This is the flexi-cover edition of the color-coded Tajweed Qur'an (Mushaf at-Tajweed / مصحف التجويد), measuring 5.5 x 8 inches with a 1.1 inch spine (14.5 x 20 x 3 cm) and weighing 1.30 lbs (590 g). It carries the complete 666-page Uthmani text with a sewn-in ribbon tassel for marking your place.
What sets it apart from the hardback of the same footprint is the binding. A flexi cover bends: it folds back on itself, lies flat on a table without being weighted down, and stays open in one hand while the other is free. For anyone who reads standing, on a bus, or with a child on their lap, that difference matters more than the dimensions do. It is also a quarter of a pound lighter than the medium hardback and more forgiving of being packed into a bag.
Why Recite From a Tajweed Qur'an
Tajweed is not an optional refinement — it is the manner in which the Qur'an was revealed and the manner in which the Prophet ﷺ recited it. Yet most students learn the rules in a classroom and then lose them the moment they open a plain mushaf, because nothing on the page reminds them where a madd stretches, where a letter is nasalized, or where a qalqalah echoes. Errors settle into muscle memory and become progressively harder to correct.
A color-coded Tajweed Qur'an closes that gap. The rule is printed into the word itself, so you apply it as you read rather than recalling it afterwards. In practice this means three things: beginners and reverts can recite correctly from their first week instead of waiting years; parents and teachers can hear a child self-correct without interrupting every ayah; and long-time reciters catch the habits that no one ever pointed out to them. Because the coding is visual it works from any language background — Arabic, Urdu, English, Bengali, Somali, Turkish — and it keeps working during taraweeh, on the commute, or in halaqah, wherever the mushaf goes. Above all it frees the mind from tracking rules so attention can rest where it belongs, on the meaning of what Allah has said.
How the Color Coding Works
Dar Al Maarifah's editors classified the letters by their phonological behavior and gave each class a distinct printed color:
- Red — letters requiring extended vocalization (madd)
- Green — nasalized letters (ghunnah, ikhfa, idgham)
- Dark blue — emphatic pronunciation of ر (raa')
- Light blue — qalqalah, the echoing letters
- Gray — letters written but not pronounced
Twenty-four rules of tajweed are covered between them, applied at reading speed rather than recalled from memory.
Specifications
- Size — 5.5 x 8 x 1.1 inches (14.5 x 20 x 3 cm)
- Pages — 666, full color throughout
- Weight — 1.30 lbs
- Binding — Flexi cover, with ribbon tassel
- Arabic text — Uthmani, Hafs 'an 'Asim
- Language — Arabic only (no translation)
- Edition — 2017
- ISBN — 978-9933458645
- Publisher — Dar Al Maarifah, Damascus
- Item code — QT02
Available in 8 Sizes and Bindings
We stock the complete Dar Al Maarifah Tajweed Qur'an range, from a zippered pocket case to double mosque size. Same text, same color system, eight different footprints:
| Edition | Page Size | Binding | Weight | Best For |
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| Zippercase 3.5x5 | 3.7 x 5.2 in | Zipper case | 0.44 lb | Pocket, taraweeh, nafl |
| Small | 4 x 5.5 in | Hardback | 0.74 lb | Travel, handbag |
| Flexi Cover (this item) | 5.5 x 8 in | Flexi | 1.30 lb | Lies flat, one-hand reading |
| Medium (Silver) | 5.8 x 7.8 in | Hardback | 1.55 lb | Everyday personal use |
| Zippercase 6x9 | 6 x 9 in | Zipper case | 1.38 lb | Protected carry, masjid bag |
| Large | 7 x 10 in | Hardback | 2.16 lb | Home reading, halaqah |
| XL (Mosque size) | 10 x 13.5 in | Hardback | 5.10 lb | Masjid stands, teaching |
| XXL (Double mosque) | 13.5 x 19.5 in | Hardback | 11.76 lb | Weak eyesight, imam's rihal |
Shipped worldwide from our Houston, Texas warehouse. Cover color may vary depending on current stock.
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