TAJWID By Musa Abuzaghleh INTRODUCTION What is Tajwid

ﺍﻟ ﻳ TAJWID By Musa Abuzaghleh

INTRODUCTION ØWhat is Tajwid? Tajwid is to perfect the pronunciation of letters and rules whilst reciting Quran in a way that is close to the recitation of the Prophet SAW. ØWhat is the reward of perfecting your Tajwid? The prophet PBUH said: (the one that recites the Quran and is a professional in reciting it gets rewarded by having ranks like the angels; and the one that recites it and struggles in reciting gets two rewards. ) ØWhy learn Tajwid? To recite the Quran as close as possible to the way the prophet Muhammad PBUH recited. The prophet Muhammad PBUH said: (the best of you are those who learn the Quran and teach it)

ﺍﻭ ﺍ ORGANS OF SPEECH v. There are 5 organs of speech in which the Arabic letters come from as shown below: • Al-Jawf: the empty space in the chest through the throat and mouth • Al-Halq: the throat • Al-Lisaan: the tongue • Ash-Shafataan: the two lips • Al-Khayshoom: the nose or nasal passage

AL-JAWF ﺍﻭﻑ q. Al-Jawf: this is the empty space in the chest area. There are 3 letters that come from this organ. The 3 letters are: ﻱ ﻭﺍ q. These letters only come from Al-Jawf in certain conditions as follows: q. The 3 letters must be Sakin. This means they must have a Sukoon or come with no vowel which is usually the case. q. Each of the above letters must have a similar sounded vowel on the preceding letter. This means: q. The ( ﺍ Alif) must be Sakin and the previous letter must have a Fath ). q. The ( ﻭ Waaw) must be Sakin and the previous letter must have a Dhamm ). q. The ( ﻱ Yaa) must be Sakin and the previous letter must have a Kasr ). q. If we have these letters in the above conditions then we can call them Jawf or Madd letters.

AL-JAWF ﺍﻭﻑ q. Al-Jawf: this is the empty space in the chest area. There are 3 letters that come from this organ. The 3 letters are: ﻱ ﻭﺍ q. What does it mean for the above letters to be in Jawf condition? q. It means that we will have to lengthen or stretch the letter for a minimum of 2 Harakah’s (around 1. 5 seconds) q. Example of Jawf or Madd letters: q. Example of Alif: ﺍ q. Example of Waaw: q. Example of Yaa: ﻳ ﻭﻭﺍ

AL-HALQ ﺍ q. Al-halq: the Throat. In the throat we have 3 exits and 6 letters. ﺥﻍﺡﻉﻩﺀ q. Throat exits and letters: q bottom of the throat: ﻩ , ﺀ q. Middle of the throat: ﺡ , ﻉ q. Top of the throat: ﺥ , ﻍ

AL-LISAAN ﺍﻟﺍ q. Al-Lisaan: the Tongue. In the tongue we have 4 areas, 10 exits and 18 letters in total. q. Areas of tongue: 2 1. Back of the tongue: ﻙ , 1 ﻕ 2. Middle of the tongue: 3 ﻱ , 3 ﺵ , 3 ﺝ 3. Edges & sides of the tongue: 5 ﻝ , 4 ﺽ 4. Tip of the tongue: , 10 ﺫ , 10 ﺙ , 9 ﺯ , 9 ﺹ , 9 ﺱ , 8 ﻁ , 8 ﺩ , 8 ﺕ , 7 ﺭ , 6 ﻥ 10 ﻅ

ASH-SHAFATAAN ﺍﻥ ﺍﻟ q. Ash-Shafataan: the 2 lips. On the 2 lips we have 2 exits and 4 letters in total. q. Exits on lips: 1. The two lips together: ﻭ , ﻡ , ﺏ 2. The bottom lip with the upper teeth: ﻑ

AL-KHAYSHOOM ﺍﻳﻭﻡ q. Al-Khayshoom: this is the nasal passage where the Ghunna (the attribute for the letters ﻥ and )ﻡ comes from. There are no letters that come from this organ however its considered an organ due to it being used a lot in the recitation of Quran.