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Originally Posted by omar_2133  Is it just me, or is Arabic really hard to read? I mean, I have to spend about 10 seconds or more to transliterate a single Arabic word, while I can instanataneously drink in whole sentences every ten seconds, with the Latin script. |
I find it best for a newcomer to Arabic to read the Qur'an in english, but listen to the words on tape or cd. Begin with the shorter ayyats and at first only try to master al-Fatiha. Later move to the last 10 Surahs 105-114. Once you get so that you can follow these on the CD, you will suddenly find that learning to read the others goes very smooth.