Tajweed (Accredited Academic)

Tajweed (Accredited Academic Programme)

Tajweed courses under the accredited academic programme follow structured progression and are formally accredited by the Conservation of the Holy Quran institute, an established body recognised among teaching institutes for issuing Ijazah certifications and maintaining high standards of Tajweed and recitation that trace through traditional chains of transmission (sanad).

The courses are delivered by qualified, Ijazah holding teachers and students can receive certification issued both by the Mena Trust and the external accrediting body.

The accredited Tajweed pathway delivered through the Mena Centre represents one of the most comprehensive and academically rigorous Tajweed programmes offered, designed for learners seeking depth and progression towards formal certification of Ijazah and beyond.

Theory: Makhaarij & Sifaat Hifz: Memorisation of the final 25 surahs Tilaawah: Recitation Surah Yaseen to the end of Surah Fussilat Duration: 80 hours Attendance required: at least 85%
Theory: Introductions to the science of Tajweed. Al-Isti’aathah and Al-Basmalah. Articulation points and nicknames of letters. Characteristics of letters. The rules of At-Tafkheem and At-Tarqeeq. Special points relating to the recitation pages (Qur’aan P.483-604), which are found at the end of the Al-Muneer Tajweed Syllabus (P.338-347). Hifz: Memorisation of the final chapter (Amma) Tilaawah: Recitation Surah Ash-Shooraa to the end of Surah AnNaas Jazariyyah: Makhaarij/Sifaat Al-Huroof sections Duration: 99 hours (part time over an academic year), Attendance required: at least 85%
Theory: All chapters of the Tamheediyyah syllabus. Al-Idghaam and the relationship of the letters. The rules of Nun and Meem. Al-Madd: its rules and its kinds. Special points relating to the recitation pages (Qur’aan P.249-482), which are found at the end of Al-Muneer Tajweed Syllabus (P.338-350). Hifth: Memorisation of chapter 29. Tilaawah: Recitation Surah Ar-Ra’d to the end of Surah Fussilat Jazariyyah: Nun Saakinah & Tanween; Meem Saakinah; Madd section of the poem. Duration: 99 hours (part time over an academic year), Attendance required: at least 85%
Theory: All chapters of the Tamheediyyah syllabus. All chapters of the Mutawassitah syllabus. Al-Waqf and Al-Ibtidaa’ (all sections of the chapter including Awjuh Al-Waqf, Al-Maqtoo’ & Al-Mawsool and Taa’aat). Tanbeehaat and beneficial points (all sections) Hifth: Memorisation of Surah Al-Israa’ and Surah Al-Kahf. Tilaawah: Recitation Surah Al-Baqarah to the end of Surah Yusuf. Jazariyyah: Al-Maqtoo’ and Al-Mawsool; Taa At-Ta’neeth section of the poem. Duration: 99 hours (part time over an academic year), Attendance required: at least 85%
Students who have completed and passed the Mutaqaddimah Course Itqan course skills include: Perfecting Ikhfaa’ Haqeeqi. Tahqeeq, Tadweer, Hadr. Giving accurate complete harakaat. Perfecting Idghaam Naaqis with ghunnah. Al-Waqf Al-Ikhtiyaari. Perfecting Sakt. Correct level of Tafkheem / Tafkheem Nisbee. Perfecting Tas-heel in the places it should be done. Perfecting Rawm, Ishmaam and Ikhtilaas. Duration: 50 hours. Attendance required: at least 85%
Tilaawah: Students are individually assigned a certified teacher to recite a full khatmah to, from Surah Al-Faatihah to Surah An-Naas. Hifz: The Ijazah with sanad requires full Hifz. Alternatively students are required to memorise two new ajzaa’ that have not been previously memorised in the lower levels. Theory: All theory covered in Al-Muneer Tajweed Syllabus Duration: Depending on student ability (1-2 years)
Further post-Ijazah studies including the study of the 10 Qiraat with the option of obtaining additional Ijazat in these narrations.

The Academic Tajweed and Qiraat Programme (Women) at the Mena Centre was founded and is led by Dr Fatima Muhammad, who holds multiple ijazaat in Tajweed and Qiraat from Egypt and Jordan across a number of canonical recitations. She has been teaching since the 1990s and, over the past decade, has granted ijazaat to many students across multiple narrations.

Alhamdulillah, hundreds of students from different backgrounds have attended Tajweed classes at the Mena Centre over the years, with over 75 women completing the full multi-year Academic Tajweed programme and obtaining ijazah. Many more students are currently progressing towards ijazah, including across multiple recognised narrations.

The Mena Centre has a large pool of experienced, ijazah-certified teachers who teach across the programme and supervise students pursuing ijazah. The following are selected courses within this academic pathway: