Tuhfat al-Atfal

The beginner's tajwid poem students memorise, alongside al-Jazariyyah and, for the readings, ash-Shatibiyyah.

Also written · Tuhfatul Atfal · Tuhfa · Tohfatul Atfal · Jazariyyah · Al-Jazariyyah · Muqaddimah al-Jazariyyah · Shatibiyyah · Ash-Shatibiyyah · matn · mutoon · tajweed poem · tajwid text

The meaning

What Tuhfat al-Atfal means in Islam

Tuhfat al-Atfal, by al-Jamzuri, covers the rules of nun sakinah, meem sakinah and madd in about sixty lines of verse. Al-Jazariyyah, by Ibn al-Jazari, goes further into the articulation points and qualities of the letters. Ash-Shatibiyyah is the long poem behind the seven readings, and students normally reach it only after the first two are secure.

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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
MaddLengthening a vowel with alif, waw or ya, held for a set number of counts.المَدّ
Qira'atThe canonical ways of reciting the Qur'an, each carried by chain from the Prophet through a named reader.القِراءات