The importance of TAJWEED to learn Quran recitation

The time when TAJWEED Rules do not exist
The Quran is the word of Allah, Allah has sent it down through angel JEBREEL to Prophet Mohammed –May Allah exalts his mention. The way that Allah has said the Quran has been delivered to us with the Quran through the companions of Prophet Mohammed, generation after generation.

There were no applied rules controls the way how to recite the Quran, but it used to be taken by listening from the teacher and imitating his Quran recitation until the student can perfect the Quran recitations.

Causes for Establishing TAJWEED Rules
Later, when the Islamic land becomes vast, and many groups of non-Arabs accept Allah’s religion, the pure Arabic tongue start to be affected by other languages, that scholars were getting worried about how Quran will be recited.

Beginning of TAJWEED Rules
In the third century of HIJRA, it comes the first book was written about the rules of how to recite the Quran. There are different opinions about which compilation came first. That field of knowledge is called later TAJWEED, the word itself in the Arabic language means “To do it perfectly”, that is to perfect your Quran recitation for the Quran.

Effects of developing TAJWEED Rules
With the development of TAJWEED, its rules are now ready to be a reference for both Arabs who may have stopped to use pure and original Arabic as everyday language, and reference as well for non-Arabs. One can study the rule, understand it, and apply it while reciting Quran.

Can one take it like Self-Study?
The question now is, can one learn to read Quran with TAJWEED rules by himself? If you go through the above-mentioned words, you may get the question, we said that the basis for the Quran recitations was listening from the teacher and trying to copy his Quran recitations until one can perfect it. That was the way for centuries.