tajweed rules

As-salaamu-a-laykum

I praise Allah (SWT) the Most High and send blessings upon the best of creation. We pray that you are in the best of health and Imaan. Love for Quran is always looking at ways of improving and moving forward. This booklet is an attempt to look at the subject of Tajweed. This is a very humble effort to address this topic at a very basic level.

What is Tajweed

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

The Word Tajweed is from the root word “Jawdah” which means

“Quality”. Tajweed means “Improving,” or “to make something better.”

The word Tajweed linguistically means ‘proficiency’ or ‘doing something well’. When applied to the Qur’an, it means giving every letter of the Qur’an its rights and dues. When we recite Qur’an and observe the rules that apply to each letter in different situations, we are giving the letter its right and by observing essential characteristics of each letter, we give its due.

The Qur’an was revealed with Tajweed rules applied to it. In other words, when the angel Jibrael (AS) recited the words of Allah to Prophet Muhammad (Sallaho Alaihe Wassallam) he recited them in a certain way and showed Prophet Muhammad (Sallaho Alaihe Wassallam)