The word · The Qur’an
اللَّحْن
Lahn
A mistake in recitation: the clear kind changes letters or vowels, the hidden kind breaks finer rules.
Also written · Lahan · Lehn · Lahn jali · Lahn khafi · Lahne jali · Lahne khafi · mistakes in recitation · errors in recitation
The meaning
What Lahn means in Islam
Lahn jali means mispronouncing a letter or a case ending, and because it can change the meaning, scholars treat correcting it as an obligation. Lahn khafi means shortening a madd, missing a ghunnah and the like, a matter of polish rather than sin. Everyone makes both while learning; the remedy is to recite to someone who can hear them.
Evidence · Scholars differ · The scholars read this one differently
Read beside it
Words that sit beside it
- TajwidThe rules for pronouncing the Qur'an correctly: each letter from its place, with its proper qualities.التَّجْويد
- Makharij al-HurufThe points in the mouth, throat and nose where each Arabic letter is produced.مَخارِجُ الحُروف
- HadrFast recitation that still keeps every rule intact, used mainly when revising memorisation.الحَدْر
- QariA reciter of the Qur'an; in the classical sense, one trained and certified in a particular reading.القارِئ
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
- Muhkam and MutashabihThe clear verses whose meaning is decisive, and the verses that can carry more than one meaning.المُحْكَمُ وَالمُتَشابِه
- Rasm UthmaniThe spelling of the Uthmanic copies, kept in mushafs even where it differs from modern Arabic spelling.الرَّسْمُ العُثْمانِيّ
- Tafkhim and TarqiqHeavy and light pronunciation: some letters fill the mouth, others stay thin.التَّفْخيمُ وَالتَّرْقيق