Residential Quranic Arabic Courses in England

The Islamic Foundation holds residential Quranic Arabic courses for Muslims at their campus in Markfield, Leicestershire, England at various times throughout the year.  Participants arrive on a Sunday evening or first thing Monday morning and leave on Friday after Jumaa prayer.  Heavily subsidised, the courses cost only £40 inclusive.  The details of the next courses are as follows:

Basic Beginner's Level - 7 to 11 April 2003
No knowledge of Arabic is required. The course commences at the alphabet stage and takes the participants to the reading stage. Salat and introduction to the Qur'an through vocabulary is introduced.

Intermediate Stage I - 19 to 23 May 2003
Knowledge of the alphabet and basic reading skills are required. Vocabulary is extended, reading improved and basic grammatical structures explored. Memorising of short Surahs, Du'a and Hadith is strongly encouraged.

Intermediate Stage II - 8 to 13 June
Basic knowledge of grammatical structure required together with good reading skills. Grammatical structures are explored in greater depth through Qur'an and Hadith and the use of the Arabic dictionary is introduced.

Advanced Arabic - 10 to 14 March 2003
Sound understanding of grammatical structure is required as this course is based on gaining a deeper understanding of specific Qur'anic surahs. Word roots are explored in greater detail together with various advanced verb forms.

Tutor
Sheikh Tijani Mustapha has been teaching Arabic to groups of varying age ranges and abilities for almost 20 years. He has developed his own inimitable style which, together with his enthusiasm, is guaranteed to bring the required results

Venue

Tel: 01530-244 944
Fax: 01530-244946

Cost

Each course, including accommodation, food, course material etc for one week, costs £40 (forty pounds) per person.