Course of the Holy Quran (605201)

Title: The Holy Quran

Number: 201

Hours: Two Units/ Week

Curriculum Topics:

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. 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.

4. Memorization:

Students shall continue the memorization of the assignment in Level1+ the whole 29^th Juzu’ (Chapter).