Learn to read the Quran

Nine short units take you from a letter you cannot name to an ayah you can read out loud. Every rule is shown on a real word from the mushaf, in the same KFGQPC Uthmanic Hafs face the rest of this site uses, so what you learn here looks exactly like what you read here.

The order below is the one an English-speaking Noorani Qaida class follows. You do not have to go in order, and nothing is locked: tap any unit.

The 9 units

1. 1 ا ب ت Unit 1 of 9 · 28 to mark The Arabic alphabet All 28 letters in their isolated form, the name you will hear in class, where each one is made in the mouth, and the six that never join forward. Read the rule Spot it in a real ayah Mark what you know 0 / 28
2. 2 ـبـ Unit 2 of 9 Letter forms and joining How one letter takes four shapes depending on where it stands, and why six letters cut the join and start the next letter fresh. Read the rule Spot it in a real ayah Mark what you know Not started
3. 3 بَ بِ بُ Unit 3 of 9 · 8 to mark Harakat: the short vowels Fatha, kasra and damma, the three marks that turn a bare letter into a readable syllable, plus sukun and shadda in one place. Read the rule Spot it in a real ayah Mark what you know 0 / 8
4. 4 بً بٍ بٌ Unit 4 of 9 Tanwin: the doubled endings Fathatan, kasratan and dammatan: the an, in and un endings, written as a doubled vowel mark and read with a noon sound. Read the rule Spot it in a real ayah Mark what you know Not started
5. 5 ا و ي Unit 5 of 9 Madd letters: alif, waw and yaa The three letters that stop being consonants and stretch the vowel in front of them, and the vowel each one has to follow. Read the rule Spot it in a real ayah Mark what you know Not started
6. 6 بْ Unit 6 of 9 Sukun: the letter with no vowel The small mark that closes a syllable, how to read a two-letter block, and why sukun is the doorway to most tajweed rules. Read the rule Spot it in a real ayah Mark what you know Not started
7. 7 بّ Unit 7 of 9 Shadda: the doubled letter The small w-shape that holds one letter twice, how it pairs with each haraka, and where the sukun hides inside it. Read the rule Spot it in a real ayah Mark what you know Not started
8. 8 مَٰ Unit 8 of 9 Lengthening and shortening signs Dagger alif, the small waw and small yaa, the madd sign over a letter, the ha of the pronoun, and the two lams of the name of Allah. Read the rule Spot it in a real ayah Mark what you know Not started
9. 9 تجويد Unit 9 of 9 · 7 to mark Tajweed rule families Izhar, idgham, iqlab, ikhfa, ghunnah, qalqalah and madd, each shown in colour on a real ayah from the mushaf. Read the rule Spot it in a real ayah Mark what you know 0 / 7

What these 43 marks are, and what they are not

Every unit has a few things you can mark as known: the 28 letters, the 8 vowel marks and the 7 rule families. They are counted only so you can see where you stopped. There is no streak to break, no points, no daily goal and no reminder, because a missed day is not a failure and a religious habit is not a game.

These lessons cover reading mechanics only. For recitation itself, learn with a teacher; text can show you the rules, not your own voice. Letter-form data derived from the Unicode Character Database. Licences · How we check things.