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The Madinah Series of Curriculums.

How Tajweed, Hifzh and the General Sciences relate, who each is for, and the complete path from a first-time reader to a confident student of the sciences.

What makes it different

Traditional Islamic scholarship, written for English speakers, and structured specifically for adult learners, not adapted from a children’s curriculum.

Twenty-plus years in development by Madinah Education and Training, refined against real classrooms across fifteen countries.

Inside the books

Photographs of the printed curriculum: the lesson pages, the practice tables and the progress records a teacher works from.

An open Madinah Series lesson page showing Arabic reading practice
A lesson page
A fluency progress table from a Madinah Series workbook
A progress record
Madinah Series Tajweed titles laid out together
The Tajweed track
A Madinah Series Tafseer book open on a reading stand during a Dawrah
October 2025

The full pathway

Every student’s journey starts the same way, then branches based on where they want to go.

1Book 1The Basics
2Book 2Building Fluency
3Book 3iRead or Theory, see below
→ThenTafseer, Hifzh, or the wider sciences

Book 3: iRead or Theory?

The one decision point most students ask about.

iRead, Tajweed by Observation

Recommended for most students
  • Learn rules by ear and repetition
  • Faster path to confident recitation
  • The path most students take

Theory, Tajweed by Principles

For in-depth academic study
  • The same rules, taught through formal theory
  • For students who want to understand the “why”
  • A common choice for future teachers

Who developed it

The Madinah Series is developed by Madinah Education and Training. Individual book authors are credited on their respective book pages. Author credits pending

About the organisation behind it