The high-frequency vocabulary that makes up roughly 80% of the Quran's word occurrences — particles, pronouns and core nouns of faith, through the most common verbs and adjectives, to derived verb forms, abstract nouns of character and words whose Quranic sense differs from modern Arabic. Every entry gives Arabic script, transliteration and English meaning, and no word is taught twice.
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The core nouns of belief that recur on nearly every page — Lord, messenger, book, faith, paradise, fire, reward, punishment.
44 total questions
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دِين (din)
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إِيمَان (iman)
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كُفْر (kufr)
1. حَافِظُوا عَلَى الصَّلَوَاتِ وَالصَّلَاةِ الْوُسْطَىٰ (hafizu 'ala s-salawati was-salati l-wusta) — the phrase means:
2. وَإِلَى اللَّهِ تُرْجَعُ الْأُمُورُ (wa-ila llahi turja'u l-umur) — الْأُمُور is:
3. سُنَّتَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي قَدْ خَلَتْ مِن قَبْلُ (sunnata llahi llati qad khalat min qabl) — the noun سُنَّة here is:
1. اللَّهُ ___ (allahu …) — 'Allah, the Eternal Refuge on whom all depend' (al-Ikhlas)
Hint: Arabic word, transliterated
2. وَأَقِيمُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَآتُوا ___ (wa-aqimu s-salata wa-atu …) — 'and establish prayer and give the purifying alms'
Hint: Arabic word, transliterated
3. كَمَثَلِ غَيْثٍ أَعْجَبَ ___ نَبَاتُهُ (ka-mathali ghaythin a'jaba … nabatuh) — 'like rain whose growth delights the tillers' (al-Hadid)
Hint: Arabic word, transliterated
