"I looked at the Word of God
and tears came to my eyes"
The personal journey of Marcel Krass, from frustrated convert to developer of a revolutionary learning method.
The Beginning
Over 30 years ago
I became Muslim over 30 years ago. I was 18 years old at the time and I can still remember how I sat in the mosque at the very beginning, opened a Quran. On one side was the German translation, on the other side the Arabic text. I just looked at this Arabic text and thought: Wow. Tears came to my eyes.
As a child, I liked to go outside at night and look at the starry sky. I often asked myself: What must the one who created all this be like? This awe accompanied me all my life. And now I sat there, in the mosque, looking at the Word of God, the Word of the One who created heaven and earth.
We humans, we are a few beings on a speck of dust, lost in the void of the universe. And this Creator of heaven and earth has directed words to us. I felt that many don't really appreciate this. For them it was so normal, so self-evident. But it blew my mind. I was completely amazed.
The Frustration
Why traditional methods fail
I wanted to learn to read the Quran. So I went to a friend who wrote down the 28 Arabic letters on a white sheet and explained the pronunciation. Then I opened the Quran and thought I could read, but that wasn't the case at all.
28 letters at once
Way too much for an adult
Many symbols
That weren't letters
Difficult letters
Right at the beginning
Much later I asked myself: How would I have wished someone had explained to me how to read the Quran? And I took a white sheet and started from zero.
The Three Revolutionary Ideas
One Letter Per Lesson
Instead of 1 lesson with 28 letters: 28 lessons with one letter each. Plus a bit of accessories, special characters like Fatha, Damma, Kasra.
Easy Letters First
20 letters are very easy, 8 are difficult (Qaf, Ha, Ayn...). Why start with the difficult ones? The 20 easy ones first, the 8 difficult ones at the end.
Most Frequent Letters First
We start with the letters that appear most frequently in the Quran. This way you can read real Quran words from lesson 4!
Stories for Every Letter
The Letter Jim
An example of our learning method
The letter Jim looks like the tip of an airplane, the nose of a Jumbo Jet. And the pilot of this Jumbo Jet is called 'Jim'. That's the dot under the Jim. This Jim jumps out of the plane, that's why the dot is under the letter, because he lost his job. Jim, Jumbo Jet, Job lost. That's the letter ج (J).
Every one of the 28 letters has a memorable story like this.
Your Progress
What you achieve at each phase
Lesson 4
First Quran Words
With only 4 letters you already read real words from the Quran. 30 of the most common words per lesson.
Lesson 19
First Verses
You read the first complete verses from the Quran – even though you don't know all the letters yet!
Lesson 28
Course Complete
Over 50% of all Quran words practiced, 84 word patterns learned (11,000 words), 100+ verses read.
Become a Hasanat Millionaire
For every letter you read in the Quran, you receive 10 Hasanat. We built in a counter so you can see how many you collect.
Hasanat collected by one sister
Many of our students become Hasanat millionaires by the end of the course.
Suitable for Everyone
From 8 to 70+ years
Children
From 8-9 years
Professionals
With little time
Single Parents
Flexible learning
Seniors
70+ years
2.000+
Students in Germany alone
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