Learn to read the Quran with Tajweed
Fluent, correct recitation from the Mushaf, with the rules of Tajweed learned while you read rather than memorised as theory.
Tajweed is the set of rules for pronouncing the Quran as it was taught and transmitted: where each letter comes from, which letters are heavy or light, when a sound is merged, hidden or stretched. Knowing the rules on paper is not the same as reciting with them, so this course is built around reading aloud.
In every class you recite while your tutor follows along, stops you at the mistake, explains the rule behind it and asks you to read the line again. Over time the corrections become fewer and your recitation becomes steady and confident.
وَرَتِّلِ الْقُرْآنَ تَرْتِيلًا
What you will learn
- Makharij al-huruf
- The articulation points of the letters: throat, tongue, lips, nasal passage and the open space of the mouth.
- Sifaat
- The characteristics that separate similar letters, such as the heaviness of ص compared with س.
- Noon sakinah and tanween
- Izhar, idgham, iqlab and ikhfa: the four ways a silent noon or tanween is pronounced depending on the next letter.
- Meem sakinah, qalqalah and ghunnah
- The rules most often heard in short surahs and daily prayers.
- Madd
- Which vowels are lengthened, by how much, and why.
- Stopping and starting
- Reading the waqf signs so you pause in places that keep the meaning intact.
How the course progresses
- 1
Assessment
Your tutor listens to you recite and notes the mistakes that matter most.
- 2
Short surahs
Rules are introduced through Juz ʿAmma, the surahs most people recite in salah.
- 3
Guided reading
You read through the Quran in order with live correction, a few lines or pages per class.
- 4
Fluency
Longer passages at a natural pace, with less stopping and more self-correction.
A typical class
- 1.Recite the previous lesson for revision
- 2.Read the new portion while the tutor corrects
- 3.A short explanation of one rule that came up in today's reading
- 4.Re-read the corrected lines until they are clean
How long does it take?
How long it takes depends on your starting point and how often you practise. Some students only need a few months of correction; others choose to read the whole Quran once with a tutor.
Tajweed: frequently asked questions
Do I need to memorise the Tajweed rules by name?
Not to recite correctly. We teach the names because they make corrections quicker to explain, but the focus is on what you actually pronounce.
Which recitation style do you teach?
Our classes follow the Hafs ʿan ʿAsim narration, which is the one printed in most copies of the Quran worldwide.
I make mistakes in Surah Al-Fatiha. Can we start there?
Yes. Many students ask to correct Al-Fatiha and the surahs they recite in salah first, and it is a sensible place to begin.
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