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 Quran for quick everyday reference)

6. RULES OF READING 

1. PRONUNCIATION ( 

 )
To know the pronunciation of a letter, just put an alif
with Zabar before it, and say it loud.

      : 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 (


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4.

1.

You

:

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('( )*+): Extra sound (Qalqalah)

,  . / (
 
) Huroof-e-Madd - double stretch

, . ,

Thick & high

after





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 ! " then --- merger (#$) with %&'#.

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then --- merger (#$) without %&'#.

021& ( %3- ('/ 04 then - exchange 

or


 with .

2 5 6+2 (

4. Any other letter comes, then we will suppress

(wave type): 2 or 5-6 stretches

(kinky type): 5-6 stretches
(kinky on 
  ): 6 stretches

(78) the letters

Thick
  
 ! :  _
.  "
 
:  _

"

"! : Ghunnah (from nose; Double stretch)

comes in the start of the second

word, then " will be suppressed (with Ghunnah).

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8. RULES OF STOPPING & STARTING

(
 ): 2-6 streches (generally at verse-endings)




 

 

2.

3.

3. RULES OF MADD ( ' )

Ex:

!


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 or

: (South; Dubai) Soft letters

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     , pronounce it clearly ().

have,

Extra thick & high

4. RECITING '0' OF THE WORD

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Within a word, if a thick or extra thick letter comes

after  then  will be pronounced thick. #!$ % &
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If

If after " ,

   
 

7. RULES OF PRONOUNCING

pronouncing


  


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Continue breathing while

5. RULES OF READING

   

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3.

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Flat
 
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2.

2. ATTRIBUTES OF LETTERS ( 
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Ex:

Flat

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 0 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 1-  , then start with 1- ! .
2. Depends on the  ,  , or  of the third letter.
56%-  = 56%-  34
  = 34
  "

2 =  "




 
 : bu, tu, ... ;

 : be, te, . ;


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Rules of Noon Sakin and Tanveen

4
To suppress / conceal / hide (15 letters)
To recite with suppression and Ghunnah ;
Applies to all letters other than those in 
,
 


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( )

and  .

Examples


 

Letters

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3
To exchange (One letter)
 


2
To merge (6 letters)

1
To recite clearly (6 letters)

Merge Noon Sakin or Tanveen with the following

letters: 

To recite without Ghunnah

( )

 


Exchange the Noon sound (of

Noon sakin or Tanveen or with
Meem)
Example
Letter

 

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Examples

Examples



 

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Exception: There are four words in the

Qur'aan for which there will be no   :

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Types

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