The Noorani Qaida is the primer used in madrasahs across South Asia and beyond to teach the Arabic script before a student begins reading the Quran. This app puts the whole of it on a phone, page by page, with audio.
It starts where the book starts: individual Arabic letters in isolation, then the same letters in their initial, medial and final forms, which is the step that trips up most beginners because an Arabic letter changes shape depending on where it sits in a word. From there it moves to joining letters, short and long vowels, sukoon, shaddah and tanween, and finally to reading connected words and short passages.
Every lesson is voiced, so a learner without a teacher present can hear each letter and combination pronounced correctly and repeat it. Individual items can be replayed as often as needed, which is how this material is normally taught.
The interface is deliberately plain — large script, clear pages, tap to hear — and is usable by a child alone or by a parent teaching one.
Free on Android.
Aarish Apps publishes a digital edition of the Noorani Qaida with recorded audio for every letter and exercise, following the sequence of the printed primer.
