Certificate of Ijaza in Arabic Grammar — Intermediate

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As-Salamu 'alaykum and Marhaba! Welcome to our course "Certificate of Ijaza in Arabic Grammar — Intermediate ".

The first live session was Sunday, January 21st. You can find the class materials below. As this is the course page, check back here for updates. We will be adding free resources to help you in your Arabic reading journey.Please email us at contact@grammica.institute for any inquiries.

Class Materials:

Certificate of Ijaza in Arabic Grammar — Intermediate (Textbook PDF) -updated July 28

Online Hans Wehr (ejtaal.net)

في بني سعد With Bani Sa'd

Mukhtarat min adab al-'Arab by Abul Hasan al-Nadwi

Timings :

Classes are Sundays and Wednesdays 9:00 AM - 9:50 AM EST and conducted via Zoom.

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Homework

Vocabulary Help:

p48

ما كنت أقوى ولا أيسر I was never more stronger nor wealthier

لقد عجزت في أن لا تكون اعتذرت You were unable to give an excuse for yourself

فقد كان كافيك ذنبك ...would have been enough for your sin

فأكذب نفسي take my words back

p49

قد شهدا بدرا They had both attended the battle of Badr

فيهما أسوة They were exemplars

فاستكانا They stayed at home in a state of remorse and humiliation

أيها الثلاثة meaning the three of us

تنكرت لي في نفسي الأرض. The earth seemed unknown to me

وأسارقه النظر I used to steal a glance at him

تسورت I climbed

فعدت I asked him again

وتوليت and I turned around

نبطي من نبط أهل الشام A Christian from Syria

فدفع إلي كتابا Gave me a letter

غسان Ghassan (a Christian Arab people)

p50

جفاك has treated you coldly

دار هوان ولا مضيعة in a place of humilation and lowliness

نواسك we will take care of you

فتياممت بها التنور Then I headed towards the furnace

امرأتك your wife

صاحبي my two companions

الحقي بأهلك join (go to) your family

شيخ ضائع an elderly helpless man

منذ كان من أمره ما كان from what happened to him

مِنْ أَسْلَم from Aslam (name of a tribe)

وَأوْفى عَلَى climbed (s.th.)

Different versions of this text:

فسمعت صارخًا يقول وهو على سَلْع -وهو جبل معروف في المدينة- أوفى عليه وصاح بأعلى صوته يقول

سَمِعْتُ صَوْتَ صَارِخٍ أَوْفَى عَلَى سَلْعٍ يَقُولُ بِأعْلَى صَوتِهِ

p51

فوجا فوجا

لِتَهْنِكَ

لا ينساها لطلحة I will not forget (that state) of Talha's

يَبْرُقُ وَجْهُهُ his face was beaming

أمن عندك Is this from you...?

سُرَّ pleased, overjoyed

أنْخَلِعَ من مالي صدقة I will divest much charity from my property

إني أمسك سهمي الذي بخيبر Verily, I will keep my share from the battle of Khaybar.

مَا تَعَمَّدْتُ كِذْبَةً I did not intentionally tell a lie

أَنْعَمَ to bless

فأهلِك such that I would perish

p95 Imam Ghazali "Path to Felicity and Certitude)

لا مطمع لي There is no hope for me (I have no hope)

الهوى headstrong folly, caprice,

دار الغرور home of delusion (i.e. this world)

والإنابة turning back again and again in sincere repentance

بكُنه الهمة with the essence of aspiration i.e. all my aspiration

الشواغل والعلائق

things that busy one and things that hold one down (lit. connections)

6. Choose 2 muda'af verbs on form 4 and 8

Choose 2 mithal verbs on form 1

7 SUN

Vowel and translate the one of the hikam

Choose 2 ajwaf verbs in form 1 and give sarf formula

11 SUN

Give the sarf formula for ajwaf verbs from forms 4 and 10, and a naqis verb from form 1

14 WED

Choose 1 naqis verb on باب رَمَى and 1 on َباب رَضِي and provide the sarf formula and/or the conjugations of past, present, and command tense.

18 SUN

Practice conjugations of naqis verbs in higher forms. Students may email an audio clip of themselves reading out the conjugations. Identify irregular sarf on p40.

21 THU

Email Audio clip: Choosing 1 lafif mafruq verb and 1 lafif maqrun verb, send audio of you reading all 14 conjugations in all tenses.

25 SUN

Vocalize Prophetic lineage from قال أبو

Write your own lineage to your grandfather (vocalize fully)

28 WED

P51 (Nun al-tawkid), P53 Practice

3 MAR

p52 C Sentences with nun al-tawkid

Submit audio conjugations here: Sarf Conjugations – Grammica Institute

17 Sun

Ism al-fai'l: Read pp 84-5; Practice p86 #1-6

نعت سببي; ism al-maf'ul: identify the نائب فاعل or تعلق for every passive participle.

27 Wed: Discussed the 'amal of the rest of the mushtaqqat. HW: Vocalize and translate 1st page of في بني سعد

APR 20: 'Amal masdar p72,73 Identify every masdar that has ta'alluq or takes a مفعول به منصوب.

APR 24: Reading Hadith Halima; 'amal masdar, 'amal mudaf

MAY 1: Birgivi: 'amal ism fi'l

5: Birgivi: عمل اسم منسوب

8: Birgivi: التعلق (Ta'alluq)

15: Birgivi: Mansubat

22: Ka'b 1; Birgivi Mansubat - Majrurat

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