Masjid Uqbah School of Arabic for Muslimah

Where : In Masjid Uqbah women’s area

http://uqbahmf.namosques.info/location.htm

2222 Stokes BlvdCleveland, OH 44106(216) 791-8411

When : On Sundays Immediately after

Salatu Duhre

To sign up for the class send your Email to :

Nawras_al_amal@yahoo.com

Duration of the class : 1.to 2 hours

Free of Charge

Some class material may have a cost.

A Brief History About Uqbah'S Arabic Class For Sisters 2006-2007

The class started at the beginning of August 2006.we had two levels the beginners and the intermediate,a teacher and an assistant sometimes two, around 30 sisters attended the class as students .
The first level worked on the alphabet while the second level who already know how to read worked mainly on Conversational Arabic and learned more vocabulary.
We had some interesting activities which helped the students to practice more their Arabic Language. All the students had to go to one of the stores and to do their shopping in Arabic. We have the whole conversation posted in the blog below with its translation.They all enjoyed the experience and they had fun.
The other main activity was that we had a tea party where the students have learned how to welcome their guests in Arabic and to start a simple conversation with them.They also learned the ingredients of how to make a Traditional Moroccan tea recipe.
In the 2nd semester we have focused on learning how to read Quran with the appropriate Tajweed rules .
the main activity of this semester is that we have organized a competition for the students on April the 1st where we had 2 groups (the group:AlMujahedaad and the group:AlFa'izaat) competing against each other on the Tajweed rules and Quran recitation. It was an open invitation where sisters came to encourage there friends in the competition. The AlFaizat group won the first 2 rounds and the AlMujaheedat group took over and won the competition from the last round. In the recitation round the 2 groups were pretty equal.Both groups were well prepared and did well in the competition.We all enjoyed the competition and we are looking forward to organizing more activities for the class.

Tajweed Curriculum in Sisters Arabic School 2006-2007

Tajweed Curriculum in Sisters Arabic school 2006-2007

Tajweed 1: Introduction About Tajweed

Why should we read the Qur'an with Tajweed?

Here are some evidence of tajweed from Qur'an and sunnah:

• ورتل القران ترتيلا
  (Al-Muzzamil 4)

and recite the Qur'an(aloud)in a slow pleasant टोनेand style.

• والذين اتيناهم الكتاب يتلونه حق تلاوته اولائك يومنون به
  (al baqarah 121)

those to whom we gave the book recite it as it should be recited,they are the ones that beleive therein.

• حق تلاوته

  is reading it as it was revealed by Allah means reading it with tajweed as the Prophet peace and blessings be upon him read with what is now known as tajweed.

The messenger peace and blessings upon Him, ordered his companions to take [learn] the Qur'an from four of the sahabah and these were the best in recitation so that they could learn from them the correct techniques and how the revelation was pronounced .
Some books on the sciences of Qur'an state that if the recitation changes the make up of the word or the meaning then it is sinful recitation.
For those that cant fix a mistake but try to or cant find teacher Allah doesnt burden a soul with more that it can bear.

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.

b) The( ( لin the Glorious name ofالله .

c) The ( (ر

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

Tajweed 3: Qalqalah

The Qalqalah

The letters of qalqalah are in the group . If we attempt to say one of these five qalqalah letters with a sukoon( ق ط ب ج د ), we would find that the articulation point closes completely, and that it causes an annoyance in the articulation mechanism. This is due to imprisonment of the sound behind the articulation point. When these same five letters have vowels, we do not find this annoyance because voweled letters are pronounced parting of the two components of the articulating parts.

Tajweed 4: Makhaarij

Tajweed: To pronounce every letter correctly with all its qualities is called Tajweed.

Makhraj: The place where the sound of a letter originates is called Makhraj. The 29 letters comes out of 17 Makhaarij. It is Waajib to pronounce the letters from their Makhaarij.

Sifat: The way in which a letter with all its qualities is pronounced is called Sifat. Examples of qualities of letters are,letters pronounced softly,sharply,with an abrupt ending,with a soft ending etc. (Sifat-singular,Sifaat-plural).

Tanween: Two Fatha or fathatayn,Two Kasraor kasratayn,and Two Dhamma or dummatayn,are known as Tanween.

Saakin: A letter with a Sukoon on it is called Saakin.

Mushaddad: A letter with Tashdeed on it is called Mushaddad.

Huroofe Halq: The following letters are called Huroofe-Halqi,because they origniate in the Halq(throat)

Tajweed 5: Ikhfa

Ikhfa: Means to pronounce a letter with a very light sound in the nose.There are 15 letters of Ikhfa. If any

one of them comes after a Noon Saakin or Tanween,it should be pronounced with the quality of Ikhfa.

ت ث ج د ذ ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ف ق ك

click here to listen to the Ikhfa in ths Ayah ان الانسان لفي خسر

Tajweed 6: GHUNNA

Ghunna: It is necessary to make Ghunna in Noon Mushaddad and Meem Mushaddad.

Ghunna means to pronounce the sound of a letter from the nose. The duration of the

Ghunna is the same as the

time in which one Alif is pronounced.

Tajweed 7: IZHAR

Izhaar: If after Noon Saakin or Tanween there is a letter from the six Huroofe Halq then the the Noon Saakin or Tanween will be pronounced without any Ghunna.This is known as Izhaar.letters of izhaar are:

ا ه ع ح غ خ

now click here to hear the application of Izhar in this ayah of surat alkawthar

فصل لربك و انحر

Tajweed 8: Idgham

Idgham: If after Noon Saakin or Tanween there appear any one of the followin six letters then the Noon

Saakin or Tanween will be incorporated into the letter.This is known as Idgham. The four letters the idgham

will be with Ghunna :ينمو

and in the remaning two The Idgham will be wothout Ghunna :رل

click here to listen to this ayah ويل لكل همزة لمزة