Explanation of The Madinah University Arabic Language Course For Non-Native Speakers By Shaykh Hussain ibn Ahmed Al'Ali Book 1

The Madinah University Arabic course by Dr. V. Abdur Rahim is the most widely used Arabic curriculum for English-speaking students in the world — internationally recognized, taught at the Islamic University of Madinah's language institute, and used in Islamic schools and masajid globally. But for students studying without a qualified teacher, the existing lesson keys often fall short of providing the grammatical depth needed to truly understand what is being taught.

Explanation of the Madinah University Arabic Language Course — Book 1, translated and compiled by Anwar Wright from the explanation of Shaykh Hussain ibn Ahmad Ali — one of the renowned teachers of the University's language program — fills that gap. It provides the scholarly grammatical explanation that students need to build a genuine foundation in Arabic, not just surface familiarity with the exercises.

What This Book Covers

A Scholar's Explanation of Book 1

Shaykh Hussain Ali's explanation goes through the Madinah Book 1 systematically — clarifying the grammatical principles, explaining why the rules work the way they do, and providing the depth of understanding that makes the course genuinely effective rather than mechanical. Students who work through this explanation alongside Book 1 will understand Arabic grammar at a level that the course alone does not fully achieve.

Core Grammar of Qur'anic Arabic

Book 1 of the Madinah course covers the foundational elements of Arabic grammar: noun phrases, basic sentence structures, gender and number, the definite article, and the early vocabulary that recurs throughout the Qur'an and Sunnah. This explanation unpacks each of these with the precision of a trained Arabic grammarian.

About the Compiler

Anwar Wright is a graduate of the Islamic University of Madinah and an Arabic instructor who recognized the need for a scholarly explanation of this course available in English. Published by Anwar Wright.

Who This Book Is For

Students working through Madinah Book 1 without a qualified teacher, and those who want a deeper grammatical understanding of what they are learning. Best used as a companion to the original Madinah Book 1 rather than as a standalone text. Book 2 explanation also available.