Mubeen Arabic Institute | Online Classical Arabic for Homeschooled Children 7+
Classical Arabic for homeschooled students, ages 7+ بلسان عربي مبين

The madrasa way into Arabic, made clear for a new generation.

Mubeen takes students by the hand into the classical Islamic sciences, building strong logical thinking through the study of language. It is taught by teachers trained in traditional madrasas, the way the scholars have always taught it.

See the learning path Courses & pricing
8classical texts
3sessions a week
3–6students per pod
The sunlit courtyard and main iwan of the Ghiyathiyya Madrasa in Khargird, Iran
Detail of a Persian miniature showing a school scene
Ghiyāthiyya Madrasa, Khargird, completed 1444. Inset: a school scene, Tabriz, c. 1540.
بِلِسَانٍ عَرَبِيٍّ مُّبِينٍ

al-Shu‘arāʾ 26:195 · “in a clear Arabic tongue”

Mubīn means clear, and also making things clear. It is the word the Qur’an uses for the language it was revealed in. That is our aim for every student: Arabic that stops being a wall of unfamiliar script and becomes a clear window onto the Qur’an, the Sunnah, and the books of the scholars.

About ما هو مبين؟

Taught by students of the madrasa, in the spirit of the madrasa.

The Mubeen course was created by a team of teachers deeply rooted in traditional Islamic . All of them were formed the madrasa way, through years of study under scholars in Cairo, Istanbul, Konya and Madinah. The course is led by a holder of in the Islamic sciences, and the rest of the team are on the same path.

They are inspired by our scholarly ancestors, who held that building true intellectual and academic is far more important than memorising scattered pieces of information. A student with malakah can open a new book and read it. That is the goal.

The view from a student's room through an open wooden door onto the madrasa courtyard
The view from a student’s ḥujra (cell) onto the courtyard of the Ghiyāthiyya.
المنطق

A logical approach to language

Our method rests on a logical analysis of Arabic: a careful examination of vocabulary (), a precise link between each word and its meaning, and comparisons with the languages students already know.

أربع مراحل

Four stages, one road

Language first (the Madinah Books), then reading (Qaṣaṣ al-Nabiyyīn), then ṣarf, then naḥw. Each stage puts the one before it to work.

المعيد

A real scholarly environment

We revive the traditional role of the . Each week, beyond the two lessons, a teacher sits with the students as mu‘īd to review, practise and question what they learned, building a true .

من طالب إلى معيد

From student to mentor

As students advance, our aim is for them to return as mu‘īds themselves. It is an old principle of the madrasa: to truly master a subject, you must teach it.

Mubeen is not only a language course. It is an entry into the classical methods and scholarly environment of the Islamic intellectual tradition.

The tradition we teach in مجالس العلم

Five hundred years of the same scene: a teacher, a book, and students around them.

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The learning path المنهج

Eight books, from the first sentence to the classical texts of naḥw.

Like the rooms around a madrasa courtyard, each book is a door. Open one to see what your child will be able to do by the end of it.

The first five books take . The last three are paced by the students’ level: we put depth before speed. All durations are approximate. Stages: language · reading · morphology () · syntax ().

The path is a guide, not a fixed rule. Depending on the students’ level, and in consultation with parents, a book may sometimes be changed, added or skipped. After al-Ājurrūmiyyah, families choose: continue with the full madrasa curriculum, or stop there with a solid foundation.

Arabic is the first stage. Courses in the sciences built on it, including ḥadīth, tafsīr, ‘aqīdah and fiqh, will be announced later, in shā’ Allāh.

A week at Mubeen الدرس والمذاكرة

Two lessons to learn it. One session to own it.

Double-page miniature: Sa'di meets a young student in the mosque of Kashgar, with a teacher and pupils in an iwan
Sa‘dī and the youth of Kashgar, Bukhara, 1547. In the story, Sa‘dī finds a young student in the mosque reciting a grammar book: ضَرَبَ زَيْدٌ عَمْرًا, “Zayd struck ‘Amr”. Students have been learning with that sentence for a thousand years.
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With the lead instructor

Core lesson one

New topics and concepts are introduced, with exercises until the student reaches a solid understanding.

2
With the lead instructor

Core lesson two

The week’s material continues and deepens, again worked through with exercises.

3
With the mu‘īd

review

The student discusses the week with the mu‘īd, practises further, and questions the concepts critically under guidance.

3 sessions a week × 4 weeks = 12 sessions every month, in every programme.

Courses & pricing الرسوم

Private classes or learning pods. Work out your monthly tuition.

Format
Students from your family
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Monthly tuition

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Private: $200 for 1 · $300 for 2 siblings · $400 for 3 · 4+ custom family plan Pods: $120 per student a month Payment starts after the two free sessions · cancel before any new month
Questions parents ask أسئلة شائعة

Before you enrol.

مجلسان مجانيان

Two free sessions. Every new student begins with a free lesson and a free muthākarah, so your family can see how Mubeen teaches before paying anything.

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Is there a free trial?

Yes. Every new student gets two free sessions: one core lesson (dars) and one review session (muthākarah). Both take place inside a running class, so your child sees a real lesson. You only pay if you decide to continue.

What ages do you teach?

Students start from age 7. Classes are grouped and paced by level, so younger beginners and teenagers each learn at the right speed.

How does placement work?

During the free sessions your child joins a running class. The teacher assesses their level as the lesson goes on, then decides where in the curriculum they should begin.

Does every student study all eight books?

The path is a guide, not a fixed rule. Depending on the students’ level, and in consultation with parents, a book may sometimes be changed, added or skipped. The durations shown are approximate, and the last three books are paced by the students’ level.

How long is each session, and when are classes held?

Each session lasts 45 minutes to an hour. Days and times are agreed together between your family and the institute’s administration, so the schedule fits your home and your time zone.

Where do classes take place?

Online, on Zoom or Google Meet. Lessons are interactive: students read, answer, and discuss throughout rather than only listen.

Are the lessons recorded?

Yes. Every lesson is recorded, so students can rewatch the explanation while reviewing or catch up if they miss a session.

When and how do we pay?

Payment starts only after the free trial sessions, once you decide to enrol. Tuition is paid monthly and covers 12 sessions (two lessons and one muthākarah each week).

Can we cancel?

Yes. You can cancel at any time before the start of the next month. There is no long-term commitment.

Our team فريقنا

Years in the madrasas of Cairo, Istanbul, Konya, Madinah and beyond.

قونية

Four of us, one city. Four of the team studied in Konya. Three are tied to Madrasah al-Falāḥ and Shaykh Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ al-Ghursī, as his students or as a holder of his .

Ustadh Bilal Cooper

Ust. Bilal (Brett) Cooper

& Mu‘īd
Kansas→Virginia→Jordan→Cairo→Istanbul→Konya→Kurdistan

He has taught Arabic for six years, privately and online for Fawakih Arabic Institute (USA).

Full biography

After accepting Islam at 16 in Kansas, Bilal earned a Bachelor’s in Education (Curriculum & Teaching) from the University of Kansas, serving as MSA President while studying Arabic and Qur’an locally. During university he completed summer intensives at Fawakih Institute (Virginia) and Qasid Institute (Jordan).

After graduating he spent 18 months in Cairo, graduating from Nile Language Center (Markaz Al-Neel) and studying the Arabic sciences with private scholars. He then studied three years in Istanbul at Fatih Institute under Shaykh Mahmoud Dahla al-Dimashqi, and two years in Konya at Madrasah al-Falāḥ under Shaykh Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ al-Ghursī. He is now continuing his traditional studies in Kurdistan, Iraq, at a branch of Madrasah Beyarah al-Sharifah.

Ustadh Ilyas Farris

Ust. Ilyas Farris

Mudarris & Mu‘īd
Morocco·Istanbul·Konya·Madinah

A seeker of knowledge (ṭālib ‘ilm) who has spent over ten years studying the traditional sciences of Islam at madrasas in Morocco, Istanbul, Konya and Madinah.

Ustadh Ismail

Ust. Ismail

New Jersey→Kurdistan

A Rutgers graduate in History who went on to study the traditional Islamic sciences at the Madrasa of Beyarah al-Sharifah in Kurdistan, Iraq.

Full biography

He holds a BA in History with a minor in Middle Eastern & Islamic Studies from Rutgers University, with an Honors Scholar distinction.

After university he studied the traditional Islamic sciences (Arabic grammar, morphology, eloquence, Shāfi‘ī jurisprudence, logic and philosophy) with scholars in Kurdistan, Iraq, at the illustrious Madrasa of Beyarah al-Sharifah, following the traditional Ottoman-Kurdish curriculum.

He has also worked as a tutor in the US, taught the traditional Islamic sciences, and helped translate into English the catalogue of Islamic manuscripts of the Ministry of Endowments in Sulaymaniyah, Iraq, together with the University of Exeter (UK).

Ustadh Kevin Abdullah Marshall

Ust. Kevin Abdullah Marshall

Co-founder
Konya·University of Dallas

A keen student of traditional liberal-arts pedagogy, Br. Kevin studied Arabic grammar and morphology at Madrasah al-Falāḥ in Konya while pursuing a master’s in classical education at the University of Dallas as a Braniff Fellow.

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He is the founding organiser of Our Islamic Homeschool, a co-founder of Mubeen Arabic, and a homeschooling father of four.

Shaykh Mumin Hussein

Sh. Mumin Hussein

Founder & Administrator
Egypt→Konya

An educator and researcher of the Islamic sciences as preserved in the Ottoman intellectual tradition, specialising in dialectical theology and the Arabic instrumental sciences.

Full biography

His specialities include morphology, grammar, logic, debate methodology, philosophy of language and the disciplines of rhetoric. He holds a master’s degree in dialectical theology from Necmettin Erbakan University (Konya, Turkey) and an ijāzah ‘ilmiyyah in the Islamic sciences from Shaykh Muḥammad Ṣāliḥ al-Ghursī.

Library المكتبة

Talks, texts and resources from our classes.

The classical children’s kuttab

How did Muslim children first learn to read? In this Our Islamic Homeschool community webinar, Sh. Mumin Hussein traces the kuttab, the primary school of early Islam, from the first century AH to a mature and lasting model: who taught, what children learned beyond memorisation, and how the school day ran.

Inside the talk

  1. 0:00Opening
  2. 0:06Introduction by Kevin Marshall
  3. 3:47Sh. Mumin Hussein: why the kuttab
  4. 4:51The origin and evolution of kuttabs
  5. 6:26Defining the kuttab
  6. 16:26Voices from the first century AH
  7. 18:59From service to profession
  8. 22:36Beyond Qur’an memorisation
  9. 32:23Insights from early fatwas
  10. 37:12Core and optional subjects
  11. 41:04A disciplined day
  12. 43:28Why outside the mosque?
  13. 46:49A mature and lasting model
  14. 49:25Questions and answers
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Words you will hear مصطلحات

A short glossary for parents and new students.

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