Correct Recitation
Online Tajweed Classes
Read aloud to a teacher who corrects each mistake as it happens, from Makharij to Madd and Waqf, until the rules become habit.
- One-to-One on Zoom
- Classes 7 Days a Week
- Free 30-Minute Trial
Overview
What Is the Tajweed Course?
Tajweed is the set of rules for reciting the Quran correctly: where each letter is made, which sounds are held, merged or hidden, and where to stop. We teach it in the Hafs an Asim recitation, mostly through your own reading rather than lectures.
- For
- Older children, teens and adults
- You need
- Basic Quran reading
- Recitation
- Hafs an Asim
- Taught through
- Your own reading
Am I Ready?
Check Before You Book
You need to read the Quran at a basic level, even if slowly. If you cannot yet read joined Arabic letters, start with the Noorani Qaida. The trial will confirm it either way.
Tajweed suits you if
- You read the Quran but are unsure your pronunciation is right
- Someone has told you your recitation has mistakes
- You know some rules by name but do not apply them while reading
- You lead prayer at home and want your recitation checked
Start elsewhere if
- You cannot read Arabic letters yet: Noorani Qaida
- Every word is still a struggle. Build fluency first in Quran for Adults
- Your child is still learning to read. Basic Tajweed is part of Quran for Kids
The Rules
What the Course Covers
In the order they are taught. Each rule is practised in your own reading as soon as it is introduced.
- Makharij (articulation points)
- Where in the throat, tongue and lips each letter is made. Many pronunciation errors start here.
- Noon Sakinah and Tanween: Idhar, Idgham, Iqlab, Ikhfa
- The four ways a silent noon or a tanween is read, depending on the letter after it: clearly, merged, changed to a meem sound, or hidden.
- Meem Sakinah rules
- How a silent meem is read before the letters that follow it.
- Madd (elongation)
- Which vowels are stretched, and for how many counts.
- Qalqalah
- The slight echo on five letters when they carry a sukoon.
- Heavy and light letters (Tafkhim and Tarqiq)
- Which letters are read full and heavy, which are light, and the letters that change between the two.
- Waqf and Ibtida (stopping and starting)
- Where you may stop in a verse, how to stop on a word, and where to start again.
- Recitation practice on full pages
- Whole pages read with every rule applied together, with correction.
In the Class
How a Tajweed Class Runs
The class is built around your reading.
Because it is just you and the teacher, every word you read is heard.
You read
You recite a passage aloud from the mushaf, at your normal pace.
The teacher stops you at the mistake
When a rule is missed, the teacher stops you there, names the rule and says the word correctly.
You read it again
You repeat the word, then the whole line, until it is right in context and not only on its own.
New rules from your own reading
A new rule is introduced with a word you have just read, and then you look for it on the rest of the page.
Common Problems
Where Readers Get Stuck
- Letters that do not exist in English
- Sounds such as ع, ح, ق and ض take practice. The teacher shows where each is made and has you contrast it with the letter it is often confused with.
- Habits from years ago
- If you learned to read a long time ago, some mistakes have been repeated for years. They are corrected one at a time in your own reading, so the new habit replaces the old one.
- Holding Madd for the right length
- Stretching a sound too short or too long is a common slip. The teacher counts with you until the lengths feel natural.
- Knowing a rule but missing it at speed
- You slow down while a rule is new, then build your pace back up once applying it is automatic.
Apps, Books and a Teacher
Why Knowing the Rules Is Not Enough
Tajweed books, charts and apps explain the rules well, and they are worth using. The difficulty is that it is hard to hear your own mistakes. You can know that a letter comes from the throat and still say it from the mouth.
Applying a rule while reading at a steady pace is a different skill from knowing it. Until it is automatic, watching your pronunciation slows you down, and a listener is the one who notices when it slips.
Teachers
Teachers for Tajweed
These teachers teach Tajweed, from basic correction to advanced recitation.
Advanced Tajweed & Quran Recitation Teacher
9+ years of teaching. Hifz-ul-Quran, Advanced Tajweed Certification, Quran Ijazah.
Advanced Quran Recitation & Tajweed Teacher
9+ years of teaching. Hifz-ul-Quran, Advanced Tajweed Certification, Quran Ijazah.
Experienced Quran & Tajweed Teacher
10+ years of teaching. Hifz-ul-Quran, Advanced Tajweed Certification, Quran Teaching Certification.
Quran Reading & Tajweed Teacher for Kids and Beginners
7+ years of teaching. Hifz-ul-Quran, Tajweed Certification, Islamic Studies Certification.
Our female teachers are shown with one shared illustration, by the academy's choice, because several prefer not to show their faces. It is not a photo of any teacher.
You can ask for a female teacher, and we can arrange one at most times. Read about learning with a female teacher.
Every teacher holds a recognised Quran qualification. Before a teacher joins, we check their original certificates, hear them recite, watch a demo class and check ID and references.
Scheduling
Finding a Slot Where You Can Recite Aloud
Tajweed work needs a time when you can read aloud without hurrying or waking the house. One fixed class a week is enough to keep correcting a rule; a second class shortens the gap between hearing a correction and practising it.
Tell us the times you can protect, and we match a teacher who is free then. The time is agreed in your own time zone, not ours.
- You choose the days and times
- Classes run 7 days a week. You tell us the days and times that suit you, and we match a teacher who is free then.
- Confirmed in your own time zone
- Your class time is agreed in your local time. The class stays at the same local time for the family. The teacher adjusts. See class times where you live.
- Moving a class
- Let us know at least 4 hours before and the class is moved and made up, with no limit on makeups. Missed without notice? The class counts, because the teacher waited.
- Weekends
- Saturday and Sunday classes are available. There is a small extra per weekend class, listed on the Pricing page.
Times and Prices
Classes Around Your Week
A 60-minute class gives time to read full pages; shorter classes more often keep the rules fresh. The teacher will suggest a pace after hearing you.
A plan is a package of classes. The next bill is sent when the package is completed, not on a fixed calendar date. Unused classes in a paid package are refunded.
Packages of classes
Paid per package, not per month.
- Foundation8 classes, 2 a week
- Steady12 classes, 3 a week
- Immersion20 classes, 5 a week
From AUD 65, EUR 35, SGD 55 for 8 classes of 30 minutes. Classes can also be 60 minutes.
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Questions About Tajweed
No, but you should be able to read without stopping at every word. If reading is still a struggle, working on fluency first helps, and the teacher will advise after hearing you in the trial.
Yes, older children who already read. Younger children learn basic Tajweed inside Quran for Kids, so this course is mainly for older children, teens and adults.
Hafs an Asim. All the rules in this course are taught in that recitation.
The Qaida teaches you to read Arabic letters and words. Tajweed teaches you to recite correctly what you can already read. The Qaida comes first for anyone who cannot read yet.
Not word for word. Applying a rule correctly while reading matters far more than reciting its definition, so the course is weighted towards reading.
No. We give certificates only for completing the Noorani Qaida or Hifz. Your teacher will tell you how your recitation is coming along whenever you ask.
Hear What a Teacher Hears in Your Recitation
Read to a teacher for 30 minutes in a free trial and find out which rules to work on first.
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