Index

July 29, 2011

This page contains links to all the Tajweed rules that have been posted.
It will be updated as frequently as possible, insha Allah.

A brief guide of the transliteration rulings used in this website and general content
structure
Tajweed: The Foundations
Al-Istiaatha & Al-Basmalah
Al-Noon Al-Saakinah Rules
Rule One: Ith-haar
Rule Two: Ikhfaa
Rule Three: Iqlaab
Rule Four: Idghaam
Rule Five: Ith-haar Mutlaq
Noon And Meem Mushaddadah
Al-Meem Al-Saakinah Rules
Rule One: Idghaam Shafawee
Rule Two: Ikhfaa Shafawee
Rule Three: Ith-haar Shafawee
Al-Qalqalah
Ahkaam Al-Madd (Madd Rules)
Al-Madd Al-Tabeeee (Natural Madd)
Al-Madd Al-Waajib Al-Mutasil (Obligatory Prolongation)
Al-Madd Al-Jaaez Al-Munfasil (Permissible Prolongation)
Al-Madd Al-Iwad (Compensation Madd)
Al-Madd Al-Badal (Substituted Prolongation)

Al-Madd Al-Leen (Eased Prolongation)

Al-Madd Al-Aarid Lil Sukoon (Temporary Prolongation)
Al-Madd Al-Silah: Kubra & Sughra (Connecting Prolongation)
Al-Madd Al-Laazim Kalimee (Word-based Necessary Prolongation)
Al-Madd Al-Laazim Harfee (Letter-based Necessary Prolongation)
Al-Madd Al-Tamkeen (Stabalising Madd)
Al-Madd Al-Farq (The Questioning Madd)
Al-Laam Al-Shamseeyah
Al-Laam Al-Qamareeyah

Hamzah
The Connecting Hamzah
Exceptions We Take For Granted
The Cutting Hamzah
The Silent and Pronounced Alif
Preventing Two Saakins From Meeting
Makhaarij Al-Huroof
Al-Jawf (The Interior/Chest Area)
Al-Halq (The Throat)
Al-Lisaan (The Tongue) Part 1
Al-Lisaan (The Tongue) Part 2
Al-Shafataan (The Lips)
Al-Kayshoom (The Nasal Passage)
Sifaatul Huroof
Sifatul Laazimah (encapsulates sifaatul mutadaadah + ghayr mutadaadah)
Sifaatul Aaridah (a brief definition)
Sifaatul Aaridah Tafkheem: Pt 1
Levels of Tafkheem (encapsulates letters that are always mufakham)
Levels of Tafkheem Part 2 (encapsulates letters that are sometimes mufakham and
sometimes not)
Tafkheem and Tarqeeq of the letter Raa
Al-Idghaam

A Brief Guide

January 23, 2011

I felt there was a need to put up this page for people who may not be entirely familiar
with the way this site functions.
Heres a quick and brief guide on what to look for and what to expect.

Main heading: as the main headings of the page are mostly transliterated, I have
attempted to spell them in the most coherent way possible.
Tag line: placed at the beginning of posts. Not end. Just a smooth introduction into
the post because being bold, frank and forceful is never a nice way to spread
knowledge, or receive it, for that matter!
Main picture: I give all credit due to the owners of the main page pictures that I use
on posts. Im a visual person and feel a necessity to draw some visual inspiration
where and when possible, hence I use pictures relevant to the topic being discussed.
The topic: in bold most of the time. The topic will be, in most circumstances, the first
thing in the next paragraph.
Transliteration: everyone has their own transliteration language. Some use lines and
dots and dashes and a weird combinations of letters like dh or zh, etc. I like to keep it
simple. All Arabic is in italics, and anything in bold will refer to the heavier sounds,
these letters are:
haa, ayn, tah, thah, saad, daad

Finally, I usually do not change the transliteration to suit huroof shamseeya, eg.

I write: al-naas
I do not write: an-naas
Examples: I extracted parts of ayaat from quran.com for better viewing, and have
placed the transliteration underneath just to clarify any troubles readers may have
trying to read the Arabic text. If necessary, I point out the relevant tajweed rule [or
anything I am emphasising] by colouring the letters where it applies.
Resources Link: the resources link is a simple list of things that I have spoken about
in a post, and how these things can be found in relevant documents posted on
the resources page. I will state the subject, then the title of the document, and any
relevant page numbers. Exampe as follows:

Resources Link:
Sukoon [Gateway to Arabic, page 48]
Rules of stopping [Tajweed Basics: Foundations and More: page 15]
Tanween [Gateway to Arabic: page 40]
[Tajweed Basics: Foundations and More: pages 11 14]

Related pages: if a tajweed topic has more than one rule, I will link at the bottom of
a post the other rules I have posted up for you to view if necessary [Read on to
the footer!]

Footer: pay good attention to the footer. Sometimes it can be the little note at the
end of a post that turns everything from incomprehensible to totally understandable!

Tajweed: The Foundations

December 2, 2010

Filed under: Basic Tajweed Rules,Tajweed heesbees tajweed @ 10:59 am

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reading

NOTE: if you are new to the website, please click here for a brief guide.

Tajweed Foundation

Tajweed is to give every letter its right and pronounce it from the correct place in the
mouth/nose/throat. The word itself means to make better
In Tajweed there is fard kifaayah[1], where not all people must know a certain rule.
Example of this in Islam is the prayer of the dead. Fard ayn[2] is compulsory for all
Muslims to do/learn, i.e. reading with Tajweed .
There are three types of reading:
1- Al-tahqeeq: where Quran is read very slowly with Tajweed
2 Al-tadweer: where Quran is read at a medium pace with Tajweed
3 Al-hadr: where Quran is read quickly with Tajweed
Resources Link:
Tajweed Basics: Foundations and More: pages 1 3 and midway of page 4
Sufficiency duty or fard al-kifaya ( ) is a duty which is imposed on the
whole community of believers (ummah). The classic example for it is jihad: the
individual is not required to perform it as long as a sufficient number of community
members fulfil it.
[2]
Individual duty or fard al-ayn ( ) relates to tasks every Muslim is required to
perform, such as daily prayer (salah), hijab, or the pilgrimage to Mecca at least once
in a lifetime (hajj).
[1]