Languages
Arabic, Malayalam, English and Hindi. Reading, pronunciation, phrasing, writing, composition and the thinking behind them.
Try it yourself
Open a real lesson, right here
These are the sheets our students work through in class, and they run here in your browser exactly as they do in a live session — and every one of them is playable. No sign-up, nothing recorded, nothing sent anywhere.
Arabic
Learning to read Arabic
A child starts with one letter. They colour it in, write it by hand, then hunt for it, pop it and catch it until spotting it is instant — and the games change letter as they go, because recognising ب is not the same as knowing the alphabet. Then they meet the letters that share its shape and differ only by dots, the vowel marks that change how it sounds, and the way letters change shape as they join. And then, without any single step having been hard, they are reading words.
Every sheet below is one step of that. They are not in teaching order here — the strip leads with the range rather than with four colouring sheets in a row. Open any of them.
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Qur'an
Reading the Qur'an
Reading the Qur'an is not the same skill as reading Arabic, and we do not treat it as though it were. A sūrah is worked through from several directions: heard first, then understood, then the tajwīd rules coloured in and explained, then found, ordered and recited, and finally held from memory.
Below is one sūrah — al-Kawthar — approached every one of those ways in turn, which is closer to what a week of lessons actually looks like than the same number of different sūrahs would be.
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Signs in creation
The world He made
Water, iron, mountains, the two seas, the sun and moon, the expanding universe — each one looked at properly, and read alongside the āyah that describes it. The science is taught as science; the wonder is left where it belongs.
Each sign is written three times over, for ages 5–8, 8–13 and 13 and up. Open the water cycle at both ends below and you can see exactly how the same sign is pitched to a six-year-old and to a teenager.
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A small sample of our library, which grows every term.
Where and when we teach
Every class, every country, on one screen
Our teachers hold classes for families across Europe, the Middle East, Asia, North America and Australia. Choose a flag to see what a parent there has said, and the time it is for them right now.
Right now, for our families
- Sydney
- Hong Kong
- Mumbai
- Dubai
- Makkah
- Berlin
- London
- Toronto
A day on the platform
The timetable, hour by hour
We teach across every time zone from Australia to Canada, so while one family is at breakfast another is finishing the day — and there is nearly always a class running somewhere. Each one carries its own teacher, coordinator and breakout room, the countries joining it, and a countdown to the minute it begins, in your time.
What your child studies
Every subject on one timetable, with one set of teachers
Qur’an and Arabic, maths and science, languages, mental arithmetic and character — all taught live, in batches of two to four, by teachers who know your child by name. Enrol in one subject or in every one of them; the timetable is built around your week either way.
Holy Qur’an
Recitation with Tajwid, taught letter by letter from the makhārij, with a child-friendly explanation of meaning running alongside it from the first lesson — and Hifz for those memorising.
Moral Studies
Honesty, patience, respect and responsibility, worked through situations a child actually meets rather than rules recited back — the sibling, the classmate, the thing nobody saw them do.
Abacus
Soroban abacus from the first bead to mental calculation without one. Children who stay with it add and subtract four-digit numbers in their head — and the concentration carries into every other subject.
Academic tuition
Maths, science, English and social studies taught to your child’s own school syllabus — CBSE, ICSE, IGCSE or a state board — by a teacher who sees the same child each week and knows which topic went wrong last time.
Our curriculum
Every strand carries the same thread
We do not teach values on one evening and the world on another. The same thread runs through every subject above.
Islamic Studies & Ethics
Knowing the Creator, and what that knowledge asks of a person.
The Qur’an with Tajwid and Moral Studies, taught as one subject rather than two: what was revealed, and what it asks of a person on an ordinary Tuesday. The ethics half works from situations a child actually meets and asks them to decide out loud, with reasons — not from a list of rules to recite back.
Science & Innovation
Studying creation closely enough to recognise the Creator in it.
The school syllabus taught properly, and taught as the study of what Allah made. A lesson on the water cycle is a lesson on the water cycle — the evaporation, the diagram, the test — and it ends with one question that has no mark scheme. The connection is made by asking, never by asserting.
History & Social Studies
What people built, and what they owed each other while building it.
How civilisations borrowed from one another and what each owed the last: numerals that travelled from India through Baghdad into Europe, surgery and navigation passed between people who never met. For a child growing up between two cultures, the point is that these are not two stories but one.
Language & Literature
Understanding what is said, and being understood in return.
Arabic to read the Qur’an and to understand it, and Malayalam, English or Hindi for home, school and the people they will write to. A child who can recite beautifully and cannot explain their deen to a classmate in that classmate’s language has been equipped for half their life.
Character, Work & Service
Becoming a productive person who is of use to the people around them.
Doing honest work well, finishing what you start, carrying your share. Habits of work come first — attention, persistence through the difficult part, a job checked before it is called done — then the confidence a small class makes possible, then service, which is the point of the other four.
Parents on Bustan
In their own words
Notes families have sent us, unedited. Step through them with the arrows.
As we are living in Belgium for quite some time and our kids started going to school here, we were looking for different ways to teach them Quran and Islamic studies, something similar to our childhood madrassa classes back home in Kerala. Luckily, one of our friend in Germany mentioned Bustan online classes for children of similar ages, where well trained teachers around the world manage such classes. Bustan class format is well adapted to kids, with daily updates on the topics covered and quarterly evaluations. Teacher is friendly with the kids and gives adequate care to the daily lessons. Every week, our daughter waits for the classes to start and now within 3 months she had improved a lot in reciting surahs, dua’s, adhkars, Islamic knowledge etc. To summarize, Bustan Online has really exceeded our expectations.. Jazakallah!
Recently we moved from Saudi Arabia to Germany . There were several thoughts which disturbed my mind which mainly included Islamic education for my kids here in Germany . In all aspects including culture , language etc is entirely different from KSA. 'Alhamdulillah' - we came to know about this huge blessing with Bustan e-Learning. I really appreciate the teachers in this platform who are working really hard and putting their maximum efforts on the importance of tajweed and understanding . May Allah bless all the people behind this project generously and make it even more successful in future .
Bustan is a professional and a very reliable online madrasa. I am quite happy and satisfied with teaching methods that Bustan follows. The best part is your feedback is well heard and taken seriously by the administration.
It’s a great platform to help kids learn Islam especially for those who live in non-Islamic countries. We have been very happy with the quality of content and the teachers alhamdulillah.
Bustan e-Learning has been a very engaging, interactive and learning process. Some of the plus points of the class, is the varied topical learning, from language till fikh. Even though it is online the class is very interactive and interesting for the kids to learn. Good time management for each topic
Wonderful initiative by Bustan e-Learning by imparting Islamic education remotely to kids who are not able to learn due to certain limitations like place ,time etc .The teachers are well trained and they make each lesson interesting for the kids .Wishing the team behind this project all the success in the future .
My kids joined Bustan in 2017 and we see an excellent improvement in the language study, moral education and Quran learning. Some of the crash courses offered by Bustan helped my kids to prepare the subject taught in the Indian school to have an easy transition in India after we moved from Germany.
After attending Bustan online Islamic classes, my daughter has developed so many islamic habits in daily life.It also helps to develop interest to know the stories of prophets.She is very interested and really enjoying the class.
What sets us apart
Why choose Bustan e-Learning?
The reach is on the map above. This is what a class is actually like.
Small classes, or one to one
Batches are built around what a child needs rather than the other way round: one to one where that is right, otherwise a group of two to four. Small enough that no child waits their turn to be noticed, and small enough that a teacher can slow down for the one who needs it without holding back the one who does not.
Teachers who know your child
A multilingual, multicultural faculty with deep subject knowledge, trained to teach Islamic values and modern education as one thing rather than two. Because the batches are small, the same teacher sees your child each week — and remembers what they found hard last time.
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Taught in English
English is our medium of instruction. Tajwid, meaning and adab are explained in the same language as mathematics and science, so that a lesson is understood rather than simply followed.
Where a child is more comfortable in Malayalam, Arabic, Hindi or Urdu we teach them in that instead, and we correspond with you in whichever you prefer — from the placement call to the termly review. Malayalam is also taught as a subject in its own right, for families who would like their children to keep it.
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Around your week, wherever you are
Licensed software and our own platform mean a class can be wherever a laptop or tablet is. Times are arranged around your family’s week — school, work and time zones — rather than fitted into ours.
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Faith and school in one timetable
Academic excellence and moral education taught together. Qur’an, Arabic and character sit on the same platform as maths, science and the school syllabus, so the two never compete for the same evening.
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Lessons, not lectures
Multimedia, storytelling and hands-on work rather than a slide read aloud. Children answer, take part, hold up what they have drawn or written, and are asked what they think of it.
Progress you can see
You will know exactly how your child is doing
Parents tell us this is what sets Bustan apart: daily updates on what was covered, periodic reviews, and a teacher who tells you plainly where your child is strong and where they need work.
- Daily updates on the topics covered in class
- Periodic reviews and written feedback
- Recordings, so a missed class is not a lost one
- A course certificate at the end
Packages
Choose the class size that suits your child
We agree the fee with you on the trial call, once we know the subject, the group and how often your child will attend.
Ultimate
- One to one session
- Flexible time
- 3 - 4 classes in a week
- Periodic reviews and feedback
- More focus and attention from teacher
- Course certificate
Premium
- Flexible time
- Live and interative group
- Value for money
- 3 - 4 classes in a week
- Periodic reviews and feedback
- Course certificate
Basic
- Bigger group
- Suitable for 10+ age
- Flexible time
- 3 - 4 classes in a week
- Periodic reviews and feedback
- Course certificate
How joining works
From the first form to the first class
Nothing is owed along the way, and the trial class costs nothing.
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Register
Tell us about your child and what they would like to learn. A few minutes, and it commits you to nothing.
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Trial class
We call to arrange a free trial and assess your child, so we can agree the right batch and a class time that fits your week.
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Start classes
Your child joins their batch and begins, with daily updates on what was covered.
Teachers and staff are welcome to apply at any time — see the roles we are hiring for.
What’s happening
From our channel
Eid messages, Ramadan reflections, the annual fest — what the Bustan family has been up to. Pick one to watch it here.
Refer a friend
Know a family looking for exactly this?
Almost every family here arrived because another family mentioned us. Not an advertisement — a parent telling another parent at the school gate, or in a message, that they had finally found something that works.
“Luckily, one of our friend in Germany mentioned Bustan online classes for children of similar ages, where well trained teachers around the world manage such classes.” Parents of Zainab, Belgium
If you know a family struggling to find Qur’an or Arabic taught in English, or Malayalam for a child who is losing it, or tuition to an Indian syllabus a long way from India — send them this. Their trial class is free, and so is yours if you have not started yet.
There is nothing to claim and nothing to sign up to. We have no referral reward, and we would rather say so than offer one we had not thought through.
Join the Bustan e-Learning community
Empower your child with an education that nurtures both the mind and the soul.
Bustan e-Learning — educating for a brighter future.
Contact
Ask us anything before you decide
Which subjects would suit your child, what a batch of two to four looks like, whether the timetable can fit around school and your time zone, what the fee would be — ask, and someone from our team will answer. We reply in English, and in Malayalam, Arabic, Hindi or Urdu if you prefer.
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Chat with us
Ask your question in your own words. We take it from there and someone from our team comes back to you — usually the same day.
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Email us
Prefer to write it out, or need to send something across? This reaches the same people as the chat.