Tajweed Rules Advanced Advanced

Separated and Joined Writing in Uthmani Script — Distinguishing "an laa" from "alaa"

Definition of Separated and Joined: Maqtoo (separated): written in the Mushaf as two separate words even though pronounced as one — like …

Tajweed Rules Advanced Uthmani Script

Maqtu'-Mawsul + Ta's + Idafah Yas

(1) Maqtu' & Mawsul (Separated vs. Joined Words in Mushaf Spelling): "أن لا" separated in 10 places (Hud 2, Isra 23, A'raf 105, Anbiya …

Reasons for Revelation Basic Madani Events

"Let Not Your Wealth Distract You" — The Story of Uthman and the Caravan

Verse: "O you who believe, let not your wealth and your children distract you from the remembrance of Allah." (63:9) Occasion (Sahih): …

Reasons for Revelation Basic Makki Events

"Allah Commands Justice and Goodness" — When Uthman ibn Mazun Heard It

Verse: "Indeed, Allah commands justice and goodness and giving to relatives, and He forbids immorality and wrongdoing and oppression." (16…

Quranic Terms Basic History & Lessons

Standardization of Mushaf Copies Under Uthman ibn Affan

Cause: During Uthman's reign (25 AH), Islam spread widely and differences in recitation arose among armies in distant regions, threatenin…

Quranic Terms Advanced Qiraat

Shādhdhah (Irregular) Qira'at

Definition: A reading that lacks one of the conditions required for an accepted qira'a, even if its chain of transmission is sound — contr…

Quranic Readings Intermediate The Ten Readers

Ibn Amir Al-Shami — Biography and His Chain to Uthman ibn Affan

Biography: Abdullah ibn Amir Al-Yahsubi Al-Shami (d. 118H) — Imam of reading in the Levant (Syria today). Born during the Prophet's ﷺ lif…

Quranic Readings Intermediate Phonology

"Bastatan" with Sad and Sin — Al-Araf 69 and Al-Shuara 45

The two positions: Al-Araf (69): "And He increased you in bodily stature (bastatan with sad)" — the mushaf writes it with sad Al-…

Quranic Readings Intermediate Waqf & Ibtida

Stopping on the Written Form — "Maliki Yawm Al-Din" — Do You Stop on the Alif?

The question: "Maliki yawm al-din" (Al-Fatiha: 4) — when you stop on "maliki," do you stop with the alif or without it? Rule of stoppi…

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