Using IPA Symbols and Phonological Rules to Help Understand Tajweed Rules Internationally and Avoid Recitation Errors.

The present study is an ambitious attempt to assist international non-Arab the noble Qur’an reciters in correctly reciting the noble Qur’an and avoiding pronunciation errors due to mother tongue interference. Additionally, it addresses the issues faced by Arabs due to colloquial language interference. The research addresses non-Arab speakers in general and focuses on English and Arabic speakers as they are more common. However, it can be also useful for other Muslim human languages speakers to benefit from phonological rules to understand and practice the Tajweed rules correctly. The novelty of this study lies in its attempt to render the noble Qur’an Tajweed rules into universally understandable phonological rules. By describing these rules phonologically, the research seeks to internationalize the Qur’anic Tajweed, helping reciters understand the place and manner of articulation of Arabic sounds and the changes they undergo in various phonological environments. This approach will lead to standard pronunciation of both independent sounds and connected Qur’anic speech. The study also aims to identify the sources of pronunciation errors of the noble Qur’an for Arabic speakers and English speakers and provide methods to correct them. The sample application will focus on the chapter “The Rules of Silent /m/ and /n/” (meem and nun sakinatin) in “Tuhfat Al-Atfal” (Children’s Masterpiece), which is the simplest presentation of the noble Qur’an Tajweed.