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Tajwid
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thumb|235px|Muṣḥaf al-tajwīd, an edition of the Qur'an|Quran printed with colored letters to facilitate tajwid.
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Encyclopedic overview
23 sectionsContents
- History
- Religious obligation
- Qur'an and hadith on tajwīd
- Arabic alphabet and grammar
- Emission points
- Thickness and thinness
- Prolongation
- ''Sākinah'' (vowelless) letters
- ''Nūn sākinah'' and ''tanwīn''
- ''Iẓhār''
- ''Iqlāb''
- ''Idghām''
- ''Ikhfāʼ''
- ''Mīm sākinah''
- ''Qalqalah''
- ''Waṣl''
- ''Waqf''
- ''Ishmam''
- See also
- Analogous and related fields
- References
- Notes
- Books and journals
thumb|235px|Muṣḥaf al-tajwīd, an edition of the Qur'an|Quran printed with colored letters to facilitate tajwid.
In the context of the recitation of the Quran, ' or ' (, ) is a set of rules for the correct pronunciation of the letters with all their qualities and applying the various traditional methods of recitation, known as . In Arabic, the term is derived from the verb (), meaning enhancement or to make something excellent. Technically, it means giving every letter its right in reciting the Quran.
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