Ustaz Quran

coined for an adept scholar. Common usage for the word Ustādh in modern standard Arabic is for professors on a tenure-track appointment. in many Arab countries, this term is used in the school as a title for the teachers. This etymological definition and modern Arabic usage of the term is of course quite different from our usage of it in the west. The word Ustādh is normally used in the west for a budding scholar showing evident signs of an intermediate level of study. In the east, this term is used in many different ways including the one mentioned above.

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The founder

Sheikh Mahmoud Youssef Ellaboudy; was born in Alexandria, Egypt. He had a bachelor's degree in Education and a diploma from the Preachers institute, he memorized the Quran and he got the Ijzah of reading the ten styles of Qira’at. Then he moved to the United States and worked in many schools and Islamic centers, he lectured Tajweed at the Islamic University of Minnesota as well as supervisor of the Ijazah Program, he was also the principal of the Al-Jazari institute for Qur’anic studies and supervisor of the Ijazah Program. Sheikh Mahmoud helped establish the Hifz Program at Al-Amal school in Fridley and he is supervising it. Sheikh Mahmoud taught the Holy Quran to many students from different backgrounds and they completed memorizing the Quran with his assistance. He wrote some articles and little searches that cover strategies for teaching the Quran and how to ease Quran memorization, especially for those who are non-Arabic speakers.