 I am actually excited to talk about because it's a topic that I think is very insightful. It's just for those type of people who actually look at learning from a very meticulous perspective, meaning they take it very serious. It's not just like, oh yeah, I would like to learn Arabic. Let me learn. I'd say shukran, I'd say salamu alaykum here and there. Now, it's actually for someone who actually wants to take his studies to another level. These are very insightful subjects to talk about. So for that reason, I'm very excited to talk about and I am here joined by my brother and a beloved friend, Abu Adam, who is the founder of the Islamic, the Spanish Islamic Institute. Right? Is that correct? The Islamic Institute of Spain. Yeah, Islamic Institute of Spain. So yeah, we want to talk about this particular topic. So I introduce you at the same time, guys, to Abu Adam, in case you guys don't know him. We are very similar in many aspects from the fact that we grew up in the same city, Barcelona, Spain. We have an African West, a West African father and a Spanish mother. Our mother tongue is Spanish. We have learned English. We have learned Arabic. So we have a lot of similarities even when it comes to what we are about to talk about right now, which is personality in general. We have a lot of similarities as well. Welcome to, I guess, welcome here. Thank you for having me. It's actually my pleasure. I also wanted to say that actually our mother tongue, we have two mother tongues, Spanish and Catalan in both cases because both our mothers are Catalan and we grew up, you know, actually being bilingual at our own homes. So we have very similar experiences when it comes to language learning and language teaching. Yes, just as you said, I think we actually do even have some similarities when it comes to our personality type and our experiences learning the Arabic language. And one of the reasons why I became so interested in this topic is because just as you said, actually I am very like a solution or, yeah, the solution oriented and I like to find solutions and systems. So one of the things that I learned by learning the Arabic language and actually by teaching the Arabic language as well is that different people need like different methods and different systems, you know, and you know, the question that I used to have in my mind is, you know, how could I develop a system that would work for someone who needs more freedom when it comes to studying. And at the same time, it would work for someone who needs, you know, like a very structured environment, you know, with very clear set rules and dates, you know, because these are two different types of personalities and they need like different methods, you know. So one of the things I realized is that a lot of environments, teaching environments are only created for one type of person. And I myself had some experience studying the Arabic languages I studied the Arabic languages, the Arabic language sorry, quite a number of ways, I studied in the Arabic language, how does it call the the official language class in Barcelona. Yeah, I went to class and I also studied in another. I actually tried to study in these places. I tried to study in another academy very famous Academy in Barcelona. And I quickly realized that the way people are studying in that classroom setting was because they were studying very slowly and the approach was not resonating with me like I need a more hands on approach I need to see the learning of the language as a problem that needs to be solved I need to see it as a system that I can break down you know, and so I became very interested in the idea of how different personality types require different personality. I'm sorry different teaching and learning methods you know that's partly because of my own story, you know. So out of experience basically. That's very interesting because I think, advices that comes from from experience are better advices, and it's interesting as well because because of what you mentioned in terms of having grown up in a house with being bilingual with two different languages. It's very interesting that considering the two main or the most known curriculums to learn the Arabic language I would say is the Medina books in and I have met both authors of the book and I asked them. The same question do you think that a teacher who has gone through the process of learning the language from zero to to fluency is more qualified and is more you know it's going to be easier for him to teach the language to someone who is coming from his same background and they both said yes I actually think it is so so so he's you know going back to what I said, advices that come from experience are sincere advices and, and proven methods and advices that that someone can trust. So, so yeah. It's interesting that you mentioned that because the curriculum that I use in the Islamic Institute of Spain is the Medina books. And if actually the author of the books is not is not Arab, is that right. I mean he's from Indian origin. He had to learn the Arabic language and then he developed this curriculum that has helped my thousands of people. I mean, around the world so that he is the living proof that that actually when you learn a language you're able to teach it. And by the way, I've also taught the Spanish the English language here to Spanish speakers I taught to a group of kids in school and and also and I've come to realize that, like every single question they have or every single, you know, stone that they find, you know, in the middle of their path is something that I found myself in my path, you know, so I do believe that learning languages is actually and this is proven. It expands your mind to some degree it makes you more intelligent, you know, if you systematically learn languages. And more and for a Muslim, it takes a whole, you know, other level and a whole meaning. I mean, it takes a new meaning by itself because you're now becoming able to access the words of Allah Subh'anaHu Wa Ta'ala. So that in itself, you know, it makes you more intelligent like spirituality develops, you know, and it's amazing, you know. So I would I would really suggest and I would really, you know, advise people to get to know what their personality type is and find the best way, you know, had to learn the Arabic language for them and try to find a system that matches the way they're trying to to learn. I think I think it's very interesting what you mentioned in terms of it sounds very cliche like somebody who learns different languages or knows different languages is intelligence is more developed. It sounds very cliche, but when you think about it the other day I came across a video of someone that was talking about how he respects someone who presents himself as a person in shape, because he says that if this person is in shape, in order for you to get in shape, you have to go through so many things, so many obstacles that I know for sure you have mastered discipline, you have mastered the art of delaying gratification, you have mastered the art of, you know, learning a particular system and actually applying it like there's so many skills you achieve and develop as you achieve a particular goal. So in this case, you know, learning language could be one of those goals. So I think somehow like that actually definitely makes you and develops your mind to a different to a different extent, even Sheikh Al-Islami, even Utamia, he says in the meaning of his words that learning the Arabic language it makes you more intelligent. So yeah, very interesting. I actually remember that as a quote from Ormab bin Al-Khattah probably is also but he said that that it increases you in intelligence, which is very interesting that they said that because you know what, I feel that learning, you know, I myself what I feel after I learned the Arabic language is that I became more capable of thinking outside of my box. And this is something very hard for me to explain because when you learn another language, you learn every language comes from a different culture that has a different worldview, a different way of viewing the world and seeing things. So when you learn a different language, it's like you are expanding your brain to another way of looking at things, which is people who have learned more than one language, they will understand what I'm saying. Yeah, it's very interesting. Yeah, to summarize it with the language comes the culture. When you learn the language, you learn the culture of the people. Yeah, very interesting. Oh, sorry, one of my teachers said that if you want to understand the Quran, you don't learn the Arabic through the Quran, like many people do, you learn the Arabic language, how the Arabs spoke Arabic, and then you can understand how the Quran, you know, you know, revolutionize the worldview, you know, so I think that's that's very important to keep in mind. Yeah, yeah, I get what you mean. Yeah, so, yes, there's no doubt that that first you got to learn the language of the people in order for you to understand and then is when you understand why the Quran is linguistically a miracle because of the culture and, you know, the difficulty of the language and everything that comes with it. But yeah, I appreciate your input and sharing all of those tips. Now let's talk about the matter at Hen, when it comes to personality, why did you come up with these, you know, with these method or system for students to first be aware of what works best for them in terms of systems according to their personality? How did that come about? Well, it may sound strange to you. One of my inspirations was the Seerah, you know, when you study the lab of the Prophet Muhammad, you realize that he was a genius when it comes to strategy, when it comes to, you know, managing people and getting the best of people and he was not, you know, someone who imposed his view, but he was a true leader if you want to use that word. And one of the things that you learn is that he actually he was like very respectful and he learned how to get the best of very different people with different personalities, you know. So for example, when you look at Abu Bakr and Umar, just the two closest companions, they were quite different when it comes to their personality. And the Prophet was in some way he was like very merciful, you know, kind of like Abu Bakr. Umar was like more stern, but you will find that very interesting, very interestingly, oftentimes the Quran approved Umar's view, you know. So it is, it's like Islam is not only balanced, but it is also like embracing all these differences. And, you know, the Seerah really inspired me to understand that there is not, there is not only one way to do things. And actually you have all this hadith in which someone comes to the Prophet and he says to Salam and asks, you know, the Prophet tells him best. The person asked for advice and the Prophet gives him one advice and then someone else comes and the Prophet gives him a completely different advice, not contradictory, but different, you know. And the explanation of the Ulema when it comes to these differences is that, you know, different, these different people needed different advice, you know. So it's actually the true teacher knows how to deal with all these differences. So that's one of the first things that really inspired me. I said, wow, you know, this is interesting when you study the Seerah, because the Prophet, alaihi salam, he did not create like one rigid way of doing things, you know, like the Sunnah itself is so dynamic. And then you study the Khulafa and they are actually so different and so similar, you know. So there must be something in this. And I started, you know, I became interested in personality types and this whole thing. And obviously there are like many typologies and none of them is perfect. None of them is revealed by Allah, you know. But, you know, these are like tools that we use and they are useful, you know. And I came across this, this Myers-Briggs personality, you know, typology. And I actually took the test and I told other people to do it. And we were all like very interested because it was so accurate. So the first thing I thought of is developing like a test that when people take the personality test, then they get results which actually provide them advice from the Quran and the Sunnah based on their specific strengths and weaknesses, you know. That's the first time the idea came to my mind. It would be very useful to have from Muslims, you know, advice which is tailored to their strengths and weaknesses. And then I realized that the same can be led to language learning and to the learning of the Arabic language because I myself teach the Arabic language and I want to make sure that I try to help different people, you know, from their perspective, not imposing what works for me because that's what oftentimes we do. Whatever worked for me, I want to, you know, I want to impose it on everyone else and if it doesn't work for them, then I tell them, well, it worked for me. Well, but you having a personality type that maybe they don't have, you know. So that's actually when I became really interested in my teaching, for example, of the Arabic and Islamic Institute of Spain. Like I tried to create systems that work for different people. So different people can use it in different ways. So I really, that's actually when I became very interested in learning all these differences. And one of the reasons is also as I told you before, my experience, I realized that I'm so different to most of people when it comes to learning that there must be some system that works for me better than what I find out there, you know. So it's personal experience and learning about the Sira that really made me interested into this whole different personalities, different approaches, you know. Yeah. I'm actually looking at the, of what you sent me and I'm looking at my personality test because when I did my personality test as well, it came out as ISTJ and it's so accurate. And I keep sometimes every six months, every year, I try and do it again. And I do it multiple times. It always comes out with the same thing. And it's very accurate. And I'm seeing as well now on, you know, the hypothetical system that would work for me. And it says create a structured study plan with clear goals and milestones and focus on learning grammar and vocabulary systematically. This is of course in regards of the language, but I'm thinking about my Quran right now. That's literally how I do it as well. And I think one of the main traits of ISTJ is alone time and like enjoying alone time. And me, I rather read to my teacher on the phone and he's only focusing on me then going somewhere, going to a school, having to wait, having to rely on other students attendance for me to read or I feel like they restrain me from progress. So, and I'm looking at other, you know, individuals in my family, which I know their, their personality results. And he says use creative and intuitive methods such as reading books or watching movies in the target language to engage with the language on a deeper level and gain greater understanding of its nuances, nuances or how he pronounced this. But thinking about this is so true. This person in my family, they they do things to memorize vocabulary that I would never do. Me for to memorize, I need to sit down and repeat 500 times that thing until it's done. That's it. I move on. I'm very straightforward. And I don't, you know, sugar coat the system. But for certain person, for certain people in my family, they need, you know, they asked me to, to record myself repeating the word and then the, the pronunciation and then the meaning and then, and do a whole audio. And I'm thinking, you don't need that to sit down and, and repeated, you know, multiple times and fair enough, both systems work, but, but one is going to work best for someone or someone else. So, so yeah, what, what personality tests are you? Well, according to this typology, I have an INTJ, which is, you know, very like systematic approach to things. Sometimes people may even feel that is a little bit obsessive. And, you know, the interesting thing is that I used to think of myself that I'm a very weird, different person. And sometimes I wouldn't even understand why. Like, for example, whenever I want to do something, I would, I would write it down on a paper and put it on the wall. And even my wife would say, man, you're so weird because why can't you just move on and do things. And I would try to explain her, you know, when I do these crazy things, like writing down and obsessively, I reach my goals, you know, it works for me, you know, but I, when I learned about the typology thing, you know, it, like everything had a specific name and, you know, that helps you feel better, you know, because you don't feel you're so weird. You start learning that there are people like you in the world and that's very, you know, it's, it's makes it easier, you know. Yeah. But that's how it is. That's exactly. And when I, when I took the test and I realized what my typology is, you know, which these are only names and labels that people came up. It's not like it's revealed by Allah. I just want to, you know, be very clear about that, you know, but because it's also a little bit dangerous when people put themselves into a box, you know, every human being is different. But in general terms, it helps you understand how your mind works. And actually my personality type needs logic and analysis to break down the language, you know, and, and I really like to approach the, the learning of the language. And now the teaching of the language as a problem that needs to be solved through experience. So whenever my students tell me, I would like to have the system here. This would work for me. I write it down and I try to change my system to make it more open, you know, ended and able to cater for different types of people, you know. So that's INTJ. And I really feel that when I, when I want to study, I like to attend classes, study with teachers, but, you know, I actually like to take my nose and whatever I, I study and spend a lot of hours by myself, you know, just as you said, alone. And sometimes one of the weird things that I would do is I would take my notes, just record it into a five minute audio and then go take a walk, go take the train, travel somewhere and listening the same thing, you know, as a loop. And I would just memorize it effortlessly. So I started researching, do other people, does this work for other people? And it works for a lot of people, but other people need to sit down with the paper, you know, different things work for different people. And, and, you know, there is a way to gather all of these methods into one big machine that works for different people. I know it is possible because, you know, I've done it and I've seen it and, and I'm a little bit sad that, you know, there are no more, no more people. I mean, no more. There are not a lot of institutions that, that take this into account, you know, even public school, you know, they have like this rigid things and everyone has to do exactly the same thing. And it's a little bit frustrating to me, you know, but that's how it is. Yeah, I think that when it comes to learning, when I look, I was thinking about the traditional method, which is, you know, you go to the sheikh and, well, the traditional method could be different because thinking about Mauritania, for example, Mauritania is like you read, if you don't understand something, you stop and ask me. Once you have read this, go ahead and memorize it. And other places is kind of like you sit down, you be quiet, take your notes, however you want to do it. And, and then, you know, and then the class and then the actual learning starts us out of the class. I'm just giving you, you know, the I'm, I'm teasing you with what you should learn or like giving you the structure, the skeleton, and then you go home and do it. And I feel like I feel that way as well. Many times I will speak to, there was a student that I know that was studying in Yemen. His method was, for example, he would attend the class. He will go, he will take his, his notes by hand. And then he will go and, and put the audio of another teacher. So he can understand the, the whole subject in different, with different examples, basically. And I think what works for me personally is, as you said, I rather listen to the class, like trying to understand instead of wasting time taking notes and record. Because when we, you know, 2023, you can just record the lesson and, and listen to it at your own pace. I rather do that. And first listen to the teacher, like actually engage with them, listen, pay attention, record the class. Then once the class is done, put the audio and with myself, I can stop it. I can replay. I can play it back. I can, if I didn't understand something, I can, you know, write it down, but it's very, it's rare that I don't understand something. Because if I'm paying attention in the class, if I don't understand something, I'll ask the teacher and I will try and, and extract of him as much information as possible. So then I can go to my audio and, and listen to it again. And very rarely I will have questions from the audio because I would have paid attention and actually try to understand and engage with the teacher to where at this point it's just about like actually writing down my clear notes about, about that class. So, so yeah, I guess traditional me personally, I think that the lesson you always have to have your own personal learning, like your teacher can only do so much. Your teacher is just like, he just guides you through the process, but the learning comes from yourself. It's very interesting and traditional teaching Islamic teaching that, you know, obviously not, not all my dad is all the same. Not cultures are the same, but, you know, there's this concept that some people actually, they spend a lot of time with the teachers, other people they just, you know, they're, it's like interesting when you say there are like many different types of each other. You know, and some of them you have to read to the teacher, others you read and the teacher listens to you and he corrects you. And sometimes you only, he only examines you and he tests that you have the knowledge and you get the jazz and I think that flexibility is something that I love. And it is like very meticulous and systematic. But at the same time, you know, it's learning is something that you can do in different ways. And how's going, I was going to tell you something about how he's learning. I don't remember, but anyhow, what I was going to say is that when you study the, the, the, the different efficacy, for example, different facilities or didn't expect, you know, explanations of Hadid, you quickly come to realize that these people had different ways of approaching things, you know, and it reflects on the testing, you know. So some people are more systems inclined or other and they have a very like example, even one of the things that I'm, when I started reading more, I used to read also and I clearly noticed a very different thing when it comes to their way of organizing information. And actually, in my view, even 10 years, a genius, when it comes to synthesis, because if he has to write a text, he will write, he will write a short text straight to the point. And that text will become very readable for the masses. Whereas other scholars are like very, they go around, you know, and they, which is good also. And there are people who need that, you know, but it's interesting that, you know, scholars have been very different and that enriches the tradition and the whole teaching and learning system. I think it's very rich precisely because people have these systems. And actually, I'm going to tell you something. I completely changed the way I write because I write articles and sometimes I write books after, by the influence of Ibn Taymiah. So now when I write a paragraph, I just reread it three or four times and I said, okay, is this all, all this information and words, is it necessary? What is it? You know, I try to just trim it and trim it and trim it until you get like a very eloquent explanation of what really needs to be said, you know, so, you know, but it's very interesting to find all these differences in different scholars and how they respected each other and no one said, you know, this one talks too much, you know, obviously there are differences, but there's a lot of respect among true scholars and that's very inspiring. Yeah. Yes. So what I would suggest, what I would suggest to the viewers is that they, they take the test, they go to iaispane.com slash test and they take the personality test because they will take the personality test, it's just a couple of minutes and once they're done, they will get the personality type with advice straight from the Quran and the sunnah according to what things they can work on to improve and, you know, what virtues they have because it's also a matter of knowing what your strengths are and then knowing what your weaknesses are so you can work on them and then at the same time they will get advice on what's the best way to learn Arabic according to their personality type and I'm very sure people will find that very interesting. Nishanda, what I would like to see is in the comments if people who didn't do the Meyer Briggs test to actually, if they go to your website, can that's the Meyer Briggs test show? No, they just go to iaispane.com slash test, they do the test and then they will get the results so they don't need to go anywhere else. Alright, I would like to see in the comments how accurate that comes for them in how helpful it is so I highly encourage you to all the viewers to go ahead and pick the link in the description do the test and then come back and let me know how accurate it was, how helpful was the tip so that way we can use it actually for us for example who run institutes that teaches the Arabic language and we can help other people and see out of percentages how many people actually find this beneficial and through that way spread and maintain the Arabic language alive and available for all Muslims since the dean is being preserved with this language so that's a sort of that what you are doing and directly by doing so so I hope you guys enjoyed anything else to add Yaqarami? I would just say to people that I'm not an Arab and I'm not Chinese I'm not Japanese so Chinese is not my language Japanese is not my language Arabic is my language Arabic is your language not because you are an Arab because it's the language of the Quran and it's God's final revelation so just take it as don't say Arabic is not my language if you're a Muslim start thinking that Arabic is my language even if I don't know it yet so go ahead do the test and try to find what's the best way for you tell us in the comments because I'm very interested in those types of research and you should be thinking of moving on going ahead and trying to learn the Arabic language insha'Allah and don't forget don't forget that some of the most important scholars of our tradition were non-Arabs actually if I can recall Siba who synthesized the Arabic grammar he was not an Arab a lot of these scholars these people were not they were not the Arabs so this is living proof that this is our language and it doesn't matter where you come from alright guys hope you guys enjoyed let us know in the comments and whatever constructive criticism or input or feedback that you guys have and we see you guys in the next one