Y10 Lesson 3 Tadabbur and Tartil (How to Develop Khushu)

A lesson on developing khushūʿ through Qur’anic recitation, covering tartīl, taghannī, tadabbur, and adhkār of rukūʿ.

• The connection between Qur’an and khushūʿ: A listening exercise on recitation opens the lesson before five terms are introduced tilāwah, tartīl, tajwīd, tadabbur, and taghannī. Khabbāb رضي الله عنه  is quoted: no act of worship brings a person closer to Allah than His own words.
• Tartīl: Qur’an 73:4 is quoted on reciting slowly and calmly, making each word distinct. The account of ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd رضي الله عنه follows rebuking a man who recited the entire mufaṣṣal in one rakʿah with his reminder that the Qur’an benefits only when it enters the heart and takes root there.
• Taghannī: Two Hadith sit alongside each other from Abū Dāwūd, that whoever does not recite melodiously is not of us, and from Ibn Mājah, that the best reciter is the one whose voice makes you think he fears Allah.
• Tadabbur and how to practise it: Five steps are offered thinking of Who is speaking, personalising the address, visualising, feeling the emotion and repeating the āyah, and interacting with the āyāt. Al-Ghazālī is quoted: ” Everything that distracts from understanding one’s recitation is a whispering from Shayṭān”.
• Adhkār of rukūʿ: Three adhkār are added to the adhkār bank, all from Muslim praising Allah, asking for forgiveness, and affirming that there is no god worthy of worship except Him.