Al-Tanzīl offers a uniquely devised training-course which aims to enhance students, huffāth, reciters and all ardent learners or Quran lovers in all aspects of Quranic study.

 

This course will provide the student with understanding of the Arabic language, allowing him to grasp this communiqué, al-Quran. It will also offer in-depth discussions on Tajwīd and Qirā`āt, utilising classical works while comparing it with contemporary studies.

 

Ulum al-Quran is one of the pivotal subjects introduced so that students may understand basic and necessary facts about the Quran: when certain verses were revealed, why they were revealed, how the Quran was revealed, compiled, the history of Qirā`āt, etc.

 

The program allows students to study various specialised texts in the field of Qirā`āt and Tajwīd, the likes of the Tuhfah, the Jazariyyah and ultimately the Shātibiyyah as well as the Seven, Ten and Fourteen Qirā`āt.

 

Sanads and ijazāt are issued to students who have successfully fulfilled the necessary requirements and achieved satisfactory results. Ijazāt are not restricted to the Quran, but to all the texts and books taught in the course.

 

WHO SHOULD ATTEND & REQUIREMENTS

The course is specifically designed for the hāfith of the Quran. However, anyone who wishes to improve their recitation of the Quran, as well as understand what they are reciting and enhance their relationship with Quran may attend the classes.

 

The minimum requirement is that the student is fluent in his recitation of the Quran.

 

Basic Course Layout

First Year:

1. Arabic
2. Extensive Tajwīd
3. Quran Translation
4. Reading for sanad and ijāzah
5. Revision

 

Arabic (Nahw and Sarf) –

• Arabic text books prepared by Ml Tāhā Karaan and Ml Ali Goder
• Readers (application of the theory) –
  • Fadā`il al-Qur`ān of Ml Zakariyyā Kandehlawi
  • Fath al-Karīm by ˘Ali Dabbā˘
  • Qasas al-Nabiyyīn (Ibrāhīm, Yūsuf, Nūh, Mūsā)
  • Arabic Textbooks prepared by Dr Abd al-Rahīm Fa

 

*NB: Application of Arabic theory when translating the Quran

 

Tajwīd –

• Murshid al-Qāri, Book 1
• Tuhfah al-Atfāl
• Murshid al-Qāri, Book 2
• Al-Muqaddimah al-Jazariyyah
• Murshid al-Qari, Book 3
• Tajweed Rules by Sheikhah Kareema Czerepinski
• Sharh Saghīr of Dabbā‘ on the Tuhfah
• Al-Fawā`id al-Makkiyyah

 

*NB: Practical reading to apply the theory in the ijāzah sessions.

 

Sanad and Ijāzah –

• The student will be allowed to read for sanad and ijāzah
• He will first read for the narration of Hafs via the Shātibiyyah
• Depending on the students ability, he may read Hafs via the Tayyibah or the Qirā`ah of ˘Āsim as well.

 

Revision –

• The student is required to revise a stipulated amount of the Quran every day, depending on the student’s ability.
• The student’s revision sessions will be closely monitored and recorded by the respective teachers.

 

Second Year:

1. Arabic (Nawh and Sarf) – practical application with numerous readers
2. Extensive Tajwīd (Ahkām Qirā`ah al-Qur`ān by Sheikh Mahmūd Khalīl al-Husary)
3. Introduction to Qirā`āt/Shātibiyyah (Ghunyah al-Talabah)
4. Qur`ān Translation and Tafsīr (first 10 juz)
5. Practical Reading (application of Tajwīd – reading for ijāzah)
6. Revision
7. ‘Ulūm al-Quran

 

Third Year:

1. The Seven Qirā`āt – theory and practical recitation
2. Qur`ān Translation and Tafsīr (second 10 juz)
3. ‘Ulūm al-Quran
4. Rasm (˘Aqīlah of Imam Shātibī)
5. Rijāl/Asānīd
6. Introduction to Hadīth
7. Fiqh (Matn of Abū Shujāʿ)
8. Hadith

 

Fourth Year:

1. The Seven Qirā`āt – recitation to Sheikh
2. Translation and Tafsīr (last 10 juz)
3. ‘Ulūm al-Quran
4. ‘Add al-Fawāsil – verse-ends (Sheikh Abd al-Rāziq’s commentary on Fārā`id al-Hisān of al-Qādī)
5. Rijāl/Asānīd
6. Fiqh (Matn of Abū Shujāʿ)
7. Hadith