In the name of Allah, Most Gracious, Most Merciful

Syrian Arab Republic
Ministry of The Endowment
Administration of the General Ifta'a
And Realign Teaching
No.53 (4/15)

Assalamu Alaykum WRWB,
Reference: your registered letter no.82, Dated 9/4/2003.

We wish to inform you that its a great benefit for the reader of the Noble Qur'an to practice to stop at the right places of stop, so that he avoids the errors in the meaning of the words if his stop is not at the right place. Because (as it is known that) following the Tajweed means: getting the right pronunciation of the letters, and knowing perfectly well the places of stop.

Since there is a change in the Tajweed rules according to the places of stop, (& to understand it requires experience and knowledge), the meaning can be dispersed for the reader in case of his having no experience. While it helps the reader to feel relax, it assists in showing him the meaning and the beauty of recitation. It also makes him avoid every place of stop, which is unsuitable to the meaning of the grandeur of the Noble Qur'an.

Therefore, we see that your work, which based on leaving a short space at the places of stop in application of the Tajweed rules according to the meanings and the manner that is applied in the official adopted Qur'an, either printed or recited forms… a condition that never affects the beauty of calligraphy in the Othmani style, that is indeed a blessed and felicitous work; serves the Book of Allah (swt), as a method for learning on special editions of the Tajweed Qur'an (Wa Rattel Al-Qur'an Tartilla). Also this must been notified on the cover of each edition and on every page. Its name: (Learning aid to read with the places of stop with the assistance of Tajweed).

May Allah (swt) bless you.

Damascus, 10/4/2003