What is Tajweed? To pronounce each letter from its correct articulation point, giving its right and due, considering the characteristics of the letters. Why is Tajweed Important? To protect the…

The Characteristics of the letters (Ṣifāt) This will assist us in articulating the letters properly, distinguishing them from one another especially when certain letters share the same Maharaj (articulation point).…

Common Mistakes  ا – Imāla (between the Kasra and Fatha) ت – sounds like the ‘t’ in English ث – between the thā and the ṣād ج – not touching…

 Lesson:1 In this lesson, we are going to learn the different letters of the Arabic alphabet on their own as single units. So here are the letters and in Arabic,…

Lesson:2 The next lessons of the book are going to introduce the Arabic short vowels that appear above or beneath the letter. It will also introduce what we call nunnation…

In this lesson, we will see a combination of letters that occur at the beginning of some surahs of the Quran – Huruf al-Muqatta’aat. We will now reread the name…

We will now introduce what we called the long vowel. this is where we double the sound of the short vowel. This extension of the sound is what we call…

This lesson will practice previous concepts covered, namely the Tanwin (An, In, Un), The 3 madd letters (Alif, Waw and Yaa)  and the Madd Leen (Ay and Aw) Ensure madd…

This lesson introduces the ‘Shadda’ (double letters).  Shadda  – أَبَّ = أبْ + بَ Even though the exercise only deals with 4 letters for practice, it will be a good…

This lesson is similar to the previous lesson where we extend the short vowel by doubling the sound. However though the sound is the same and the same length it’s…

This lesson introduces the Sukoon (Vowelless letters). This is the opposite of the harakaat (Fatha, Dammah, Kasra)  that we have explored in previous lessons. The harakat gives movement to the…

This lesson continues with the idea of the Sukoon (Vowelless letters), with lots of practice. It also deals with Ikhfa (the hiding of the noon while transitioning to the next…