Arabic Lesson 8

This lesson starts with the first four verses of Surat ar-Rahmân, (Surah 55),and this is not even in the last part of the Qur'an but right in the midst: In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. The Beneficent - He has taught the Qur'an.He has created the human being. He has taught him clear (speech).

The Dâd is pronouced nearly like the Dâl in lesson 4 but emphatic (with pressure). When it is pronounced correctly, the following vowel sounds hollow.
The Kha sounds like ch in Schottish "loch".
Some prophets and messengers have a surname in addition to their name which is often used in poetry but also elsewhere.In this lesson there are some examles:Abraham is Allah's friend.Moses is Allah's interlocutor.Jesus is Allah's spirit.Muhammad is Allah's messenger.May Allah's blessings and peace be with all of them!

Arabic Lesson 3

Here we read the complete sentence,Bismillâhir-Rahmânir-Rahîm,In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.It stands in the beginning of each Surah except the 9th.

Just as the Alif makes the a long (see Lesson 1), the Ya makes the i long.
The Ha in this lesson is pronounced deeper in the throat than the Ha in Lesson 1.
Some letters are strong, that is, they assimilate the Lâm of al: not al-Salâm but as-Salâm; not al-Rahmân but ar-Rahmân etc.
You can easily recognize strong letters in the beginning of the word because they carry a doubling sign while the Lâm of al does not have a sign at all.
Ar-Rahmân, the Beneficent, andar-Rahîm, the Merciful,are among the Names of Allah most frequently mentioned in the Qur'an. From this lesson on, more Names of Allah will be introduced.