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30-Day Qur'an Reading Plan
One page a day, with a short reflection prompt for each day. Designed for readers who are starting a daily habit for the first time.
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Reading plans, dua cards, memorisation trackers, planners, and activity pages — free to download and print for personal or classroom use.
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Ramadan Qur'an Plan
A complete-month reading schedule with weekly checkpoints and space for notes, built around a realistic daily portion.
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Daily Duʿāʾ Cards
Twelve supplications for morning, evening, travel, worry, and gratitude — with Arabic, transliteration, and meaning.
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Hifz Memorisation Tracker
A simple grid for tracking memorisation, revision cycles, and listening practice across the surahs you are learning.
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Tajweed Quick Reference
The essential rules on one page: articulation points, elongation, nasalisation, and the most common recitation mistakes.
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Ramadan Planner
A four-week planner for worship, reading, family, and rest — with space for intentions and a simple daily checklist.
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Children's Activity Pages
Colouring, tracing, and matching pages introducing the Arabic alphabet and the names of the prayer positions.
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Glossary of Islamic Terms
Sixty essential terms — from adab to wuḍūʾ — with plain-language definitions and Arabic script.
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Tigrinya Qur'an Vocabulary (in preparation) — these are being proofread and will be released once reviewed.
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Glossary of Islamic terms
27 terms used across the site, with Arabic script and plain-language meanings.
- Adab أدب
- Proper conduct and manners, especially in matters of worship and learning.
- Āyah آية
- A verse of the Qur'an; literally a sign or marker.
- Barakah بركة
- Blessing — increase in good that comes from Allah.
- Burhān برهان
- Clear, decisive proof. Paired with light in Qur'an 4:174.
- Dhikr ذكر
- Remembrance of Allah, through words, silence, and attention.
- Duʿāʾ دعاء
- Supplication; a direct request to Allah.
- Fiqh فقه
- Understanding of Islamic law and its practical rulings.
- Ghusl غسل
- The full ritual bath required in specific states of purity.
- Ḥadīth حديث
- A report of the Prophet's ﷺ words, actions, or approvals.
- Ḥifẓ حفظ
- Memorisation of the Qur'an; literally preservation.
- Iḥsān إحسان
- Excellence in worship — acting as though you see Allah.
- Īmān إيمان
- Faith; belief affirmed by the heart and expressed in action.
- Isnād إسناد
- The chain of narrators through which a hadith is transmitted.
- Juzʾ جزء
- One of thirty divisions of the Qur'an.
- Khushūʿ خشوع
- Humility and attentiveness of the heart in worship.
- Niṣāb نصاب
- The minimum wealth threshold at which zakat becomes due.
- Nūr نور
- Light. A central Qur'anic description of revelation and guidance.
- Qiblah قبلة
- The direction of prayer, toward the Kaʿbah in Makkah.
- Ṣadaqah صدقة
- Voluntary charity given for the sake of Allah.
- Sīrah سيرة
- The biography of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.
- Sunnah سنة
- The Prophet's ﷺ established practice and example.
- Tafsīr تفسير
- Explanation and interpretation of the Qur'an.
- Tajwīd تجويد
- The rules of precise Qur'anic recitation.
- Taqwā تقوى
- God-consciousness; guarding the heart and actions out of awareness of Allah.
- Tawḥīd توحيد
- The oneness of Allah in lordship, worship, and names.
- Wuḍūʾ وضوء
- The ritual ablution performed before prayer.
- Zakat زكاة
- The obligatory annual charity on qualifying wealth.
How to use these
Print, write, and return
These are working documents. Print them, write on them, keep them in the same place, and bring them to your teacher or study circle. A plan you can hold in your hand is a plan you are more likely to keep.
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