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Intermediate Tajweed Lesson :n الهبوطة والقلقلة

Harkah & Qalqalah

Harkah & Qalqalah

Pronouncing the short vowels (harakat) and qalqalah, key tajweed rules.

9 min read 4 objectives 5 questions

Learning objectives

  • Explain the harakat (vowel marks)
  • Recognize qalqalah
  • Pronounce the sounds correctly
  • Know when each sound applies
Lesson

It has five types and must be read correctly. For example, the pronunciation ق or с occurs when a short syllable is read. To practice reading the listener and then repeat it, the sound а occors when reading the syllabary α with the vowel fatiyah. The sound Qalqalah is a short vowel when it stops on any syllaber. Both practices make the reading of the Talmud accurate.

Arabic text
وَلَقَدْ يَسَّرْنَا الْقُرْآنَ لِلذِّكْرِ
Source: Tajweed rules — Al-Jazariyyah
Key terms
Vowel mark
Harkah
The short vowel sounds on letters
Echoing sound
Qalqalah
The echo on certain letters when they have sukoon
Tajweed
Tajweed
The rules for reciting the Quran correctly
Fathah
Fathah
The «a» vowel mark placed above a letter
Light qalqalah
Qalqalah Sughra
A light echo in the middle of a word

Comprehension quiz

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1

What are the harakat?

2

How many qalqalah letters are there?

3

What is tajweed?

4

How do you put tajweed rules into practice?

5

When does qalqalah occur?

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