Tajweed and sometimes referred as tarteel is the way to read the Holy Quran. The reader should respect special rules in order to read the Holy Quran in the same way it was revealed to the prophet (peace be upon him) .

This tutorial doesn't include all the rules of tajweed but it includes the minimum amount that every Muslim should know for reading the Holy Quran.

1. Stops:

When reading the Holy Quran, we are supposed to stop (means the reader takes a breath with the intention of continuing reading) only when it is allowed to do so.

There are different kind of signs on top of the word to indicate if it possible to stop or not:

means we have to stop (The Compulsory Stop):

we can not stop (The Prohibited Stop):

it is better to continue (The Good Stop):

it is better to stop (The Sufficient Stop):

it is the same to stop or to continue (The Equality Stop):

if you stop one then you can not stop on the other (The Precautionary Stop):

stop for a brief time:

Note: if you lost your breath and ther is no stop sign ....example

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Sajda

This picture shows how we make sajda .

When reading the holy Quran we have to make sajda if we find this sign .

To explain this we will look at the example below:

Now to the explanation , this sign is to indicate that there is sajda, this sign on top of a word explain the reason why we have to make sajda and the last sign is , and it shows when we make the sajda.

This situation occurs 14 times in the Holy Quran:

Surah 7:206, Surah 13:15, Surah 16:49, Surah 17:107, Surah 19:58, Surah 22:77, Surah 25:60, Surah 27:25, Surah 32:15, Surah 38:24, Surah 41:37, Surah 53:59, Surah 84:21, Surah 96:19.

Lengthening (Madd):

Madd means lengthening of the sound .

It occurs whenever we encounter a long vowel .. and when we encounter a "Madd" sign: , , .

Practice:

With a long vowel

With we treat the letter before it as if we have the long vowel and with we treat the letter before it as if we have the long vowel .

withThe lengthening of the sound is held for four or five, or six counts. The example below shows how: