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Tajweed notebook
Introductory written study. Learn recitation and transmitted readings with a qualified teacher.
Noon and tanwin
A silent noon or tanwin before a throat letter is pronounced clearly.
This can occur within a word or between words.
مَنْ أَسْلَمَ
مِنْ خَوْفٍ
Noon and tanwin
Across two words, silent noon or tanwin merges before ي ن م و with a nasal sound.
Within دُنْيَا، بُنْيَان، قِنْوَان، صِنْوَان the noon stays clear.
مَنْ يَعْمَلْ
مِنْ مَسَدٍ
Noon and tanwin
Across two words, silent noon or tanwin merges before ل or ر without ghunnah.
These examples describe connected reading.
مِنْ رَبِّهِمْ
مِنْ لَدُنْهُ
Noon and tanwin
Silent noon or tanwin before ب becomes a concealed meem sound with ghunnah.
The written noon is retained; this is a pronunciation rule.
مِنْ بَعْدِ
سَمِيعٌ بَصِيرٌ
Noon and tanwin
Before one of these fifteen letters, silent noon or tanwin is concealed with ghunnah.
Do not turn the noon into a doubled following letter.
مِنْ شَرِّ
مِنْ قَبْلِ
Silent meem
A silent meem before ب is concealed with ghunnah.
The rule concerns the lips and a silent meem, not a silent noon.
تَرْمِيهِمْ بِحِجَارَةٍ
رَبَّهُمْ بِالْغَيْبِ
Silent meem
A silent meem before another meem merges into one doubled meem with ghunnah.
The following meem is pronounced with shaddah.
لَكُمْ مَا كَسَبْتُمْ
لَهُمْ مَا يَشَاءُونَ
Silent meem
A silent meem before a letter other than ب or م is pronounced clearly.
Take care to keep it clear before و and ف too.
أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ
هُمْ فِيهَا
Other foundations
A doubled noon or meem carries ghunnah for two counts.
Ghunnah is a nasal sound; written practice does not assess your voice.
إِنَّ
ثُمَّ
Other foundations
When one of ق ط ب ج د is silent, its release has a brief echo.
Do not add a full vowel. The examples show silence within a word.
يَجْعَلُ
يَقْطَعُونَ
Other foundations
Alif after fathah, silent waw after dammah or silent ya after kasrah gives natural madd when no hamza or silence follows.
Natural madd is two counts. Other causes of madd require further study.
قَالَ
يَقُولُ
قِيلَ
Other foundations
A silent waw or ya after fathah is a letter of lin.
Lin is distinct from natural madd; stopping can introduce additional rules.
خَوْفٌ
بَيْتٌ
Highlighted fragments are short study examples in ordinary Arabic script, not complete verses.
Some passages have special transmitted readings. These examples do not cover every exception or every stopping rule.
28 alphabet letters, plus a separate hamza entry. Select a letter to see related introductory rules.
A letter alone does not determine a rule. Its vowels, silence and surrounding letters matter.
A short a vowel.
A short u vowel.
A short i vowel.
The letter has no vowel.
The consonant is doubled.
A final added n sound in connected reading; these are three different tanwin signs.
Choose exactly which signs to remove. Base letters and spacing are preserved; no automatic normalization is applied.
Removed characters:
Removing signs changes reading information. Use this as a text editing aid, not a guide for recitation or an assessment of pronunciation.
Ten different questions. Each answer counts once.