Basic Arabic for Qur’an Recitation

1. Basic Arabic for Qur’an Recitation Lesson 2 Fathah

2. أ أَ The deepest part of the throat is the furthest away from the mouth and the closest to the chest

3. ب بَ closing the two lips together

4. ت تَ top side of the tip of the tongue and the gum line of the two front upper incisors

5. ث ثَ the tip of the tongue (from the top side of the tip) and the bottom edges of the two top front incisors

6. ج جَ middle of the tongue

7. ح حَ Middle part of throat

8. خ خَ Closest part of the throat to the mouth

9. د دَ top side of the tip of the tongue and the gum line of the two front upper incisors

10. ذ ذَ the tip of the tongue (from the top side of the tip) and the bottom edges of the two top front incisors

11. ر رَ the tip of the tongue with the top of the tip and what lies opposite to it of the gums of the two front top incisors

12. ز زَ tip of the tongue and the plates of the two front top incisors, at a point just above the two front lower incisors.  There is a little space left in between the tip of the tongue and the plates of the teeth when pronouncing these letters

13. س tip of the tongue and the plates of the two front top incisors, at a point just above the two front lower incisors.  There is a little space left in between the tip of the tongue and the plates of the teeth when pronouncing these letters سَ

14. ش middle of the tongue شَ

15. ص tip of the tongue and the plates of the two front top incisors, at a point just above the two front lower incisors.  There is a little space left in between the tip of the tongue and the plates of the teeth when pronouncing these letters صَ

16. ض Side of tongue from the molars and the gum area next to the molars ضَ

17. ط طَ top side of the tip of the tongue and the gum line of the two front upper incisors

18. ظ ظَ the tip of the tongue (from the top side of the tip) and the bottom edges of the two top front incisors

19. ع عَ Middle part of throat

20. غ غَ Closest part of the throat to the mouth

21. ف Between the inside of the lower lip and the tips (or edges) of the two top front incisors.  This means that there is a meeting of these two parts of articulation to make the correct sound of this letter. فَ

22. ق قَ Deepest part of tongue with roof of the mouth in the area of the soft palate

23. ك Deepest part of tongue with roof of the mouth in the area of the hard palate كَ

24. ل لَ anterior one third of the sides of the tongue until the sides end at the tip, and what lies opposite to them of the gums of the two top front incisors, the two top lateral incisors, the two top canines, and the two top premolars

25. م مَ closing the to lips together

26. ن نَ from the tip of the tongue and what lies opposite to it from the gum of the two front top incisors

27. The deepest part of the throat is the furthest away from the mouth and the closest to the chest

28. و وَ forming a circle of the two lips without the two lips meeting completely

29. ي يَ middle of the tongue

30. End of Lesson 2 والسلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته And may the Peace, Mercy, and Blessings of Allah be upon you