Tajweed rules

Rule for maad asli

• alif before zabar

• yaa before zer

• waaw before pesh

Rule for Haroof leen

• Waaw saakin before zabar

• yaa saakin before zabar

Rule for tanween and noon saakin

• noon saakin is noon with jazam

• noon saakin and tanween sound same

What happens when a jazam is on a letter ?

Letter becomes saakin

What is a mushadat ?

Letter with tashdeed on it

What is the difference between Ghunna and ikhfa ?

• Ghunna - DEEP nasal sound

• Ikhfa - Light nasal sound

Rule for Izhaar

• After noon saakin or tanween if 6 letters hurofee halqi (letters of the throat) appear, noon saakin or tanween read clearly WITHOUT GHUNNA OR IKHFA.

• Categorised from top, middle and bottom throat.

Rule for Ikhfaa

• after noon saakin 15 letters ikhfaa appear, read with GHUNNA

Rule for qalqala

• If following letters have jazam, read with echoing sound.

What happens with a hamzah with a jazam ?

Read abruptly with slight bounce not full bounce

Rule tashdeed

• Read 2X with one movement tongue.

• 1. Read jazam

• 2. Read harkat

Rule of raa for full mouth letters ?

• Raa has zabar or pesh

• Raa saakin and before it zabar or pesh

• Raa saakin and before zer and in front full mouth letter

Rule of raa for empty mouth letters ?

• Raa has zer under

• Raa saakin and zer before

Rule for Qamari ?

• Before letter huroofee qamari, alif laam appears then laam ONLY READ and alif SILENT

• Referred to as moon letters (BOTTOM ROW)

        

Rule for shamsi ?

• Before letter huroffee shamsi, alif laam appears then both alif and laam silent but will be joined with word after.

• Referred to as sun letters (TOP ROW)

Rule for laam

• If before word “Allah” there appears zabar or pesh, both laams read with FULL MOUTH

• Zer before word Allah = read empty mouth

Rule for Waqf

• Stop 3 harkats or 2 zer or 2 pesh upon it, letter made saakin

• Stop 2 zabar = changed and read maas asli

• Stop round thaa = changed into haa with harkat taken off

Symbols of waqf

Rule for Madd

• After harfe madd, Hamzah appears in same word = Madd MUTTASIL (2-4 alif long)

• After harfe madd, Hamzah appears in following word = Madd MUNFASIL (2-4 alif long)

• After harfe madd, appears saakin or tashdeed cannot seperate letter madd = Madd LASIM (3-5 alif long)

Rule for meem saakin

• Ikhfa - After meem saakin, there is baa = IKHFA made

• Idgham - After meen saakin apperas another meem, first meem incorporated into second = read GHUNNA

• Izhaar- After meem saakin, any letter other than meem and baa = IZHAAR MADE (read clearly without ghunna or ikhfa)

Rule for Iqlaab

• After noon saakin or tanween, appears baa then noon saakin or tanween changed into meem and reas WITH GHUNNA.

Rule Idghaam

• After noon saakin or tanween, from letters laam or raa, noon saakin ir tanween incoporated into laam or raa and read WITHOUT GHUNNA

• After noon saakin or tanween, from letters noon, waaw, meem and yaaa, noon saakin or tanween incorporated into letter following or and read WITH GHUNNA