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From Esfahaan to Madinah — Study Sessions

Welcome to the study notes for From Esfahaan to Madinah (طالب الحق), a book by Dr. Abdul Rahim that follows the hadith of Salman Al-Farisi (رضي الله عنه) as he searches for the truth. This series transitions students from Arabic supported by English commentary into reading full grammatical explanations in Arabic directly.

The English companion book covers translation and commentary; the Arabic book divides its analysis into شرح المفردات (vocabulary explanation) and الإعراب والتحليل (grammatical analysis). Sessions move through these two sections page by page.

Study Sessions

  • Session 1 — Book introduction; Salman's background; خَازِن, حَتَّى, أَيُّ; five special nouns; dual demonstratives
  • Session 2 — Narrator's كَالَ; masdar as muḍāf; إيَّا as detached pronoun; مصدر مؤوَّل; جامد nouns; يَاء النِّسبة
  • Session 3 — Church encounter; لَمَّا; zarfs and their substitutes; رابط in Ḥāl; jumla after definite = Ḥāl; etymology of بَال
  • Session 4 — Captivity and Caravan; تصغير (4 reasons); verb-فاعل agreement (5 scenarios); أحرف النداء; كُلّ as tawkīd; rules of جواب القسم
  • Session 5 — Life in Shām; two bishops; vocabulary: كَنَزَ، الجَرَّة، زَهِيد، مَثوَى، ابن السبيل; مفعول مطلق synonyms
  • Session 6 — Grammar for pages 10–12; etymology of ابن and أُمّ; وَلَد vs. ابن; يَاء المتكلِّم (5 forms); مصدر مؤوَّل with أَنَّ; الجمع المنتهى