Course of the Holy Quran (605201)
Title: The Holy Quran
Number: 201
Hours: Two Units/ Week
Curriculum Topics:
- Recitation:
Recitation of the third quarter of the Quran (from Surat Al-Kahf till the end of the Surat Fater), and abidance by the Tajweed Rules taught to students in the first 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:
- Emission points (makhārij al-ḥurūf) and the manner of articulation (ṣifat al-ḥurūf) of the letters.
- idgham mutamathilayn, mutajanesayn and mutaqaribayn (labial merging)
- Dark and light “Raa” (R).
- Waqf (Consonance) and Ibtidaa (Commencement): full, sufficient, good and bad.
- Approved and disputed silences.
- The seven “Alefs” (/a/): fixed by consonance and omitted by connection.
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 continue the memorization of the assignment in Level1+ the whole 29th Juzu’ (Chapter).