AlQuran Tajweed Rules.

Defination of Tajweed

The word “tajweed” means to improve, make better. Tajweed of the Holy Qur’an is the knowledge and application of the urles of recitation so the reading of the Qur’an is as the Prophet Muhammad peace and blessings be upon him, recited.

It’s Formation .

The word of the glorious Quran and some said honorable Hadiths also.

Its precept.

Knowledge of Tajweed is fardh-i-kifayaah, meaning some of the Muslim community must know it, and its application is fardh’ ain, required by all Muslims (men and women) who have the complete Qur’an of part of it memorized, even if only one surah.

Its fruits.

It is preserving the tongue from mistakes in pronunciation of the Glorious Qur’an during reading.

Its precedence.

It is one of the most honored of sciences and one of the best of them due to its relation to Allah’s words.

Its founder.

The rule setter from the practical point of view is the Messenger of Allah .The rule setters from the scientific point of view are the scholars of Qur’anic sciences, such as Abu ‘Ubaid Al-Qasim bin Sallaam.

Reasons for its rules.

Guarding the Glorious Qur’an and preserving it from distortion. The Arabs mixed with non-Arabs after the spread of Islam, and the Muslims feared that the Arab tongue would become corrupted with this intermixing. It then became mandatory for rules to be put down that would preserve the recitation of the Qru’an from mistakes, and guarantee the reader of the Qur’an integrity of pronunciation.

Principles of tajweed.

* Knowledge of the articulation points of the letters.
* Knowledge of the characteristics of the letters
* Knowledge of what rules change in the letter due to the order of letters.
* Exercising the tongue and a lot of repetition.