Online Tajweed classes: learn Tajweed online with native Arab teachers

Tajweed Classes at a glance

Format

Live, one-to-one, online

Who it's for

Children past the Qaida, adults fixing mistakes, hifz and ijazah students

Suitable for ages

Early kids (4 to 8), Kids (9 to 12), Teens (13 to 17) and Adults (18 and over)

Level

Beginner to advanced

Schedule

30, 45 or 60 minutes; 2 to 5 classes a week

Teachers

Native Arab teachers, including ijazah holders

Teacher matching

Female teachers for women and girls, male for men; Murouj matches for children

Before you start

Able to read the Arabic letters; new readers start with the Qaida

Outcome

Correct recitation with the rules applied

What is tajweed, and why learn it with a teacher?

Tajweed is the set of rules for reciting the Quran correctly: where each letter comes from, how it sounds, when sounds merge, hide or lengthen, and where to stop.

It is a spoken skill, taught mouth to ear: a teacher listens, corrects and has you repeat. See why we learn tajweed.

Who is this course for?

• Children

  Usually start once they can read from the Qaida, in short, lively lessons.

• Adults who read but are unsure

  Fix mistakes in a private class. Men are taught by male teachers.

• Women, girls and new Muslim sisters

  Always a female teacher, and most of our teachers speak English.

• Hifz and ijazah students

  Tajweed is the foundation for both.

What will you learn?

Your teacher builds a personalized curriculum from these stages, starting from your level.

1. Beginner: letters and sounds

   • Articulation points and qualities of the letters
   • Heavy and light letters
   • Short vowels, sukun and shaddah

2. Intermediate: the core rules

   • Noon sakinah and tanween: izhar, idgham, iqlab, ikhfa'
   • Meem sakinah, ghunnah and qalqalah
   • Rules of lam and ra

3. Advanced: length, stopping, fluency

   • Madd: natural and secondary
   • Waqf and ibtida' and the stop marks
   • Fluent application, with classical texts such as Tuhfat al-Atfal where your plan includes them

Milestones along the way

• Pronounce every letter from its correct point
• Apply the noon, meem and madd rules
• Stop and start at the stop marks
• Recite a full page fluently
• Move on to hifz with a solid foundation

How fast you progress depends on your starting point, age, weekly classes and practice. Your teacher sets a plan after the free trial class and reviews it with you.

Which letters do English speakers find hardest in tajweed?

Several Arabic letters have no English equivalent. A native Arab teacher has said them since childhood and hears your slips at once.

See the Arabic alphabet pronunciation guide and the rules of stopping in the Quran for the advanced stage.

What happens in a tajweed class?

You recite from the Madinah Mushaf page, synced between your screen and your teacher's. Your teacher stops each mistake, explains the rule on the shared whiteboard, models the sound and has you repeat. Practice for the days between uses PDFs, slides or videos where they help, and your teacher follows up next time.

How do the classes work?

• One-to-one, never in a group

  Tajweed is a spoken skill: your teacher hears and corrects every letter.

• A personal plan

  Lessons start from what you can do and target the rules you need.

• Matched for you

  Murouj matches a suitable teacher for your free trial class and switches if the fit is not right. Never random.

• Zoom, Google Meet or Halqora

  Live in your time zone on Zoom, Google Meet or Halqora, Murouj's classroom software. Never recorded.

Lessons are 30, 45 or 60 minutes, with the number a week agreed when you book (see the class plans page). For times in your time zone, see our pages for the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Germany, the Netherlands and Australia.

Meet some of our teachers

Every teacher is a native Arab and teaches live online. Murouj matches you with a suitable teacher for the free trial class: female teachers for women and girls, male teachers for men.

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  Rabab M.

  Female teacher

  Has memorized the whole Quran and holds an ijazah in Hafs 'an 'Asim. Teaches Quran, the Noor al-Bayan Qaidah and Islamic studies to non-Arabic speakers.

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  Abrar R.

  Female teacher

  Al-Azhar University graduate. Teaches Quran, tajweed, Arabic and Islamic studies to children, teens and adults.

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  Mohammad S.

  Male teacher

  Bachelor's degree in Islamic Studies from Al-Azhar University. Has memorized the whole Quran and teaches non-Arabic speakers from the basics up.

Read all teacher profiles or see our online Tajweed teachers.

Why one-to-one with a native Arab teacher?

• Your whole lesson. The teacher hears every letter you recite, and nobody shares your time.
• Your pace and plan. A personalized curriculum built around your level, goals and time zone.
• A native Arab teacher. Arabic sounds modeled as a first-language speaker says them. Each profile states the teacher's own studies and ijazah, if any.
• Privacy and comfort. Women and girls learn with female teachers, and men with male teachers.

Read what students and parents say on our reviews page.

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