Qur’an reading is the recitation of the Qur’an, according to
tajweed Quran & tarteel, as
directed by the Prophet Muhammad S.A.W (PBUH).
What is Tarteel: When questioned about the meaning of
tarteel, Imam Ali (PBUH) answered: It means that the Qur’an should be recited
with Quran tajweed and with due attention to the rules of Waqf (pausing or
stopping at the end of the verse).’
Tarteel (Arabic: ترتيل) is the Arabic word for hymnody. The
name is commonly translated about the Qur'an as recitation, "in proper
order" and "with no hurry." This word is used in chapter 73
named سورة المزمل, verse 4 of the Qur'an: "and read the Qur'an in slow,
measured rhythmic tones."
What is Tajweed:
Tajweed entirely means to read every letter correctly, i.e., from its origin of
pronunciation together with the property of its accompanying notes.
Just as in any other language, we learn to pronounce the
letters and words, e.g., in English, we read ‘ph’ stands for ‘f’ and not ‘p’ as
in ‘phone/fone’ and not ‘pne’..similarly in the
Arabic language, we also have to learn the usual
pronunciation of letters and words which we term ‘tajweed.’
Thus as a quoted example, the word ‘qalb’ (with Q) means
‘heart,’ if read ‘Kalb’ (with K) will now mean dog.
Tajweed also means ‘to improve’ and ‘to make better.’ The
reading and pronunciation of every letter of the Qur’an from where the sound is
thought to come with its proper characteristics such as lengthening (isti’laa),
shortening (istifāl), thinning (tarqeeq), thickening (tafkheem) and other
phonetic laws such as absorbing/merging (idghaam), pronouncing clearly
(idh-haar), changing (iqlab) and covering (ikhfa).
Therefore we could say: Tajweed of the Qur’an is the
knowledge and importance of the right rules of recitation so that the reading
of the Qur’an is as close as practicable to the recitation of the Prophet
Muhammad (PBUH).
Although the Arabic language is read from right to left,
Arabic numbers are read from left to right (as English numbers).
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