Classical and contemporary Arabic, presented with English translation and reveal-on-tap reading aids. Read at your own pace — no signup, no email gate. More texts added regularly.
وَصِيَّة أَبي حَنيفة
The advice of Imam Abu Hanifa to his student Yusuf ibn Khalid as-Samti — a foundational text on adab and the inner life of the seeker. Classical Arabic, paragraph by paragraph, with English translation and reveal-on-tap reading aids.
Read →مُخْتَارَات مِنْ أَدَبِ العَرَب
Abū'l-Ḥasan al-Nadwī's classical Arabic anthology — front matter and selected stories together in one library. The Cover and Prologue, the full Introduction (110 fully-vocalised sentence cards), Story 2 (the Prophet's ﷺ oration after Ḥunayn), Story 3 (Ḥalīma al-Saʿdiyya's account of nursing the orphan Prophet ﷺ), Story 17 (Abū Ḥayyān al-Tawḥīdī on the Samanid crisis), and Story 18 (al-Ghazālī's spiritual autobiography from al-Munqidh min al-Ḍalāl). More stories added regularly.
Browse all →تَعْلِيمُ المُتَعَلِّمِ طَريقَ التَّعَلُّم
Burhan al-Din al-Zarnuji's classical manual on the adab of learning — thirteen chapters on intention, the choice of teacher, reverence for knowledge, diligence, and memory. Fully vocalised reader edition with English translation, vocabulary, grammar and rhetoric notes, and teacher's commentary on every page.
Read →العَقيدَة الطَّحاوِيَّة
Imam Abu Ja'far al-Tahawi's foundational 4th-century AH statement of Sunni creed — 130 articles on divine unity, the attributes, prophethood, the Qur'an, predestination, and the hereafter. Classical Arabic, article by article, with Hamza Yusuf's English translation revealed on tap.
Read →العَقَائِدُ النَّسَفِيَّة
Najm al-Din an-Nasafi's concise Hanafi-Maturidi creed (d. 537 AH) — about seventy short articles on the sources of knowledge, divine unity and the attributes, the Qur'an, human acts and destiny, prophethood, the afterlife, and the caliphate. Fully vowelled classical Arabic, article by article, with English translation, word-by-word vocabulary, and a language note on every line.
Read →اللغة العربية لغةً أُولى
Free study resources for the Pearson Edexcel International GCSE in Arabic (First Language) — qualification 4AA1. A digital Student Book that reproduces the textbook faithfully alongside English-language tutor's notes, plus exam-style Practice Samplers covering Paper 1 and Paper 2. Aimed at English-speaking learners. More resources being added.
Open →مُختارات من المقالات والمَقالات الحديثة
A graded reader of modern Arabic prose — autobiography, essays, journalism — organised across the ten topic areas of the Pearson Edexcel International GCSE Arabic specification. Each lesson presents a short, fully-vocalised text from a published author with line-by-line English translation, vocabulary keyed to root, two grammar notes drawn from the spec, comprehension and writer's-craft questions, and an open-ended discussion prompt. Aimed at the upper-intermediate L2 reader.
Open →قَصَصُ النَّبِيِّينَ لِلْأَطْفَالِ
Sayyid Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī al-Nadwī's classic five-part children's reader — the book on which generations first learned to read classical Arabic. Each story is presented line by line, with English translation, vocabulary keyed to root, and a language note on every line; Qurʾanic verses are kept in full Uthmani rasm and always vocalised, while al-Nadwī's prose carries per-line vowel buttons to reveal the harakat for reading and iʿrāb practice. Part 3 (the life of Mūsā) is the first available — beginning with Chapter 24, the contest between Mūsā and Pharaoh's magicians.
Open →المَقَامَات
The maqāma genre — short, self-contained comic set-pieces built on rhymed prose (sajʻ), starring a recurring trickster hero. A growing library of readers, grouped by author, beginning with Badīʻ al-Zamān al-Hamadhānī (the genre's 10th-century inventor). Each maqāma is presented sentence by sentence, with English translation, vocabulary keyed to root, and language and historical notes throughout.
Browse all →صُوَرٌ مِنْ حَيَاةِ الصَّحَابَةِ
Dr ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Raʾfat al-Bāshā's much-loved collection of short literary biographies of the Companions of the Prophet ﷺ — polished modern Arabic written for the classroom. Each portrait is presented line by line, with English translation, vocabulary keyed to root, the author's own Arabic footnotes, and a language note on every line; the text is fully vocalised, with per-line vowel buttons to reveal the harakat for reading and iʿrāb practice. Coming soon — currently in private preview.
Private preview →الدُّرُوسُ النَّحْوِيَّةُ
The classic four-book Arabic grammar course by Ḥifnī Nāṣif, Muḥammad Diyāb, Muṣṭafā Ṭammūm and Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ, written for Egyptian schoolchildren and still a standard first introduction to naḥw. Short, plain, fully vowelled explanations take the learner from "what is a word?" to fixed and declined endings, with the book's own exercises. Each lesson is presented block by block, with English translation, vocabulary keyed to root, and a language note. Coming soon — currently in private preview.
Private preview →القَوْلُ الْمُفِيدُ فِي وُجُوبِ التَّجْوِيدِ
Dr Muḥammad Mūsā Naṣr's concise, evidence-driven study of whether reciting the Qurʾān with tajwīd is a duty — clear modern scholarly Arabic, rich in quotations from the classical authorities. Each part is presented line by line, with English translation, vocabulary keyed to root, the author's own Arabic footnotes, language notes and comprehension questions. All eight parts are available now; currently in private preview.
Private preview →عِلْمُ الصِّيغَةِ
Mufti ʿInāyat Aḥmad al-Kākōrawī's classic beginner's textbook of Arabic ṣarf — how one root becomes a verb, a noun, a command, a passive — in Walī Khān al-Muẓaffar's Arabic edition, taught through short definitions, tables and drills. Each part is presented line by line, with English translation, vocabulary keyed to root, the author's footnotes, language notes and review questions; per-line vowel buttons reveal the harakat for reading practice. Parts 1–4 (the introduction to ṣarf, Lessons 1–3 on the word, the verb’s letters and the kinds of noun, and Chapter 1 — Lessons 4–10 — on the verb’s fourteen forms and the six derived nouns) are available now, each with quick-check quizzes, review questions and the book’s own exercises with answer keys; currently in private preview.
Private preview →الأَرْبَعُونَ النَّوَوِيَّة
Imam Yaḥyā an-Nawawī's famous collection of forty-two short Prophetic sayings — intentions, the hadith of Jibrīl, the pillars of Islam, sincere advice, forgiveness and good character — one of the most widely studied hadith texts. Opens with an-Nawawī's own introduction, then short, fully-vowelled Arabic, line by line, with English translation, vocabulary keyed to root and a language note on every line; vowels are hidden by default, with per-line buttons to reveal them.
Read →كَنْزُ الدَّقَائِقِ فِي الْفِقْهِ الْحَنَفِيِّ
Imām Abū l-Barakāt an-Nasafī's (d. 710 AH) classic concise manual of Ḥanafī fiqh, in the Bakdāsh edition with its footnotes. Read one printed page at a time, with an English translation and a word-by-word vocabulary list under each passage, the book's own vowels and that page's notes beneath it (also translated) — each switchable on or off. The author's preface, the Book of Purification and the Book of Prayer (in progress) are available now; later pages and the editor's study are placeholders. Currently in private preview.
Private preview →نُورُ الْإِيضَاحِ وَنَجَاةُ الْأَرْوَاحِ فِي مَذْهَبِ الْإِمَامِ الْأَعْظَمِ أَبِي حَنِيفَةَ
Imām Ḥasan ash-Shurunbulālī's (d. 1069 AH) short manual of Ḥanafī worship — purification, prayer and fasting — in a printed edition with the editor's reference footnotes. Read one printed page at a time, with an English translation and a word-by-word vocabulary list under each passage, the book's own vowels and that page's notes beneath it (also translated) — each switchable on or off. The author's preface and the whole Book of Purification are available now; the Book of Prayer and the rest are being added in stages. Currently in private preview.
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