Tajweed guide

Each colour marks one recitation rule. Turn on “Colour-coded tajweed” in the settings and the colours show on every per-verse reading page.

Necessary madd
Lengthened 6 counts.
ExampleٱلضَّآلِّينَAl-Fatihah 7
Obligatory madd
A madd letter meets a hamzah in the same word: 4–5 counts.
ExampleٱلسَّمَآءَAl-Mulk 5
Permissible madd
2, 4, 5 or 6 counts: separated madd, madd before a pause, līn.
ExampleٱلرَّحِيمِAl-Fatihah 1
Natural madd
Lengthened 2 counts.
ExampleٱلرَّحۡمَٰنِAl-Fatihah 1
Ghunnah (nasalisation)
Nasalised 2 counts: doubled nūn/mīm, ikhfāʾ, idghām with ghunnah, iqlāb.
ExampleمِنAl-Falaq 2
Qalqalah
ق ط ب ج د with sukūn, read with a slight echo.
ExampleأَحَدٌAl-Ikhlash 1
Tafkhīm (heavy letters)
The raised letters (خ ص ض غ ط ق ظ) and a heavy rāʾ, read heavy. Shown in the Mushaf Madinah font only.
ExampleكَفَرُواْAl-Baqarah 6
Not pronounced
Hamzat al-waṣl, the sun lām, letters merged without ghunnah, silent letters.
ExampleٱللَّهِAl-Fatihah 1

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