Your plan
- Review Surah Al-Fil
- Practise ghunnah together
- Build a five-minute home habit
- Share a report after 4 weeks
Ustadha Mariam
KOTTAB INSTITUTE · live learning
Live Qur’an and Arabic lessons
1-to-1 online lessons with native Arabic-speaking teachers from Egypt, including Al-Azhar graduates. A placement assessment first, a written plan, and a progress report after every cycle.
- Free 30-minute trial
- Al-Azhar & Ijazah-certified teachers
- Progress report every 4 weeks
- Lessons in your time zone
How it works
Three steps, each with something written down for you.
- 01
Free trial & placement
A 30-minute live lesson where the teacher assesses reading, recitation and confidence. You receive the placement result in writing within 24 hours.
- 02
Your plan & teacher match
We match your child with a teacher by level, age, personality and time zone, and share a written 4-week plan before the first paid lesson.
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Lessons + reports every 4 weeks
Regular live lessons, a short note after each one, and a three-part progress report at the end of every 4-week cycle.
Meet your teachers
Native Arabic-speaking teachers from Egypt, including Al-Azhar graduates, observed and supervised every cycle.
Ustadha Mariam H.
Noor Al-Bayan · Children 4–8
Al-Azhar University, Faculty of Qur'anic Studies · ijazah in Hafs
Children 4–8
Ustadh Omar K.
Hifz · Tajweed · Teens
Al-Azhar graduate · ijazah in Hafs 'an 'Asim with sanad
Teens · Adults
Ustadha Nour A.
Quranic Arabic · Root-based vocabulary
BA Arabic Linguistics, Cairo University · Tajweed certificate
Children 7–12 · Adults
Ustadha Salma R.
Women's circles · Tafsir
Al-Azhar, Faculty of Islamic Studies for Women
Adults · Women
Programmes
Every programme starts with placement and follows a written lesson standard.
نور البيان
1-to-1Group of 3–5
Qur'an Reading Foundations (Noor Al-Bayan & Al-Qaidah An-Nooraniyyah)
From recognising letters to reading the Qur'an directly from the mushaf, without major errors in letters and vowels.
Children 4–6 · Children 7–12 · Teens · Adults · Women
from $40/month
حفظ
1-to-1Group of up to 6
Qur'an Memorisation (Hifz)
Step-by-step memorisation with proper recitation and Tajweed, the way it was revealed.
Children 7–12 · Teens · Adults · Women
from $40/month
تجويد
1-to-1Group of up to 6
Basic Tajweed
The essential rules of recitation, taught after reading and before advanced Tajweed.
Prerequisite: Qur'an Reading Foundations (or equivalent reading ability)
Children 7–12 · Teens · Adults · Women
from $40/month
اكتشف
Group of up to 61-to-1
Quranic Arabic Discovery — Season 1: Understand Al-Fatiha
Ten episodes, one Arabic root each, until your child understands what they recite in every salah.
Season 2 in development
Children 7–12 · Children 4–6
from $28 per student per 4 weeks
العربية
1-to-1Group of up to 6
Arabic Language
The four skills, grammar, vocabulary and real-life communication — the master key to the Qur'an and Sunnah.
Children 7–12 · Teens · Adults · Women
from $40/month
علم
1-to-1Group of up to 6
General Islamic Studies
What every Muslim needs for daily worship — beliefs, purification, prayer, the pillars and a Muslim's character.
Can be combined with any recitation or memorisation programme
Children 4–6 · Children 7–12 · Teens · Adults · Women
from $40/month
What makes us different
The Kottab system
Written lesson standards, regular teacher observations and three-part reports for parents.
Read about our method- 01
Written lesson standards
Every lesson follows a documented structure: warm-up, review, new learning, practice, and a closing win. Parents know what a lesson should contain.
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Supervised teachers
Each teacher is observed regularly on four axes: structure, relationship, scientific accuracy, and language for non-Arabic speakers.
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Reports that open a conversation
Three parts: today's win, where we're still working, and one thing to do at home. Short enough to read, specific enough to act on.
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Meaning before memorisation
Children learn what the words mean as they learn to recite them, so the Qur'an becomes something they understand, not only repeat.
Progress report
Amina, 7
Reading Foundations · Cycle 3 · 4 weeks
01Today's win
Amina read the whole of Surah Al-Ikhlas from the mushaf without help, with correct harakat on every word.
02Where we're still working
She still confuses ح and ه when they appear in the middle of a word. We'll spend five minutes on this at the start of each lesson.
03One thing to do at home
Ask her to read Al-Ikhlas aloud to you once before bed, and point to each ح as she says it.
Sample parent report
The three-part parent report
Written by the teacher, reviewed by a supervisor, and short enough to read in a minute.
Inside a lesson
Example lesson plan
Surah Al-Fil
- 01Warm-up & revision
- 02New learning & correction
- 03Practice & a closing win
Questions families ask
Start with one free lesson.
Thirty minutes, a written placement result, and no obligation to continue.