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Tajwīd

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Author(s): Kristina Nelson
1. Definition and material of tajwīd Tajwīd is the system of rules regulating the correct and clear rendering of the Qurʾān, preserving the nature of a religious revelation whose meaning is expressed as much by its sound as by its content and expression. Muslims believe that tajwīd is the codification of the sound of the revelation as it was revealed to the Prophet Muḥammad and as he subsequently rehearsed it with the Angel Gabriel. Therefore, in Islam, there can be no history of the development of tajwīd except in terms of its scholarly codification, and it is generally believed…
Date: 2018-04-01