A little reading, together

Choose a starting book

Iqra, also written Iqro, is a step-by-step approach to learning to read Arabic. Iqra Quest covers Books 1–3, with 30 lesson pages in each book and Book 1’s final evaluation and alphabet reference. It is a practice companion, not a complete Arabic language course.

• Book 1: letter sounds with fathah.
• Book 2: joined letters and long ‘aa’ sounds.
• Book 3: kasrah, dammah, and short and long vowel patterns.

If you are unsure where to begin, ask your child’s teacher to listen to a few pages. It is fine to revisit a familiar page.

Follow a simple routine

1. Open the page and listen to its sounds.
2. Let your child read and try a short practice activity.
3. Listen as they read the page aloud. Give them time to look at the letters and vowels.
4. Mark the page ready when you are satisfied with their reading. They will receive a farm gift.

Keep practice comfortable and stop before your child becomes tired. A teacher can help with pronunciation and deciding when to move on. The app does not automatically assess pronunciation.

About the audio

Book 3 includes teacher recordings for every exercise. A question mark (?) identifies recordings that may contain a pronunciation mistake and still need checking with a teacher.

Every exercise across Book 1’s 31 reading pages uses the teacher’s Book 1 recordings. Its isolated sounds are arranged in the printed order, with complete recorded groups used where checked. Every exercise across all 30 pages of Book 2 uses a recording from Madrasah Rahmaniyyah. Normal playback preserves the teacher’s timing, including long vowels. Words without recordings use your device’s Arabic voice or bundled audio files. Audio supports practice and does not replace a qualified teacher. The recording activity lets your child hear themselves. Their recordings stay on the device and are not scored.

Keep your progress

Progress is saved in this browser, on this website address. It does not automatically follow you to another device or browser. Clearing browser data can remove it.

Use Move or back up progress to save a file and import it on another device or from the old Railway address. Keep the file somewhere private: it includes the learner’s name and progress.

If no backup is available, the profile’s Restore progress option lets a parent choose the last completed page. It marks earlier pages complete and checked, so use it only for work your child has already finished.

Use it in a lesson

Share a book page with a family, or open a particular page in the learning app. Check the page image with the book you use; editions and page numbering can differ. Iqra Quest currently supports one learner profile per browser.