A masterclass on تَجْوِيد — theoretical foundations and practical application, based on the poem of Imam Muhammad Ibn Al-Jazari Ash-Shafi'i.
Thirty-five slides covering the articulation points, the characteristics of the letters, and the rules of recitation — each with the relevant verses of the poem and their translation.
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Why this text sits at the heart of the Tajweed curriculum.
Imam Muhammad Ibn Al-Jazari Ash-Shafi'i (d. 833 AH) was the foremost authority of his age in the science of Qur'anic recitation, and his chains of transmission run through nearly every reciter teaching today.
A concise didactic poem of just over a hundred lines that gathers what every reciter must know before beginning — the articulation points, the characteristics of the letters, and the rules that follow from them.
Line by line, with the meaning of each verse explained and then applied directly to recitation, so that the theory is never separated from the sound of the letter on the tongue.