The Quran Majid is the message of Allah. It is the latest Asmani Kitab. This is the holy scripture of Muslims.

It is Farz to recite some verses from the Quran Majid in our Salat. So, recitation of the Quran Majid must be correct. That is why we shall learn to read the Quran Majid correctly and teach others to read it correctly. We shall act according to the sayings of the Quran Majid.

The language of Quran Majid is Arabic. There are 29 letters in Arabic language. Arabic letters are called Harf. Arabic is to be read from the right to the left.

29 Arabic Letters:

The chart below shows the differences that occur if certain letters are placed at the beginning, in the middle, or at the end of a word. Such as-

Harkat

The vowels that are used to pronounce Arabic words are called Harkat.
There are three kinds of Harkat, such as-

Jabor , Jer , Pesh ।

1) When Jabor is written on any letter it is pronounced as ‘aa’.

Read and write down the following chart with Jabor ().

2) When Jer is given under any letter it is pronounced as ‘ee’.

Read and write down the following chart with Jer ().

3) When Pesh is given on any letter it is pronounced as ‘u’.

Read and write down the following chart with pesh ().

Tanbeen

Double Jabor (), Double Jer () and Double Pesh () are called Tanbeen.

Tanbeen will be pronounced with nun.
Ba double Jabor ﺏً = Ban
Ba double Jer ﺏٍ = Bin
Ba double Pesh ﺏٌ = Bun

The position and sign of Tanbeen –

Read and write down the following chart with Tanbeen with Double Jabor ()-

Read and write down the following chart with Tanbeen with Double Jer ()-

Read and write down the following chart with Tanbeen with Double Pesh ()-

Jazam

There are many letters in Arabic which do not have Jabor, Jer or Pesh. But the previous letters have Jabor, Jer or Pesh. A symbol is used to pronounce this letter. This sign is called Jazam.
Another name of Jazam is Sakin.

Jazam or Sakin is expressed by three symbols. Such as -

Example: ﺑَﻦٛ Ba Nun Jabar = Ban
ﺑِﻦٛ Ba Nun Jer = Bin
ﺑُﻦٛ Ba Nun Pesh = Bun

So if there is Jazam or Sakin on any letter, it has to be pronounced together with the previous letter.