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القَصيدةُ الخاقانِيَّة

Al-Qaṣīdah al-Khāqāniyyah
The earliest poem ever composed on the rules of tajwīd and the beauty of reciting the Qurʾan, by Imām Abū Muzāḥim al-Khāqānī — presented verse by verse with English translation.
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51 verses The first poem on tajwīd Imām al-Khāqānī · d. 325 AH Metre: Ṭawīl
Introduction

The First Poem on Tajwīd

Composed by Imām Abū Muzāḥim al-Khāqānī (d. 325 AH), the Khāqāniyyah is the earliest known poem written on the science of tajwīd and the beauty of recitation. Its fifty-one verses gather the manners of the reciter, the rights owed to every letter, and the essentials of articulation, madd and clear pronunciation. Tap any couplet to reveal its English meaning.