Introduction:

The Department of Vocal Performance and Tajweed was established at the World University of Islamic Sciences by Deans Council Decision No. …… date …….. for the department to teach the rules of vocal performance and the rules of Tajweed, in a scientific, controlled and sober manner; In order for the Muslim to be able to recite the Book of Allah skillfully, and to train those with vocal talents, to use their voices in the Holy Qur’an, the call to prayer, muwashshahs, and nasheeds in the most beautiful and sweetest way, and to grant students the first university degree: a bachelor’s degree.

This department was established in the Faculty of Da’wah and Fundamentals of Religion, which dates back to the year 1990 when it was affiliated to the Ministry of Awqaf, Islamic Affairs and Holy Sites in the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan, and its name was (Faculty of Islamic Sciences), then in 1997 it was affiliated with Al-Balqa Applied University and was called the University College of Fundamentals of Religion.

Mission

A good voice is a blessing from Allah Almighty to man if he uses it in the right place and in the correct scientific way. There is no one more conducive to reverence than reciting the Qur'an and hearing it from those with good voices. The Almighty said: “O mountains, Echo his hymns! And the birds as well..” And he, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “Beautify the Qur’an with your voices, A good voice increases the Qur’an in goodness.” Narrated by al-Darimi. He also said: “He is not one of us who does not sing the Qur’an.” Narrated by al-Bukhari. And he said: “Allah did not permit anything as He permitted a prophet with a good voice to sing aloud the Qur’an.” Narrated by Al-Bukhari and Muslim.

The mission of the department is calling to the Qur'an by calling to learn the rules of its recitation and Tajweed, and to learn the rules of improving the sound with it, through the use of the rules of musicology and phonetic shrines and employing them for this noble purpose.

Moreover, man by his instinct tends to hear soft voices, so this department was established to graduate reciters, imams, muezzins and vocalists who are at a high level of performance on various occasions and events to bring happiness and reverence to the listeners.

Objectives

1- Embracing the owners of good voices in order to develop and refine their voices in a scientific way and with a legal character.

2- Teaching the students of the Department of Vocal Performance and Tajweed to recite the Holy Qur’an and the provisions of its recitation and Tajweed in depth, and introducing them to the ten reciters and some of their readings theoretically and practically.

3-Teaching the students of the Department of Vocal Performance and Tajweed the rules of musicology and tonal theories in order to apply them to recitations, Quranic readings, the call to prayer, muwashahat and chants.

4- Providing the local community, the international community, and religious institutions (the Ministry of Awqaf and Islamic Affairs and Holy Sites, the Civil and Military Fatwa Department, the Chief Judge’s Department), educational institutions, radio and television with distinguished qualifications in leading mosques, reading at the opening of forums in various religious and national occasions, Raising the call to prayer and the iqama for prayer, muwashahat and chants, in addition to teachers in private and public schools, since the student in this department receives various Sharia sciences from hadith, interpretation, jurisprudence, belief and mysticism.