Al-Jazariyyah a Tajweed Poem by Imam Al-Jazari a Scholar

This is a well-known text on the science of the tajweed Imam al-Jazari. He was an eminent and creative scholar in the field of the Quran Qiraat, whom al-Suyuti regarded as "supreme authority in these matters."

His works on tajweed and Qiraat are the most active and excellent works. At the age of 13 Imam Al-Jazari finished memorizing the Quran and then began to recite the Koran. In Damascus, He exposed the founding of a school called Dar al-Qur'an, a school created to specialize in Quran science.

 

Al-Muqaddimah al-Jazariyyah is a compilation of Tajweed's rules in more than 100 poems (Arabic). Jamiatul Ilm Wal Huda has the original text with a translation/explanation in English, allowing readers to understand the lines in Arabic easily. It is a well-known book in the sciences of the recitation of the Quran. It is widely used in Darul ululs and the schools of the Quran.

 

In the fourth century after Hijrah, several works were written describing the Tajweed problem as a separate science. However, Tajweed science was taught verbally with the Qur'an before that; a student recites the Qur'an repeatedly to the teacher until he is proficient in reading it.

Indeed Jazariyah, Tajweed knowledge is one of the essential sciences because of its relationship with God's discourse. Experts argue that the study of their theory is the duty of the people, while its application is the obligation of individuals for anyone who wishes to read a portion of the Koran. 

For this reason, researchers have paid particular attention to the production of works related to this science, both in the form of prose and poetry, in short works and in older works, to warn people about how to read correctly and prevent them from falling into something — deficiency in reading.

Abū Muzāhim al-Khāqāni (d. 325 AH), who wrote 51-line poems covering several Tajweed subjects, although I never used specific terminology, was the first person to write in Tajweed science. Shows that it was not widespread at the time.

Then as-Sa'īdi 'Ali bin Ja'far (m. 410 H) is the author of his book on Tanbīh' ala al-Lahn al-Jaliy wa al-Lahn al-Khafiy and Ikhtilāf al-Qurrā 'fī al-Lam wa an -nūn.

 

About the Poem –

It is a poem dedicated to Tajweed in the poetic meter of Rajaz. Usually occurs in 109 lines; however, as Dr. Ayman Suwayd points out, the last two lines are mostly additions made by some researchers who are not part of some of the poetry?

It is called "Al-Muqaddimah fajma Yajibu ala Qari" al-Quran an-Ya'lama. He is also known as al-Muqaddimah al-Jazariyya. Referring to its author, they call it "Jazaria."