For those of you who have prior knowledge of Urdu, Punjabi, Persian they would easily identify most of the common alphabets easily.
There are 17 emission points (makhārij al-ḥurūf), located in various regions of:
1 – Throat
2 – Tongue
3 – Lips
4 – Nose
5 – Mouth
Below shows a preview of the Makharij and Articulation points from where the the 29 Arabic letters are produced. In our course we explain these to our students. We ensure that they understand them fully thus helping in reading Quran in the correct way.
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Makharij # 1, 2, 3
Halqiyah
أ ة – Sound produced from the End of Throat
ع ح – Sound produced from the Middle of Throat
غ خ – Sound produced from the Start of Throat
Makharij # 4, 5
Lahatiyah
ق – Base of Tongue which is near Uvula touching the mouth roof
ك – Portion of Tongue near its base touching the roof of mouth
Makharij # 6, 7
Shajariyah-Haafiyah
ج ش ى – Tongue touching the center of the mouth roof
ض – One side of the tongue touching the molar teeth
Makharij # 8, 9, 10
Tarfiyah
ل – Rounded tip of the tongue touching the base of the frontal 8 teeth
ن – Rounded tip of the tongue touching the base of the frontal 6 teeth
ر – Rounded tip of the tongue and some portion near it touching the base of the frontal 4 teeth
Makharij # 11
Nit-eeyah
ط د ت – Tip of the tongue touching the base of the front 2 teeth
Makharij # 12
Lisaveyah
ظ ذ ث – Tip of the tongue touching the tip of the frontal 2 teeth
Makharij # 13
ص ز س – Tip of the tongue comes between the front top and bottom teeth
Makharij #14
Ghunna
م ن – While pronouncing the ending sound of م or ن , bring the vibration to the nose
Makharij # 15, 16
ف – Tip of the two upper jaw teeth touches the inner part of the lower lip
ب – Inner part of the both lips touch each other,
م – Outer part of both lips touch each other,
و – Rounding both lips and not closing the mouth
Makharij # 17
Mouth empty space while speaking words like باَ بوُ بىِ