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The Arabic letters

Recognise and name each of the 28 letters and its sound.

Joined forms

Read each letter in its initial, medial and final form; know the non-joiners.

Harakat — short vowels

Read a letter with fatḥah (a), kasrah (i) and ḍammah (u).

Tanwīn — nunation

Read double-vowel endings: an, in, un.

Madd — long vowels

Stretch the vowel with alif, wāw and yāʾ.

Sukūn — no vowel

Read a resting (vowel-less) letter and blend it.

Shaddah — doubling

Read a doubled (stressed) letter.

Qur'anic spelling symbols

Recognise the small alif, hamzat al-waṣl, madd sign and silent letters.

High-frequency words

Read common short words fluently — the bridge to full reading.

Short Qur'anic phrases

Read short verified phrases with correct joining and stopping — in the reader.

Complete short sūrahs

Read complete short sūrahs fluently in the reader.