Learn to speak the language of the Qur'an.
Lisan an-Nabi revives the Arabic of the Prophet's time ﷺ, so that anyone can speak it again as it was spoken then: in a short daily phone call, not just from a book.
Not only understanding. Speaking.
If you know Arabic, you read the Qur'an and the Sunnah, yet the words and turns of phrase of that time rarely come to you in a conversation. Lisan an-Nabi is for people who want them ready: to say them at the moment the conversation calls for them.
The method in five steps
A short conversation every day
You call and talk with a character from the classical age: a Bedouin to whom the language scholars of Basra and Kufa came to collect the pure Arabic.
You say it the modern way, you hear it the classical way
What you say in modern Arabic or in your dialect comes straight back to you in its classical form, as part of the conversation and not as a correction.
From recognising to using it yourself
First you recognise an expression, then you say it when asked, and finally you use it by yourself. Only the last counts as ready.
Smart repetition
What you are about to forget comes back when it is needed; what you already master, the conversation leaves alone.
The goal
Having the right words ready, in a conversation or whenever you speak.
How the system was made
The Qur'an and the Sunnah were used linguistically to decide which words, expressions and ways of speaking you learn, and in what order. The classical poetry, proverbs and speeches of the Arabs show how that language was spoken in daily life. This is how you learn to speak the language of the Qur'an in the most efficient way.
After set 4 you recognise 0.8% of the classical words of the Qur'an that an Arabic speaker no longer uses today.
No verse or hadith is quoted anywhere: not in the lesson, not in the list and not on this site.
A few words and turns of phrase
أَصْلَحَ اللهُ الأَمِيرْ
May God set the prince right; a respectful opener before addressing a superior.
instead of لو سمحت يا أستاذ / حضرتك
أَصْلَحَ اللهُ الأَمِيرْ، أَتَأْذَنُ لِي فِي كَلِمَهْ؟
مَا إِخَالُكْ
I don't think you…; I don't reckon you will…
instead of ما أظنك / ما أعتقد أنك
مَا إِخَالُكَ تَتَأَخَّرُ عَنْ مَوْعِدِنَا غَدَا.
أَلَا حَيّْ
Do greet (someone)! Give someone my greetings.
instead of سَلِّمْ لِي عَلَى فُلَانٍ
أَلَا حَيِّ أَخَاكَ عَنِّي إِذَا لَقِيتَهْ.
فَمَا فَعَلَتْ أُمُّكْ
And how is your mother? (lit. what did your mother do), asking after someone's wellbeing or fate.
instead of وكيف حال أمك؟ / شو أخبار أمك؟
مَرْحَبًا بِكْ، فَمَا فَعَلَ أَخُوكَ الَّذِي سَافَرْ؟