Tuhfat al-Atfal

تحفة الأطفال

A tajwid didactic poem by Sulayman al-Jamzuri (d. ca. 1316 AH) — some sixty-one rajaz lines gathering the rules of the still nun and tanwin, the still mim and the kinds of madd, the beginner's first tajwid text and the most widely memorised of the tajwid mutun 1 2.

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Summary

A tajwid didactic poem by Sulayman al-Jamzuri (d. ca. 1316 AH) — some sixty-one rajaz lines gathering the rules of the still nun and tanwin, the still mim and the kinds of madd, the beginner's first tajwid text and the most widely memorised of the tajwid mutun 1 2.

The author

المؤلف: سليمان بن حسين الجمزوري، عالم أزهري قرائي من القرن الثالث عشر الهجري.

Commentaries and teaching

متن التحفة شرح للجمزوري على نظمه، وعليها شروح مدرسية كثيرة؛ تحفظ قبل الجزرية والشاطبية في الترتيب المدرسي 1.

For younger visitors

Tuhfat al-Atfal is the first tajwid poem most Qur'an-school children memorise.

Sources

  1. Scientific Matns and their Effect on Education — Abd al-Rahman Muhammad Salih
  2. al-Alam — al-Zirikli
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