Easy TajweedLearn the Tajweed-ul-Quran

with easy explanation

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Table of Contents

Lesson Description Page1 Introductory Advices 42 Introduction of Tajweed 63 The Makhaarij of the Letters 74 Pronunciation of Arabic

Vowels12

5 The Rule of Madd 166 The Rules of Qalqala 187 Madd-e-Leen 208 The Rule of letter Laam 229 The Rules of Noon Saakin and

Tanween24

10 Pronunciation of shadd 3011 The Rule of Ghunnah 3112 Huroof-e-Muqatta’at 3213 Symbols of pauses (Waqaf) 34

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Lesson: 1

Introductory Guidance

It is best to recite the Quran in its original language that is Arabic.

Recite the Quran with a beautiful Arabic accent and proper pronunciation.

Start reciting the Quran with taooz

and recite tasmiyah

except for surah At-Tawbah. When you finish a surah and you are

starting a new surah, always say Bismillah.

Avoid any discussion while you are reading the Quran. If you need to stop

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for an important conversation, close the Quran and when you are done talking, say taooz and you can start reading the Quran again.

Avoid changing one letter to another especially the letters that sound the similar.

Avoid stretching a harakah or vowel that it may sound like haroof.

Recite heavy letters heavy and the light letters light.

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Lesson: 2

Introduction of Tajweed

Tajweed is an Arabic word meaning correct pronunciation during recitation. It is a set of rules which dictate how the Quran should be read.

It is the knowledge and application of rules to recite the Quran as close as possible as it was recited by the prophet Muhammad (saw).

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Lesson: 3

The Makhaarij of the Letters

The term "makhraj" in Arabic means articulation point. The place from which the sound of a letter originates.

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In the throat there are 3 makhaarij and each one has 2 letters

Upper Throat

Middle Throat

Lower Throat

is pronounced by the extreme back of the tongue touching the upper palate to create a thick sound

The makhraj is slightly in front of the . The tongue should not meet the upper palate other than what is necessary to pronounce the letter.

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, and These are all pronounced when the middle part of the tongue comes in contact with what lies opposite to it from the roof of the mouth

The rear side of the tongue touches the upper back teeth (upper molars) in either one of 3 ways : from the right side, from the left side OR from both sides

The top of the tongue touches the upper gum of the front three teeth to say Raa

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Tip of the tongue touches the back of the front two teeth to say

Tip of the tongue meets the edge of the front upper teeth

Join the upper and the lower front teeth together, touch the teeth with tip of the tongue to say Zaa, Seen and Sawd

Edge of the upper front teeth touches the lower tip to say Faa

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Gently close the upper and the lower tip together to say Baa, Meem and Waaw

Waaw will be prounced by partly circle the lips (incomplete joining of both lips)

Al Khayshoom

The nasal cavity is located at the furthest point of the nose (the bridge of the nose). It is the opening that connects the mouth w ith the nose. This connection is where the Ghunnah exits.

The Ghunnah is produced in the following cases:

When the has a shaddah ( )

When the has a shaddah ( )

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Lesson: 4

Pronunciation of Arabic Vowels

Short Vowels:

Fattah (Zabbar)

Kasrah (Zer)

Dammah (Pesh)

1: Fattah makes the sound of “A”. It should be pronounced with an open mouth

Example:

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2: Kasrah makes the sound of “E”. It should be pronounced by lowering our jaws and lips.

Example:

3: Dammah makes the sound of “OO”. It should be pronounced by circling your lips.

Example:

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Exercise of Vowels

Exercises of all three Vowels

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Avoid incorrect reading or stretching of the vowels:

Correct reading

Incorrect reading

Note: Total vowels are 9:

Total sings are 4 , , ,

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Lesson: 5

The Rule of Madd

There are 4 letters which we have to stretch. The length of stretch is 2 fingers long or 2 harakah.

1: Alif without any signs ( )

2: Waaw with saakin ( )

3: Yaa with saakin ( )

Above 3 haroof are called haroo-e-madd.

4: Alif maqsoora,Alif mamdooda and

upside down Dammah

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These three harakahs gives the sound of haroof-e-madd.

Exercise:

Alif madd and Alif maqsoora

Waaw madd and upside down Dammah

Yaa madd and alif mamdooda

Lesson: 616

The Rules of Qalqala

Qalqala is a quality in which we pronounce the letter with echoing sound when they have saakin sign on it, for example:

There are five letters of Qalqala

When comes with saakin sign, we make echo sign

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To memorize these five letters, we

combine them together as Qalqala does not apply with any other

letter then QUTAB JAD

Exercise of Qalqala:

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Lesson: 7

Madd-e-Leen

There are two Madd-e-Leen Letters, Waaw and Yaa

When Waaw and Yaa comes with sakoon and has Fattah before it, we read them with the soft voice

Example:

Madd-e-Leen will occur if a Saakin appears after a Letter of Leen.

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Exercises of Waaw-e- Leen

Exercises of Yaa-e-Leen

Lesson: 8

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The Rule of letter Laam:

When the harakah of Fattah or Dammah appear before the word

Allah , the letter Laam is prounced with heavy voice or full mouth

Example:

If Kasrah appears before the word Allah then the Laam in Allah will be pounced with an empty mouth

Example:

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However the Laam mushaddad (Laam with shaddah) is read with an empty mouth

Example:

Note:A letter that has Shaddah sign on it is called Mushaddad

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Lesson: 9

The Rules of Noon Saakin and Tanween

Noon Saakin means a Noon with a Jazm/Sukoon on it. Tanween means two Fattah, two Kasrah, and two Dhamma.

There are four rules related to Noon Saakin and Tanween. In all the rules, you must look at the letter after the Noon Saakin or Tanween to determine which rule to follow. The four rules are:

1. Izhar.2. Iqlaab.3. Idhghaam4. Ikhfa

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1. Izhar:

When the noon saakin or tanween is followed by any of the Huroof Halaqee, meaning the six letters that are pronounced from the throat, izhar will take place. Izhar means to pronounce the “N” sound of the noon saakin or tanween WITHOUT stretching it. The

huroof halaqi are:ءه ع ح غ خ

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2. Iqlaab:

If there is a letter BAA after the Noon Saakin or Tanween, Iqlaab will take place. Iqlaab means to change the sound of Noon Saakin or tanween (“N” sound) into a meem. The sound will also be stretched into a Ghunnah. Usually there is a little meem to signify this change. Listen to the soundbyte for more details. The examples:

After Tanween After Noon Saakin

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3. Idghaam:

If after the Noon Saakin or Tanween any of the letters of يرملون appear, idghaam will be done. Idghaam means to combine the “N” sound of the Noon or tanween with the following letter. In four letters, يومن (Yaa, Waaw, Meem, Noon) Idghaam will be WITH Ghunnah. In the two letters, ل ر (Laam and Raa), Idghaam will be without Ghunnah.

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Examples without Ghunnah:

Examples with Ghunnah:

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4. Ikhfa:

Whenever any of following fifteen letters appear after Noon Saakin or Tanween, ikhfa will be done. Ikhfa means to slightly “hide” the “N” sound of the Noon Saakin and Tanween, and lengthen it slightly.

ط ض ص ش س ز ذ جد ث تف ظ

ك ق

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Lesson: 10

Pronunciation of shadd

The sign ( ) above the letter with a haraka (Fattah, Kasrah, Dammah) is called ‘Tashdeed’.It looks like the English letter ‘w’.The letter bearing a tashdeed is called ‘Mushaddad’.Tashdeed means to strengthen or to stress.The letter bearing the tashdeed is doubled - the first letter always takes the

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sukun and the second letter bears the haraka.Example:

Lesson: 11

The Rule of Ghunnah

It is the sound that is emitted from the nasal passage without any function of the tongue.

The letters of the Ghunnah are Noon

and Meem

The length of the Ghunnah is 2 harkah.

Example:

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Lesson: 12

Huroof-e-Muqatta’at

Certain Surahs (chapters) in the Quran begin with some letters from the Arabic Alphabet

These combinations of letters are known as the Huroof-e-Muqatta’at

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These letters should be recited, as they are written

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Lesson: 13

Symbols of pauses (Waqaf)

Waqaf means to stop, the plural of Waqat is Awqaaf

There are some symbols where we pause or stop. Following are the symbols of pauses

This sign is called Waqf Lazim, which means compulsory stop

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This sign is called Ayat, it comes at the end of the verse, and it means the sentence is completed and has to STOP

It is desirable to continue without pause

A quick pause without breaking your breath

This sign is called Waqf Jaiz.It is the same to stop or to continue (The Equality Stop)

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We cannot stop (The Prohibited Stop

This Tajweed book is compiled from following sources:

Aasan Tajweed by Salma Kokab Quran–al-Karim with Ehkham-ul-

Tajweed Multiple websites Tajweed Rules of the Quran by

Kareema Carol Czerepinski

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