- 1Introduction and the Articulation Points (Makhārij)Tajweed begins with producing every letter from its correct place in the mouth and throat. This lesson maps the seventeen articulation points, region by region, and lists the letters that belong to each.
- 2Characteristics of the Letters (Ṣifāt)Several letters share one articulation point and are told apart only by their qualities, such as whether breath flows, whether the sound stops, and whether the tongue is raised. This lesson introduces the paired characteristics and the unpaired ones, including a first look at qalqala.
- Qalqalah
- 3Qalqala in DepthFive letters bounce when they carry sukūn, and the strength of the bounce depends on where the letter stands. This lesson covers the letters of qalqala, its minor, major and strongest levels, and the mistakes to avoid.
- Qalqalah
- 4Nūn Sākina and Tanwīn I: IẓhārA nūn with sukūn, and the nūn hidden inside tanwīn, change their sound according to the letter that follows. This lesson introduces the four rules and treats the first of them, iẓhār: the clear nūn before the six throat letters.
- Izhar
- 5Nūn Sākina and Tanwīn II: IdghāmBefore six letters the nūn sākina or tanwīn disappears into the letter that follows, sometimes keeping its nasal hum and sometimes not. This lesson covers idghām with ghunna, idghām without ghunna, and the few words where the rule is suspended.
- Idgham with Ghunna
- Idgham without Ghunna
- Ghunna
- 6Nūn Sākina and Tanwīn III: Iqlāb and IkhfāʾBefore bāʾ the nūn turns into a mīm, and before the remaining fifteen letters it is hidden: neither fully pronounced nor fully merged. This lesson completes the rules of nūn sākina and tanwīn and summarises all four.
- Iqlab
- Ikhfa'
- 7Mīm Sākina: The Three Lip RulesA mīm with sukūn follows a simpler version of the nūn rules, and because mīm is made with the lips the rules are called shafawī. This lesson covers hiding the mīm before bāʾ, merging it into another mīm, and pronouncing it clearly before everything else.
- Ikhfa' Shafawi
- Idgham Shafawi
- Izhar Shafawi
- 8Ghunna and the Doubled Nūn and MīmGhunna is the nasal sound that belongs to nūn and mīm, and it is at its fullest when either letter carries a shadda. This lesson explains what ghunna is, how long it lasts, and how its strength varies across the rules you have already learned.
- Ghunna
- 9Madd I: The Natural MaddThree letters lengthen the vowel before them, and in their plain form they are held for exactly two counts. This lesson introduces the madd letters, the conditions under which they appear, and the ways the muṣḥaf writes a natural madd that is not obvious from the spelling.
- Madd Tabi'i
- 10Madd II: Muttaṣil and MunfaṣilWhen a hamza follows a madd letter, the madd is stretched beyond its natural two counts. This lesson distinguishes the connected madd, where the hamza is in the same word, from the separated madd, where the hamza begins the next word.
- Madd Muttasil
- Madd Munfasil
- 11Madd III: Lāzim, ʿĀriḍ li-s-Sukūn and LīnA sukūn after a madd letter also stretches it, and how far depends on whether the sukūn is permanent or arises only because you stop. This lesson covers the six-count necessary madd in words and in the opening letters, the flexible madd at a stop, and the soft madd of wāw and yāʾ.
- Madd Lazim
- 12Stopping and Starting: Waqf, Ibtidāʾ, Hamzat al-Waṣl, and the Lām and RāʾHow you end a word, where you pause, and how you pick up again all follow rules, and so do the heavy and light forms of two particular letters. This lesson covers the mechanics of stopping, the pause signs printed in the muṣḥaf, the connecting hamza, and the lām of the name of Allah and the letter rāʾ.