Importance of Tajwid
One of the many
miracles of the Noble Qur’aan is that regardless of the number of times it is
recited, one never gets tired nor bored with its recitation. Allah Ta’ala says
in the Noble Qur’aan, ‘Indeed the believers are those who tremble with fear
when Allah is remembered and when the verses of the Qur’aan are recited before
them, it increases their belief and upon Allah they have complete trust.” (8:2)
One of the salient points mentioned in this verse is that when a believer
recites the Noble Qur’aan in the correct manner, it increases his faith and
belief in Allah. Reciting the Noble Qur’aan in the correct manner means to recite
it with Tajwid.
What is Tajwid?
Allah Ta’ala says in the Noble Qur’aan, ‘And recite the Qur’aan with Tarteel.’
(73:4)
When asked about the meaning of Tarteel, Hadhrat Ali (Radhiallaahu Anhu)
replied, ‘It means that the Qur’aan should be recited with Tajwid and with due
observance to the rules of Waqf (pausing or stopping at the end of the verse).’
Tajwid means to recite every letter correctly, i.e. from its proper origin of
pronunciation coupled with its stipulated attributes.
According to Imaam Jawzi (Rahmatullaahi Alayhi), the verse, ‘Verily my people
have renounced the Qur’aan’ has two interpretations. Firstly, it could mean
that they had renounced the Qur’aan by not believing in it and practicing upon
it. And secondly, it could mean that they used to recite the Qur’aan in such a
disgusting manner that it sounded like senseless and meaningless jabbering.
Reading the Qur’aan without Tajwid could also be included in the second
interpretation.
Tajwid from the Hadith
Rasulullah has said, ‘Indeed Allah desires that the Qur’aan be recited in the
manner it was revealed.’ This Hadith clarified by the Aayat and, ‘We revealed
the Qur’aan with Tartil.’ (2:32)
The definition of Tartil has been explained above. Since the Qur’aan
emphatically commands us to recite the Qur’aan with Tajwid, it is Fardh to
recite the Qur’aan with Tajwid.
Rasulullah has said, ‘The Qur’aan will either testify in your favour or against
you.’ Hence, if we fail to observe the requirements of the Noble Qur’aan during
our recitation, the Qur’aan will testify against us. If we are unacquainted
with these prerequisites, we are compelled to acquire the laws of Tajwid.
Due to the vastness of the Arabic language, any small mistake in pronunciation
of a letter or word may change the meaning of that word. For example, the word
‘Qalb’ (with q) means heart, if read ‘Kalb’ (with k), it will mean a dog’. So
just as how in any other language we learn pronunciation of letters and words,
for example, in English we learn that ‘ph’ stands for ‘f’ (as in phone) and not
pone. Similarly, in the Arabic language, we also have to learn pronunciation of
letters and words, which we term as ‘Tajwid’. Tajwid is not like all other
subjects which we are able to separate from the Qur’aan but instead Tajwid and
Qur’aan work hand in hand. If there is no Tajwid with Qur’aan, there is no
Qur’aan. The question may arise that, how can such a statement be made that if
a person reads Qur’aan without Tajwid, he is not read Qur’aan? Yes, such a
statement is 100% correct.
Our beloved Rasul states in one Hadith, ‘There are a lot of readers that read
the Qur’aan but the Qur’aan curses them instead of making Du’aa for them.’ We
get some people nowadays who spend hours and hours reciting the Qur’aan
thinking that they are getting and attaining great rewards. But because there
pronunciation of letters is incorrect, a very big problem arise. It sounds very
small when we say, ‘I am only pronouncing a letter incorrectly..’ But did this
thought ever cross our minds that when a letter changes in a word, the word
changes and if a word changes in a sentence then the whole sentence changes and
eventually the meaning also changes. So from this, we understand the Hadith of
our Rasul , that some people read so much of the Qur’aan but because they do
not know the correct pronunciation of the letters, they change the letters
which then changes the words which eventually leads to the changing of the
sentence and meaning of the Qur’aan. So, the Qur’aan in turn, instead of making
Du’aa for such people it curses them.
We should also remember that from the time and generation of Nabi till now, no
one has ever denied this fact that Tajwid is compulsory. It is only now in our
generation that people have lost respect and forgotten the status of Tajwid.
Today, even logic will show us the importance of Tajwid. If we write a letter
to our beloved and give it to someone to give it to him or her, but this Mr
Someone takes the letter and changes a few words which eventually changes the
meaning of your letter, how would we feel?
Wouldn’t we get angry and take such a person to task , so in the same way, the
Qur’aan is the word of Allah. If we change the word of Allah then Allah Ta’ala
will definitely get angry with us and take us to task just as how we would do
if someone changes our words in our letters.
So from all this, we can see that the Qur’aan is not Qur’aan until and unless
it is read with Tajwid. Just as how if someone changes our letter addressed to
our beloved, we would say that this is not our letter. We can also see from all
this, the importance of reading the Qur’aan with Tajwid.
May Allah give me, you and all the ability to read the Qur’aan correctly so
that we may earn the mercy of Allah Ta’ala and not the anger of Allah.
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