1. Green Lane Masjid Tajweed Foundation Level Lesson 3
مَخارِجُ الحُروفِ

2. Recap What are the three medd letters? ِي َـا ُو
ِي َـا ُو
2. What are the conditions of the medd letters? ِي must proceeded by kesrah
َـا must be proceeded by fetha
ُو must be proceeded by dhamma

3. Change tanween fetha to alif stretched 2 counts
Recap
3. What is the difference between the medd letters and the short vowels?
Medd letters must be stretched 2 counts whereas short vowels must not be stretched at all
4. How do you stop at a word ending with tanween fetha eg عَلِيماً
Change tanween fetha to alif stretched 2 counts

4. (Articulation points of the letters)
مَخَارِجُ الحُرُوفِ
(Articulation points of the letters)
مَخرَجٌ (مَخَارِجٌ )
Articulation point is the place from where a letter is pronounced, making it sound different from other letters.
حَرفٌ (حُرُوفٌ )
A letter is only a sound that relies on a specific or an approximate articulation point.

5. Arabic الحُرُوفُ 28 letters 3 Medd letters 5 Main مَخَارِج
17 Specific مَخَارِج

6. 5 Main Articulation areas
الخَيشُوم
The Nose
1 approx
مَخرَج
الجَوف
Empty mouth
&
throat space
1 Approximate
مَخرَج
الشَّفَتَان
The Lips
2 Specific
مَخرَج
الحَلق
The Throat
3 Specific
مَخرَج
اللِّسَان
The Tongue
10 Specific
مَخرَج

7. (Articulation points of the letters)
مَخَارِجُ الحُرُوفِ
(Articulation points of the letters)
Main مَخرَج
No. Of مَخرَج
No. of letters
The Throat
الحَلقُ 3 6
The Tongue
اللِّسَانُ 10 18
The Two lips
الشَّفَتانُ 2 4
The Nose
الخَيشُومُ 1
الغُنَّةُ
Empty space in the mouth & throat
الجَوفُ
مُدُود
Only the throat, tongue and lips are used to pronounce the actual 28 letters.
The nose and the empty space of mouth & throat is used to produce
additional sounds (e.g. the ghunnah sound)

8. مَخارِجُ الحُرُوفِ
Put ( √ ) or ( X ) in front of the following sentences, correcting those sentences that are wrong:
The Gunnah has only one mekhrej which is the empty space of the mouth and throat.
The 3 medd letters are pronounced from the shifataan.
All the 28 Arabic letters are pronouneced from the Al-Halq, Ash-Shifataan and Al-Lisan.

9. Al-Halq has 3 specific makharij while Al-Lisan has 10 specific makharij.
Most of the Arabic letters are pronounced from Al-Lisan.
In the Arabic language there are 17 specific makharij, 3 of them are in Al Halq.
The 5 main malharij are: Al-Halq, Al-Khaishoom, Al-Lisan, Al-Ghunnah, Al-Jouf.

10. 2) Match the Arabic to the English:
The Lips الجَوفُ
The Tongue الخَيشُوم
The Empty space
of mouth and throat الشَّفّتَان
The Nose الحَلقُ
The throat اللِّسَان

11. 3) What is the difference between a specific makhrij and a main mekhrij?