Arabic Language Foundations

Course Description

A foundational Arabic language course designed to give students the grammatical and vocabulary tools needed for Islamic textual study. Topics include basic morphology (Sarf), introductory syntax (Nahw), and vocabulary building through Quranic and Hadith texts. This course is a prerequisite for all advanced religious studies courses.

What You'll Learn

• Identify and construct basic Arabic sentence structures using Nahw principles
• Apply foundational Sarf patterns to derive word forms from trilateral roots
• Read and comprehend simple Quranic passages with the aid of a dictionary
• Build a working vocabulary of 300+ high-frequency Arabic words from religious texts

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