Tajweed 2: Thin And Thick Letters

Heaviness and Lightness التفخيم و الترقيق

The definition of tafkheem: Fattening

Its applied definition

: It is a heaviness that enters the body of the letter, so that the mouth is filled with its

reverberation (echo).
The linguistic definition of tarqeeq : Thinness

Its applied definition:

It is a thinness that enters the body of the letter, so the mouth is not filled with its

reverberation (echo).

The Arabic letters are divided into three groups as to tafkheem and tarqeeq:

1. Letters that always have tafkheem. خ - ص - ض - غ - ط - ق - ظ

2. Letters that have tafkheem sometimes and tarqeeq other times.

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c) The ( (ر

3. Letters that always have tarqeeq. This group consists of the rest of the Arabic alphabet.