Ustādh Faris SharifUstādh Faris Sharif · As-Sharif Institute · Upon the Manhaj of the Salaf

Memorised in Jeddah.Trained in Makkah. Studying in Madinah.

Qurʼān & TajweedḤifdh CoachingClassical Arabic

One-to-one online lessons for Muslims in the UK, Europe, North America, and Australia. One teacher who corrects you, builds a plan around your level, and sees the same student lesson after lesson — not an app, not a group class, not a recorded course.

Ḥāfiẓ of the Qur'ān · Diploma in Arabic Language Teaching, Umm Al-Qurā University (90%, Excellent) · Bachelor's student, Islamic University of Madīnah · Tazkiyah from Ustādh Abdul Aziz Al-Haqqan · Salafi Manhaj

Pricing by enquiry · Limited places

Jibreal, UK, learning to read from zero. In his own words. See why, specifically →

First session · 30 min · Diagnostic

One-to-one, never groups. A real limit on how many students I can teach well. When places are full, new applicants join the waiting list. 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 🇩🇪 🇫🇷 🇳🇱 🇨🇦 🇦🇺 · Lessons taught in plain English — accessible if English is not your first language Beginners welcome Pricing by enquiry, agreed before your first lesson 14-day refund if you change your mind Not a marketplace: the same named teacher throughout, never rotatedSalafi Manhaj · Qur'an & Sunnah

The path, in order

1

Qaidah An-Nooraniyah

The letters, then real reading confidence.

2

Qur'an Reading & Tajweed

Correct recitation, ruled and drilled.

3

Hifdh & Arabic Language

Memorisation and the language itself.

4

Al-Ājurrūmiyyah

Classical Arabic grammar — the foundation of Islamic scholarship.

5

Revision & Mastery

Keeping it, for the rest of your life.

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Real students · Their own words

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Madinah Arabic Reader Book 1 in 9 weeks, from the beginningFinished Sūrah al-Kahf, his first time everFather of 3, full-time in IT, lessons Fridays 6:30am for almost a yearReading with real confidence, starting from zero
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Ustādh Faris Sharif

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Hafidh of the Qur'an, certified and examined at 90% (Excellent). Diploma in Arabic Language Teaching from Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah. Memorised at Masjid Al-Aziziyah, Jeddah, under a Sheikh holding Ijazah — direct transmission, not self-taught online.

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Who this is for.


  • You want a real teacher correcting you, every lesson, not an app or a recorded course
  • You've tried apps, group classes, or recorded courses before and stopped — and you know a real teacher is what was missing
  • You have a full-time job or a demanding schedule — lessons are built around your life, including early mornings, evenings, and weekends
  • You're ready to start now, not "eventually" or "once things calm down"
  • You'd rather pay properly for something that works than pay less for something that doesn't
  • This isn't for you if you're looking for the cheapest option
  • This isn't for you if you want to try before committing to a real plan
  • This isn't for you if you're not ready to actually start yet

None of that is a judgement, plenty of good options exist for people earlier in that decision. It just means this specific page works best for people who are already there.

Included free, for every student

Your memorisation, tracked. Every page.


Every student gets a personal Hifdh tracker: the whole muṣḥaf, page by page, marked as it settles in your heart. Not “I think I'm around Juz 25.” The actual, real number, always in front of you.

It can't catch a mispronounced letter, or tajwīd slipping quietly in. That's still what the lessons are for. But tracking your own progress, honestly and clearly, is free from day one.

Illustrative example

254 of 604 pages memorised

Memorised · In progress · Not yet started

A path, not a menu.


Every plan is one to one, with one named teacher throughout. Not a platform. Not whoever's available. One person who knows where you are, every single lesson.

Most students follow this path in order. Tell us where you're starting from and we'll agree the rest together. Arabic isn't sold here as a separate course — it's the second half of the same journey, taught by the same teacher who taught you to read.

The path ends with you reading, memorising, and understanding the Qur'an in its own language. Every step here is a step toward that.

1

Qaidah An-Nooraniyah

2

Qur'an Reading & Tajweed

3

Hifdh Coaching

4

Arabic for Islamic Studies

5

Qur'an Revision & Mastery

Step 1For absolute beginners

Qaidah An-Nooraniyah

Starts at the letters and builds up. No shame in starting at zero. Most students do.

  • 30-minute lessons, however often suits your schedule
  • Practice assignments to work through before each lesson
  • Progress tracked by reading speed and accuracy
  • A signed certificate of completion from Ustādh Faris when you finish — a token of appreciation for the effort you put in
  • What free content misses: Free apps teach the letters. They can't hear that you're mispronouncing a makhraj: you can repeat the same mistake for months before anyone catches it.
Taught using the official Qaidah An-Nooraniyah app (Furqan Group)

A real result

“I feel more confident with reading now. I want to get to the point where I don't struggle at all, and with you, I think I'll get there.”

Jibreal Alsubari · UK

Pricing by enquiry

Step 2For reading beautifully

Qur'an Reading & Tajweed

You practice the rules of tajweed letter by letter. Ayah by ayah, until it becomes natural.

  • 30-minute lessons, weekly or more, whatever fits your life
  • Weekly homework recording, reviewed and corrected
  • Before and after recordings, so you hear your own progress
  • What free content misses: Free Tajweed content is everywhere, and it can teach you the rule. It can't tell you that you personally aren't applying it. That gap only shows up when someone actually listens to you recite.

A real result

“Last night around 2 AM, I grabbed my Arabic Qur'an and, with already what you have taught me, I was able to read Sūrah al-Fātiḥah and a page of Sūrah al-Baqarah, slowly, but I got there.”

Ismael (Flavio) · UK · revert

Pricing by enquiry

Step 3For memorising the Qur'an

Hifdh Coaching

Once your reading is solid, you get a personal memorisation plan. We review and adjust it together every week.

  • 30-minute lessons, weekly or more, whatever fits your life, plus a recorded correction
  • A personal Hifdh tracker — the full muṣḥaf, page by page, updated after every lesson
  • A clear revision schedule to follow between lessons
  • Monthly mastery test across everything memorised
  • What free content misses: Self-testing has a real, well-known blind spot: verses you half-know always feel more solid than they are until someone else tests you on them, not you.

A real result

“The speed of which I'm memorising — I've not done it by myself. When you do memorising, you need a teacher.”

Tanzeel · UK

Pricing by enquiry · can be taken alongside Arabic for Islamic Studies

Step 4For strong Qur'an readers, ready to go deeper

Arabic for Islamic Studies

Once your Qur'an reading is solid, you start real classical Arabic. The same course taught at the Islamic University of Madinah — spread across 8 books instead of 3, so no step is too big. Most online Arabic courses stop at Book 2 or 3 and call it fluency. This goes all the way through.

  • 30-minute lessons, weekly or more, whatever fits your life, checkpoint by checkpoint
  • Madinah Arabic Reader, Book 1 through Book 8
  • Followed by A Commentary on al-Ājrūmiyyah, in English
  • What free content misses: A free course can teach you that the mudāf ilayh takes a kasra. It can't tell you that you specifically keep putting a fatḥah there instead, until that becomes the way you read, permanently.
Arabic for Islamic Studies

Taught as part of our curriculum. We do not sell this book.

A real result

“Alhamdulillah, today I finished Madinah Arabic Reader Book 1 with Ustadh Faris. We started this book on the 1st of December, and finished it having covered everything properly.”

Moosa · Started 1 Dec, completed 28 Jan

Note: Completing this programme is not a guarantee of direct admission to a Saudi university bachelor's degree. Admission decisions belong to the university. As far as I know, every non-Arab applicant — regardless of Arabic level — must complete at least one year in the university's own Arabic Language Institute for non-native speakers before entering a faculty. What this programme gives you is the actual curriculum in advance, so you arrive prepared.

Pricing by enquiry · solid Qur'an reading required

Step 5For staying fluent afterward

Qur'an Revision & Mastery

For students who've memorised, and want to keep it — fluent, accurate, and for life.

  • 30-minute sessions, weekly or more, focused on revision technique
  • A clear Juz-by-Juz revision plan
  • Time-stamped corrections on your recordings
  • What free content misses: Practicing alone doesn't catch drift: the small errors that creep into memorised recitation over months without anyone there to notice they've crept in.

A real result

“Thank you for your help. In sha Allah I will be fluent once again in my reading. Long way to go yet, but with the help of Allah we will get there.”

Abu Rayaan · UK · father of 3, full-time in IT, lessons Fridays 6:30am for almost a year

Pricing by enquiry

Most students take one path at a time, but if you'd like to combine two or more, we're happy to arrange a single personalised rate for both.

Family following the Saudi curriculum abroad? See the Saudi Islamic Studies Syllabus (Grades 1–9) →

Why the 8-book path works

Same course. Eight steps instead of three.


The Madinah Arabic Reader is typically taught across three large books. Here it is taught in eight, so no step is too big for a beginner. Same grammar, same classical sequence — same destination.

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  • 3-book route. Three large jumps. Many beginners stall in the middle.
  • 8-book route. Eight small steps, one book at a time.
  • Same destination. The course taught at the Islamic University of Madinah.

Every lesson has the same four parts.

This is how the book is built, so you always know what comes next.

  1. 1ConversationYou start with a real dialogue in Arabic.
  2. 2ExercisesYou read and write what you just heard.
  3. 3Points to rememberThe grammar in plain steps, so nothing is unclear.
  4. 4VocabularyNew words listed and locked in at the end.

“Now I can even form my own sentences.”

— Nuh, Germany. Started from zero. Finished Book 1 in 9 weeks.
Find your planSee the full path

Arabic starts once your Qur'an reading is solid. We teach the course. We don't sell the books.

What students say, in their own words.


Shared directly by students, with their permission.

Real students, across 7countries. Every outcome below is a student's own words, not a summary.

Voice note · recorded live on a lesson call · shared with permission

“Very beneficial, Ustaad. You're doing a very good job for me, Alhamdulillah. Having a teacher that's Salafi — it's a big difference.”

“Hifz was the thing that was missing from my life. Even just 10 pages — it has a very deep effect. With my Iman, generally with my worship, it's much better, Alhamdulillah.”

Abu Hadiyah · USAQuran MemorisationSalafi methodologyIman impact

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Jul 2026 · 1 min 23 sec

Voice note · recorded live on a lesson call · shared with permission

“Alhamdulillah, I've already seen a lot of improvement — reciting more fluently, and correctly. Even working full-time, the flexibility makes it very easy.”

“100% I would recommend this — not just reading, but understanding the tajweed rules.”

Mohammed · USAQuran & Tajweed3 months inWorks full-time

🎙 Hear it from Mohammed

Oct 2026 · 1 min 26 sec

Voice note · recorded live on a lesson call · shared with permission

“Alhamdulillah, it's going good — I'd give it 9 out of 10.”

Working through the Madinah Arabic Reader from Book 1, Jan is building a real foundation in classical Arabic — vocabulary, grammar, and reading — in structured one-to-one lessons.

Jan · GermanyMadinah Arabic ReaderBook 1 in progress9 / 10

🎙 Hear it from Jan

Aug 2026 · 2 min 17 sec

Finished Book 1: Madinah Arabic Reader

“I just finished the first book of Madinah Arabic Reader with Ustadh Faris, and it went really well. He explained things clearly and made sure everything was easy to follow.”
Hamza Sohaib, USA

Recitation and memorisation both strengthened

“I really appreciate the lessons given by Ustadh, he explains very well and simply the concepts of tajweed, he helped me a lot to better my recitation and to strengthen my memorization.”
Mansour, France · revert

Finished Sūrah al-Kahf, his first time ever

“After these lessons I have been able to finish Sūrah al-Kahf for the first time in my life. I was never able to get close to finishing it. And my relationship with the Qur'an has gotten way stronger.”
Berkay, Netherlands

Reading with real confidence, starting from zero

“I feel more confident with reading now. I want to get to the point where I don't struggle at all, and with you, Alhamdulillah, I think I'll get there. So far, so good.”
Jibreal Alsubari, UK

Values precise correction, even on subtle Tajweed details

“The lessons are helpful, alhamdulillah. I can tell your tajweed is very good. I like to be corrected on the small things too, even the little details, and that's something I really appreciate.”
Darian Raouf, Germany

Madinah Arabic Reader Book 1 in 9 weeks, from the beginning

“I started learning Arabic with Ustadh Faris about two months ago, and all I can say is that my Arabic has improved very much. The lessons not only helped me to understand more, but now I can even form my own sentences. This is something I've never been able to do before, and I'm really grateful and proud of this.”
Nuh, Germany

Finished Madinah Book 1, fastest progress, top test score

“I have just finished Madinah Book 1 with Ustādh Faris, alhamdulillah. I found his teaching style to be very clear and easy to understand, and we were able to pace it according to how I was going.”
Abū Lujayn, Australia

Madinah Book 1: started 1 December, completed 28 January

“Alhamdulillah, today I finished Madinah Arabic Reader Book 1 with Ustadh Faris. We managed to complete the book with the help of Allah, and we started this book on the 1st of December. I would like to thank Ustadh Faris for his efforts and would highly recommend him for Qur'an and Arabic language lessons.”
Moosa, Qur'an & Arabic student

From no Arabic at all to reading, in one year

“I had no knowledge of any Arabic and this was a big barrier for me. I didn't know whether I should learn how to read, memorise Qur'an or learn tajweed. I felt overwhelmed with where to start, and for a very long time I was stuck. He broke down the plan step by step and made it easier for me. Fast forward a year, alhamdulillah I am able to read Arabic and pronounce letters better than before.”
A revert brother, UK, name withheld for privacy

Father of 3, full-time in IT, lessons Fridays 6:30am for almost a year

“Thank you for your help. In sha Allah I will be fluent once again in my reading. Long way to go yet, but with the help of Allah we will get there.”
Abu Rayaan, UK

As they were sent

Feedback from Shafey Gohar, Canada for As-Sharif Institute
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Want to be next?

Find your plan

Not ready yet? Start with the free booklet

What we don't do.

Said plainly, not as a selling point.


Trust isn't a feature to advertise. It's tested by what happens when nobody's watching. Here's what that actually looks like here, named plainly instead of left for you to hope is true.

No manufactured urgency

One teacher genuinely has a limited number of students he can take at once. That's stated plainly, as a real constraint.

No discount games

The rate you're quoted isn't inflated so it can be 'reduced' for you. If there's a real constraint, that's a personal conversation, never a marketing tactic.

Every testimonial is real, and consented

Named students, their own words, permission asked before anything is shared: on camera, in writing, every time.

No automated chasing

If you don't reply on WhatsApp, that's respected. We move on.

Free means free

The guide, the Tajweed Companion sample, the roadmap: they are genuinely free. There is no follow-up designed to pressure you into paying.

From first salaam to first lesson.


Private mentorship, personally priced. The exact plan is agreed together before anything begins.

  1. 1

    You tell us where you are

    A quick message or the short form above. We need to know your level and what you're aiming for — that's how we find your starting point.

  2. 2

    We discuss your goals

    Your level, what you're aiming for, and how often you'd like to learn. One lesson a week is enough to make real progress — more is always an option.

  3. 3

    We agree your plan

    A plan shaped around you. Nothing starts until you're happy with it.

  4. 4

    We agree on payment

    The method that suits you best. Monthly, if that's easier. A genuine constraint is a conversation, not a negotiation.

  5. 5

    Your lessons begin

    One teacher, just for you. Online, one-to-one, on a platform you know.

A few quick questions.


A few quick questions helps us match you with the right plan, and reply at the right pace.

Most people who mean to start never do, not for lack of sincerity, but because there was never a set time and no one expecting them. A few questions — that is where it changes.

Question 1 of 8

A little about you

Who will be studying?

Has the time not come?

Don't wait for Ramadan.


Every year someone returns to the Qur'an, Allah welcomes them like they never left.

A year of du'as made without understanding them can still become years of understanding them, starting today.

The Qur'an doesn't ask why it sat on the shelf while your phone, your work, your worries took the years instead. It only asks you to pick it back up.

Allah has been near this whole time. Closer than you think.

The years still ahead of you are yours to make right.

أَلَمْ يَأْنِ لِلَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَن تَخْشَعَ قُلُوبُهُمْ لِذِكْرِ اللَّهِ وَمَا نَزَلَ مِنَ الْحَقِّ

“Has the time not come for those who believe, that their hearts should be humbled at the remembrance of Allah and what has come down of the truth?”

Surah Al-Hadid · 57:16

This ayah was sent down for believers who had grown distant. Allah is asking us.

Has the time not come? It has.

Not next Ramadan. Not when life calms down. Not when your Arabic is better.

Tomorrow. Five ayat. The same time. With a teacher who is expecting you.

Step 1

Get the booklet on WhatsApp.

We'll send you the 7-page guide. Read it tonight, on your phone.

So we can route you to the right person to follow up.

We send the PDF once. You can ask us to remove your number any time.

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