QURAN WITH TAJWEED QURAN WITH TAJWEED بسم هللا الرحمن الرحيم
Level One Beginners: In Tajweed, we will teach students the principles of reciting the Quran with correct articulation, prolongation, merging, conversion, distinctness, and pauses. We will also teach them the rules of Tajweed and ask them to practice the rules in three levels: We will introduce the first level in Grade 1 for beginners with eleven units: (1) Introduction to Tajweed*, (2) Why do we learn Tajweed? The command to learn Tajweed (3) Benefits of Tajweed (4) Principles of Tajweed (5) Prostrations of reading (6) Isti'adhah and Basmalah (7) Levels of reciting the Quran (8) Errors in recitation* (9) Symbols of Stopping (10) The Makhaarij *(11) Characteristics of letters and introduction to noon saakin and tanween. Beginners will also practice reading from Noorani Qaida by Sheikh Noor Muhammad Haqqani. From time to time we will test the oral and writing capabilities of students. Students who have already memorized parts of the Quran will follow the same plan of study and will learn to identify the rules of Tajweed from Quranic text and from memory. Each lesson plan consists of 25 to 26 lessons/ two hours a week. * The topics will be delivered as per the age group and will be covered within one academic year. The remaining Levels Two and Three will be covered in the following years.
Intermediate: Students who commence studying Quran with Tajweed in Grade Two (age group 7-9) would follow the Intermediate Level. The program outline would be the same, with the exception that they will not be using the Noorani Qaida.
Advanced: Advanced Level students will follow a detailed study of the topics outlined. Memorization portion: Beginners: Surah An Nas to Surah Al Ala - Juz Amma (chap # 30) (Optional) Advanced Level: Juz Amman –and Juz Tabaraaq (Compulsory)
Last update: July, 2012
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QURAN WITH TAJWEED Level Two Intermediate: Continuing from the previous section, students who complete Level One will move on to Level Two of this program and carry on from intermediate level. In this level, we will introduce nine units: (1) Detailed study of the characteristics of letters (2) Rules of Noon Al Sakinah (3) Rules of Meem Sakinah (4) Tarqeeq and Tafkheem (5) Ranks of Ghunnah (6) Rules of Laam Al Sakinah (7) The Two Alike, The Two Similar, The Two Close, and The Two Far (8) Al Qalqalah (9) Al Waqf wal Ibtidah
Advanced: Advanced level students will be following a detailed study of the topics outlined. Memorization portion: Beginners: Juz Amma (Compulsory) Advanced Level: Juz Qad Samiya and Juz Surah Al Baqarah (Juz 1)
Level Three Advanced Level (Applicable to all): In this level, we will introduce six units and memorization of Jazaariya Tajweed poem: (1) Breathless Stop (2) The Cut off (3) Al Alif Al Sab’ah (4) Rules of Al Mudood (5) Hamza Al Wasl (6) The accent Memorization portion: To be advised in the next academic year.
Format of the class: Students will be required to memorize a supplication each week in addition to their weekly memorization portion. Lessons will be taken by the teacher on a first come first serve basis over a 1.5hrs session once a week. Students should attend the class as per their geographies, starting from the UAE with the exception of those who have been granted permission to attend late. Students should login at least 15 minutes before the end of the class and the administration will have the right to email/test/SMS a student to attend the class within the scheduled period.
Last update: July, 2012
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QURAN WITH TAJWEED Students can leave once his/her lesson is given to the teacher. Portion: A Student’s portions will be limited to half a page per week (7 - 8 lines out of 15 lines). Students will be required to read his/her previous week’s portion first and then continue with the ongoing week’s portion. Finally the new lesson will be read with the teacher so that the student can prepare for his/her portion for the next class. Insha’Allah.
Tests & Assessments: From time to time, we will test the oral and writing capabilities of students. Students who have already memorized parts of the Quran will follow the same plan of study and will learn to identify the rules of Tajweed from the Quranic text and from memory.
Note: Students who have already studied Tajweed rules would be placed in their appropriate levels after a written and oral test.
Resources: Mushaf (Script): Uthmani Text Books: Noorani Qaida by Sheikh Noor Muhammad Haqqani and Tajweed Rules Part 1 – 3 by Kareema Carol Czerepinski Al-Noor Al-Mubin Fi Tajweed Al-Quran Al-Kareem by Shaykh Ayman Rushdi Swayd Videos: Rules of Recitation by Shaykh Ayman Rushdi Swayd (Youtube)
Last update: July, 2012
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QURAN WITH TAJWEED
Disclaimer: Please note that the above program is designed to meet the requirements of the YMOH Curriculum and is subject to changes without notification. YMOH parents are required to refer to their child’s Grade Lesson Plan for further details.
