Free series · Foundation · 10 lessons
Ten lessons on the core rules of Tajweed in the riwāyah of Ḥafṣ ʻan ʻĀṣim: where each letter comes from, its qualities, the rules of nūn and mīm, madd and stopping. Each rule comes with examples from the Quran and a short check.
The meaning of Tajweed, the difference between clear and hidden mistakes, and how to begin a recitation.
تعريف التجويدThe five areas where letters are made, then the throat and the back and middle of the tongue.
مخارج الحروف ١The side and tip of the tongue, the teeth and the lips: the letters English speakers most often blur together.
مخارج الحروف ٢Five pairs of qualities that every letter has one side of: breath, strength, heaviness, closure and fluency.
الصفات المتضادةSeven qualities only some letters have, including the echo of qalqalah and its two levels.
الصفات غير المتضادةWhich letters are always heavy, and the changing rules for rāʼ, the lām in Allah's name and alif.
التفخيم والترقيقThe four things that can happen to a nūn with sukūn or tanwīn, depending on the letter after it. Plus the ghunnah of نّ and مّ.
أحكام النون الساكنة والتنوينThree rules for a mīm with sukūn, and the lip mistake most people make before و and ف.
أحكام الميم الساكنةNatural madd is two counts. Learn the reasons a madd grows longer, and how long each type is in Ḥafṣ.
المد وأنواعهStopping, pausing and ending; how a word changes when you stop; and the stopping signs in the mushaf.
الوقف والابتداء