KHAYR
ACADEMY
TAJWEED COURSE
MODULE 2
COURSE INSTRUCTOR: USTADH FARUQ AHMED
TAJWEED COURSE LEVEL 2
(Beautify your recitation of the Holy Quran)
This Module is designed to recap on your letter pronunciation,
and to concentrate on the necessary rules and letter qualities
to ensure no MAJOR or MINOR mistakes are made while
recitation of the Quran.
And start practicing to read the Quran with fluency.
This is Level 1 and will run for 4 weeks every
Wednesday 7pm – 8pm
Content for Level 2
Virtues of the Qur’an 4
The seven full mouth letters 5
Rule of Laam in the word Allah 7
Rule of the letter Alif 8
Rule of the letter Raa 9
Rule of the letter Raa with Sakin 10
Qalqalah 11
Rule of Noon & Meem Shaddah 12
Rule of Alif and Hamzah 12
Rule of Madd 13
Rule of Leen 16
Virtues of learning Tajweed & Reciting Quran
There are many narrations encouraging the recitation of the Qur’an.
Below are just a few of these narrations from various companions.
Lesson 1)
The Prophet ﷺsaid that:
“The one who recites the Qur’an and is well versed in it, will be in the company of the noble and righteous angels;
and the one who reads it but struggles and finds it hard, will receive a double reward.” (Bukhari & Muslim)
Lesson 2)
The Prophet ﷺsaid that: “Whoever reads the Quran and acts upon it, on the Day of Judgement his parents will be
given crowns that will shine more than the sun.” (Abu Dawood)
Lesson 3)
The Prophet ﷺsaid that: “If a group of people gather in a masjid/place to recite the Quran and study it, peace
comes down on them, mercy surrounds them, angels gather around them Allah talks about them to the angels”.
(Muslim)
Lesson 4)
The Prophet ﷺsaid “Recite the Quran, because it will come on the Day of Judgment and plead to Allah on behalf
of those who recited it”. (Muslim)
The 7
Full mouth letters
Tafkhīm:
To pronounce the letters with the back of the tongue raised towards the palate,
as if the mouth is full.
The seven letters from will always be FULL MOUTH, in
any and every situation.
Examples:
Tarqīq:
The remaining letters will be pronounced with an EMPTY MOUTH,
i.e. without raising the back of the tongue.
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Note: There are three unique letters, which despite being from the empty mouth
letters will be pronounced with a full mouth in certain circumstances.
They are:
a) Alif b) Lām of the word Allāh c) Raa
Rule for Lām of the word Allāh
When there is a fathah or a dammah before the word of Allāh then the Lāam in
the word Allāh will be read with a full mouth.
Full mouth Examples:
When there is a kasrah before the word of Allāh, the Lāam will be read with an
empty mouth.
Empty mouth Examples:
Rule for the letter Alif
Alif will be read with a full mouth if it has a full mouth letter before it.
Examples:
And it will be read with an empty mouth if there’s an empty mouth letter before it.
Examples:
Rule for the letter Raa
When the letter has a fatḥah or a ḍammah on it, then it will be read with a full mouth.
Examples:
When the letter has kasrah on it, it will be read with an empty mouth.
Examples:
This rule also applies in Tanween Example:
and RAA with a Shaddah Example:
Raa Sakinah
When has a fatḥah or ḍammah before it, the will be full mouth.
Examples:
When has a kasrah before it, the will be empty mouth.
Examples:
(Detailed rules of the letter will be discussed later in Module 3 InshaAllah)
Qalqalah Qalqalah means to make a bounce or echoing sound on a letter
when pronouncing it, instead of a smooth and immediate stopping.
Rule: When any of the 5 letters of has a SAKIN, it will be read
with an echoing sound.
Whether it is a temporary sakin or a permanent sakin.
a) Temporary sakin is when you’ve put a sakin on a letter because of stopping on it.
b) Permanent (original) sakin. (Is always found on the letter and not caused by anything)
Examples: a) b)
Note: If the last letter has a shaddah on it, there will still be
qalqalah but after pronouncing the shaddah, for example:
Noon and Meem Shaddah
Rule:
Noon Shaddah and Meem Shaddah will always be read with Ghunnah
Ghunnah: for the sound to come out of the nose, the duration of this will be 2 seconds long.
Examples:
Rule of Alif and Hamzah
When Alif is NOT empty and makes a sound, then it becomes Hamzah =
and if it’s empty it’s an Alif =
Madd & Leen The meaning of MADD is to stretch.
Letters of MADD:
1 After FATHA if an 2 After KASRA if a YAA 3 After DAMMA if a WAW
EMPTY ALIF comes comes with a SAAKIN comes with a SAAKIN
4 Standing Fathah 5 Standing Kasrah 6 Standing Dammah
1 After FATHA if an 2 After KASRA if a YAA 3 After DAMMA if a WAW
EMPTY ALIF comes comes with a SAAKIN comes with a SAAKIN
4 Standing Fathah 5 Standing Kasrah 6 Standing Dammah
These 6 situations will be referred to as Madd Letters, they are also known as Madd Asli.
Rule of Madd-e-Asli: It will be stretched for 1-2 SECONDS,
Examples:
EXTENDED MADD
Important Note: Madd letter is a condition for all the extended Madds.
5-6 SECONDS 3-4 SECONDS 1-2 SECONDS
Letters of Leen:
1. After Fatha YAA with Sakin 2. After Fatha WAW with Sakin
Rule of Leen:
Although the Leen letters look similar to the Madd letters, they will NOT be stretched in
continuous reading.
It will ONLY be stretched if the next letter has a sakin (usually when you are stopping).
Examples:
