Basic Tajweed in English - Understand Quran

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 Qur’an for quick everyday reference)
1. PRONUNCIATION ( )
To know the pronunciation of a letter, just put an alif
with Zabar before it, and say it loud.
Ex:
• : 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 ( ): double stretch; from nose)
6. RULES OF READING
Flat
1.
2.
_
3.
_ _
Thick
_ _
_ _ _ _
4. Within a word, if a thick or extra thick letter comes
after then will be pronounced thick.
7. RULES OF PRONOUNCING
• :
2. ATTRIBUTES OF LETTERS ( )
Continue breathing while
pronouncing
• :
• :
Thick & high
Extra thick & high
• ( ): Extra sound (Qalqalah)
• () Huroof-e-Madd - double stretch
• : (South; Dubai) Soft letters
3. RULES OF MADD ( )
(wave type): 2 or 5-6 stretches
(kinky type): 5-6 stretches
(kinky on ): 6 stretches
( ) : 2-6 streches (generally at verse-endings)
4. RECITING '' OF THE WORD
Flat
: _
Thick
: _
.
:
5. RULES OF READING
• : Ghunnah (from nose; Double stretch)
• If after , comes in the start of the second
word, then will be suppressed (with Ghunnah).
Ex:
_
If
You
have,
after
or
1. , pronounce it clearly ().
2. then --- merger () with .
then --- merger () without .
3. then - exchange or with .
4. Any other letter comes, then we will suppress
() the letters or .
8. RULES OF STOPPING & STARTING
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 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 , then start with .
2. Depends on the , , or of the third letter.
= = =
• : bu, tu, ... ; : be, te, . ; =
• = ; = ; = = ; =

Rules of Noon Sakin and Tanveen
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(
)
(
)
To suppress / conceal / hide (15 letters)
To recite with suppression and Ghunnah ;
Applies to all letters other than those in ,
and , .
Examples
(4)
Letters
To exchange (One letter)
(3)
Exchange the Noon sound (of
Noon sakin or Tanveen or with
Meem)
Example
Letter
To merge (6 letters)
(2)
Merge Noon Sakin or Tanveen with the following
letters:
Examples
Letters
Types
To recite clearly (6 letters)
(1)
To recite without Ghunnah
Examples
Letters
Exception: There are four words in the
Qur'aan for which there will be no :