In the Qur’an there are some signs or punctuation marks called ‘waqf’ or in plural ‘wuqoof’. It is important to know the correct points at which to stop or continue during recitation in order to not change or distort the meaning of the ayaat. STOPPING SIGNS This chapter is a recap from Q Read 1. Therefore we could say: Tajweed of the Qur’an is the knowledge and application of the correct rules of recitation so that the reading of the Qur’an is as close as possible to the recitation of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh). The recitation and pronunciation of every letter of the Qur’an from where the sound is supposed to come with its proper characteristics such as lengthening (isti’laa), shortening (istifāl), thinning (tarqeeq), thickening (tafkheem) and other phonetic rules such as absorbing/merging (idghaam), pronouncing clearly (idh-haar), changing (iqlab) and hiding (ikhfa). Tajweed also means ‘to improve’ and ‘to make better’. Thus as a repeated example, the word ‘qalb’ (with Q) means ‘heart’, if read ‘kalb’ (with K) will now mean dog.

Just as in any other language, we learn to pronounce the letters and words e.g.: in English we learn ‘ph’ stands for ‘f’ and not ‘p’ as in ‘phone/fone’ and not ‘pne’.similarly in the Arabic language, we also have to learn the proper pronunciation of letters and words which we term ‘tajweed’. from its proper origin of pronunciation together with the attribute of its accompanying letters. What is tarteel? When asked about the meaning of tarteel, Imam Ali (pbuh) replied: ‘It means that the Qur’an should be recited with tajweed and with due observance to the rules of waqf (pausing or stopping at the end of the verse).’ What is tajweed? Tajweed simply means to recite every letter correctly i.e. Qur’an reading is the recitation of the Qur’an according to tajweed & tarteel as taught by the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).

ورت لا القر آنا ترتيلا.and recite the Qur’an as is taught to be recited (lit. Importance of reciting the Qur’an correctly Allah also says in the Qur’an

It follows with the all-important rules of tajweed. Q Read 2 begins with recapping on the ‘rules of stopping’ and a basic introduction to the divisions in the Qur’an and Arabic numbers. 46īefore starting this book, the student should have finished Q Read part 1 and now practicing reciting the Holy Qur’an. SIMPLE SUMMARY OF THE RULES OF NUN SAKIN AND TANWEEN. QUALITIES OF LETTERS SIFAAT – AL – HUROOF.

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