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What is Tajweed?

Tajweed means doing something well, and It is to recite every letter correctly from its true origin (makhraj) with its all qualities. The tajweed rules are classified as follows:

• Noon and Meem Mushaddad is that noon or meem with a shaddah with Ghunnah of 2 beats.
• Al –Qalqalah is the vibration of the sound at the end of the pronunciation of any letter of Qaaf, Tata, Baa, Jim or Daal, when it is Saakin; with sukoon or shaddah.

Why Tajweed rules important for recitation?

Learning Tajweed rules is very important for recitation because the majority of scholars agree that using the Tajweed rules of the Holy Quran such that basic mistakes are avoided is an individual duty (Fardh ‘Ayn) upon every Muslim who has memorized part or whole of the Quran.

What are the Mistakes in Recitation of Quran?

There are two types of mistakes.

1:- Clear Mistake (اللَّحن الْجَلِى):

It is replacing a letter or changing a sign (harakah), and this type of mistake is haraam.

2:- Hidden Mistake (اللَّحن الخَفِى):

It is ignoring ghunnah, ikhfa, iqlab, idgham, etc., and we should avoid these types of mistakes.

What is Makhraj?

The place from where a letter comes out from our mouth is called makhraj. So, the Makhraj is one of the Bases of Tajweed, which the rest of the rules and rules rely on. Therefore, by Using Makhraj means having the correct position of the organs of speech to produce a letter to differentiate it from others.

What Are Throatal Letters?

There are six (6) throatal letters.

1- Bottom of the Throat

(ء ه)

2- Middle of the Throat

(ع ح)

3- Top of the Throat

(غ خ)

What Are Bold Letters?

The letters which are pronounced with a heavy or strong voice are called bold letters.

There are seven bold letters.

خ ص ض غ ط ق ظ – خُصَّ ضَغْطِِ قِظْ

What Are The Movements Of Harkaat?

In Tajweed rules its means to shake the letter that has sukoon,i.e., that is saakin, but without any similar movement of the mouth and jaw that is linked with the voweled letters (i.e., letters that have fatha, dammah, or kasra).

What is Sukoon or Jazm sign?

Jazm is the state of a letter without a short vowel. As letters without a vowel cannot be read by themselves, they are recited with a vowel letter. The symbol for jazm is a small circle or zero, written above the letter (ــْـ). The symbol is called jazm or sukoon & the letter it is on is called sakin.

What Are Silent letters?

The rule has the following conditions:

1. The huroof al-madd must all be silent, i.e., have no diacritic on them.
2. A kasrah must be present on the letter before a silent yaa. I want to stress that in the Quran, you will not see a diacritic on these three letters if they are in the state of madd.

What is Tanween?

The tanween is an “n” sound added to the end of the word in some cases. Usually, it works just like the “a” and “an” in English, indicating an unspecified article. The word tanween, usually translated as “nunation,” means “to ‘n'” or “‘n’ing,” making an “n” sound.

What Are Gunnah And Madd?

1. A ghunnah is the sound made only by the nose [nasal passage]. It is almost like a hum and makes the sound of the noon or meem. Ghunnah is directly translated to “nasalization,” and this should not be longer than two counts.
2. Literal meaning: Elongation The Madd means prolongation (stretch) of the voice with a letter from the letters of Madd.

What Are Leen And Maddah’s Letters?

1. There are two Leen letters…

These are wāw and yā wāw. When wāw has a Jazm/Sakoon and the letter before wāw has a Fatha on it, then this wāw is called wāw Leen and will be read soon in a soft tone.

2. Madd means to stretch, pull, will be held the Maddah letters (long Vowels letter) for the duration of one Alif or two Harakah, and one Alif /two Harakah is two seconds. There are three letters of Maddah.

What Are ECHO and Qalqalah Letters?

The following five letters are Called Qalqala or Echo letters (ق ط د ج ب). When these letters are Sakin, we make a little more minor echo sound while pronouncing them, and we say them with more force even when they are Mushaddad.

What Is Shaddah or Tashdid Sign?

When a Shaddah/Tashdid sign looks over a letter, it represents two of the same letter (Double consonant). Then the first letter having Sukoon and the second letter having Short Vowels. A letter having Shaddah/Tashdid sign is called Mushaddad and must distinctly pronounce each of the two letters.

Define Idgham?

The Literal meaning of Idgham is To merge something into something else. If Nûn As-Sakinah or Tanween comes any of the Idghaam letters, then merge the Nûn Sakinah or Tanween into the letter. The emphasis will be on the following letter because of the presence of the Shaddah.

What Is The rule of Noon sakin & Tanween?

The six letters that are pronounced from the throat, Izhaar, will take place through the nose. If there is a letter BAA after the Noon Saakin or Tanween, then Iqlaab will occur. Iqlaab means to change the sound of a Noon Saakin or Tanween (“N” sound) into a meem.

What Is The Rule Of Meem Saakin?

All the letters after taking out the letter Baa (from Ikhfaa’ As-Shafawi) and the letter Meem (from Idghaam Al-Mithlayn) are the letters of Ith’har As-Shafawi, and they are 26. So if any of the 26 letters arrive after Meem As-Sakinah in one word or two words, Ith’har is formed.