With 500 words you recognise 81% of the Qur’an’s text.
They are the most frequent ones of all. Recognising them is not the same as understanding every verse, but it is the base everything else is built on. Here you learn them with cards, games and a little book to flip through, in English and free.
Drag a corner or swipe to turn the page. The PDF is ready to print on A5; the ePub reads on Kobo, Apple Books and other apps.
The text, word by word
Each little square is worth 0.25% of the words written in the Qur’an. A few words occur very many times, which is why the first ones weigh so much.
Cumulative percentages. Words are counted by lemma, the dictionary base form.
Where to start
The first ten are mostly small words: prepositions, pronouns, “to say”, “to be”. They look like little, but they are the ones you meet in every line.
How to use it
The 500 words
In order of frequency. Search in Arabic, in English or by number.
Practise
Choose a group of words and an exercise. Your progress stays on your phone.