A Tajweed rules chart is a short sheet that lists the main rules for reading the Quran and shows when each one applies. Tajweed means the rules for saying each sound of the Quran the right way. This free chart has 3 pages, a plain-words line for each rule and a box for your teacher to tick.
Each rule has its own guide with more examples and the mistakes to avoid: noon sakinah and tanween rules, meem sakinah rules, madd rules, sun and moon letters and Quran stop signs. Qalqalah, ghunnah and heavy letters are in our guides to how many Tajweed rules there are and Tajweed rules for kids.
Every rule has one example word with its surah and ayah number, so you can open it on Quran.com. Page 1, noon rules: izhar an'amta (1:7), idgham with ghunnah man ya'mal (99:7), idgham without ghunnah humazatil-lumazah (104:1), iqlab la-yumbadhanna (104:4) and ikhfa min kulli amr (97:4). Meem rules: ikhfa shafawi tarmeehim bi-hijaarah (105:4), idgham shafawi aamanahum min khawf (106:4) and izhar shafawi alam tara (105:1). Ghunnah: innaa (108:1). Page 2: qalqalah ahad (112:1), heavy letters qul (112:1), moon letters al-hamdu (1:2) and sun letters ar-rahmaan (1:3). Page 3: connected madd jaa'a (110:1), separated madd innaa anzalnaahu (97:1), necessary madd ad-daalleen (1:7), substitute madd aamanoo (103:3) and stopping on a word afwaajan (110:2).
The chart follows the Hafs reading, the one in most printed copies. It matches our own Tajweed guides, which list their published references: Ibn al-Jazari, al-Muqaddimah al-Jazariyyah and M. S. Gaibie, Murshid al-Qari, Part 1, Part 2 and Part 3. A chart cannot hear you read, so ask a qualified teacher to check your sounds.
What Is in the Printable
- Page 1, noon and meem rules: the 4 noon sakinah and tanween rules with their letters, the 3 meem sakinah rules and ghunnah. Each has one example ayah.
- Page 2, letter rules: qalqalah, the 7 heavy letters, and the 14 sun and 14 moon letters. Each letter is shown in Arabic with its English name.
- Page 3, madd and stop signs: 7 types of madd with their counts, and the main stop signs with what each one means. Every row has a box for your teacher to tick.
Who It Is For
- Learners who can read Arabic letters and are starting Tajweed
- Parents who help with practice at home, even if they do not read Arabic
- Students in a Tajweed class who want a place to tick each rule
- Teachers in a masjid, home school or weekend class
How to Use It in 4 Steps
- 1Print the 3 pages and keep them in your Quran or your folder. Use the copy of the Quran you read every day, because the stop signs can differ between prints.
- 2Start with page 1. Take one rule at a time. Say its example word out loud 3 times, then find it in your Quran.
- 3Read a short surah and name each rule you meet. Then listen to a slow reciter read the same ayah.
- 4When your teacher hears you say a rule right, tick its box. If a rule is hard, leave the box empty and ask your teacher to listen again.
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