Rules and refinements of Qurʾānic recitation.
A specialised science covering the articulation points of the letters (makhārij al-ḥurūf), the qualities of the letters (ṣifāt), and the disciplined art of reciting the Qurʾān as it was revealed.
Notes here cover both theoretical material — terminology, classification, the rulings on each rule — and the practical: the kinds of mistakes a reader is most likely to make, and how to correct them under a teacher's supervision.
An introduction to tajwīd by Ustādh Muḥammad Sharīf: its definition, purpose and ruling, the virtues of recitation, the major and minor mistakes and the reciter's etiquettes.
The ten imāms of qirāʾah and the two transmitters of each, with their dates and the number of intermediaries (wāsiṭah) linking each transmitter to his imām.
