The word · The Qur’an
الحَدْر
Hadr
Fast recitation that still keeps every rule intact, used mainly when revising memorisation.
Also written · Hader · Hadar · Hadr recitation · fast recitation · quick recitation · Hadr Quran · Hadar recitation · Hadr al-Quran
The meaning
What Hadr means in Islam
Speed itself is allowed; dropping letters, cutting a madd short or blurring word endings is not. A hafiz revising several juz in a day will usually recite in hadr. If the words begin running into each other, the answer is to slow down rather than push on.
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Read beside it
Words that sit beside it
- TartilReciting slowly and distinctly, giving every letter its right, as the Qur'an itself instructs.التَّرْتيل
- TadwirThe middle speed of recitation, sitting between the slow tartil and the quick hadr.التَّدْوير
- Muraja'ahRevision of what you have memorised, the daily work that keeps the Qur'an from slipping away.المُراجَعَة
- LahnA mistake in recitation: the clear kind changes letters or vowels, the hidden kind breaks finer rules.اللَّحْن
More from The Qur’an
- Al-Ahruf as-Sab'ahThe seven modes in which the Qur'an was revealed, an ease for the community; what a mode is stays disputed.الأَحْرُفُ السَّبْعَة
- HifzMemorising the Qur'an by heart, traditionally with a teacher who hears you every day.الحِفْظ
- IzharPronouncing a nun sakinah or tanwin clearly, with no nasal hum, before one of six throat letters.الإِظْهار
- MufassirA scholar who writes or teaches tafsir, trained in Arabic, the readings, the Sunnah and the occasions.المُفَسِّر
- Qur'anThe speech of Allah revealed to Muhammad in Arabic over about twenty three years, preserved word for word.القُرْآن
- Tafkhim and TarqiqHeavy and light pronunciation: some letters fill the mouth, others stay thin.التَّفْخيمُ وَالتَّرْقيق