The Deeniyat Syllabus from LKG to Grade 10: A Complete Map

Ask a parent what his child studies in Islamic school and you will usually hear a book title or two, and very little else. What families actually want is the whole map: which book comes in which class, what a child should be able to read by the end of each year, and how the pieces connect. This is that map of the Deeniyat syllabus at Al Hashmi Academy — a class-by-class account running from LKG to Class 10, built on the Academy’s graded book progression. It shows how a four-year-old begins with the letters of the Arabic Qaeda and a Class 10 student finishes with Aqaid and Fiqh, with the Quran, Seerat, Arabic and Namaz carried steadily through the years between.

How the Deeniyat Syllabus Is Built

Four principles hold the progression together, and they are worth understanding before looking at the class list:

• Reading before everything else. The earliest years are given to letters, sounds and simple words, because a child who cannot read the Quran cannot benefit from any subject that follows it.
• Worship taught as practice, not information. Namaz begins in Class 3 as something learned and performed, and is consolidated in Class 4 through Attahiyat, Durood-e-Ibrahim and Dua-e-Masoora.
• Language carried alongside belief. Arabic readers (Minhajul Arabia, then Faizul Adab) run in parallel with Seerat, Aqaid and Fiqh, so the student grows in the language of the tradition at the same pace as its content.
• Modern subjects never displaced. Deeniyat receives a daily 60-minute period and is assessed out of 100 marks, while English, Mathematics, Science, Kannada and Social Studies are taught every alternate day under the Academy’s 70/30 balance.

Every class below should be read with that last point in mind: this is one half of a two-part education, not the whole of it.

Foundation Years: LKG and UKG

The two kindergarten years are entirely about foundations — script, sound, and the smallest unit of memory a child can carry with confidence:

• Reading: Noorani Qaeda, the classic primer through which the child learns the Arabic alphabet and their combinations.
• Arabic vocabulary: memorising the alphabets together with 50 Arabic words, so the script becomes meaningful rather than decorative.
• Quran: Sura-e-Fatiha, Sura Asr and Sura Ikhlas — short, frequently recited passages the child will hear and use every day.
• Memorisation: 5 Ahadees, 3 Kalime, and the everyday duas of eating, sleeping, entering and leaving — the vocabulary of a Muslim child’s day.

By the end of UKG, the child recognises his letters, can recite what his family recites, and has begun to understand that this reading belongs to him.

Classes 1 and 2: Baghdadi Qaeda and Yassarnal Quran

Primary school is where reading turns into fluency. The primer changes and the first sustained contact with the Quran begins:

• Reading: Baghdadi Qaeda, which carries the student beyond the alphabet into fluent joining and recitation.
• Quran: Yassarnal Quran, taken in stages — first the earlier verses (1–3), then the following ones (4–10).
• Short suras: Sura Feel, Sura Quraish, Sura Ma’un, Sura Kafirun, Sura Falaq and Sura Naas — the cluster of short suras every Muslim recites in daily prayer.
• Memorisation: 5 Ahadees and 2 Kalime, deepening what began in kindergarten.

The aim of these two years is unglamorous and essential: by the end of Class 2, the child should read Quranic Arabic with his own eyes, not wait for someone to read it for him.

Classes 3 to 5: Quran Terminals and Learning Namaz

The middle primary years introduce the graded terminals of the Quran and make worship practical:

• Class 3: Quran-e-Majid 1st Terminal (7 pare); Tamir-e-Adab (Part 1); 10 Ahadees; and Learning Namaz — the child now learns to pray as prayer is actually offered.
• Class 4: Quran-e-Majid 2nd Terminal (10 pare); Tamir-e-Adab (Part 2); and the memorisation of Attahiyat, Durood-e-Ibrahim and Dua-e-Masoora, the core of every rak’ah a Muslim will ever pray.
• Class 5: verses 11–20; Tamir-e-Adab (Part 3); and 10 Ahadees with the Masoora Duas — consolidating both the reading and the vocabulary of practice.

It is also in Class 5 that modern schooling and Hifz meet for the first time: this is the entry year of the Academy’s Hifz-ul-Quran Plus programme, in which memorisation runs at a 70/30 balance beside English, Mathematics and Science.

Classes 6 to 8: Arabic, Naql-o-Imla and Seerat

The upper primary and early middle years widen the curriculum from practice into language, expression and history:

• Class 6: verses 21–30; Minhajul Arabia (Part 1) — the first structured Arabic reader; Tamir-e-Adab (Part 4); and Naql-o-Imla, dictation and transcription, which trains the student to hear precisely and write accurately.
• Class 7: Minhajul Arabia (Part 2); Tamir-e-Adab (Part 5); and Seerat-e-Rasul-e-Akram, completed — the life of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ studied whole, not in fragments.
• Class 8: Minhajul Arabia (Part 3); and Seerat: Tareekh-e-Habeeb-e-Ilahi, completed — the beloved of Allah through the history of his ummah.

By the end of Class 8, the student has finished the Arabic reader series, can handle dictation, and has read the prophetic biography twice over in two different treatments — the point at which Seerat stops being stories and becomes a reference point for his own conduct.

Classes 9 and 10: Faizul Adab, Aqaid and Fiqh

The secondary years carry the student into the subjects a thinking adult Muslim needs — advanced language, articulated belief, and applied jurisprudence:

• Class 9: Faizul Adab (Part 1), an advanced Arabic reader; continued Arabic study; and Seerat.
• Class 10: Faizul Adab (Part 2); Aqaid — Kitab-ul-Aqaid, the articulation of belief; and Fiqh — Bahar-e-Shari’at (Part 1), a discourse on beliefs, together with Anwar-e-Shari’at, a discourse on purity.

Class 10 is also the SSLC year, and the balance accordingly moves to 20% religious and 80% modern study so the board examination is met properly. Even at that reduced share, the student finishes school having studied Aqaid and Fiqh as subjects — not as slogans he inherited, but as texts he has read, examined and can explain.

Frequently Asked Questions

Which books start the Deeniyat syllabus in the earliest years?

Kindergarten begins with Noorani Qaeda, along with the alphabets and 50 Arabic words, short suras (Fatiha, Asr, Ikhlas), 5 Ahadees, 3 Kalime and the everyday duas. Classes 1 and 2 then move to Baghdadi Qaeda and Yassarnal Quran, progressing from verses 1–3 to 4–10 and a set of short suras including Feel, Quraish, Ma’un, Kafirun, Falaq and Naas.

When does a child begin reading from the Quran itself?

First sustained contact comes in Classes 1 and 2 with Yassarnal Quran, and the graded terminals begin in Class 3 with the Quran-e-Majid 1st Terminal (7 pare) followed by the 2nd Terminal (10 pare) in Class 4. Verse ranges continue through Classes 5 and 6 (11–20 and 21–30 respectively), so the reading is incremental rather than overwhelming.

What does a student study in Classes 9 and 10?

Class 9 covers Faizul Adab (Part 1), Arabic and Seerat. Class 10 covers Faizul Adab (Part 2), Aqaid through Kitab-ul-Aqaid, and Fiqh through Bahar-e-Shari’at (Part 1), a discourse on beliefs, and Anwar-e-Shari’at, a discourse on purity. Modern subjects dominate Class 10 under the 20/80 SSLC balance.

How much of the school day is Deeniyat?

Deeniyat is a daily period of 60 minutes, assessed out of 100 marks. Across Grades I–IX the curriculum is weighted 70% Deeniyat and 30% modern education, with English, Mathematics, Science, Kannada and Social Studies timetabled every alternate day; in Grade X the weighting shifts to 20/80 in favour of the SSLC subjects.

Read the Map, Then Walk It

The value of this map is that nothing in it is left to chance: Noorani Qaeda leads to Baghdadi Qaeda, Yassarnal Quran leads to the Quran-e-Majid terminals, Minhajul Arabia leads to Faizul Adab, and Seerat, Namaz, Aqaid and Fiqh are placed at the ages a student can actually absorb them — all of it inside a 60-minute daily period, with modern subjects protected beside it.

To see where your child would begin this progression, browse the Al Hashmi institutions across Bijapur and Dharwad, or explore earlier curriculum writing on our blog.