Tamheedi Program Details

The Noor Al-Bayan Book for Teaching the Arabic Language

The Tamheedi Program at Markaz Ibn al-Qayyim is designed to provide students with a comprehensive education in the Arabic language. Over the course of three semesters, students will study ten books, completing homework assignments after each lesson and comprehensive examinations at the end of each book. Through this program, students will develop their reading, writing, comprehension, and expression skills in Arabic. In addition, they will study a significant number of rules of Nahw (Arabic grammar) and Sarf (Arabic morphology), which will allow them to grammatically analyze portions of the Noble Qur'an and the Prophetic Sunnah, speak in Arabic, and understand the teachings of the 'Ulama'.

Upon completing the Tamheedi Program, students will be prepared to move on to the Academy level, where they will study a range of fundamental books in 'Aqeedah, Fiqh, Hadeeth, Manhaj, Tafseer, and other Islamic sciences in Arabic under the guidance of knowledgeable instructors known for their sound creed and methodology.

Books (1), (2) and (3)

The first level of the program consists of three books that introduce students to the letters of the Arabic alphabet and the corresponding diacritical marks, as well as essential skills for reading and writing, including Sukoon, Madd, Shaddah, Tanween, moon and sun letters. Students will also learn about the places of articulation of Arabic letters and practice reading, writing, and comprehension. In addition, they will study the Arabic numbers up to 100 and work on correcting their reading through a series of lessons. Throughout this level, students will encounter a range of new vocabulary and gradually progress in learning basic grammatical rules, including nouns, verbs, and prepositions, as well as nominal and verbal sentences. They will then move on to longer lessons that cover plurals, opposites, and different verb tenses, including past, present, and command. Other important topics that students will study include demonstrative nouns, pronouns, and words used to ask questions.

Books (4), (5) and (6)

The second level of the program consists of three books in which students continue to study a significant number of lessons in reading that are beneficial for both understanding the religion and the Arabic language. These lessons include a wide range of vocabulary, along with their opposites and plurals, as well as a variety of new verb forms to help students become more proficient in the language and speak correctly using proper sentences. There are also important lessons in expression to assist students in speaking Arabic.

n addition to these reading lessons, students will continue studying Nahw (Arabic grammar), learning how to grammatically analyze singular, dual, and plural words, and the differences between words with fixed endings (Mabniyy) and those whose endings change due to other words coming before them (Mu'rab), as well as definite and indefinite nouns, among other topics. They will also learn important rules of dictation, including Hamzatul-Wasl, Hamzatul-Qat', the hamzah at the end of words, and the open and closed Taa’ letter.

Books (7), (8) , (9) and (10)

The third level of the program consists of four books in which students learn a large number of important lessons in reading that are highly beneficial from both a religious and linguistic perspective. They also study other very important principles of Nahw (Arabic grammar), including different types of Khabar and the 'Iraab (grammatical analyses) of various fundamental parts of speech in the Arabic language. In addition, they learn several essential lessons in Sarf (Arabic morphology) and important topics in dictation including the middle hamzah and alif at the end of nouns. They will also complete many exercises in dictation and expression.