New Session starts on January 20 and 23, 2008.

[Purpose] [Who can benefit] [What will be taught] [Class Sessions and Levels] [Class Structure] [Pre-requisites] [Technical Requirements] [About the Instructor][How can I join for FREE]

Purpose

The purpose of these classes is to help those who are not able to go to a Qur'an teacher to learn the proper recitation of the Qur’an. And to further improve the skills of those who do have a Qur'an teacher.

Who can benefit

1. People who are unable to find an expert Qur’an teacher close to their homes
2. Those who cannot leave the house frequently because of household responsibilities
3. Those who work full time and cannot find time to go to a Qur’an class
4. Teachers who help other people learn the Qur’an. This class will heavily focus on listening and detecting commonly made mistakes during the recitation of the Qur’an. This can tremendously help people detect and fix their own mistakes, as well as the mistakes of others reciting to them.

What will be taught

Each session of the Quran Tutor will cover different aspects of reciting the Qur’an properly, in the way it was revealed to the Prophet Muhammad sallallaahu 'alayhi wa sallam. The classes begin by teaching the proper pronunciation of Arabic letters and the diacritics of Arabic language (Harakaat). In the advanced levels, we teach the various rules of Tajweed that will help our students beautify their recitation of the Qur'an. In addition to that, some advanced rules of reading the Qur'an are also taught in the higher levels.

Although learning Tajweed can properly be done only with a teacher, this class will help our brothers and sisters recognize their own mistakes, and will give easy and simple tips on how to fix these mistakes. Some of these mistakes can even change the meaning of the Qur’an. We hope that insha Allah this class will prove to be a self-help guide for our students.

Class Sessions and Levels

Please click here to view the schedule of classes. Each level consists of four one-hour classes.

*If you don't know what time that would be in your locality, please use the Time and Zone Converter. Please use "US/Eastern" as our time. Then choose your city/country to convert this time to your local time. If you live in a zone in the world where this will result in an odd time for you, please e-mail us at qurantutor@gmail.com. Based on enrollment, we will try our best to offer the class at a time when it is convenient for your locality.

To view the curriculum for all the levels, please click here.

Class Structure

Once students register, they will have access to the class website. The class website contains information about how to access the class, different class announcements and a class guide. The class guide primarily serves the purpose of a white board. All the examples and names of rules that the instructor will refer to in each of the lectures are pre-written in the class guide in the form of numbered tables and charts. The instructor then simply refers to these tables and specific examples during the class so students can easily follow along. You can see an example of the class guide by clicking here. This is the class guide for the 2nd week of Level 1 classes.

We understand that online classes could get monotonous at times because no one can see one another. The Qur'an Tutor Online classes are very interactive in nature. During the class, the instructor uses some or all of the following activities/methods, and more if needed:

1. Direct Instruction (explanation of a concept)
2. Detecting mistakes (instructor reads certain examples or verses and students have to figure out the mistake(s) (if any) that were made. These are the mistakes that people commonly make when they recite. This activity trains people to be able to listen and detect their own mistakes, as well as the mistakes of others who they may teach)
3. Short Quiz Questions: The instructor asks students different quiz questions on topics that have been covered that require a short answer. All students are then asked to type in the answer in the chat window so everyone can see and participate.
   
4. Recitation of commonly-read Surahs so people can read these Surahs correctly. The instructor will read the Surahs, Ayah by Ayah, and pause after every Ayah/portion so students can recite after him. The instructor will emphasize on the concepts that were learned in class, as well the common mistakes that people may make while reading these Surahs.
5. Q&A session for students to ask about the concepts that were covered in class.

Pre-requisites

Technical Requirements

In order to take this course, you will need the following:

1. A computer with speakers and internet connection (preferably high speed internet).
   
2. Adobe Acrobat Reader (or any other program that will allow you to view pdf files). You will be given the class guide to follow along during the class.
   
3. Printer. (Preferable but not required). It would be good if you have the study guide printed and in front of you during class. Otherwise, you can always open the pdf file on your computer and follow along during the class.
4. Paltalk. This will be software that we will use to conduct the class sessions. If you do not have it already, please visit www.paltalk.com, download the software and register with paltalk (all for free).
   
5. For the Recitation Class, students must have a microphone to be able to recite to the instructor.
   

About the Instructor

This class will be taught by Haroon Baqai. Haroon Baqai is the Director of the Qur’an Institute and the full-time Hifzh School at Dar-us-Salaam, where 16 students have completed memorizing the entire Qur’an. He has been leading Taraweeh in the U.S. and in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for the past 13 years. He memorized the Qur’an at the age of 10, and obtained his Ijazah (license to teach the Qur’an) from Saudi Arabia.

To hear a recitation clip of Haroon Baqai, please visit www.faithpublications.org. Following are products recorded or written by Haroon Baqai that can be viewed at and purchased from FAITH Publications:

1. Healer of the Hearts – recitation of Juz 29 & 30 and the Adhaan by Haroon Baqai.
2. Ahlul Qur’an Gear – a 9-cd set helping beginning readers memorize the last half of Juz 30, verse by verse.
3. Let’s Beautify Our Recitation (Tajweed book)

How can I join for free?

If you want to see how the Qur'an Tutor Online classes are taught, please click here to find out how you can join the first lecture for FREE!

Refer two people to sign up for the course. Ask those people to send qurantutor@gmail.com an email stating that you referred them, after they have registered and paid for the class.They must write your first and last name, and your e-mail address (the one you have given us) in order for the referral process to be successful.

Reap the rewards of every letter that those people learn from this class in the hereafter! And...join the class for free!