Children it is the plural that means a child who has not yet matured (bāligh). Here, it relates to the amateur who intends to learn tajwīd. In many copies, it is written as, with a fathah, tuhfat al atfal on the mīm. However, the more correct pronunciation is with a kasrah misinterpretation of the Quran on the mīm because he came from the village named Mīha and not Maiha. Allah knows best.22 The word is the plural, which suggests someone who is involved, absorbed, or lost in something this is also linked to by the author in the third line as murīd. It includes the beginner and the expert. The beginner is he who has originally embarked on the study of the science of tajwīd and is incapable of studying texts on his own. The intermediate is the student who has seen enough to guide himself in further studies. The expert is he who can read the book and its meanings. Most believe that the words are synonymous. A few students differentiate between the words saying that ajr ja...