Green Lane Masjid
Tajweed Foundation Level
Lesson 4
‫اجل َُوف والَلق‬
Recap of lesson 3
1)Put ( √ ) or ( X ) in front of the following sentences,
correcting those sentences that are wrong:
a) The Gunnah has only one mekhrej which is the
empty space of the mouth and throat.
X
Gunnah from khaishoom
a) The 3 medd letters are pronounced from the
shifataan.
X
Medd letters from al-jouf
a) All the 28 Arabic letters are pronounced from the
Al-Halq, Ash-Shifataan and Al-Lisan.
d) Al-Halq has 3 specific makharij while Al-Lisan has 10
specific makharij.
e) Most of the Arabic letters are pronounced from AlLisan.
f) In the Arabic language there are 17 specific
makharij, 3 of them are in Al Halq.
g) The 5 main malharij are: Al-Halq, Al-Khaishoom, AlLisan, Al-Ghunnah, Al-Jouf.
X Not Ghunnah but Ash-Shifataan
2) Match the Arabic to the English:
The Lips
The Tongue
The Empty space
َ
ُ‫الجوف‬
َ
‫الخيشوم‬
The Nose
َّ
َ
ّ
‫الشفتان‬
َ
ُ‫الحلق‬
The throat
ّ
َ
‫اللسان‬
ِّ
of mouth and throat
3) What is the difference between a specific makhrij
and a main mekhrij?
A main makhrij has at least one
specific or approximate makhrij
whereas a specific makhraij will
have at least one letter articulated
from it.
َ َ
ُ
ُ
ُ
ِ ِ ‫مخ ِارج الحرو‬
‫ف‬
(Articulation points of the letters)
Main ‫مخ َرج‬
َ
The Throat
The Tongue
The Two lips
The Nose
Empty space
in the mouth
& throat
No. Of
Specific
َ
ُ‫الحلق‬
ُ
ّ
َ
ُ‫سان‬
ُ ‫الل‬
ُِّ
َ َّ
ُ‫الش ُفتان‬
َ
ُ‫الخيشُوم‬
ُ
َ
ُ‫الجوف‬
ُ
No. of
letters
‫َمخ َرج‬
3
6
10
18
2
4
1
َُّ‫الغنة‬
1
3
‫مدود‬
ُ َ
ِ ‫الج‬
‫وف‬
Empty Space of mouth and throat
َ
Use ُ‫الجوف‬
ُ only to say
the 3 medd letters in 1
َ
َ
approximate ‫مخرج‬:
No other part of the mouth is
Used to lengthen a sound.
ُ
‫َو‬
ََ
‫ِـا‬
What are the 3 medd letters?
‫ِي‬
ُ‫لق‬
َ
ِ ‫الح‬
َ
َ
‫أدنى الحلق‬
The closest
part of throat
‫غ خ‬
‫ع ح‬
‫أ هـ‬
ُ َ َ
َ
‫وسط الحلق‬
The middle
part of throat
َ
َ
‫أقص ى الحلق‬
The furthest
part of throat
‫اإلس ِتعالء‬
The characteristic of Istia’la
The letters
‫غ‬and ‫ خ‬have the characteristic of istia’la.
Istia’la means:
the elevation (raising) of the back of the tongue to
the upper palate upon pronouncing the islia’la
letters, which are:
‫خص ضغط قظ‬
‫اإلس ِتعالء‬
The sound flows out
of the mouth
Trapping the sound between
the Roof of the mouth and
the tongue
‫لقُ‬
‫َ‬
‫الح ِ‬
1)Put ( √ ) or ( X ) in front of the following sentences,
correcting those sentences that are wrong:
a) Al-Halq is a main makhrij with 6 specific
makhaarij for 3 letters. X 3 specific makhaarij for
6 letters.
‫ ) ء‬and ( ‫ ) هـ‬are pronounced from
the furthest part of the halq while ( ‫ ) ح‬and ( ‫)ع‬
are pronounced from the closest and ( ‫ ) غ‬and
( ‫ ) خ‬are pronounced from the middle. X ‫ع ح‬
from middle and ‫ غ خ‬from closest
b) The letters (
c) Al-Jouf has 1 specific makhrij. X 1 approximate
c) Al-Halq is one of 5 main makharij. X 3 specific
d) Al-Jouf has 3 specific makharij for 1 letter. X 1
approximate makharij for 3 letters
e) The letter of the halq are in the following order
starting from the furthest part of al-halq:
(
‫) خ ( ) غ ( )ع ( ) ح ( ) هـ ( ) ء‬
X ‫ ع‬then ‫ح‬
‫ ََي ُو َـا‬.
X ‫ِي‬
d) The 3 mudood letters are
e) Al-Halq is divided into 3 specific makharrij called
َ
َ
َ
َ
َ
َ
َ
‫أدنى الح ِّلق وس ِّط الح ِّلق وأقص ى الحلق‬
2) a) What are the 3 mudood and what are the
conditions for them to exist?
‫َي ُو َـا‬
b) Where are the 3 mudood articulated?
‫الجوف‬
3) a) How many specific makhaarij does Al-Halq
have? 3
b) Name the specific makharij with their english
meaning.
c) What are the six letters that are articulated
from the specific makharij of al-halq?