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What is tajweed?

By the Madrasah Bag team · Updated 2026-09-24

What tajweed covers

• Makharij: where each letter is pronounced from
• Sifat: the qualities of letters, such as heavy or light
• Noon and meem rules: when sounds merge, hide or stay clear
• Madd: how long to stretch vowels
• Waqf: where to stop and start

Colour-coded tajweed Qurans

Many learners use a tajweed mushaf, where letters affected by a rule are printed in a colour. They're helpful for learners, but teachers often move hifz students onto a plain mushaf of a fixed layout.

Learning tajweed

Tajweed is learned mainly by listening and correction from a teacher, which is why regular madrasah attendance matters more than books alone.

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