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Ismail Arman - If you can READ Arabic but don’t understand it

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ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ، أَنَا ٱسْمِي إِسْمَاعِيلُ، وَأَنَا أُحِبُّ ٱللُّغَةَ ٱلْعَرَبِيَّةَ.
As-salāmu ʿalaykum, anā ismī Ismāʿīl, wa-anā uḥibbu al-lughata al-ʿarabiyyata.
Peace be upon you, my name is Ismail, and I love the Arabic language.
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وَقَبْلَ بُضْعِ سَنَوَاتٍ، أَنَا كُنْتُ مِثْلَكَ، كُنْتُ أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَقْرَأَ ٱلْقُرْآنَ، وَلَكِنَّنِي لَمْ أَسْتَطِعْ أَنْ أَفْهَمَ ٱلْقُرْآنَ أَبَدًا.
Wa-qabla buḍʿi sanawātin, anā kuntu mithlaka, kuntu astaṭīʿu an aqraʾa al-Qurʾāna, walākinna-nī lam astaṭiʿ an afhama al-Qurʾāna abadan.
And a few years ago, I was like you; I could read the Quran, but I could never understand it.
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وَبِسَبَبِ هَذَا، أَنَا كُنْتُ ضَعِيفًا بِإِيمَانِي، أَصْبَحْتُ بَعِيدًا عَنِ ٱلْإِسْلَامِ أَيْضًا.
Wa-bisababi hādhā, anā kuntu ḍaʿīfan bi-īmānī, aṣbaḥtu baʿīdan ʿani al-Islāmi ayḍan.
Because of this, I was weak in my faith and I also became distant from Islam.
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طَبْعًا، تَعَلَّمْتُ ٱللُّغَةَ ٱلْعَرَبِيَّةَ، قِرَاءَةَ ٱللُّغَةِ ٱلْعَرَبِيَّةِ بِسَبَبِ ٱلْوَالِدَيْنِ، وَبِسَبَبِ مُعَلِّمِي ٱلْقُرْآنِ، وَلَكِنَّنِي لَمْ أَفْهَمِ ٱللُّغَةَ ٱلْعَرَبِيَّةَ لَمَّا قَرَأْتُهَا.
Ṭabʿan, taʿallamtu al-lughata al-ʿarabiyyata, qirāʾata al-lughati al-ʿarabiyyati bisababi al-wālidayn, wa-bisababi muʿallimī al-Qurʾān, walākinna-nī lam afham al-lughata al-ʿarabiyyata lammā qaraʾtuhā.
Of course, I learned the Arabic language, reading Arabic because of my parents and my Quran teacher, but I did not understand Arabic when I read it.
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فَلَمَّا بَدَأْتُ تَعَلُّمَ ٱللُّغَةِ ٱلْعَرَبِيَّةِ، وَجَدْتُهَا سَهْلَةً جِدًّا، أَسْهَلَ مِمَّا تَوَقَّعْتُ.
Falammā badaʾtu taʿalluma al-lughati al-ʿarabiyyati, wajadtuhā sahlatan jiddan, as-hala mimmā tawakkaʿtu.
But when I started learning Arabic, I found it very easy, easier than I expected.
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أَنَا كُنْتُ أَتَوَقَّعُ أَنَّ ٱللُّغَةَ ٱلْعَرَبِيَّةَ مِنْ أَصْعَبِ ٱللُّغَاتِ فِي ٱلْعَالَمِ، وَلَكِنْ فِي ٱلْوَاقِعِ كَانَتْ سَهْلَةً، خُصُوصًا لِأَنَّنِي كُنْتُ أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ أَقْرَأَ ٱلْقُرْآنَ بِٱلْفِعْلِ.
Anā kuntu atawakkaʿu anna al-lughata al-ʿarabiyyata min aṣʿabi al-lughāti fī al-ʿālam, walākin fī al-wāqiʿi kānat sahlatan, khuṣūṣan li-annani kuntu astaṭīʿu an aqraʾa al-Qurʾāna bial-fiʿl.
I used to think that Arabic was one of the hardest languages in the world, but in reality, it was easy, especially because I could already read the Quran.
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فَٱلْآنَ، فَهْمُ ٱلْقُرْآنِ كَانَ أَسْهَلَ وَكَانَ مُنْتِعًا أَيْضًا.
Fa-al-āna, fahmu al-Qurʾāni kāna as-hala wa-kāna muntiʿan ayḍan.
So now, understanding the Quran was easier and also enjoyable.
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فَفِي هَذَا ٱلْفِيدْيُو سَأَشْرَحُ لَكُمْ كَيْفَ يُمْكِنُكُمْ أَنْ تَتَعَلَّمُوا ٱللُّغَةَ ٱلْعَرَبِيَّةَ إِذَا تَسْتَطِيعُونَ.
Fa-fī hādhā al-fīdyū sa-ashraḥu lakum kayfa yumkinukum an tataʿallamū al-lughata al-ʿarabiyyata idhā tastaṭīʿūn.
So in this video, I will explain to you how you can learn the Arabic language if you are able.
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ArabicTransliterationMeaning
ٱلسَّلَامُpeace
عليكمupon you (plural, masculine or mixed gender)
أَنَاanāI
ٱسْمِيmy name
إِسْمَاعِيلَIshmael
وَأَنَاand I
أُحِبُّto love / like
ٱللُّغَةَthe language
ٱلْعَرَبِيَّةَArabic language
وَقَبْلَand before
بُضْعِa few
سَنَوَاتٍyears
كُنْتُI was
مِثْلَكَlike you
أنthat (subordinating particle)
ٱلْقُرْآنَthe Qur'an
وَلَكِنَّنِيbut I
لَمْdid not
وَبِسَبَبِand because of
هٰذَاhādhāthis (masculine singular)
ضَعِيفًاweak
بِإِيمَانِيin my faith
بَعِيدًاfar
عَنْabout
ٱلْإِسْلَامِIslam
طَبْعًاṭab‘anof course
قِرَاءَةَreading
بِسَبَبِbecause of
ٱلْوَالِدَيْنِthe parents
مُعَلِّمِيmy teacher
لِمَاfor what
قَرَأْتُهَاI read it
فَلَمَّاso when
بَدَأَتِshe/it began
وَجَدْتُهَاand I found it
سَهْلَةًeasy (feminine)
جداًjiddanvery
مِمَّاthan what
مِنmanfrom; of (preposition indicating origin, partitive, etc.)
ٱللُّغَاتِthe languages

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