلَكَ · أَنْتِ تَأْخُذِينَ رِسَالَتَكِ · أَنَا أَقْرَأُ دَرْسِي.
و
Lesson 27 · حرف و · p.129–130
وـو
New words— none listed
حَانَ وَقْتُ الغَدَاءِ.Lunchtime has come.
أُفَضِّلُ القَهْوَةَ.I prefer coffee.
هَلْ عِنْدَكَ طَوَابِعُ بَرِيدٍ؟Do you have postage stamps?
فِي حَدِيقَتِنَا مَوْزٌ.In our garden there are bananas.
مَلَأَ يُوسُفُ دَلْوَهُ.Yusuf filled his bucket.
✱ at-Takāthur 5–8 (p.129).
ي
Lesson 28 · حرف ي · p.131–133
ييــيـى
New words— none listed
يَعْرِفُ إِسْحَاقُ القِرَاءَةَ.Ishāq knows how to read. (he, present)
فِي الحُجْرَةِ مُكَيِّفٌ.In the room is an air conditioner.
كِيلُو الزَّيْتِ بِثَلَاثَةِ رِيَالَاتٍ.A kilo of oil is three riyals.
أُفَضِّلُ الشَّايَ بَعْدَ الغَدَاءِ.I prefer tea after lunch.
✱ al-ʿĀdiyāt 1–2 · az-Zalzalah 6–8 (p.132). Note the final form ى (alif maqṣūrah).
◌ّ
Lesson 29 · التَّشْدِيد · p.134–137
New wordsعَدَّ (counted) · الحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ العَالَمِينَ · الكُتُب
عَدَّ البَقَّالُ النُّقُودَ.The grocer counted the money.
الحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ العَالَمِينَ.All praise is for Allah, Lord of the worlds.
هَذَا رَفُّ الكُتُبِ.This is the bookshelf.
✱ Full detail in the Shadda section — including the past↔present drill and the yes/no pronoun conversation on p.137.
🌙☀️
Lesson 30 · أل القمرية وأل الشمسية · p.138–143
New words— none listed
القَمَرُ الْمُنِيرُ.The shining moon. 🌙 you hear the L
الشَّمْسُ السَّاطِعَةُ.The blazing sun. ☀️ the L vanishes
✱ The longest grammar lesson in the book — full treatment in the
Moon & Sun Letters section, including the caution about ل.
◌ً ◌ٌ ◌ٍ
Lesson 31 · التَّنْوِين · p.144–147
New words— none listed
نَامَ طِفْلٌ.A child slept.
رَأَيْتُ طِفْلًا.I saw a child.
تَكَلَّمْتُ مَعَ طِفْلٍ.I spoke with a child.
✱ Full treatment in the Tanwīn section.
This lesson also holds the book's only full dialogue (p.147) — see
Conversations.
ة
Lesson 32 · التَّاءُ المَرْبُوطَة · p.148–150 · final lesson
New wordالفَاكِهَة — fruit
الحَدِيقَةُ جَمِيلَةٌ.The garden is beautiful.
الفَاكِهَةُ لَذِيذَةٌ.The fruit is delicious.
شَاهَدْتُ حَدِيقَةَ الحَيَوَانِ.I saw the zoo.
✱ The course ends on gender: the masc./fem. table (p.149) and the
feminine past ending ـَتْ (p.150) — both in
Pronouns & Gender.