# Tajweed

Learn tajweed rules: noon sakinah and tanween (izhar, idgham, iqlab, ikhfa), meem sakinah, qalqalah, ghunnah, madd, lam shamsiyyah and waqf signs, each with real Quran examples in colour and audio. তাজবীদ শিক্ষা।

## Noon sakinah & tanween

- [Izhar (clear pronunciation)](https://holy-quran-noor.vercel.app/learn/tajweed/izhar) (markdown: https://holy-quran-noor.vercel.app/learn/tajweed/izhar.md): Izhar means pronouncing noon sakinah or tanween clearly, with no merging and no extra nasal sound, when one of the six throat letters ء ه ع ح غ خ follows.
- [Idgham with ghunnah](https://holy-quran-noor.vercel.app/learn/tajweed/idgham-with-ghunnah) (markdown: https://holy-quran-noor.vercel.app/learn/tajweed/idgham-with-ghunnah.md): Idgham with ghunnah means merging a noon sakinah or tanween into the next letter (ي ن م و) and holding a nasal sound for about two counts.
- [Idgham without ghunnah](https://holy-quran-noor.vercel.app/learn/tajweed/idgham-without-ghunnah) (markdown: https://holy-quran-noor.vercel.app/learn/tajweed/idgham-without-ghunnah.md): Idgham without ghunnah means merging a noon sakinah or tanween completely into a following lam (ل) or ra (ر) with no nasal sound.
- [Iqlab (conversion)](https://holy-quran-noor.vercel.app/learn/tajweed/iqlab) (markdown: https://holy-quran-noor.vercel.app/learn/tajweed/iqlab.md): Iqlab means turning a noon sakinah or tanween into a hidden meem sound, with ghunnah, when the letter ba (ب) follows.
- [Ikhfa (hiding)](https://holy-quran-noor.vercel.app/learn/tajweed/ikhfa) (markdown: https://holy-quran-noor.vercel.app/learn/tajweed/ikhfa.md): Ikhfa means hiding a noon sakinah or tanween, with ghunnah, before any of the fifteen remaining letters.

## Meem sakinah

- [Meem sakinah rules](https://holy-quran-noor.vercel.app/learn/tajweed/meem-sakinah) (markdown: https://holy-quran-noor.vercel.app/learn/tajweed/meem-sakinah.md): A meem with sukun is hidden before ba (ikhfa shafawi), merged before another meem (idgham shafawi) and read clearly before every other letter (izhar shafawi).

## Qalqalah & ghunnah

- [Qalqalah (echoing)](https://holy-quran-noor.vercel.app/learn/tajweed/qalqalah) (markdown: https://holy-quran-noor.vercel.app/learn/tajweed/qalqalah.md): Qalqalah is a slight echo or bounce on the five letters ق ط ب ج د when they carry a sukun or when you stop on them.
- [Ghunnah (nasal sound)](https://holy-quran-noor.vercel.app/learn/tajweed/ghunnah) (markdown: https://holy-quran-noor.vercel.app/learn/tajweed/ghunnah.md): Ghunnah is the nasal hum that belongs to noon and meem; it is held for a full two counts on a noon or meem with shadda (نّ مّ).

## Madd (prolongation)

- [Natural madd (madd asli)](https://holy-quran-noor.vercel.app/learn/tajweed/madd-natural) (markdown: https://holy-quran-noor.vercel.app/learn/tajweed/madd-natural.md): Natural madd is stretching a long vowel (alif, waw or ya of madd) for exactly two counts when no hamza or sukun follows it.
- [Connected madd (madd muttasil)](https://holy-quran-noor.vercel.app/learn/tajweed/madd-muttasil) (markdown: https://holy-quran-noor.vercel.app/learn/tajweed/madd-muttasil.md): Madd muttasil occurs when a madd letter is followed by a hamza in the same word; it is stretched for four to five counts.
- [Separated madd (madd munfasil)](https://holy-quran-noor.vercel.app/learn/tajweed/madd-munfasil) (markdown: https://holy-quran-noor.vercel.app/learn/tajweed/madd-munfasil.md): Madd munfasil occurs when a madd letter ends one word and a hamza begins the next; its length is permissible within a range, commonly four to five counts in Hafs.
- [Necessary madd (madd lazim)](https://holy-quran-noor.vercel.app/learn/tajweed/madd-lazim) (markdown: https://holy-quran-noor.vercel.app/learn/tajweed/madd-lazim.md): Madd lazim occurs when a madd letter is followed by a permanent sukun or shadda in the same word; it is always stretched for six counts.
- [Madd ‘arid lis-sukun (madd when stopping)](https://holy-quran-noor.vercel.app/learn/tajweed/madd-arid) (markdown: https://holy-quran-noor.vercel.app/learn/tajweed/madd-arid.md): Madd ‘arid lis-sukun appears when you stop on a word whose last letter follows a madd letter; the stop makes that letter sakin and the madd may be two, four or six counts.

## Letters & hamzatul wasl

- [Lam shamsiyyah & lam qamariyyah](https://holy-quran-noor.vercel.app/learn/tajweed/lam-shamsiyyah-qamariyyah) (markdown: https://holy-quran-noor.vercel.app/learn/tajweed/lam-shamsiyyah-qamariyyah.md): The lam of “al-” is silent and the next letter doubled before the fourteen sun letters, and pronounced clearly before the fourteen moon letters.
- [Hamzatul wasl (connecting hamza)](https://holy-quran-noor.vercel.app/learn/tajweed/hamzatul-wasl) (markdown: https://holy-quran-noor.vercel.app/learn/tajweed/hamzatul-wasl.md): Hamzatul wasl (ٱ) is pronounced only when you begin a word with it; when you join it to the word before, it is dropped.
- [Tafkheem & tarqeeq (heavy and light letters)](https://holy-quran-noor.vercel.app/learn/tajweed/tafkheem-tarqeeq) (markdown: https://holy-quran-noor.vercel.app/learn/tajweed/tafkheem-tarqeeq.md): Some letters are always heavy (خ ص ض غ ط ق ظ); ra and the lam of Allah are heavy after fatha or damma and light after kasra.

## Stopping & starting (waqf)

- [Waqf signs (stopping marks)](https://holy-quran-noor.vercel.app/learn/tajweed/waqf-signs) (markdown: https://holy-quran-noor.vercel.app/learn/tajweed/waqf-signs.md): Small signs above the line in the mushaf show where to stop, where to continue and where a stop is not allowed.

Cite: Tajweed. Noor Quran. https://holy-quran-noor.vercel.app/learn/tajweed

Canonical: https://holy-quran-noor.vercel.app/learn/tajweed