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Tajwīd (Arabic: تجويد taǧwīd: IPA: [tædʒˈwiːd]) is an Arabic word for elocution and refers to the rules governing pronunciation during recitation of the Qur'an. It is derived from the triliteral root ǧ-w-d, meaning to make well, make better, or improve. It is required by fard. There are Ten (tawātur) schools of Recitation, the most prevalent of which is the recitation of Imam 'Asim as transmitted by Imam Hafs.
Arabic alphabet and grammar
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The Arabic alphabet has 28 basic letters.
The Arabic word for "the" is al- (the letters alif and lam). The lam in al- is pronounced if the letter after is "qamariyya" (lunar), but silent if the letter after is "shamsiyya" (solar).
Emission points
There are 17 emission points of the letters, or Makhaarijul Huruf, in various regions of the throat, tongue, lips, nose, as well as the mouth as a whole for the prolonged (Mudd) letters.
The manner of articulation, or Siffat al Huruf, refer to the different attributes of the letters. Some of the characteristics have opposites, while some are individual. An example of a characteristic would be the fricative, called Safeer, which is an attribute sound of air escaping from a tube.
Thickness and Thinness
The mufaḵḵam letters (خ ص ض ط ظ غ ق), or emphatic consonants, are pronounced with a “heavy accent” or Tafkhīm. Heavy accent is often pharyngealization, where the consonants are pronounced with a constricted voicebox, or velarization. The rest of the letters, called "muraqqaq", have a “light accent” or Tarqīq because they are pronounced normally, without pharyngealization (Except ع which is not considered heavy because it is a vowel).
ر rāʼ is heavy when it has a fatḥah or ḍammah and light when it has a kasrah. If its vowel sound is cancelled, such as by a sukūn or the end of a sentence, then it is light when the first preceding voweled letter (without a sukun) has a kasrah. It is heavy if the first preceding voweled letter has a fatḥah or ḍammah. For example, the ر at the end of Al-Asr is heavy because the ع ʻayn has a fatḥah.
وَالْعَصْرِِ
ل lām is only heavy in the word Allāh. However, if the preceding vowel is a kasrah, then the ل in Allāh is light, such as in Bismillah,
بِسْمِ الله
Prolongation
Prolongation refers to the number of beats that are pronounced when a voweled letter (fatḥah, ḍammah, kasrah) is followed by alif, yāʼ, and wāw, which are called MUDD letters. The number of beats then becomes two. Additionally, if there is a maddah sign over the mudd letter, then it is four or five counts when it is followed by a hamzah (ء) and six counts when it is followed by a shaddah.[1] For example, the end of the last verse in Al-Fatiha has a six beat maddah because of the shaddah on the ل lām.
- The following has the same diacritic marks as in most print Quran. It slightly differs from the full diacriticized system used in Modern Standard Arabic:
صِرَٰطَ ٱلَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ ٱلمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلاَ ٱلضَّآلِّين
- The following sentence is with the Modern Standard Arabic full diacriticized system:
صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ المَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلاَ الضَّالِّين
Sakinah
Nun sakinah and tanween
Nun sakinah or tanween refers to whenever there is tanween or a sukun sign on a nun. There are four ways it should be pronounced depending on the letter that immediately follows this nun sound.
One is called idhhār (meaning clarity) where this nun sound is pronounced very crisp and clearly when followed by ء ه ع ح غ خ, (called "letters of the throat").
Another is called iqlāb (meaning conversion) where this nun sound is converted to a /m/ sound, with a ghunnah (which is nasalization that is held for two beats) if it is followed by a ب.
Another is called idghām (meaning merging) where this nun sound is dropped when followed by a ل or ر. It is dropped and also has a ghunnah if it is followed by و م ن ي. Idghām only applies between two words and not in the middle of a word.
The last way is called ikhfāʼ (meaning hidden) where the nun sound is suppressed (the tongue does not make full contact with the roof of the mouth) and has a ghunnah if it is followed by the remaining letters not discussed.
Mīm sakinah
The mīm sakinah refers to whenever there is a sukun sign on a mīm. There are three ways it should be pronounced depending on the letter that immediately follows the mīm sound.
One is called idghām shafawī (meaning merging for the lips) where if followed by another mīm, usually indicated by a shaddah, is merged with the following mīm and has a ghunnah.
Another is called ikhfāʼ shafawī (meaning hidden for the lips) where the mīm is suppressed (lips are not fully closed) and has a ghunnah when followed by a ب.
The last way is called idhhār shafawī (meaning clarity for the lips) where the mīm is pronounced clearly with no special rules if it is followed by the remaining letters not discussed.
learning tajweed [1]
Qalqalah
The five qalqalah letters are the consonants, ق ط ب ج and د. Qalqalah is the addition of a slight bounce or small vowel sound to the consonant whose vowel sound is otherwise cancelled, such as by a sukūn, shaddah or the end of sentence.[2] The lesser bounce occurs when the letter is in the middle of a word or at the end of the word but the reader joins it to the next word.[2] A medium bounce is when the letter is at the end of the word but does not have a šaddah, such as the end of the first verse of Al-Falaq.[2]
قُلۡ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلۡفَلَقِ
The biggest bounce is when the letter is at the end of the word and has a shaddah, such as the end of the first verse of Al-Masadd.[2]
تَبَّتۡ یَدَاۤ اَبِیۡ لَهَبٍ وَّ تَبَّ
Stop signs
Stop signs, or rumūz al-awqāf are
مـ -- must stop
قلي -- better to stop
ج -- allowed to stop
صلي -- better not to stop
لا -- should not stop
Manners
Manners of the heart
- Understanding the origin of the word.
- One should understand that the Qur'an is not the word of man.
- The reader should throw away all other thoughts.
- One should understand the meaning.
- One should be humble.
- One should feel that every message in the Qur'an is meant personally for himself or herself.
External manners
- One should be vigilant of the purity of body, clothes, and place.
- One is encouraged to face the Qiblah.
- One should stop at a verse of warning and seek protection with Allah.
- One should stop at a verse of mercy and ask Allah for mercy.
- One should use pure Literary Arabic pronunciation, in addition to pronouncing the letter ج jīm as [d͡ʒ] or [ʒ], not as [ɡ].
- One should have wuḍūʼ (state of being pure) and read only for the sake of God.
See also
- Qari Abdul Basit 'Abd us-Samad
- Qari Ahmad bin Ali Al-Ajmi
- Qari Muhammad Farooq
- Qari Shakir Qasmi
- Qirat
- Qur'an reading
Analogous fields
- Elocution, the analogous modern Western study
- Phonetics
- Pronuntiatio, the analogous classical Western study
- Shiksha, Hindu Vedic recital study
References
Notes
- ^ "Madd sukoon". readwithtajweed.com. Retrieved 2011-06-02.
- ^ a b c d "Hifdh:qalqalah". Albaseera.org. 2009-12-05. Retrieved 2011-06-26.
Books and Journals
- Chapter in "The Art of Reciting the Qur'an" by Kristina Nelson, American University in Cairo Press (Cairo, NY) 2001.
- “Theory and Practice of Tajwid,” Encyclopedia of Arabic Language and Linguistics, IV, Leiden, Brill, 2007 (or still in press)
External links
- Essential Ilm - Free Quality Lessons on Reciting Quran with Tajweed and Arabic Language
- Tajweed Study - Online resource for Tajweed study with lessons organised in chapters with audio samples
- Tajweed Practice - Practice pronouncing common letter combinations with Tajweed
- Studyislaam.org - Hifdh - Learn the fundamentals of Tajwid
- Youtube.com - Articulation of the Arabic Alphabet in Order of Articulation based upon the rules of Tajwid
- Recitation in Tajwid
- Tajweed in English - A Tajweed podcast in iTunes in English for English and French speakers.[ New videos on makharij [(points of articulations)] ]
- Tajweed Podcast - A Tajweed podcast in iTunes in English for English speakers
- AboutTajweed.com - Rules of Tajweed
- Tajwid.info - Tajwid with audio examples
- Altafsir.com - Qura'n and Recitations
- Quran Tajweed - Tajweed and Tartil