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Tajweed Rules
Advanced
Special Topics
Sakt (Brief Pause Without Breath) in Hafs — Four Specific Positions
Definition:
Sakt: a brief pause (without breathing) on a letter, then continuing. This is one of the unique features of Hafs's narration …
Tajweed Rules
Advanced
Idgham
Major Assimilation (Al-Idgham Al-Kabeer) — Identical and Similar Letters
Definition:
Major Assimilation (Idgham Kabeer): merging a voweled letter into an identical or similar voweled letter following it. Called…
Tajweed Rules
Advanced
Advanced
Major and Minor Imala — Definition and Types in Hafs
Definition of Imala:
Linguistically: inclination. Technically: pronouncing the alif or fatha with a lean toward the yaa and kasra. It con…
Tajweed Rules
Advanced
Advanced
Tasheel — The Facilitated Hamza Between Hamza and a Long Vowel
Definition of Tasheel:
Technically: pronouncing the second of two consecutive hamzas with a sound between a full hamza and the long vowel…
Tajweed Rules
Advanced
Advanced
Ibdal — Converting the Hamza into a Long Vowel
Definition of Ibdal:
Ibdal: converting a sukoon hamza into a long vowel matching the movement of the letter before it. If preceded by fat…
Tajweed Rules
Advanced
Advanced
Special Words in Hafs — "Al-Dhaf", "Bastah", and "Siraat"
The Issue of "Al-Dhaf" / "Al-Dhuf":
In Surah Al-Rum (verses 54) the word appears three times. Hafs has two readings: "Al-Dhaf" with fatha…
Tajweed Rules
Advanced
Waqf & Ibtida
Al-Sakt for Hafs — The Four Positions and Their Evidence
Definition of Sakt:
Sakt: a momentary pause of the voice without breathing — shorter than waqf and not considered a full stop.
The fou…
Tajweed Rules
Intermediate
Meem Saakinah Rules
Sillat Meem Al-Jam' — Hafs' Two Modes
Meem Al-Jam' (Plural Meem): The sukoon meem ending nouns/verbs referring to masculine plural — هُمْ، أَنْتُمْ، عَلَيْهِمْ.
In Hafs 'an …
Tajweed Rules
Intermediate
Metonymy
Ha' Al-Kinayah (Pronoun Ha) — Rule and Exceptions
Ha' Al-Kinayah (Pronoun Ha): The extra Ha at word ending referring to singular masculine third person: إِنَّهُ، بِهِ، لَهُ.
Rule in Haf…
Tajweed Rules
Advanced
Hamzah Rules
Starting with Wasl + Two Hamzas + Tashil + Naql
(1) Starting with Wasl Hamza (Hafs):
"Al" article → Fathah: الْحَمْدُ starts as أَلْحَمْدُ
Ten nouns → Kasrah: ابْن starts as إِب…
Tajweed Rules
Advanced
Hafs Exceptions
Hafs Exceptions — Imalah, Ishmam, Tashil & Seen for Sad
Hafs Exceptions:
(1) Imalah (single place): "مَجْرَاهَا" in Hud 41 — Ra and following Alif are inclined toward kasrah/ya.
(2) Ishma…
Tajweed Rules
Advanced
Waqf & Ibtida
The Four Sakts in Hafs — Locations and Performance
Sakt: A brief interruption of voice (about 2 counts) without breathing, with intent to continue.
Difference from Waqf: Sakt has no brea…
Reasons for Revelation
Advanced
Madani Events
At-Tahrim — The Honey Incident or Maria's Story
Occasion of Revelation (Sahih — Agreed Upon):
Two authentic agreed-upon narrations, both possibly combined:
Narration 1 (Bukhari & Mus…
Quranic Terms
Intermediate
Quranic Sciences
Quranic Recitations — The Authorized Plurality
Definition: Different modes of pronouncing Quranic words — taken through continuous chains from the Prophet ﷺ. All are authentic Quran.
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Quranic Readings
Intermediate
Foundations
The Chain of Readings — The Golden Chain to the Prophet ﷺ
Importance of chain in readings:
A reading without a chain is like a hadith without a chain — unacceptable. Ibn Mujahid: "No one authoriz…
Quranic Readings
Basic
The Ten Readers
Ibn Amir Al-Shami and Asim Al-Kufi
Abdullah ibn Amir Al-Shami (d. 118H) — Imam of Syria:
Learned from Al-Mughira ibn Abi Shihab from Uthman ibn Affan — some say he took dir…
Quranic Readings
Intermediate
Differences
Differences in Al-Fatiha Between Hafs and Warsh
Al-Fatiha — Key differences:
Word Hafs from Asim Warsh from Nafi'
مَلِكِ / مَالِكِ Malik (King — short a) Maalik (Owner — l…
Quranic Readings
Advanced
Differences
Al-Imala — Definition, Types, and Who Performs It
Definition: Imala: inclining the fatha toward kasra, and the alif toward ya — pronouncing the alif with a lean toward ya without fully bec…
Quranic Readings
Advanced
Differences
Tashil of Hamza — Who Softens It and How
Definition: Tashil of hamza: softening it between full hamza and the letter corresponding to its vowel movement — or replacing it with a m…
Quranic Readings
Intermediate
Differences
Malik / Maalik Yawm Al-Din — Rhetorical and Jurisprudential Difference
Verse: "Maliki yawm al-din" — Al-Fatiha: 4
The two readings:
Malik (without alif — adjectival): Hafs from Asim, Shu'ba, Ibn Kathir…
Quranic Readings
Advanced
Differences
Al-Madd Al-Munfasil — Readers' Differences from 2 to 6 Harakaat
Definition:
Al-madd al-munfasil: a madd where the madd letter is in one word and the hamza follows in a separate word — like "ya ayyuha",…
Quranic Readings
Advanced
Differences
Tahqiq vs. Tashil of Hamza — Warsh Softens Where Hamza Fully Pronounces
Tahqiq: Fully pronouncing hamza with its original articulation point (deepest throat).
Tashil: Softening hamza by any known method (naq…
Quranic Readings
Advanced
Differences
Al-Sila and Al-Iskan — Extending Ha' and Mim Al-Jam' in Some Readings
First: Sila of ha' al-kinaya (pronominal ha'):
The singular masculine pronoun ha' (in "minhu / 'anhu / lahu") — the default is plain pron…
Quranic Readings
Intermediate
Madd
Connected Madd Among Readers — Hamza Extends 6, Hafs Extends 4-5
Definition of connected madd:
When a hamza follows a madd letter within the same word — examples: "ja'a", "sa'a", "sha'a", "al-sama'i", "…
Quranic Readings
Intermediate
Common Errors
Resemblances Between Readers — Words That Confuse Tajweed Students
Most problematic areas for students:
1. "Al-Nash'a / Al-Nasha'a" (Al-Ankabut 20):
Nafi, Ibn Kathir, and Abu Amr: "nasha'a" with madd …