A Quick Guide to Tajweed

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Tajweed means to perfect, beautify, or improve the recitation of the Quran.

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It helps readers recite the Quran correctly.

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Learning Tajweed is important because it prevents mistakes in recitation.

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Mistakes can change the meaning of words.

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Reciting the Quran beautifully brings rewards according to a hadith.

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Those who recite beautifully will be with noble angels.

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Tajweed rules need to be learned by hearing and practice.

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Listening to a teacher helps in learning Tajweed.

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Noon Sakinah means the letter noon with no vowel sound.

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It is written as نْ.

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Tanween adds a noon sound to a letter.

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Examples include بًا (ban), بٍ (bin), بٌ (boon).

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Idhaar means to make the noon sound clear.

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It is used when noon sakinah or tanween is followed by certain letters.

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Idghaam means to merge sounds together.

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There are two types: with ghunnah and without ghunnah.

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Iqlaab means to convert the noon sound into a meem sound.

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It happens when a ب follows a noon sakinah.

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Ikhfaa means to hide the noon sound.

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It applies to certain letters that follow noon sakinah.