Stage 05
Qiraat
Qiraat is the study of the recognised styles of recitation and of what separates them. It is last on this list for a reason: it needs a teacher qualified in the style being taught, and a student whose Tajweed genuinely holds under pressure. We will say so plainly if it is too early.
- Stage
- 05 · Qiraat
- Level
- Advanced · Tajweed secured
- Who it is for
- Advanced students with Tajweed secured
The content
What this stage actually covers.
Written from the subject itself, not from a brochure. If something here does not apply to you, the teacher will say so rather than teach it anyway.
The recognised readings, and how the differences between them arise
The specific points where a reading departs from the Hafs you already read
Reciting in a second style accurately, without contaminating either one
The chain a style is transmitted through, and why an unbroken one matters
Studied with a teacher qualified in that style — or not studied at all
- You start with
- Tajweed secured and applied without prompting, consistently, in your own recitation.
- You finish able to
- You can recite in a second style accurately, and explain where and why it departs from the first.
In the class
How a class in this course runs.
The shape of a class
Slowly. This is the one course where being sent back to Tajweed is a normal and useful outcome.
Fees, duration and the number of classes a week are not published yet — see the straight answers on the courses page.
See what is still to be confirmedThe path
Where this sits in the whole course.
The stages run in this order, but they are not gates. You are placed by what you can actually do in the first class.
- Noorani Qaida
- Nazra
- Tajweed
- Hifz
- QiraatYou are here
- Islamic studies
Free first class
Read a few lines out loud, and find out where you actually are.
The first class is free, takes no card details, and ends with a teacher telling you honestly whether this is the right stage for you.