1. Green Lane Masjid Tajweed Foundation Level Lesson 5
اللِّسَان

2. ِي َـا ُو الجَوفُ Recap Use الجَوفُ only to articulate ......
Medd ي Medd و Medd ـا

3. الحَلقُ Recap أدنَى الحَلق وَسَطُ الحَلق غ خ ح ع هـ أ أقصَى الحَلق
The closest
part of throat
وَسَطُ الحَلق
The middle
part of throat غ خ ح ع هـ أ
أقصَى الحَلق
The furthest
part of throat

4. (Articulation points of the letters)
مَخَارِجُ الحُرُوفِ
(Articulation points of the letters)
Main مَخرَج
No. Of Specific 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)

5. اللِّسَانُ
The tongue
Tongue is divided into 4 different areas:

6. اللِّسَانُ The tongue The roof of the mouth is divided into 2 parts:
The hard palate – the top roof-area, near the teeth
The soft palate – deepest part of the roof, near the throat
The tongue touches
the hard or the soft
palates to produce
different letters

7. The deepest part against soft palate
أَقصَى اللِّسَانِ
The deepest part against soft palate ق ك

8. The middle part against hard palate
وَسَطُ اللِّسَانِ
The middle part against hard palate
ج ي ش
Remember:
None medd ي

9. Tip of the tongue touching the gum line of the top two teeth
طَرَفُ اللِّسَانِ
The tip of the tongue
ط د ت
Tip of the tongue touching the gum line of the top two teeth

10. Tip of the tongue touching the gums of the two top teeth
طَرَفُ اللِّسَانِ
The tip of the tongue ن
Tip of the tongue touching the gums of the two top teeth

11. طَرَفُ اللِّسَانِ The tip of the tongue ر
Tip of the tongue touching the hard palate near the gums of the front two teeth

12. Tip of the tongue touching the edges of the top two teeth
طَرَفُ اللِّسَانِ
The tip of the tongue
ظ ذ ث
Tip of the tongue touching the edges of the top two teeth

13. طَرَفُ اللِّسَانِ The tip of the tongue
ص س ز
Tip of the tongue just above the lower front teeth leaving a small gap between the teeth and the tongue. These letters have a whistling sound.

14. Left side of the tongue touching the left upper teeth
حَافَةُ اللِّسَانِ
The sides of the tongue ض
Left side of the tongue touching the left upper teeth

15. Front side of the tongue touching the upper front teeth
حَافَةُ اللِّسَانِ
The sides of the tongue ل
Front side of the tongue touching the upper front teeth

16. اللِّسَانُ The tongue Tongue is divided into 4 different areas: 2
How many specific مَخارِج does each part of the tongue have?
What letters are articulated from each specific مَخرَج ? 1 2 5

17. اللِّسَانُ
The tongue
What are the heavy (tafkheem) letters that are articulated from the tongue?
What differentiates a heavy letter from a light one ?
Which part of the tongue are all the tafkheem letters articulated from?

18. اللِّسَانُ
The tongue
A heavy letter has the characteristic of islia’ala which is the elevation of the back of the tongue to the roof of the mouth trapping the sound between the tongue and the roof of the mouth.
A light letter does not have islia’ala.

19. اللِّسَانُ The tongue ق ض ط ظ ص ل ر
Heavy (tafkheem) letters articulated from .... ق ض
ط ظ ص ل ر