Learn Noorani Qaida: Step-by-Step Guide to Mastering Quran Reading

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Al Qaida Lessons List

Noorania Lesson 1

Noorania Lesson 2

Noorani Qaida Lesson 1

This lesson is known as Huroof e Mufridaat (Individual letters).
This chapter consists of 29 Arabic alphabets from which 7 letters are pronounced with a full mouth (deeply) and only four letters are pronounced from lips.
Students will know about individual letters in this lesson.
Familiarization of Arabic alphabet.
Alphabets are the building blocks so they need special attention.
Focus on the child’s pronunciation and identification of Dots on different letters.
Students must be trained to read this lesson from anywhere (i.e. top to bottom and bottom to top).
Must have a strong practice in bold and light letters.
If these lessons are not taught properly both the student and teacher will be in trouble in later lessons.

Noorani Qaida Lesson 2:

This lesson is known as Murakkabat (joint letters)
When two or more letters are joined together they form a murakkab.
In this lesson, the students will learn how the words are formed by joining the alphabets.
The students will be able to identify every alphabet in a word e.g.لا is actually formed by combining ل + ا.
The students will also learn the different shapes of particular letters.
One thing is important that the student will read each letter separately during reading these words.
Make sure to pronounce the words in Arabic tone and accent.
Most of the letters are identical in shape and in compound form can be identified by the positions and number of dots.

Noorani Qaida Lesson 3:

This lesson is about Huroof e Muqataat.
These Huroof mainly occurs at the start of Surahs of the Holy Quran.
There are certain rules for this lesson.
Read these letters separately, stretch them according to the defined length, and also perform Ghunnah when Ikhfa and Idghaam occur.
There are 2 ways to read these letters”
- Wasl (by joining with the next letter).
- Waqf (read one of these letters, stop and read the next letter).

Noorani Qaida Lesson 4:

The fourth lesson is about Harakat (Movements).
In this lesson, the students will learn about the three types of Harakat. I.e. zabar (fatha),zer (kasrah),paish (dummah).
Zabar is always above the letter, zer is always below the letter, paish is always above the letter and paish is always above the letter.
Students will learn these movements’ symbols and their pronunciation.
The point to be noted in this lesson is that neither prolongs the letter which has fatha, kasrah or dummah nor read it with a jerk.

Noorani Qaida Lesson 5:

This lesson is named as Tanween.
Double fatha, double kasrah, and double dummah are called Tanween. And the letters which have Tanween are called munawwan.
Before this lesson, the students are already well aware of the identification of letters. Here they will learn proper sounds and pronunciations of these symbols and signs.
Actually, Tanween is nothing but a noon saakinah which appears at the end of the words.
In this lesson, the students will practice to do ikhfa. Hiding the voice of meem or noon partially in the nose is called Ikhfa.
Whenever Tanween is followed by throaty letters then don’t do ikhfa.
In this lesson the students will learn about the rule of Tanween; that is after Tanween if ا or ی occurs, they become silent.

Noorani Qaida Lesson 6:

This lesson is about Tanween and movements; how they are combined.
The students will learn how to connect different letters in accordance with Tajweed rules and must practice.
This lesson provides an opportunity for students to make exercise of movements and Tanween.
The most important rule of Tajweed will be discussed in this lesson.
Before going through this lesson students must revise the previous lessons.
Most of the students find difficulty in connecting the letters but if they practice it for some time they become familiar with the connectivity of letters.

Noorani Qaida Lesson 7:

This lesson is about standing fatha, standing kasrah and standing dummah.
Standing fatha is equal to alif maddah, standing kasrah is equal to yaa maddah and standing dummah is equal to wao maddah.
The important point in this lesson is “don’t take the maddah letters which come after noon or meem into the nose”.

Noorani Qaida Lesson 8:

This lesson is named as Maddoleen.
In this lesson, students will learn how different maddah letters are pronounced.
There are three types of Maddah letters:
- Alif Maddah.
- Wao Maddah
- Yaa Maddah
These letters are soft and long vowel letters.
These letters are prolonged equal to one alif or one to two seconds.
In this lesson, the students will also learn about leen letters.
If the letter before Yaa saakinah and wao saakinah have fatha than alif and wao are called Leen letters.
An important thing about leen letters is that they are neither prolonged nor read them with a jerk.

Noorani Qaida Lesson 9:

This lesson is for the exercise of the students.
Students will exercise of Movements, fateh, kasrah, dummah, Huroof e maddah, etc.
This lesson will cover the following important rules of Tajweed:
If there is Hamzah after Maddah, then Maddah will be any of the four kinds
- If Hamzah is in the same word then maddah will be called maddah Mutasil.
- If Hamzah is at the beginning of the next word then maddah will be called madd-e-Munfasil.
- If there is sakoon after a maddah or leen letters the word will be prolonged like madd and is called Madd –e-Lazim.
- If sakoon is due to stop then madd is called madd-e-Arzi.
All these Madd’s are prolonged from three to five seconds.
After completing this lesson the students will be able to understand the difficult words to pronounce.
The students will be able for more complex exercises.

Noorani Qaida Lesson 10:

This lesson is named as Sakoon or Jazam.
The students will memorize the name and shape of Jazam.
After completing this lesson the students will be able to identify the letters with Jazam.
Students will distinguish between similarly pronounced letters.
The students will learn how many times that word is read or pronounced.
Huroof e Qalqalah letters will be discussed in this lesson.

Noorani Qaidah Lesson 11:

This lesson is for the exercise of sakoon or Jazam.
Also, the students will learn about more Tajweed rules like.
When Ikhfaa is done on noon saakinah and Tanween?
When the Raa letter is bold?
What are the bold letters?
Students will learn about the types of stops and when the stop is necessary and when not.

Noorani Qaidah Lesson 12:

This lesson is named as Tasdeed.
The students will learn:
Rules of Tajweed related to tashdeed.
Definition of tashdeed and will be able to identify the tashdeed.
The name of tashdeed letter.
Moreover, the words having tashdeed sign are pronounced two times by connecting the previous letter.
These words must be read with a strong voice.

Noorani Qaidah Lesson 13:

This lesson is for the exercise of tashdeed.
Here the students will practice tashdeed with some difficult and complicated words.
After this lesson student will understand the pronunciation of these words.
The students will be familiarized with more tashdeed rules.

Noorani Qaidah Lesson 14:

This lesson is mainly for the exercise of tashdeed with sakoon.
Most of the rules are covered. Now the lessons are for applying those rules.

Noorani Qaidah Lesson 15:

This lesson is named as tashdeed with tashdeed which means that two duplication signs.
Here the students will learn how to pronounce these words.

Noorani Qaidah Lesson 16:

This lesson is named as tashdeed with Huroof e Maddah.
In this lesson, the students will learn how to connect the letters with the help of Tajweed rules.

Noorani Qaidah Lesson 17:

This is the last lesson of this course.
Here the students will learn rules for noon saakinah and Tanween.
If noon saakinah and Tanween is followed by Yarmalloon letters then it has some certain rules for pronouncing those words.
Whenever noon saakinah and Tanween is followed by letter ب then it will be converted into meem and Gunna will be done.
When meem saakinah is followed by ب or م we will do Gunna on meem saakinah.