Today was the second meeting of Raudlatul Ulum’s new program called Monday Extensive Speaking (MES) with Syaikh Ahmad Ragab Abdela Dessouki from Egypt. I find this second meeting much more interesting than the first one. Syaikh told us not only about tajwid, but also about the history of Al-Qur’an, the process of its journey into us today. In its first coming, Al-Qur’an was delivered by Jibril to Prophet Muhammad verbally, then our Prophet memorized it. The way to recite Al-Qur’an just the way it was. There were no idgham , ikhfa , and others like what we know today. For the next generations, especially those who live outside Arab, it is hard to know how to recite Al-Qur’an the same like what The Prophet did then. That is why, tajwid exists. “ Tajwid ” is actually derived from an Arabic word “ jayyid ” which means improvement. It was made to help us to recite Al-Qur’an the way Rasulullah Muhammad SAW did. Why should we do? Because Al-Qur’an is special; It is the words ...