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At the Well of Madyan

A series studying selected āyāt from Sūrat al-Qaṣaṣ (سُورَة الْقَصَص), focusing on the story of Mūsā (AS) at the well of Madyan (Qasas 23–28). The lessons blend tafseer, Arabic grammar, morphology, and cultural context, using Dr. Abdur Rahim's Pathway to Arabic textbook series.

Study Sessions

  • Session 1 — Sūrat al-Qaṣaṣ intro; Qaṣaṣ vs. Anbāʾ al-Rusul; Āyah 23 — arriving at the well; لَمَّا two types
  • Session 2 — ذَادَ (defend/drive away); جُمَل positions in the sentence; ثُمَّ vs. فَ; لَام الجَار intro; مِن البيانية
  • Session 3 — Six meanings of لَام الجَار; Āyah 25 — girl with حَيَاء; حَال المتعدد; القَوِيّ الأَمِين
  • Session 4 — Hollow verb conjugation (أجوف); Āyah 27 — marriage agreement; numbers as ẓarf; أَجَل root; دَيْن/دِين
  • Session 5 — Defective verbs (ناقص); Āyah 29 — the fire at night; آنَسَ; جَذوَة; تَنزِيل vs. إِنزَال
  • Session 6 — Root ص-ل-ي; passive نُودِيَ; اسم الجنس الجمعي; four types of أَن; root ج-ن-ن
  • Session 7 — ضَمِير الشَّأن; أَن المخففة intro; Āyāt 31–34; جَوَاب الأمر; رَهَب vocabulary
  • Session 8 — أَن المخففة completion; Āyāt 33–37 — Mūsā's plea, Hārūn, هَامَان; مِن الزائدة
  • Session 9 — Detached vs. attached pronouns; لَعَلَّ; Āyāt 38–43 — Pharaoh cast into the sea; يَمّ; جَعَلَ with two mafāʿīl; قُرُون