[Newsletter] 31 May 2023: THE HISTORY OF TAJWID IN THE QUR'AN
Published: Wed, 05/31/23
31 May 2023 / 11 Zul Qaedah1444H
Assalamualaikum Warahmatullahi Wabarakatuh
In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. O Allah! I seek refuge in You from knowingly associating partners with You in any way, and I seek Your forgiveness for that which I do not know. Ameen.
THE HISTORY OF TAJWID IN THE
QUR'AN
Al-Qur'an is the word of Allah that Allah revealed to Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. through Jibril. In this holy book, various powers of Allah are summarized regarding everything that exists on earth and in heaven.
The Al-Qur'an is the last book and the perfecting of the previous books, so the rules in reading and keeping it have been arranged by Allah and must be
observed.
From here it is very important that we deepen our knowledge of Tajwid (rules and ways of reading the Qur'an) and it is obligatory that we preserve the recitation of the Qur'an from errors and changes and preserve the tongue (mouth) from reading errors.
As with the Qur'an, the knowledge of Tajwid (rules and methods of reading the Qur'an) also developed gradually from the time of the
Khulafa Ar-Rasyidin to the modern era as it is today. Of course, in the development of Tajwid from the time of Khulafa Ar-Rasyidin until modern times, there are narrators and initiators of the development of Tajwid.
Tajwid according to language (etymology) is: beautifying something. While according to the term, Knowledge of Tajwid is knowledge about the methods and ways of reading the Qur'an in the best possible way.
The purpose of tajwid knowledge is to preserve the recitation of the Quran from errors and changes and to preserve the tongue (mouth) from reading errors. Learning the knowledge of tajwid is fard kifayah, while reading the Qur'an well (according to the knowledge of tajwid) is fard 'Ain.
The origin of the word Tajwid is from the Arabic word jawwada- yujawwidu- tajwiidan following wazan taf'il which means to make something
good. If it is discussed when the knowledge of Tajwid began, then the facts show that this knowledge has started since the Qur'an was revealed to the Prophet s.a.w. This is because Rasulullah s.a.w. himself was ordered to read the Qur'an with tajwid and tartil as mentioned in Surat al-Muzammil verse 4.
وَرَتِّلِ الْقُرْآَنَ تَرْتِيلًا
"Read the Qur'an with tartil
(slowly)."
Then Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. taught those verses to the companions with a tartil reading.
Wallahu'alam.
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