Throughout years of teaching Qur'an and Arabic to students ranging from Kindergarten through the college level, it became apparent that there was a need for a consistent, well-designed curriculum to teach students how to recite the Qur'an. The compilation and publication of this work and its supplemental materials aim to fulfill that need. This is an edition for English-speaking children and adults.
Students who successfully complete a program of study following the methodology used in this book are able to recite the Qur'an with the proper pronunciation and tajweed in a short period of time. This methodology consistently produces excellent results and success in students of all ages and levels, whether it is a 4-year-old child, or an illiterate 60-year-old man who wants to learn how to read the Qur'an with correct tajweed.
This edition also provides an addendum of helpful materials, including a glossary of terms and a chart explaining the origin of articulation of the Arabic letters.
The Qur'anic words/texts have been hand-written by the renowned Damascene calligrapher Shaykh Uthman Taha, who also beautifully penned the internationally distributed Mushaf al-Madinah. All the words contained in this book are from the 30th part of the Qur’an.

This box contains 30 flashcards designed to help students recognize and correctly pronounce the Arabic letters (in Lesson 1 of the book). When used regularly in conjunction with the book and CDs, these flashcards will help students recognize any letter, in any order (CDs sold separately). Remember, practice makes perfect. Use these flashcards as much as possible. Here are some suggestions for use:

• Put the cards in the same order as the book, then reshuffle them and name the letters out of order.
• Say how many dots are on each letter; tell whether the dots are on the top or the bottom.
• Sort letters by how many dots they have and whether the dots are on the top or on the bottom.
• Think about if there are two dots on top and we add one dot, what letter does it become? How about if we take the dot away? What if we move two dots from the top to the bottom?
• Create games using the flashcards, like guessing games or bingo.
• Remember to say the letters with the proper pronunciation.

The Noorani Qa'idah program for mastering the art of Qur'anic recitation and the rules of tajweed is immensely popular throughout the world due to its incredible effectiveness and comprehensive methodology. Using this program, millions have learned how to read the Qur'an with proper tajweed. You don't need to know a single word of Arabic before getting started—after completing all of the lessons, you will be able to read and recite the Qur'an from cover to cover! To pronounce letters properly, students should frequently listen to the Noorani Qa'idah program CDs. When using the CDs, the student should listen carefully to the instructor's voice as he says a letter, point to the letter in Lesson 1 of the book using their index finger, and then repeat out loud after the instructor (CDs sold in this set).

(*Publisher's Note: if you are guiding a student through this program, unless you have very good pronunciation, kindly refrain from assisting the student with pronouncing the letters.)

Mastering the art of Qur'anic recitation and the rules of tajweed is no easy task for any Muslim, particularly if Arabic is not his or her native language. This well-known program, Noorani Qa'idah, a staple of tajweed students for over 20 years, has been proven immensely successful throughout the world due to its effective and comprehensive methodology. Numerous prominent qaris (reciters of the Holy Qur'an) have used this program with great success. Millions more have taken the lessons and learned how to read the Qur'an quickly and thoroughly. The ease in which the tajweed rules are taught makes this the ideal method for any Muslim to learn how to read and recite the Qur'an in record time. What's more, you don't need to know a word of Arabic in order to master this program, yet when you're finished with it, you will be able to read and recite the Qur'an from cover to cover.

It contains:

• Noorani Qa’idah: Master Reading the Qur'an (Arabic & English, Size (8.5" x 11"))
  Throughout years of teaching Qur'an and Arabic to students ranging from kindergarten through college level, it became apparent that there was a need for a consistent, well-designed curriculum to teach students how to recite the Qur'an. The compilation and publication of this work and its supplemental materials aim to fulfill that need. This is an edition for English-speaking children and adults. Students who successfully complete a program of study following the methodology used in this book are able to recite the Qur'an with the proper pronunciation and tajweed in a short period of time. This methodology consistently produces excellent results and success in students of all ages and levels, whether it is a 4-year-old child, or an illiterate 60-year-old man who wants to learn how to read the Qur'an with correct tajweed. This edition also provides an addendum of helpful materials, including a glossary of terms and a chart explaining the origin of articulation of the Arabic letters. The Qur'anic words/texts have been hand-written by the renowned Damascene calligrapher Shaykh Uthman Taha, who also beautifully penned the internationally distributed Mushaf al-Madinah. All the words contained in this book are from the 30th part of the Qur’an.
• Color-Coded Tajweed Rules with Applications of Al-Qawaid an-Nooraniyah (Last Tenth)
  This full-color booklet contains the last 3 parts of the Glorious Quran (Juz 28, 29, and 30 (Qad Sami', Tabarak, and Amma) along with Surah Al-Fatiha). Color-coded tajweed rules with applications of Al-Qawaid An-Nooraniyyah. Student Learning Edition. Uthmani Script.
• Noorani Qa’idah: Master Reading the Qur'an (6 Audio CDs)
  Noorani Qa'idah CD Album (6 CDs) Rapidly master accurate pronunciation for proper recitation of the Qur'an! Mastering the art of Qur'anic recitation and rules of Tajweed is no easy task for any Muslim, particularly if Arabic is not his or her native language. This well-known program, Noorani Qaidah, a staple of tajweed students for over 20 years, has been proven immensely successful throughout the world due to its effective and comprehensive methodology. Numerous prominent Qaris (reciters of the Holy Qur'an) have used this program with great success. Millions more have taken the lessons and learned how to read the Qur'an quickly and thoroughly. The ease in which the Tajweed rules are taught makes this the ideal method for any Muslim to learn how to read and recite the Qur'an in record time. What's more, you don't need to know a word of Arabic in order to master this program, yet when you're finished with it, you will be able to read and recite the Qur'an from cover to cover. What will you get?
  • Noorani Qa'idah comes with one textbook with color-coded text, lesson notes, summaries, exercises, tajweed charts, and illustrations for makhaarij for tajweed rules. All the practice words and sentences used in the textbook are only from the Qur'an. The Arabic script used in this textbook follows the Uthmani font as handwritten by the renowned calligrapher Uthman Taha who penned Mushaf al-Madina.
  • 5 CDs filled with eighteen lessons, practice surahs, and exercises. Each is simple to understand, easy to complete, and gradually builds on previous lessons learned.

This is a guide for studying tajweed. The student who uses this book is expected to have a basic grasp of Arabic before starting this course. The student should know all the Arabic letters and vowels and be able to read at an elementary level. This book is either for an English-speaking student studying the Qur'an in an Arabic environment, but needing explanation of the Arabic terms in English, or a student studying the explanations of tajweed in English, but learning the basic concepts in Arabic so they may integrate into the Arabic terms and definitions throughout the book, since the science of tajweed is an Arabic science.
This book explains the articulation points of the Arabic letters, the rules of noon saakinah, meem saakinah, and lam saakinah. It explains all of the different lengths (mudood), and how voweled, and non-voweled letters are formed. The qalaqah mechanism is explained in the last chapter. Terms are introduced in Arabic, and the translated into English. Explanations are done in English, but with integration of Arabic terms, as they are learned.
A student of the Qur'an cannot learn tajweed simply by studying this book. The learning of proper Qur'anic recitation can only be done by listening to a qualified Qur'an teacher recite, then reciting to them and receiving corrections from the teacher.

Part one consists of 9 chapters:

1. Introduction to Tajweed Manners When Reading the Qur'an
2. The Articulation Points of the Letters
3. The Noon Sakinah and Tanween Rules
4. The Meem Sakinah Rules
5. The Ghunnah
6. The Lam Sakinah Rules
   
7. The Lengths (Mudood)
   
8. How Letters are Formed
9. The Qalqalah Mechanism
   

By Allah's grace, this is the second part of what shall be, insha'Allah, a three part series on the rules of tajweed of the Qur'an, for the recitation of Hafs from 'Aasim by the way of Ash-Shaaibiyyah. The book is intended to be a guide for non-Arabs with a good grasp in English in studying tajweed. This book explains the concept of the accent (an-nabr) in the recitation of the Glorious Qur'an and the conditions of its use, it also defines and explains the important chapter on the characteristics of the letters, vowelization and attenuation (tafkheem and tarqeeq) are covered in this part, as well as the concept of the two alike, the two similar, the two close, and the two far, and the rules for idghaam terms is made in this book to assist the student in understanding the last chapter, that of the connecting hamzah (hamzah al-wasl). The explanations of the different subjects are in English and the Arabic terms are translated. This is to assist the student in understanding and encourage them to learn the Arabic definitions and terms. This book should facilitate non-Arabs studying tajweed whether they are in a classroom with explanations taught in Arabic or in English. This book cannot replace the importance of reciting to and being corrected by a trained teacher of tajweed. Instead it is a guide and an aid in understanding the concepts of tajweed. Recitation can only be refined by recitation and correction.

This is the third and final part of a three part series in English on the rules of tajweed the Qur'an for the recitation of Hafs from 'Aasim by the way of Ash-Shaatibiyyah. These books are meant as a guide for non-Arabs with a good grasp of English for studying tajweed of the Glorious Qur'an.
This final book explains the stop and start when reading the Glorious Qur'an, and gives details as to what kind of stop is allowed, what kind is preferred, and what kind of stop is forbidden. Stopping on the ends of words with strong endings (consonants) and rules for what is allowed on the last letter of the word is described, including ar-room (الروم) and al-ishmaam (الإشمام). Stopping on the ends of words with weak endings (words ending in the alif, ya' or wow) and different rules and explanations for these type of words is clarified. One important aspect of Qur'an recitation is knowing and understanding which word combinations are written together and which separately in different parts of the Qur'an as well as in which places of the Qur'an are some words are written the female haa (هاء), and in which places they are written with the taa (تاء). This part lays out the different places in the Qur’an these occurrences take place, so the reader knows how he/she can stop on these words. The words that are read in a special way, or have two allowed ways for the reading of Hafs from 'Aasim by the way of Ash-Shaatibiyyah are detailed in this book. The history of the writing of the Glorious Qur'an (رسم) and the general rules for the writing of the Qur'an are laid out in the last chapter of this part.
This last part of the three parts on tajweed is for students who have studied and mastered the other two parts, or have studied everything covered in the first two parts. The explanations of the different subjects are in English, and the Arabic terms are translated. The goal is always to assist the students in understanding and to encourage them to learn the Arabic terms and definitions. The three parts of this series on tajweed rules of the Glorious Qur'an should facilitate non-Arabic speaking students of the Qur’an whether they are in a classroom with an Arabic medium for teaching or English.
With this third part completed, insha' Allah the non-Arab English speaking student of the Qur'an will find a complete curriculum and explanation of the tajweed rules for the recitation of Hafs 'an 'Aasim from the way of Ash-Shatibiyyah in any classroom or study situation that he/she may find themselves in. These three parts are only guidance; the real goal is reciting and applying all the different rules correction which can only be done by reciting to and being corrected by a qualified teacher of the Qur’an.