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Tajweed Rules

Core rules of recitation with examples

Idgham

مَن يَّقُولُman yaqūlNūn sākinah merges into yā.
مِن نُّورٍmin nūrinNūn sākinah merges into nūn.
مِن رَّبِّهِمْmin rabbihimNūn sākinah merges into rā.

Ikhfa

أَنْتَantaNūn sākinah hidden before tā.
مِن قَبْلُmin qabluNūn sākinah hidden before qāf.
عَنْكُمْʿankumNūn sākinah hidden before kāf.

Iqlab

مِنۢ بَعْدِmim baʿdiNūn sākinah converts to mīm before bā.

Idhar

أَنْعَمْتَanʿamtaNūn sākinah clear before ʿayn.
مِنْ حَيْثُmin ḥaythuNūn sākinah clear before ḥā.

Qalqalah

يَقْطَعُونَyaqṭaʿūnEcho on qāf sākinah.
أَحَدٌaḥadEcho on dāl at stop.
اقْتَرَبَiqtarabaEcho on qāf sākinah.

Madd

قَالَqālaNatural prolongation on alif.
يَقُولُyaqūlProlongation on wāw.
نُوحِيهَاnūḥīhāProlongation on yā.

Ghunnah

إِنَّinnaNasal hum on shaddah-nūn.
ثُمَّthummaNasal hum on shaddah-mīm.
إِنَّمَاinnamāNasal hum on shaddah-nūn.