Surahs for Salah for New Muslims
Surahs for Salah for new muslims, taught one to one in 45-minute lessons, 1–3 lessons a week. A working set of short surahs to recite, memorised properly rather than half-learned.
45-minute lessons1–3 per week
Lesson length and why
Forty-five minutes, with time set aside for questions. Nothing is assumed as already known, including vocabulary other students take for granted.
Where most students start
No Arabic, and often no background knowledge to hang it on. Frequently learning to pray at the same time as learning to read.
What is expected at home
None.
How long it takes
Surahs for Salah typically runs 10–28 weeks at 1–3 lessons a week. The range is wide because it moves with revision between lessons more than with anything that happens in them.
What is covered
- 1Al-Fatihah in depth
- 2Six to ten short surahs
- 3Tajweed within them
- 4Rotating them in prayer
What usually gets in the way
Specific to new muslims — these are the things that actually derail progress for this group.
- Being taught by people who assume prior knowledge
- Terminology used without explanation
- Needing salah before reading fluency
By the end
- Enough surahs to vary every prayer
- Correct recitation of each