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Quranic Arabic: understand what you recite

Many of us recite Al-Fatiha and the short surahs every day without knowing what each word means. Learn them here word by word, so that next time you pray you know what you are saying.

Start with Al-Fatiha

Surahs word by word

Surah Al-Fatiha

الْفَاتِحَة

The Opening · 7 verses

Surah Al-Asr

الْعَصْر

Time · 3 verses

Surah Al-Fil

الْفِيل

The Elephant · 5 verses

Surah Quraysh

قُرَيْش

The tribe of Quraysh · 4 verses

Surah Al-Ma‘un

الْمَاعُون

Small Kindnesses · 7 verses

Surah Al-Kawthar

الْكَوْثَر

Abundant Good · 3 verses

Surah Al-Kafirun

الْكَافِرُون

The Disbelievers · 6 verses

Surah An-Nasr

النَّصْر

Help · 3 verses

Surah Al-Masad

الْمَسَد

Twisted Fibre · 5 verses

Surah Al-Ikhlas

الْإِخْلَاص

Sincerity · 4 verses

Surah Al-Falaq

الْفَلَق

Daybreak · 5 verses

Surah An-Nas

النَّاس

Mankind · 6 verses

Prayer and common words

Words of the prayer

From the takbir to the salam: everything said in the prayer, with pronunciation and meaning.

Common Quran words

40 words that appear again and again in the Quran, with flashcards and a quiz.

How to use these pages

  1. Take one verse at a time. Tap each word to hear it and read its meaning.
  2. Then read the meaning of the whole verse and see how the words fit together.
  3. In your next prayer, recite it with those meanings in mind.

Quran text from the Tanzil Project. Word meanings and translations are written by Harf to help learners; they are not a full translation or tafsir. The Listen button uses your device’s voice for single words. It is not a recitation, so listen to a qari for proper tajweed.