🇦🇪 the UAE — English-speaking families

Online Qur'an classes in the UAE — for children who speak English, not Arabic

Your child was born here, goes to a British or Indian curriculum school, and speaks English at home. The halaqa at the masjid is taught in Arabic, and they lose the thread in the first ten minutes. We teach one child at a time, in English, starting from the very first Arabic letter.

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✓ Al-Azhar certified teachers ✓ Female teachers for girls ✓ One-to-one, never a group ✓ UAE time (GST)

Your child is growing up in the UAE. Their Qur'an shouldn't wait.

The problem is rarely the child. It is that nothing available was built for a child who does not yet speak Arabic.

The lesson is in English — the Qur'an is in Arabic

Explanation, correction and encouragement all happen in a language your child actually understands. The recitation is Arabic from day one; the teaching around it is not.

No driving through Sheikh Zayed Road at 5pm

The lesson happens at your dining table. What used to cost ninety minutes of traffic each way now costs the length of the lesson.

One child, one teacher, every week

Not a weekend group of twenty where a shy child never reads aloud. The same teacher each week, who remembers exactly where your child stopped.

Al-Azhar certified, with an unbroken sanad

Every teacher is an Al-Azhar graduate, tested in recitation and Tajweed. Female teachers for girls — always available, never an exception.

After school, in your timezone

There is no time difference to work around: our teachers keep UAE evening hours. Book after school, after Maghrib, or on the weekend.

You see the progress in writing

A parent portal shows attendance, what was memorised, and the teacher's note after every single lesson. You never have to ask "how is he doing?"

Programmes — starting from zero Arabic

Every plan begins with a placement lesson, so your child starts exactly where they are.

Noorani Qaida — the Arabic letters

For a child who cannot read a single Arabic letter. Sound by sound, letter by letter, until they can open the Mushaf and read it themselves.

Tajweed and recitation

Correct pronunciation from the throat and the tongue, taught by demonstration and correction — not by memorising rules in a textbook.

Hifz — Qur'an memorisation

A graded plan with scheduled revision so what is memorised is not lost. Short surahs first, at a pace that fits a school week.

Arabic as a second language

Reading, writing and conversation for a child whose first language is English, Urdu, Tagalog or French.

Islamic studies for children

Aqeedah, prayer, and the Prophet's ﷺ life, told at a child's level and in a way that makes them love it, not fear it.

Ijazah with a connected chain

For the student who has completed and mastered the memorisation — a path to certification with qualified shuyukh.

How it works

Four steps, and the first one costs nothing.

Tell us about your child

Age, level, and what you want — memorisation, reading, or starting from the Arabic letters. Two minutes.

Free trial lesson

Meet the teacher, watch a real lesson, ask anything. No card, no commitment.

Fix a weekly time

Same teacher, same slot every week, UAE time (GST). You get a written plan.

Follow the progress

A parent portal with attendance, what was memorised, and the teacher's note after every lesson.

Families we teach across the UAE

Classes are online, so where you live changes nothing — the traffic no longer decides your child's schedule.

DubaiAbu DhabiSharjahAjmanAl AinRas Al KhaimahFujairahUmm Al QuwainJumeirahBusiness BayAl BarshaMirdifDubai MarinaKhalifa CityAl Reem IslandDiscovery Gardens
All lessons are booked in UAE time (GST, GMT+4). Your weekly slot is fixed in a written schedule, with a reminder before every lesson — and if the school calendar changes, the slot moves with it.

The scholars who certify our teachers — and teach here themselves

Every academy says “certified teachers”. These are ours, by name and position, with their chains of transmission published. They review what we teach, examine the teachers — and take students of their own.

Ustadh Wajid Nazih Ibrahim Hussein — Iqraa teacher reading Asim and Nafi (may God have mercy on them)
Ustadh Wajid Nazih Ibrahim Hussein
Chair
Iqraa teacher reading Asim and Nafi (may God have mercy on them) — Alexandria University
Teaches students
Sheikh Mohamed Salah Shafiq Mohamed — Guide to the affairs of the Holy Quran in Al-Azhar
Sheikh Mohamed Salah Shafiq Mohamed
Committee Secretary
Guide to the affairs of the Holy Quran in Al-Azhar — Holy Azhar
Teaches students
Dr. Mohamed El Metwally Saad Yahya El Maghraby — Secretary of the Bond Committee
Dr. Mohamed El Metwally Saad Yahya El Maghraby
Committee Secretary
Secretary of the Bond Committee — Egypt: Al-Azhar University.
Teaches students
Mohamed Elsayed Abdeslam — Secretary of Sindh Committee
Mohamed Elsayed Abdeslam
Committee Secretary
Secretary of Sindh Committee — Azharion Academy
Teaches students
Ustadh Walid Abdel Fattah Fathi Abdel Fattah — teacher
Ustadh Walid Abdel Fattah Fathi Abdel Fattah
Committee Secretary
teacher — Azharion Academy
Teaches students
Ahmed Abdulaziz Abdullah Ibrahim — Secretary of the Committee
Ahmed Abdulaziz Abdullah Ibrahim
Committee Secretary
Secretary of the Committee — Azharion Academy
Teaches students
See the full council and their credentials (+3)

Questions parents ask us first

Straight answers. If something here isn't right for your family, tell us before you book.

My child does not speak a word of Arabic. Is that a problem?

No — it is the most common way our students begin. The teacher explains in English and the child recites in Arabic. We start with the Noorani Qaida, which is designed exactly for this, and most children are reading simple words within a few weeks.

Can we have a female teacher for our daughter?

Yes. We have female Al-Azhar graduate teachers, and this is a standing option at booking — not something we arrange only if pressed.

How much does it cost in dirhams?

Prices depend on how many lessons a month and how long each lesson is, and are shown in AED on the pricing page before you pay anything. Families with two or more children get a discount, and the trial lesson is free.

What times are available for a child at school in Dubai?

Most families choose between 4pm and 8pm UAE time on weekdays, or a weekend morning. Our teachers keep UAE hours, so there is no time difference to negotiate.

What happens when we travel back home for the summer?

Tell us in advance and the lesson is postponed to another slot rather than deducted from your package — so you do not lose a lesson you paid for. Many families keep going through the holiday from wherever they are.

What do we need to join a lesson?

A phone, tablet or laptop and normal home internet. You get a link before the lesson and press it — there is no software to install.

Can I sit in on the lesson?

Yes, and we encourage it for younger children — especially in the first weeks. You are welcome in every lesson, without asking.

How is this different from a private tutor coming to our villa?

The teacher is an Al-Azhar graduate rather than whoever is available locally, the cost is a fraction of an in-person tutor in the UAE, there is no travel time, and every lesson is written up in a parent portal you can read at any hour.

Start with one free lesson

Meet the teacher, see how your child responds, then decide. Prices are shown in AED before you pay anything.

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