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Tajweed Lessons

There are 5 areas of articulation in speech: al-Jaouf, al-Halq, al-Lisaan, ash-Shafatain, and al-Khaishoom. Al-Jaouf refers to the empty space in the mouth and throat. Al-Halq is the throat and has 3 parts. Al-Lisaan is the tongue and has 10 points of articulation for 18 letters. Ash-Shafatain are the lips, which have 2 points. Al-Khaishoom produces ghunna in the nasopharynx. Each letter is articulated from a specific point, and rules govern pronunciation of letters with sukoon and tanween and the merging of

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Tajweed Lessons

There are 5 areas of articulation in speech: al-Jaouf, al-Halq, al-Lisaan, ash-Shafatain, and al-Khaishoom. Al-Jaouf refers to the empty space in the mouth and throat. Al-Halq is the throat and has 3 parts. Al-Lisaan is the tongue and has 10 points of articulation for 18 letters. Ash-Shafatain are the lips, which have 2 points. Al-Khaishoom produces ghunna in the nasopharynx. Each letter is articulated from a specific point, and rules govern pronunciation of letters with sukoon and tanween and the merging of

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how many areas of articulation are there

areas of articulation are


1.Al-Jaouf
2.Al-Halq

3.Al-Lisaan
4.Ash-Shafatain
5.Al-Khaishoom

What is Al-Jaouf
the empty space in mouth and throat

letters originating from Al-Jaouf letters originating from Al-Jaouf

1.Alif with a sukoon, preceeding by letter with fatha


2.Wow with a sukoon, preceeding by letter with dhamma
3.Ya with a sukoon, preceeding by letter with kasra

Al-Halq has how many parts


3 parts

deepest part of throat, close to chest

middle part of throat

closest part of throat (close to mouth)

Al-Lisaan has how many articulation points


10 points for 18 letters

parts of tongue are


1.deepest part
2.middle part
3.sides of tongue
4.top of tongue
5.tip of tongue

deepest part of tongue

middle of the tongue

sides of the tongue


, when the side of tongue touches the molars on left or right

tip of the tongue1


, tip of tongue and 2 top front incisors

= tip of tonge from topside and upper incisors

tip of the tongue2


whisteling letters are
= tip of tongue and above 2 lower incisors

tip of the tongue3

= tip of tongue and bottom edges of two top incisors

lips (ash shfatain) have


2 articulation points for 4 letters

is articulated from
inside of lower lip and tips of 2 front incisors

using the 2 lips

Ghunna is produced from


Nasopharynx

which letters produce a 'HEAVY' sound always

letters that can produce both heavy and light sounds are

letter produces heavy sound if


it has a Fathah or Dhamma on it

letters that produce heavy sounds are called


TAFKHEEM (full mouth)

letters that produce light sounds are called


TARQEEQ (empty mouth)

What is Sukoon
means 'silent', it is sometimes known as JAZM

if letter has sukoon on it, how do u recite


look at the letter before it

with sukoon, if letter before it is a bold letter or has a harkat


upon it
read bold

with sukoon, if letter before it is a light letter or has harkat


below it
read light

a letter having a harakat is called


Mutaharrik

if a letter has no harakat, it is called


a Saakin and the sign above it is called Sukoon

what are silent letters


letters having no harakat on them

what is Tanween
it means a single harakat with a hidden Noon sukoon, instead of writing separate
harakat and noon sukoon, the respective harakat sign is doubled

which are the Qalqalah letters

a letter having Tashdid is called


Mushaddad

what is Idghaam
it means merging.when 2 letters have similar points of articulation or similar kind
appear side by side, first letter with sakin and the 2nd with tashdid

type of idghaam
3 types

Idghaam Mithlayn is
same letters side by side, for e.g, and

Idghaam Mutaqarribayn

letters with similar origin, for e.g, and .


and

Idghaam Mutajanisayn
related letters, for e.g, and
and

what are the rules of Noon Saakin and Noon Tanwin


1.Izhaar (saying clearly)
2.Idghaam (Merging)
3.Iqlab (Converting or changing)
4.Ikhfaa (hiding)

Noon Saakin and Noon Tanwin : Izhaar rules


if any throat letters come after noon saakin or noon tanwin, the read normally
without Ghunna

Noon Saakin and Noon Tanwin : Idghaam with ghunnah rules


is partial or incomplete idghaam with YAMOON

Noon Saakin and Noon Tanwin : Idghaam without ghunna


is complete idghaam with .. the sound of noon will disappear completely

Noon Saakin and Noon Tanwin : Iqlab rules


if letter comes after noon saakin or noon tanwin, noon saakin is changed to
meem saakin

Noon Saakin and Noon Tanwin : Ikhfa rules


if after noon saakin or noon tanwin, any other letters except throat and yarmaloon
letters and letter occur, then noon saakin or noon tanwin will be read with IKHFA.
i.e, hide the voice of noon in the nose for 2 secs

what are the rules of saakin


1.Izhar-e-Shafawi
2.Idgham-e-Shafawi
3.Ikhfaa-e-Shafawi

Izhar-e-Shafawi is
if any letter EXCEPT and come after saakin, it will be read normally without
ghunna

Idgham-e-Shafawi is
if 2 's come together, these are merged to one another,and Idghaam will take place
with a nasal sound

Ikhfaa-e-Shafawi is
if letter come after saakin, then we hide the sound of into and ikhfaa will take
place with a nasal sound

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