Course of the Holy Quran (605101)
Title: The Holy Quran
Number: 101
Hours: Two Units/ Week
Curriculum Topics:
- Recitation:
Recitation of the last quarter of the Quran (from Surat Yaseen till the end of the Holy Quran), and abidance by the Tajweed Rules taught to students in this semester.
- Difficult Vocabulary of the Quran:
Explanation of the difficult vocabulary in the aforementioned part of the Quran.
Reference: Ghareeb Al-Quran (Difficulty in the Quran) by Ar-Ragheb Al-Asfahany, or Kalemat Al-Quran (Vocabulary of the Quran) by Sheikh/ Hasanein Muhammad Makhlouf.
- Tajweed Rules:
- Consonant “Noun” and Tanween rules: iẓhār (clarity), idghām (merging), iqlāb (conversion) and ikhfāʼ (concealment).
- Consonant “Meem” rules: ikhfāʼ (concealment), idgham (merging) and iẓhār (clarity).
- Accentuated (Mushaddadah) “Meem” and “Noun” rule. Dark and light “Laam” (L) in “Allah.” Solar and Lunar (Shamsiyah and Qamariyah) “Laam.”
- Prolongation: Natural, connected prolongation and rule, separated prolongation and rule, prolongation in case of consonance, and obligatory prolongation and divisions.
Reference:
Al-Burhan Fi Tajweed Al-Quran (Proof in the Intonation of the Holy Quran) by Sheikh/ Muhammad As-Sadeq Qamhawy.
Other References:
- Al-Ameed (The Dean) by Sheikh/ Mahmoud Ali Bissah.
- Hidayat Al-Qary Ila Tajweed Kalam Al-Bary (Reader’s Guide to the Intonation of God’s Speech) by Sheikh/ Abdulfattah Al-Marsify.
- Nihayat Al-Qawl Al-Mufeed Fi Elm Al-Tajweed (The Best in Tajweed) by Sheikh/ Muhammad Makki Nasr.
- Memorization:
Students shall memorize the whole 30th Juzu’ (Chapter) and apply the aforementioned Tajweed Rules practically.