Basic tajweed english

1. In the name of Allah, Most Beneficent, Most Merciful
SOME IMPORTANT TAJWEED RULES
(Print these 2 pages on both sides of a paper and keep the paper in your copy of the Qur’an for quick everyday reference)
1. PRONUNCIATION ( )
To know the pronunciation of a letter, just put an alif
with Zabar before it, and say it loud.
Ex:
• : Halaqi huroof (from throat)
• : from inside the small tongue
• : Tongue-tip & the roots of the upper teeth
• :Tongue-tip & the edges of the upper teeth
• : Tongue-tip & edges of upper gums
• : Right/left side of the tougue touching the top
• Ghunnah ( ): double stretch; from nose)
2. ATTRIBUTES OF LETTERS ( )
• : Continue breathing while
pronouncing
• : Thick & high
• : Extra thick & high
• ( ): Extra sound (Qalqalah)
• ( ) Huroof-e-Madd - double stretch
• : (South; Dubai) Soft letters
3. RULES OF MADD ( )
(wave type): 2 or 5-6 stretches
(kinky type): 5-6 stretches
(kinky on ): 6 stretches
)( : 2-6 streches (generally at verse-endings)
4. RECITING ' ' OF THE WORD
Flat Thick
_: _:
_:.
5. RULES OF READING
• : Ghunnah (from nose; Double stretch)
• If after , comes in the start of the second
word, then will be suppressed (with Ghunnah).
Ex:
6. RULES OF READING
Flat Thick
1.
2. _ __
3. __ ____
4. Within a word, if a thick or extra thick letter comes
after then will be pronounced thick.
7. RULES OF PRONOUNCING
If
You
have,
after
or
1. , pronounce it clearly ( ).
2. then --- merger ( ) with .
then --- merger ( ) without .
3. then - exchange or with .
4. Any other letter comes, then we will suppress
( ) the letters or .
8. RULES OF STOPPING & STARTING
When you stop at a verse end, stop your voice and take a breathe. Take
care of the meanings, when you stop in the middle of the verse.
When you stop:
1. Put a on the last letter.
2. If the last letter has , then stop with a with double
stretch.
3. If the last letter is , then convert it to .
4. If the last letter is or , then convert it to .
When you start:
1. If the first letters are , then start with .
2. Depends on the , , or of the third letter.
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• : bu, tu, ... ; : be, te, . ; =
• = ; = ; = = ; =

2. )()(Rules of Noon Sakin and Tanveen
)1()2()3()4(
To recite clearly (6 letters)To merge (6 letters)To exchange (One letter)To suppress / conceal / hide (15 letters)
To recite without GhunnahMerge Noon Sakin or Tanveen with the following
letters:
Exchange the Noon sound (of
Noon sakin or Tanveen or with
Meem)
To recite with suppression and Ghunnah ;
Applies to all letters other than those in ,
, and .
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Exception: There are four words in the
Qur'aan for which there will be no :