Yusuf Mullan

What’s the purpose of the small alif that appears after a double fatha (ـً) in Arabic, like in عَمْرًا?

3 days ago | [YT] | 18

Yusuf Mullan

Most people think vowels are just there to make words pronounceable.
In Arabic, they do a lot more.

Every vowel tells you something about meaning; who did what, when it happened, and how the words in a sentence relate to each other.

Once you understand that, the whole language starts making sense.
You stop memorizing random word lists and start seeing how meaning is built.

That’s why I always say: if you understand how Arabic uses vowels, the language suddenly becomes logical, even easy.

👉 Watch the full 4-minute explanation here:
https://youtu.be/sdP_yupG4h8

4 days ago | [YT] | 72

Yusuf Mullan

I’ve argued for over 20 years that this is the feature that makes Arabic unique and superior to every other language, nothing else even comes close.

If you want to see it explained clearly in 4 minutes, check out the new video below 👇

5 days ago | [YT] | 32

Yusuf Mullan

How important is it to you to be able to read Arabic confidently without vowels (tashkeel)?

1 week ago | [YT] | 21

Yusuf Mullan

Can you actually “read” this?

It doesn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny ipmortnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat lteter be at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit porbelm. Tihs is bceusae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe.

Now try this one:

Big ccunioil tax ineesacrs tihs yaer hvae seezueqd the inmoecs of mnay pneoenisrs. A dootcr has aimtdd the magltheuansr of a tageene ceacncr pintaet who dieid aetfrr a hatospil durg blendur.

This little experiment is often brought up when people talk about reading Arabic without tashkeel.

The claim is that grammar doesn’t really matter.

As long as you know the words and you’re familiar with the topic, you’ll still be able to understand.

It sounds clever, but it’s completely misleading.

The reason you could read those English sentences is because the words themselves never change their role.

In Arabic they do.

Every vowel determines function and meaning.

So this experiment doesn’t prove grammar is unimportant.

It only shows that English doesn’t depend on vowels or structure the same way Arabic does.

It confuses recognizing familiar words with actually inferring meaning from grammar.

And that confusion is exactly what keeps Arabic learners stuck.

Check the pinned comment for my latest video where I explain what the ability to read un-voweled Arabic actually represents and how you can achieve it in as little as 2 months (or 6 if you're studying part time):

1 week ago | [YT] | 37

Yusuf Mullan

What matters most if I want to read Arabic without vowels?

1 week ago | [YT] | 19

Yusuf Mullan

📘 Week 1 Lesson Summaries (Free PDF)

A lot of people have been asking what our Premium students actually study in the live program, so I put together something special.

These are the full written summaries for all 3 lessons from Week 1 — the same lessons students are preparing for this Saturday’s class at 8:15 am.

They cover how Arabic meaning is built from vowels, patterns, and structure — and how grammar fits into that bigger picture.

If you’ve been following the public YouTube lessons, you’ll recognize most of the ideas here, but seeing them developed in full context is a completely different experience.

I’m preparing summaries like this for every single week — all 20 weeks of the first semester — so you can imagine how structured and deliberate this journey really is.

👇
drive.google.com/file/d/1qXnUZ-hHaZtCkGUsjCtBpLXO5…

1 week ago | [YT] | 25

Yusuf Mullan

This is what happens when you stop memorizing isolated vocabulary and start learning Arabic the right way, with structure, strategy, and the clarity to actually understand what you’re reading.

If you’ve been on the fence, this is the time to join. Our new semester of live classes begins this Saturday, and once it starts, registration will close for about six months.

🔗 www.shariahprogram.ca/2-year-online/
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1 week ago | [YT] | 63

Yusuf Mullan

Most Arabic programs either skip grammar altogether or drown students in rules that never translate into real reading ability.

What we do is different. We teach a small, high-impact core of grammar and morphology first, just enough to start reading an actual book almost immediately and build unstoppable momentum.

This new video is proof that it works. You’ll see exactly how the transition happens, no shortcuts and no gimmicks, taught transparently here on YouTube before anyone ever joins a paid class.

🎥 Watch the full session here:
👉 https://youtu.be/ydIaWpTSoUU

2 weeks ago | [YT] | 23

Yusuf Mullan

So I posted the Qasas an-Nabiyyin video earlier today. Link is in the pinned comment. It’s the complete 40 minute lesson students would watch immediately after completing the introductory theory in the third week of class.

I also summarized the main points of the lesson in this six page PDF. You can either read the summary first and then watch the video, or keep it open while watching.

Like the post if you find the summary beneficial.

✅ 6-page summary of all topics covered in the lesson:
drive.google.com/file/d/1AfrDt569CeUp2oy75MUzWh5z0…

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