Assalamu alaykum dear brothers and sisters,

All praise and thanks are due to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon his Messenger who said: “The best among you is the one who learns the Qur’an and teaches it” [Bukhari].

The letters are taught with emphasis on the understanding of the makhaarij (articulation or pronunciation) of the letters. This will help the student pronounce correctly words that are very similar in sound, for example : ز، ظ، ذ، ض.

Learn to Read Al Qur’an – the easy way iapp is an exciting and fun way of learning to read Qur’an. In this first of series of iapps game, we present our humble efforts in trying to make the learning of the Qur’an easy for children as well as adults. This game is also in the form of a book & complete course in videos, which can be ordered from our website www.understandquran.com. This software has number of unique features. Some of these features are listed below:



Learn to RQ – the easy way has unique differentiators, which make it one of its kind in the market.

1. Arabic letters are arranged in a same way as their makhaarij. There are five groups – lip letters, tip letters, edge letters, middle letters and throat letters.

2. Keeping in mind the tender age of the learners, almost each letter is compared with a similar object and similar sound associated with it. This will help create a permanent link in the child’s mind –thus making learning easy and exciting.

3. Writing module is designed to help the child learn to write in a fun way. Child anchor will be there to guide him.

4. Interactive learning is designed, so as to make the learning easy and realistic. Example, if child writes correctly, an appreciative message is given in child’s voice.

5. A simple little poem has been composed to help learn makhaarij easily and learn the complete set of 28 words

6. Three games are part of this i-app. Scoring feature in these games will make the child more competitive.

a. Hide & Seek – to find out a particular letter in a word,

b. Who’s who – Will help the child identify different shapes of a particular letter

c. Drag & Drop game – designed to develop phonetics of Arabic letters.



Note to parents: I would advise parents play this game with your children for first few times, till the children are comfortable. A set of books and videos are available on our website www.understandquran.com



Inshallah, in the next i-app, we will be introducing the rule of reading Qur’an, following the same approach suitable for children to learn.



InshaAllah you will find this game simple, interesting and based on the latest teaching methodology and based on research. We ask Allah (swt) to accept our humble efforts.



Please introduce this approach in schools, colleges, mosques, communities, and within your families. The complete course is available on www.understandquran.com and can be used to teach both adults and children. Let us work together to promote the correct reading the Holy Qur’an and simultaneously understanding it.



We offer our sincere appreciation to the following: Br. Mohsin Siddiqui and Sr. Sana Dossul for ideas on teaching rules; Qari Imran Khan for help in presentation of lessons; Master Bilal for his exciting and lovable voice; Little Ayesha for recording the poem; Sr Azra Tabassum for project management; Acedezines for the graphics; Redbytes for their effort in development. All of them have been instrumental in bringing out this book and the associated concepts and their implementation. May Allah reward them all abundantly.



May Allah protect us from errors. If they were committed inadvertently, we beg for His Divine Forgiveness. Please give us feedback and inform us of any errors so that we correct them in future editions.


Abdulazeez Abdulraheem

(abdulazeez@understandquran.com);

www.understandquran.com