Architecture of Grace

The Qur’an

Learn about the Qur’an as a text people read and recite. See how it is put together, what it teaches and how Muslims study it. We study it; we never preach it.

Every day · The Qur'anTen daily lines: reading, key words and short questions from the Qur'an. Pick the grade.K123456789–1011–12Adult

Grades K–2

The course

The Qur’an, Grades K–2

3 units, 6 chapters. Each lesson has a reading, key words and three checks.

Course contents
A Book Called the Qur'an
The Book
What the Qur'an Is; Surahs and Ayahs.
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Muhammad and the First Words
The Prophet's Story
A Boy in Mecca; The Cave and the Word "Read".
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Words Muslims Say Every Day
Words and Stories
Bismillah and Alhamdulillah; Stories the Qur'an Tells.
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Grades 3–5

The course

The Qur’an, Grades 3–5

4 units, 8 chapters. Each lesson has a reading, key words and three checks.

Course contents
The Shape of the Qur'an
Structure
114 Surahs, 30 Parts; Reciting, Memorizing and Writing It Beautifully.
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The Life of the Prophet as Context
Seerah
Mecca: The Message and the Hard Years; Medina: The Hijra and a Community.
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Prophets in the Qur'an
Stories
Adam, Nuh, Ibrahim and Yusuf; Musa, Maryam, Isa and Muhammad.
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What the Qur'an Teaches
Themes
One God, and Being Good; Prayer, Fasting and the Pillars in the Qur'an.
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Grades 6–8

The course

The Qur’an, Grades 6–8

4 units, 8 chapters. Each lesson has a reading, key words and three checks.

Course contents
Structure, Style and Recitation
The Text
Surah, Ayah, Juz': Order, Names and Style; From Voice to Page: Collection, Script and Tajwid.
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Seerah: Mecca, Medina and the Occasions of Revelation
Context
Arabia Before Islam and the Meccan Period; Medina, the Community and the Occasions of Revelation.
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Major Themes
Themes
God, Creation, Signs and the Last Day; Law and Ethics: Justice, Charity, Family, Food, War and Peace.
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Reading with the Tradition
Interpretation and Civilization
Hadith, Sunnah and Tafsir: How Muslims Interpret; The Qur'an in Islamic Civilization and in America.
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Grades 9–10

The course

The Qur’an, Grades 9–10

3 units, 6 chapters. Each lesson has a reading, key words and three checks.

Course contents
Close Reading Meccan Surahs
Surahs Close Up
The Short Surahs: Al-Fatiha, Al-'Alaq, Ad-Duha, Al-'Asr, Al-Ikhlas; Surah Yusuf and Surah Maryam: Narrative in the Qur'an.
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Close Reading Medinan Surahs
Surahs Close Up
Al-Baqarah: Covenant, Law, the Throne Verse and "No Compulsion"; An-Nisa, Al-Ma'idah and Al-Hujurat: Community, Justice and the Peoples of the Book.
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The Qur'an and the Bible
Comparative
Shared Figures, Different Tellings; How the Three Read Each Other's Books.
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Grades 11–12

The course

The Qur’an, Grades 11–12

3 units, 6 chapters. Each lesson has a reading, key words and three checks.

Course contents
Interpretation: Classical and Modern
Tafsir
The Tafsir Tradition; Modern Readings.
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Law, Ethics and Society
Qur'an and Law
From Text to Law: Usul al-Fiqh, the Schools and Ijtihad; War, Peace, Governance and the Earth: Verses in Context.
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Recitation as Art, and Capstone
Capstone
Sound and Beauty: Recitation, Calligraphy and the Inimitable; Capstone: A Verse, Its Contexts and Its Readers.
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