🇬🇧 United Kingdom — families who speak English at home

Online Qur'an classes in the UK — one child, one teacher, in English

Your child was born here, goes to a British school and speaks English at home. At madrasah there are thirty children in the room and the lesson is in Urdu or Arabic, so they read once a week for ninety seconds and come home tired. This is the other option: half an hour, one teacher, in English, at a time that fits the school week.

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✓ Al-Azhar certified teachers ✓ Female teachers for girls ✓ One-to-one, never a group ✓ UK time (GMT/BST)

Your child is growing up in Britain. Their Qur'an should not wait for Saturday.

Nothing here is a criticism of the madrasah. It is a different thing, for a different job — and most of our UK families keep both.

Thirty children, or one

In a madrasah class of thirty over ninety minutes, your child reads aloud for about ninety seconds. In a one-to-one lesson of thirty minutes, they read for twenty-five. That single number is the whole difference.

The teaching is in English

Explanation, correction and encouragement in the language your child actually thinks in. The recitation is Arabic from the first lesson; the teaching around it is not in a language they are still guessing at.

No 5:30 drop-off, five days a week

No second school run in the dark, no waiting outside the masjid in January, no choosing between madrasah and football practice. The lesson happens at your kitchen table.

Al-Azhar graduates, with an ijazah where it matters

Every teacher is an Al-Azhar graduate, tested in recitation and Tajweed before they teach here. Ask to see the ijazah and we will tell you which teachers hold one with a connected chain.

Female teachers for girls — as standard

Not a request you have to make twice. You select it when you book and a qualified female teacher is assigned.

You can see what happened, in writing

A parent portal with attendance, what was memorised, and the teacher's note after every lesson. You stop having to ask a tired nine-year-old how it went.

Programmes — starting from zero Arabic

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

Noorani Qaida — starting from the letters

For a child who cannot yet read a single Arabic letter, including one who has sat in madrasah for two years and still cannot. Sound by sound, until they open the Mushaf and read a line alone.

Fluent reading of the Mushaf

The step most children in the UK are missing: moving from memorised-by-ear surahs to actually reading the page in front of them.

Hifz — memorisation with revision built in

A written plan at a pace that survives a British school week, with scheduled revision so last term's surahs are still there next term.

Tajweed, corrected out loud

Makharij and the rules taught by demonstration and correction on what your child is actually reciting — not rules copied into an exercise book.

Arabic as a second language

Reading, writing and conversation for a child whose first language is English — so recitation stops being a sequence of sounds with no meaning.

Adults and reverts, from zero

A patient, private lesson for an adult who never learned, or who accepted Islam and is starting at the alphabet. No class to feel behind in.

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, UK time (GMT/BST). 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 UK

Lessons are online, so your postcode changes nothing — and there is no second school run at half past five.

LondonBirminghamManchesterBradfordLeicesterLutonBlackburnLeedsSheffieldGlasgowCardiffBoltonSloughNewcastleNottinghamDewsbury
All lessons are booked in UK time. Our teachers are in Cairo — two hours ahead in summer, one in winter — so a 5pm or 6pm slot after school is an ordinary working evening for them, not a favour. Your weekly slot is written down, with a reminder before each lesson, and it moves with half-term rather than being lost.

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 goes to madrasah already. Why would we add this?

Most of our UK families do both, and for different reasons. Madrasah gives community, the masjid, and friends who are also memorising — things a screen cannot give. What it cannot give a class of thirty is individual correction. One lesson a week here covers the gap: your child reads for twenty-five minutes instead of ninety seconds, and gets a plan built on their own level.

My child has been at madrasah for two years and still cannot read Arabic. Is that normal?

It is very common, and it is not usually the child. Large classes teach by repetition, so a child can memorise a great deal by ear without ever learning to decode a letter. The fix is not more of the same — it is a short one-to-one run through the Noorani Qaida, which usually takes a few months rather than years.

What times can we book after school in the UK?

Most UK families take a slot between 4pm and 8pm UK time on weekdays, or a weekend morning. Our teachers are in Cairo, an hour or two ahead, so those are normal working hours for them and the slots are genuinely available — not squeezed in.

Can we have a female teacher for our daughter?

Yes, and it is a standing option rather than a special arrangement. You choose it when you book and a female Al-Azhar graduate is assigned.

How much does it cost in pounds?

It depends on how many lessons a month and how long each one is. Prices are shown before you pay anything on the pricing page, there are no registration or material fees, and families with two or more children get a discount. The trial lesson is free.

What happens during half-term and the summer holidays?

Tell us in advance and lessons are postponed rather than deducted from your package. Many families keep going through the holidays from wherever they are — the lesson travels with the laptop.

Do your teachers have an ijazah?

All our teachers are Al-Azhar graduates, and some hold an ijazah with a connected chain of transmission. If that matters to you, say so before you book and we will match you to a teacher who holds one.

Can I sit in on the lesson?

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

What do we need at home?

A phone, tablet or laptop with a camera and microphone, ordinary home broadband, and a quiet half hour. There is nothing to install and nothing to buy.

Is the trial lesson really free?

Yes — a full lesson with the teacher who would continue with you, with no card details and no commitment. The teacher gives you a written assessment of where your child actually is, which is worth having even if you decide not to continue.

Start with one free lesson

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

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