Your Way to the Quran (Workbook)

Your Way to the Quran (Workbook) is a complete, worksheet-driven course designed to take a student all the way from first acquaintance with the Arabic letters to reading the Quran independently. Written by experienced Quran teacher Said Hassan Dhore, its primary aim is to push the boundaries of Arabic literacy and nurture a genuine love of reading and writing in the learner. By the permission of Allah, a student who completes this course will not only be able to read the Book of Allah with little help from an instructor, but will be eager to continue their journey with the Noble Quran. And is there any better gift a parent can give a child than the ability to read and understand the Book of Allah?

The book’s method is built on a simple, proven principle: reading and writing reinforce one another. Rather than teaching them separately, the author combines reading and writing practice within the same carefully sequenced worksheets, so that recognizing a letter and forming it by hand grow together. Across 170 pages of clear, two-color worksheets, students steadily strengthen the essential skills they need to read Quranic script accurately and confidently. The generous, structured layout makes the book equally suited to a teacher delivering a full curriculum and to parents guiding their children at home, lesson by lesson.

Presented as a sturdy 7.5" × 10.75" paperback (first edition, 2023), this workbook is ideal for use at home, in the masjid, and in weekend and full-time Islamic schools. It fits naturally into a complete learning path from the same author: younger beginners can start with Play with Arabic (Workbook), build their foundations with 14 Essential Arabic Lessons (Workbook), and reinforce their reading with Beginners Arabic Reading. Once a student can read with confidence, they are ready to graduate to reciting from the Quran itself with titles such as Juz ‘Amma for School Students and Juz Tabarak (Part 29 of the Quran).

About the Author

Said Hassan Dhore is originally from Somalia and resides in Nashville, Tennessee. He memorized the Book of Allah at a young age at the masjid of Sheikh Ali Sufi in Mogadishu, Somalia. After arriving in the United States, he began teaching the Quran at his local masjid and, by the mercy of Allah, guided many students to read and write the Quran with proper Tajweed. He went on to found the Tajweed Center of Tennessee, which he continues to run and operate, where students learn Arabic reading, writing, and Quran memorization alongside discipline and good character. He has also taught Arabic at Valor Collegiate Academy, a preparatory charter school in Nashville. Drawing on these years in the classroom, he has authored several books on reading and writing Arabic with the aim of teaching students the Quran — of which this workbook is one. In addition to his Islamic studies, he holds a bachelor’s degree in Management and Leadership from Trevecca Nazarene University.

May Allah make his work fruitful, bless his teachers and his parents, and reward him with the highest reward; indeed He is able to do all things and has power over everything. Aameen.