Tajweed Rules

Lesson 1
1.1:

The Arabic Alphabet :

Note: you have to stick your tongue outside your teeth when you
say the following three letters:

For the rest of the letters, the tongue stays inside the teeth,

including the letter:

:For example

1.2:

The Heavy letters

Note: Heavy letters are underlined:

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:For example

:Dont forget to stick your tongue out for

1.3:

Qalqala

These are letters which when a sukon is present they are at

unrest or bounced

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Qalqala consists of 3 types:

(i) small Qalqala: the letter is not at the end of the word
(ii) medium Qalqala: the letter is at the end of the word
(iii) great Qalqala: the letter is at the end of the word + shadda

(i)

Small Qalqala:

Note: the last example (right to left order) does not have Qalqala on
the first

as there is no sukon present.

,

Tongue outside to
complete the word:

(ii)

Medium Qalqala:

Note that the last letter has got a kasrah :

So, when we stop at any word we put a sukon on the last letter, this
is why we bounce the:

So, when we decide not to carry on, i.e. stop at any word, we put a
sukon on the last letter instead of its normal vowel point, This
.practice is known as the artificial sukon

In the 1st example do we bounce the ?

In this example there is no Qalqala with :

In this example how many qalqla letters? What are their type?

(iii) Great Qalqala:

Remember the Qalqala is stronger and more pronounced in the presence of

the shaddah.

:EXERCISES
Read-1

Read and write the words above, assuming you are going -2
.to stop on them
After you finished the second exercise, state which words end -3
.with real Sukon, and which end with artificial Sukon
Go back to the first exercise and put one line under the -4
letters which require the tongue to go outside the teeth, and
.two lines under the heavy letters
Go back to the second exercise and circle the Qalqala -5
.letters, and state of which type each one is