:wa: because i recently started a course. i joined this course because i wanted to be able to speak arabic and be able to recite the quran and then know what it means.
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^as brother guestfellow mentioned the madinah arabic series is great. you can get it also from here with video explanations by an arabic teacher. download book 1 and the video that goes with it and then watch it and follow in the book. http://www.lqtoronto.com/
Also to understand the qur'an you have to make sure you're learning fus-ha arabic, the modern arabic that people speak today is not like the classical arabic that was spoken back then. This website http://www.80percentwords.com/ contains words that are in the qur'an. You have to read the arabic and then click on what you think it means. Keep progressing through each unit and by the end you will know 80% of the words in the Qur'an.
i heard a really good course which its new semester will be starting soon is called the shariah program and also i have enrolled in zaynab academy online,which the apas,personally i think are very knowledgeable. hope that helps you!