Tajweed (The Correct Recitation of the Qur'aan)

QuranicArabic

This chart shows how the letters change in different positions:

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The transliteration of consonants used above is the ISO version of 1984. There are various other ways of transliterating Arabic.

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The following are highly recommended external flash links:

Level 1

Level 2

The Arabic Alphabet:

 

Makhaarij (Points of Articulation) of the Letters

  1. Huroof Haw'yah
  2. Letters of Aqsa-e-Halq
  3. Letters of Halq
  4. Letters of Adnal Halq
  5. The Letter Qaff
  6. Letter of Kaff
  7. Huroofush Sharjiyah
  8. Letter Daad
  9. Letter Laam
  10. The Letter Noon
  11. The letter Raa
  12. Huroofun Nat'iyyah
  13. Hurooful Lathwiyya
  14. Huroofus Safier
  15. The Letter Faa
  16. The Letters Baa, Meem and Waaw
  17. Ghunna


Practising Letters Which Sound Similar

 

Level 3

Fathah (Zeber) Practice
Joining letters Fathah Exercise
Kasra (zer) Practice
Joining letters Kasra Exercise
Damma (Pesh)  Practice
Joining letter Damma Exercuse
Long Vowel Fathah (zaber) with Letter Alif
Long vowel Fathah (zaber) with Letter Alif (PRACTICE)
Long Vowel Damma (Pesh) with letter Waw
Long Vowel Damma (Pesh) with letter Waw
Long Vowel Kasra (Zer) with letter Ya
Long Vowel Kasra (Zer) Practice Exercises


Diphthongs

Fatha (zaber) with letter Waw
Fatha (zaber) with letter Waw PRACTICE EXERCISE
Fatha (zaber) with letter Ya
Fatha (zaber) with letter Ya PRACTICE EXERCISE
Combined Practice Exercises

 

Special Rules

Double Fathah Exercise
Double Fathah Practice
Double Kasra Exercise
Double Kasra Practice
Double Damma Excercie
Double Damma Practice
Upright Fathah, Kasra, and Inverted Damma
Upright Fathah (zaber) Exercise 
Upright Kasra (Zer) Exercise 
Inverted Damma (Pesh) Exercise 
Upright Fathah,Kasra and Inverted Damma Practice Exercise Combined

Practice Exercise combined

Special rule letter Alif (Hamza)

SHADDAH  (TASHDID)   double consonant

Lesson 22 SHADDAH  (TASHDID)

MADDAH prolongation

Maddah Exercise prolongation

Long vowel and double consonat


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Introduction to the Makhaarij (Points of Articulations)

 

Introduction to the Oral Cavity Makhraj

 

Introduction to theThe Throat Makhraj

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Shaykh Khaled Bouchafaa

Khaled Bouchafaa has been teaching Quran and tajweed for the last 22 years in various Islamic colleges and masjids. Sheikh Khaled recites Quran with riwayat Hafs by the Shatibiyah tariq and riwayat Warsh by the Al-Azraq tariq.

Currently, he is a teacher of Quran in the largest Islamic School of Australia, is a volunteer Imam and provides tajweed lessons in English and Arabic in his local area. He has been authorised by the Qurra to teach this sacred knowledge of tajweed and Quran.

He began his studies of Qiraat in Algeria from Sheikh Sharati rhm (who was the student of Sheikh Abdul-Aziz abul Uyun as-Sud) and from Sheikh Ahmed Ma'but (who was the student of Sheikh Bakri at Tarabishi). He acquired further knowledge from eminent Scholars of Qiraat in Damascus (Sheikh Abu Sulayman az Zabibi, Sheikh Abdur Razaq al Halabi and Abu Usamah Basha, Imam of Jami' al Qitat, Rhm).

In addition, he has studied with the Egyptian qari, Sheikh Hassan Marzug al Jizzi. He completed khatma in riwayt Hafs min tariq Ashatibiyha, with Sheikh Mutassim Al-Jarrah and riwayat Warsh min tariq Al-Azraq, with Sheikh Khaled Barakat who is the Sheikh Qurra Akkar in Lebanon.

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Subcategories

Ibn al-Jazaree says in his poem about acquiring Tajweed:

And there is no obstacle between it (learning Tajweed) and leaving it,
Except that a person must exercise his mouth with it!

Qira'at refers to the various manners of reciting the Qur'an. There are 10 authentic Qira'at. For a qira'at to be authentic there are very detailed rules. Whereas the Qur'an was revealed in seven ahruf, as is proved in many mutawaatir ahadith. This was because different tribes pronounced and spelled words differently.

This section contains recommended audio/ video recordings for Qur'aan recitation in addition to Tajweed lessons.