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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.