Two Courses, One Clear Path

Start with Noorani Qaida if Arabic letters are new to you. Move on to Quran Reading with Tajweed once you can read and want to recite correctly. Everyone begins with a free trial class, where the teacher finds your starting point.

Can you read Arabic letters and join them into words?

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A student holding an open mushaf, reading in warm evening light

القاعدة النورانية

Noorani Qaida

Beginner · 10 stages

For complete beginners, children and adults alike, starting from the Arabic alphabet.

  • Recognise and pronounce all 28 Arabic letters
  • Read letters joined together, in any position in a word
  • Read words with harakat, tanween, madd, sukoon and shaddah
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An open mushaf surrounded by white flowers and roses

القراءة بالتجويد

Quran Reading with Tajweed

Can read Arabic script · 10 stages

For students who can already read Arabic script and want to recite correctly and fluently.

  • Pronounce every letter from its correct point of articulation
  • Apply the rules of noon sakinah, meem sakinah and ghunnah
  • Stretch each madd for the right number of counts
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The Two Courses Side by Side

CompareNoorani QaidaQuran Reading with Tajweed
Who it's forComplete beginners, children and adultsStudents who can already read Arabic script
Where you startThe Arabic alphabetPoints of articulation (makharij)
What you focus onRecognising letters, vowels and signsPronunciation, timing and the rules of recitation
Where you finishReading short surahs from the mushafReciting fluently, knowing why each rule applies
Stages1010
FormatLive one-to-one classesLive one-to-one classes

Not Sure Where to Start?

That's what the free trial class is for. Your teacher will listen to you read and tell you exactly where to begin.