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Two Questions What is the length of
When we are told to hold a med 4,5,6 etc. counts, do we count with our fingers as I've seen some people do? If so are we supposed to count as fast as possible or a moderate pace? Answer When we talk about counts in Qur’an, we are talking about vowel counts. Each vowel is one count, and should be equal to every other vowel in timing. (Please also refer to: What are common mistakes in Tajweed that non-Arabs make? in the archived tidbit lessons.) The reciter needs to develop an inner
clock of timing, and that can only be done with practice, and listening to a
good reciter. If no teacher is
available then getting a tape of a known good reciter should help.
The student of the Qur’an can practice reading a word that has only
harakaat (vowels) and no sukoon. The
student then should read the word, and make sure each vowel is getting the
same amount of timing as the previous vowel, and there is no discrepancy
between the two vowels in timing. Once
the student gets a feeling for the timing of a vowel, he/she can then apply
that to
It is not correct to use our fingers in counting the lengthenings. Many students tend to move their fingers at a much quicker pace than that of four,, five or six vowels, and some much slower. Four counts is four vowel counts, five counts is five vowel counts, etc. Again, building the inner clock of timing is important to know how long or how short four, five and six vowel counts are. |
