Pronunciation Workshop

Listen for these sounds

  • Idha contains dhal; ja’a has a hamzah and a long vowel. Copy the reliable recitation rather than English spelling.
  • Nasr contains emphatic sad. Do not substitute the sound of ordinary sin.
  • Yadkhuluna contains kha. Keep the long vowels in din and yadkhuluna clear when you hear them.
  • Sabbih has doubled ba and ends with ha from the throat.
  • Wastaghfirhu contains ghayn and a final pronoun; do not drop the word ending casually.
  • Tawwaba has doubled waw. Follow the reciter for stopping and joining.

Get a useful correction

Repeat a difficult word, then the complete ayah. Ask a competent Quran teacher to check your sounds, vowel lengths, joining and stopping. A written transliteration cannot provide that check. Correct one sound at a time and keep the session calm.