Adab with the Quran
Waqf and Ibtida (Stopping and Starting Recitation)
Makharij & Sifat
Rules of Meem Sakinah, Nun Sakinah, and Tanween
Rules of Madd
100

Applied definition of Tajweed

To pronounce correctly every letter from the prophet makhraj (place of articulation) with all its Sifat (characteristics of sound)

100

Legal ruling of reciting the basmala at the beginning of every Surah

Fard (except for Surah Tawbah)

100

Define Sawt صوت 

Vocal sound made by vibration of the vocal cords

100

When a sakin mim is followed by any letter other than م and ب and the mim sound is pronounced clearly without any stretching, what is this called?

Idhhar shafawi

100

What does madd mean linguistically?

To extend or stretch

200

Legal ruling if one adds, omits, or changes a harf or haraka on purpose with no intention to correct it

Haram/Lahn Jaliyy - clear and obvious error (ex: pronouncing ظ like ز)

200

Legal ruling of reciting the basmala in the middle of a Surah

Nafl (for baraka)

200

What is the groaning sound of the ض called?

Istitala (اسْتِطَالَة)

200

كُفْرًۭا لَّمْ

 Identify the rule when combining of the tanween (nun sound) and lam as shown in this example

Idgham without ghunna

200

What is always the duration of madd tabi’i? (مدّ طبيعي)

2 harakas

300

Meaning of utlu

Recite the verses in correct order, one after the other

300

The legal ruling of reciting the istiadha and basmala when starting your recitation from the middle of a surah

Emphasized sunnah and nafl

300

If you were to stop at this word, what is the hukm of the raa “خُسْرٍ”

Heavy 

300

تَرْمِيهِمْ بِحِجَارَةٍۢ

Which rule is applied here

ikhfa shafawi

300

Is this madd muttasil or munfasil?

إِنَّآ أَعْتَدْنَا

Munfasil

400

When you’re reciting Quran and leave it for a moment to do something unrelated to the Quran, what is it beneficial to do?

Repeat the istiadha out of Adab with Allah and His Book

400

Legal ruling of including other names of Allah in the istiadha (ex: أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ السَّمِيعِ الْعَلِيمِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ “I seek refuge in Allah the All-Hearing the All-Knowing from the Cursed Shaytan”)

permissible
400
What are these letters?

خ ص ض غ ط ظ ق

Huruf isti’la (heavy letters)

400

حَكِيمٌ عَلِيمٞ

What is the Makhraj region of the ‘ain? and is this an example of Idgham, idhhar, iqlab, or ikhfa

Halq/Throat(ء ه ع ح غ خ), idhhar because its a letter of halq

400

خَوْفٍۭ and ٱلْبَيْتِ

 are examples of

Lin

500

How did sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) explain the meaning of Tarteel from the verse in Surah al-Muzammil “وَرَ‌تِّلِ الْقُرْ‌آنَ تَرْ‌تِيلً” (”recite the Quran with correct, distinct, measured recitation”)

He said that Tarteel means “Tajweed ul-huroofi wa ma’rifat al-wuqoof” meaning “correct pronuncitation of the letters and knowing how to stop and start correctly”

500

Recite the three permissible ways and the one impermissible way to connect and separate the istiadha, basmala, and an aya when ending a Surah and beginning the next one

Permissible

1. Connect last aya, basmala, and 1st aya

2. Separate last aya, basmala, and 1st aya

3. Separate last aya and basmala, connect basmala to 1st aya

Impermissible:

1. Connect the last aya to basmala and separate basmala and 1st aya

500

Spot the qalqalah sughra and kubra in the verse and state why : “لَم يَلِدْ وَ لَم يُولَدْ”

sughra : يَلِدْ (because its in the middle of recitation)

kubra : يُولَدْ (because we are stopping on it so it will sound slightly louder and more noticeable)

500

Identify the 3 rules applied here :

لَهُمْ مَّغْفِرَةٌ وَ أَجْرٌ كَرِيم

Idgham Shafawi, Idgham with Ghunna, ikhfa

500

What is the full ruling of the madd in ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ?

Madd lazim kalimi muthaqqal

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