ICCH Tajweed Halaqa

PLACES OF ARTICULATION INTRODUCTION TO ARTICULATION POINTS OF THE ARABIC LETTERS The articulation point of a letter is the place the letter is emitted, meaning a sound that comes out of the mouth relying on a specific place of articulation or an approximate one.  Using the correct articulation point of a letter is necessary to utter the letter correctly, and of course this is even more important when reciting the book of Allah, the Holy Qur’an.  Almost all the articulation points in Arabic are specific places, but there are some that have a general area of articulation.  There are ways for you to see what articulation point YOU are using for a letter (not necessarily the correct one), so that you can compare what you are using to the correct way of articulating a letter: 1.      Pronounce the letter with a shaddah; in other words, double the letter.  2.      Pronounce the letter with no vowel and p...

“Revision on Harakat (vowels)” 1- Fat-hah appears above the letter and is pronounced by separating the two jaws and opening the mouth يجب مراعاه التباعد بين الفكين عند النطق بالفتحة *Common mistake: -When one either opens his/her mouth too much or not enough while  pronouncing fat-hah causing an improper separation between the two jaws أَحَدَ أَخَذَ أَبَقَ أَكَلَ أَمَرَ خَلَقَ خَتَمَ فَخَلَفَ فَخَرَجَ وَخَسَفَ 2- Kasrah appears below the letter and is pronounced by dropping the lower jaw to the lowest possible position و انخفاض الفك السفلى عند النطق بالكسرة *Common mistake: -When one does not drop his/her lower jaw down enough and so the sound of kasrah resembles the one in the word  (ray) . To pronounce kasrah perfectly, one should drop his/her lower jaw as low as he/she can أَذِنَ وَأَقِمِ بِعِصَمِ بَرِقَ بَخِلَ إِرَمَ حَسِبَ خَسِرَ رَدِفَ رَحِمَ 3- Dhammah appears above the letter and is prono...

THE QALQALAH  The letters of qalqalah are in the group  If we attempt to say one of these five qalqalah letters with a sukoon, we would find that the articulation point closes completely and that it causes an annoyance in the articulation mechanism.  This is due to the imprisonment of the sound behind the articulation point. A very important note:  The qalqalah does not resemble a fat-h or a dhamma or a kasrah.  It does not follow the vowel of the preceding letter, nor the following letter.   The Qalqalah is divided into two classes: the lesser and greater qalqalah: The Lesser Qalqalah  :  This occurs when  the qalqalah in is the middle of a word, or at the end of a word, and we are not stopping on that word. In this case we say the qalqalah, and immediately proceed to the next letter, or word. i.e.  and The Greater Qalqalah  :  This happens when the  qalqalah  is the last letter of a word, and...