This document provides information about Tajweed, which is the proper rules of recitation of the Quran. It defines Tajweed linguistically as improving pronunciation, and technically as reciting each letter from its correct place of origin with the proper attributes. Tajweed is an obligation for Muslims to properly recite the Quran as taught by the Prophet Muhammad. The document discusses why we learn Tajweed, common mistakes in recitation, ways of beginning recitation, and signs to indicate stopping between verses.

1. FIRST LEVEL
‫تحفة‬‫تجويد‬ ‫في‬ ‫والغلمان‬ ‫األطفال‬
‫القرآن‬

2. What Is Tajweed?
Tajweed simply means to recite every
letter correctly i.e. from its proper origin
of pronunciation together with the
attribute of its accompanying letters.
in English: Phone X fone
Arabic: Heart X Dog !!

3. DEFINITIONS
Linguistic:
to improve and to make better.
Technical:
The recitation and pronunciation of every letter of the
Qur’an from where the sound is supposed to come with
its proper characteristics.
Contemporary:
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).

4. Subject of tagweed: The Quran
Fruits ( benefits): to preserve the tongue from
mistakes of pronunciation during telawa and
reading.
precedence: it is one of the most honored
sciences as it is related to the words of all mighty
lord.
Founder: practically by prophet Mohamed
(pbuh), theoretical rules by the scholars of
quranic scientists.

5. Why Do We Learn Tajweed??!
Allah says in the Qur’an ً‫يل‬ِ‫ت‬ْ‫ر‬َ‫ت‬ َ‫رآن‬ْ‫الق‬‫تل‬َ‫ر‬َ‫و‬
and recite the Qur’an as is taught to be recited (lit.
‘with tarteel’).
Qur’an reading is the recitation of the Qur’an
according to tajweed & tarteel as taught by the
Prophet Muhammad (pbuh).
Why else??

6. Tagweed
Communal obligation
Individual obligation
Theoretical
Practical

7. Mistakes (Lahn)
(‫اللحن‬)
Mistakes
Obscure (Khafee)
(adding, omitting or
changing words,
letters, vowels)
Only knowledgeable
readers
Non knowledgeable
readers
Obvious (Jalee)
Violations of madd
duration, ghunnah
It is the deviation of correctness when reading quran

8. Seeking refuge
(‫تعاذة‬‫س‬‫الا‬)
 Manner: ‫الرجيم‬ ‫الشيطان‬ ‫من‬ ‫باهلل‬ ‫أعوذ‬/‫أعوذ‬‫العليم‬ ‫السميع‬ ‫باهلل‬
‫الرجيم‬ ‫الشيطان‬ ‫من‬

9. 'In the Name of Allah, Most Beneficient, Most
Merciful‘
 at the beginning of a surah, the reader should say the
Basmala (as part of the surah).
 in the middle of the surah, the reader has a choice of
saying the Basmala after the ta'awwuth or just saying
the ta'awwuth
 Surah Al- Fatihah (according to the Shafi'i school)
 At-Taubah - Surah 9 (it is not written)
‫ة‬َ‫ل‬َ‫م‬ْ‫س‬َ‫ب‬‫ال‬Basmala

10. 1. Cutting all three off from each other.
2. Joining all three with each other.
3. Joining the basmalah and the beginning of the surah.
4. Joining seeking refuge with the basmalah.
Ways of ta'awuth and basmalah
((at the beginning of a surah

11. Joining Alanfal and attawba
End of Alanfal
(‫عليم‬ ‫شيء‬ ‫بكل‬ ‫هللا‬ ‫إن‬)
Beginning of Attawba
(‫رسوله‬ ‫و‬ ‫هللا‬ ‫من‬ ‫براءة‬)
Stop‫القطع‬
Pause‫السكت‬
Join‫الوصل‬

12. STOPPING SIGNS

13. Prostration of reading
Prostration is legislated for reader and listener in
obedience of God and in contradiction of satan
 al-A’raaf 7:206
 al-Ra’d 13:15
 al-Nahl 16:49
 al-Isra’ 17:107
 Maryam 19:58
 al-Hajj 22:18
 al-Hajj 22:77
 al-Furqaan 25:60
 al-Naml 27:25
 al-Sajdah 32:15
 Saad 38:24
 Fussilat 41:37
 al-Najm 53:62
 al-Inshiqaaq 84:21
 al-‘Alaq 96:19

14. ‫األطفال‬ ‫تحفة‬ ‫متن‬

15. ‫خيرا‬‫هللا‬ ‫جزاكم‬