Tajweed Foundations for New Muslims
Tajweed Foundations for new muslims, taught one to one in 45-minute lessons, 1–3 lessons a week. The rules that change the most: noon sakinah, meem sakinah, and the lengthening of madd.
45-minute lessons1–3 per week
Lesson length and why
Forty-five minutes, with time set aside for questions. Nothing is assumed as already known, including vocabulary other students take for granted.
Where most students start
No Arabic, and often no background knowledge to hang it on. Frequently learning to pray at the same time as learning to read.
What is expected at home
None.
How long it takes
Tajweed Foundations typically runs 16–36 weeks at 1–3 lessons a week. The range is wide because it moves with revision between lessons more than with anything that happens in them.
What is covered
- 1Noon sakinah and tanween
- 2Meem sakinah
- 3Ghunnah
- 4The madd rules
- 5Qalqalah
What usually gets in the way
Specific to new muslims — these are the things that actually derail progress for this group.
- Being taught by people who assume prior knowledge
- Terminology used without explanation
- Needing salah before reading fluency
By the end
- Apply the core rules while reading
- Hear the rules in a reciter’s voice