The word · The Qur’an
التَّجْويد
Tajwid
The rules for pronouncing the Qur'an correctly: each letter from its place, with its proper qualities.
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The meaning
What Tajwid means in Islam
The word means to do a thing well. In practice it covers articulation points, letter qualities, lengthening, merging, hiding, and where to stop. Scholars broadly agree that learning enough to avoid errors that change meaning is required of every reciter; how much of the finer detail is obligatory is debated, and a beginner is not sinful for reciting imperfectly while learning.
Evidence · Scholars differ · The scholars read this one differently
Read beside it
Rooms that name it
Words that sit beside it
- Makharij al-HurufThe points in the mouth, throat and nose where each Arabic letter is produced.مَخارِجُ الحُروف
- Sifat al-HurufThe qualities of each letter: whispered or voiced, heavy or light, tense or flowing.صِفاتُ الحُروف
- MaddLengthening a vowel with alif, waw or ya, held for a set number of counts.المَدّ
- LahnA mistake in recitation: the clear kind changes letters or vowels, the hidden kind breaks finer rules.اللَّحْن
- TartilReciting slowly and distinctly, giving every letter its right, as the Qur'an itself instructs.التَّرْتيل
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
- Hafiz (of the Qur'an)Someone who has memorised the whole Qur'an and can recite it from memory.الحافِظ
- IqlabTurning a nun sakinah or tanwin into a meem when the next letter is ba, held with a hum.الإِقْلاب
- ManzilOne of seven divisions of the Qur'an, used by those who complete a full reading each week.مَنْزِل
- Nuzul al-Qur'anThe sending down of the Qur'an: gradually, over roughly twenty three years, alongside real events.نُزولُ القُرْآن
- SaktahA brief silence held without taking a breath, then the recitation carries straight on.السَّكْتَة