Dr. Pasha’s Arabic Language and Cultural Immersion Sessions —
Lesson 26
- Do the two exercises below and tell me what happens.
- Bury your Nafs as deep as you can. This is perhaps the best opportunity you have to do that.
- Bear in mind you are trying to learn the Language of Allah, Arabic.
- Allah’s Language Arabic is learned with your Soul — Rooh — and not just with your body and mind.
- To learn the Language of Allah Arabic, and to interact with Allah’s Book the Qur’an, you need to clean and polish your Soul — Rooh — constantly and keep it shining and sparkling.
Assignment: Pronouns
(A) Assignment One
Surah Ta-Ha
- Pick up the Mushaf — Hard Copy of Arabic Qur’an. Remember, only Arabic is Qur’an. Translations are only that: translations.
- Go to Surah Ta-Ha — Surah 20 — and pick out Aayats 25-28.
- Read Aayats 25-28 loud and clear to yourself as many times as you need to — many, many times; over and over — till you become entirely comfortable reading and reciting them fluently to yourself and to others.
- Pick out every pronoun you can find in those Aayaat — plural for Aayah — whether that pronoun refers to one, two or more people, objects, or anything else.
- Clearly identify each pronoun for what it is: singular, dual, plural or what?
(B) Assignment Two:
Surah A’raaf
- Pick up the Mushaf — Hard Copy of Arabic Qur’an. Remember, only Arabic is Qur’an. Translations are only that: translations.
- Go to Surah A’raaf — Surah 7 — and pick out Aayats 2-27.
- Read Aayats 2-27 loud and clear to yourself as many times as you need to — many, many times; over and over — till you become entirely comfortable reading and reciting them fluently to yourself and to others.
- Pick out every pronoun you can find in those Aayaat — plural for Aayah — whether that pronoun refers to one, two or more people, objects, or anything else.
- Clearly identify each pronoun for what it is: singular, dual, plural or what?
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