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http://arabic.speak7.com/

http://www.arabic2000.com/

http://lexicorient.com/babel/arabic/index.htm

http://madinaharabic.com/Arabic_Reading_Course/Arabic_%20Reading_Course....

http://www.vegasociety.com/arabic/index.html

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Thanks Mr. Rizvan. When I first landed in Doha, nine months ago, I have searched places to learn Arabic & I ve found Qatar Guest Center, we have talked to them with my friends, they said the course will start in a few weeks and since then I ve been waiting a call from them. Anyway I think they ve been so busy :)

And thanks to all for your explanation. I can say a few words on it. Its essential for all muslims to memorize some sura s from Quran to be able to pray even they dont know the meaning. Because if you translate it to any other language like Turkish its not Quran anymore, but the meaning of Quran. One can discover many points from a unique sentence in original Quran, that is the miracle of Quran however if you translate it, its just one of the points, like projection. This is also related to question that why Quran was written in Arabic. Thats because Arabic FUSHA was really advanced in terms of literature, Im not linguist but it may be the most improved language ever.Of course the reason on another base was Mohammad(PBOH)was Arabi:)Moreover, all muslims and even some of non Muslims feel peace of mind when they listen to Quran even they dont understand it.

I can read a Qurán. also i know how to write Arabic as I was taught since I was 5-yrs old by my grandma and also in the school we have 1 hour daily Islamic Theology subject since Elementary till College. But I dont understand its meaning unless I read it in English translation. It is because the language used in Qurán is FUSHA, and the Arabs home language/street language is AMMIYA.

And even Arabs from different countries have their own accent and dialect, but both understand the Qurán, because FUSHA is their standard arabic.

It is like in Philippines, we have 78 different dialects but we understand in Tagalog/Pilipino because it is our national language. Jane's mother tongue is Bisaya and mine is Tausug, we dont understand each other in either Tausug or Bisaya, but we communicate in Tagalog. Hopes it enlight you well.

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Rochester, to give you a rough idea, it's perhaps like the equivalent of, say, an Italian speaker who can read Spanish, i.e. they know how to pronounce the words, because they can understand the letters and how they are pronounced, but they don't necessarily know what the words mean.

It's like if someone wrote some random words in another language that uses the same script as English, say German or French, you might be able to pronounce some of the words, but you wouldn't know what they meant.

E.g. I only know a few words in Arabic, but I can recite the first verse of the Qu'ran, Al Fatihah, I could tell you in English roughly what it meant, but I'm not an Arabic speaker, I just learned it by rote.

Lots of muslims learn how to say the Arabic words, without necessarily understanding the Arabic words or being an Arabic speaker, because they learn the Qu'ran through rote learning, because it's supposed to be good to be a hafiz (someone who has memorised and who knows the Qu'ran by heart).

Your question is for the initiator of this query, but let me put my views.

The statement hold true for most of non arab muslims. We know how to read arabic but most of times don't understand the meanings. How we are able to read arabic is part of our muslim upbringing, where the emphasis is on to be able to read quran.

----rizwan

I was slightly taken aback by your statement that

"I can read Quran but I don't understand the meaning ...

could you explain that for me please?

You enquired at the right time, few days back qatarguest centre announced an arabic language course. You may contact:

Al Wabrah Street,

Freej Kulaib,

Doha,

State Of Qatar.

P.O. Box : 22278

[email protected]

Tel. : +974 486 2390 / 7

Fax. : +974 486 2358

Unfortunately the enrolment is limited to males. CHN do conduct paid Arabic courses (2 days a week for two months)regularly. Almost all the courses are announced in the english news papers , I suggest to keep an eye from time to time.