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1-Rules of Noon and Meem mushadadah (have shaddah)

2-Rules of Noon sakinah and Tanween

3-Rules of Meem sakinah

4-Rules of Laam sakinah

5-Rules of Mudood

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 SOURCES
Used in parts 1 & 2
• Tajweed Rules of the Qur’an by Kareema Carol
• www.about Tajweed.com
• Attajweed Almusawar By Dr.Ayman Suaied
• The drawing of Articulation points of letters done by Eman Atef .
• www.heesbees.wordpress.com
• Audios of Shaykh Al-Husary, Shaykh Ayman Suwaied, &
Tardeed- Makharij , Brother Wissam Shareef ,Brother Mustafa
Isma’il
• Quranic webinar (heavy letters) .
• www.tardeed.com (Alqa’idah An-nouraniyah)
• Reach the goal via tajweed rules by Maha Rashed
• Tajweed Course Makharij
• Tayseer Ar-rahman book
( Thanks to everyone who helped with this book ) . 3
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 RULES OF NOON MUSHADADAH
& MEEM MUSHADADH
‫أحكام النون و المٌم المشددتٌن‬

• First we have to know the articulation point of letters

Noon and Meem .

Noon ‫ن‬ Meem ‫م‬

Both letters share ghunnah (nazalisation) during pronunciation 5
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from the Nasal cavity (nasal passage).
 WHAT IS MUSHADDAD
OR SHADDAH?
• Shaddah is formed by bringing together two of the
same letter, the first one is sakin (without vowel) and
the second one with a vowel, it is recited with
emphasis.

Example:

‫ ِن = ن‬+ ْ‫ن‬ ٌّ‫ نُ = ن‬+ ْ‫ن‬ َّ‫ نَ = ن‬+ ْ‫ن‬

‫ ِم = م‬+ ‫ْم‬ ‫ ُم = ُّم‬+ ‫ْم‬ ‫ َم = َّم‬+ ‫ْم‬

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 WHAT IS GHUNNAH?

• The ghunnah is defined as: a nasal sound that is

emitted from the nose (nasal cavity ) ) ‫الخيشوم‬Al-Khayshoom).
• Noon and Meem are called letters of ghunnah
-This is a required characteristic of the Noon ‫ ن‬and Meem ‫م‬.
-The Ghunnah cannot be separated from these two letters and is an
inherent part of their makeup.

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 MECHANISM
The mechanism of pronouncing this Meem mushadadah:
• Close the lips together to pronounce the Meem and keep it
closed as we making the Ghunnah (nasalization) from the
nose.

The mechanism of pronouncing with Noon mushadadah:

• Keep the tongue in its articulation point and produce
ghunnah for approximately two counts.

• Whenever the letter noon and meem have shaddah on

them, they are held for a period of time with ghunnah.

• This type of ghunnah is called the most complete ghunnah

)‫ (ؼنة أكمل ما تكون‬and it is the longest ghunnah.

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 WHAT SHOULD WE DO IF THE WORD
STOPS WITH ‫ ن‬OR ‫ م‬MUSHADADAH?

If the reader stops on a word ending with noon or meem

mushadadah the ghunnah of noon or meem still have to be
applied.
Examples:

َّ‫أجلهن‬
َّ‫فؤت َّمهن‬
َّ‫حملهن‬

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 EXAMPLE Of ‫ ن‬Noon
OR
‫ م‬Meem MUSHADADAH?

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 RULES APPLIED TO NOON
SAAKINAH & TANWEEN
‫أحكام النون الساكنة و التنوٌن‬
- Noon sakinah is noon free from any vowel without
dammah, fatha, kasrah.
- It remains unchanged in its written form and as well
as in pronunciation when continuing to read after it
and when stopping on it.
- The noon sakinah have a sukoon on it or can be
written with no vowel.
- ‫ ن‬OR ‫ن‬

- Noon sakinah occurs in nouns and verbs in the

middle or at the end of the word and occurs in
preposition and particles only at the end of the
word.
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 RULES APPLIED TO NOON
SAAKINAH & TANWEEN
• The Tanween is a term for extra noon sakinah not
used for emphasis, found at the end of the nouns
when continuing the reading but absent from the
noun in the written form (noon of tanween
pronounced not written).

Note: If we stop on Tanween Ad-damm (e.g ‫ )ألٌم‬we will stop

making sukoon on Meem and also in Tanween Al- kasr (e.g ‫)مبٌن‬
we will stop making sukoon on Noon.
But if we stop on tanween Al-fath (e.g ‫ )ماءا‬we will stop by
pronouncing Alif (two vowel counts) ‫ماءا‬.

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 RULES APPLIED TO NOON
SAAKINAH & TANWEEN

• There are four rules of tajweed applied to the Noon

Saakinah and Tanween.

The four rules are:

1. Al-Ith-haar (Al-Idhhar) (‫)اإلِ ْظ َهار‬.
(manifestation, clarity & appearance)
2 . Al-Idghaam (‫( )اإلِ ْد َغام‬merging, fusion and assimilation).
3. Al-Iqlaab (‫( )اإلِ ْقالَب‬turning and changing).
4. Al-Ikhfaa‟ (‫( )اإلِ ْخ َفاء‬hiding and concealment).

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 Al-ITH-HAAR(Al-Idhhar)
(AL-HALQI)‫اإلظهار الحلقي‬
• Pronouncing every letter from its articulation point
without a ghunnah on the clear letter.
There are six letters when immediately followed by
Noon Saakinah or Tanween causes the noon to be
said clearly.
‫خ‬ ‫غ‬ ‫ح‬ ‫ع‬ ‫هـ‬ ‫ء‬

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 THROAT LETTERS
‫ن‬ ‫ء هـ ع ح غ خ‬
• These letters are called ‫ الحروؾ الحلقٌة‬or the throat letters.
If one of these six letters follow the noon ‫ ن‬in one word
or even between two words, The noon is then said
clearly.
‫أَن َعم َت‬

‫نار حامٌة‬

‫ُتس َق ٰى ِمن َعٌن َءانِ ٌَة‬

‫ڪفُوا أَ َحد‬
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 Al-IDGHAM
‫اإلدغام‬
Insertion of one thing into another is IDGHAM

The meeting of a non-voweled letter with a voweled letter so that

the two letters become one emphasized letter of the second type.

The letters causing idghaam of noon saakinah and tanween are

those contained in the word ْ‫ٌَ ْر َمل ُون‬
‫ن‬ ‫و‬ ‫ل‬ ‫م‬ ‫ر‬ ‫ي‬
This means if one of these six letters are at the beginning of the
word that immediately follows a word ended in noon saakinah or
a tanween, then the noon merges into the next letter.
ONLY
‫َمنْ َيعْ َم ْل‬ is pronounced as ‫ميَّعْ َمل‬ BETWEEN
TWO
‫ِمنْ مَّاء‬ is pronounced as ‫ِممَّاء‬ WORDS,
‫ في كتاب مُّبين‬is pronounced as ‫في كتابمُّبين‬ NOT WITHIN
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 TYPES OF IDGHAM

IDGHAM

IDGHAM WITH GUNNAH IDGHAM WITHOUT GUNNAH

‫إدغام بغنة‬ ‫إدغام بدون غنة‬
Complete ‫ كامل‬In complete ‫ناقص‬ Complete ‫كامل‬
‫م‬ ‫ن‬ ‫و‬ ‫ي‬ ‫ر‬ ‫ل‬
When noon saakinah and when one of these two letters
tanween comes at the end of a begin the word that follows
word and one of these letters is one that has noon saakinah or
first letter of the next word the tanween at the end of it ,we
rule is applied. then completely merge the
It is not pronounced clearly noon into the next letter
instead it is merged in the next without ghunnah (complete
letter with ghunnah insertion).
(nasalization).

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 COMPLETE IDGHAM INCOMPLETE IDGHAM
Means merging is not
Means nothing left of noon completed because there is
sakinah it has completely a ghunnah left over from the
merged. noon.

There is NO shaddah over

Shaddah ّّ is present on the the two letters due to which
letter that is being merged ghunnah is not present in
into, in case of their bodies.
‫نمل ر‬ ‫ي و‬
E.G. E.G.
‫شة َّراضِ ٌَة‬َ ٌِ‫َف ُه َو فًِ ع‬ ‫َت َّب ْت ٌَدَا أَ ِبً لَ َهب َو َت َّب‬
‫أَلَ ْم َن ْخلُ ْق ُك ْم منْ َماء َّم ِهٌن‬ ‫قُلُوب ٌَ ْو َمِِذ َوا ِج َفة‬
‫ش َتاتا‬ ْ َ‫اس أ‬ ُ ‫ص ُد ُر ال َّن‬
ْ ٌَ ‫ٌَ ْو َمِِذ‬
‫َف ُذوقُوا َفلَنْ َّن ِزٌدَ ُك ْم إِ ََّّل َع َذابا‬ ُُ‫َف َمنْ ٌَ ْع َملْ ِم ْْ َقال َ َذ َّرٍ َخ ٌْرا ٌَ َر‬
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 EXCEPTION

• If Noon sakinah followed by one of the letters of idgham

‫ ينمو‬in one word there is NO idgham then, instead we say
the noon clearly this case is called Al-ith-har Al-Mutlaq
(‫( اظهار مط‬absolute clearing).

• There are only four words in the Qur'an

• ‫ الد ْنٌا‬، ‫ ب ْنٌان‬، ‫ ق ْنوان‬، ‫ص ْنوان‬

• In idgham without ghunnah in our recitation Hafs an

Assim in surat Al-Qiamah verse 27 ‫ َوقٌِل َ َمنْ ۜ َراق‬there is
Sakt (‫( )س‬stop without taking breath) between Noon
Sakinnah and ‫راء‬. Here we read ْ‫وقٌِل َ َمن‬, then stop for a
short time without taking breath then complete the
ayah. The Sakt prevents idgham from taking place,
since it prevents the noon and ra‟ from meeting.
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 Al-IQLAB(Al-Qalb)
)‫اإلقالب (القلب‬

Al-Qalb
Is to change one letter into the other one.
It is the changing of Noon sakinah or Tanween into a
MEEM ‫ م‬when followed by Ba ‫ ب‬with the observance of
the ghunnah and the hiding of meem.

Means that when noon sakinah is followed by ba (‫ (ب‬in the

same word or noon sakinah and tanween at the end of a
word and ba the first letter of the next word it is then
required that the reader changes noon sakinah or
tanween into a hidden meem with a ghunnah present so
that no trace of noon sakinah or tanween is left.
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 How to pronounce hidden meem?
* Pronouncing the hidden meem by closing the lips and holding
the meem for the length of the ghunnah, then opening them with
the baa.

You may note that most copies of the Qur'an have very small
meem ‫ م‬written over letter noon ‫ ن‬or the second dammah or
fat-hah or kasrah of the tanween is replaced by a small meem.

‫م‬
‫من َبعْ ِد‬ ‫م‬
َّ‫ن‬ ‫ذ‬َ ‫َلي ُِنب‬
‫م‬
ِ ‫يعا َ َب‬
‫صيرا‬ َ ‫َس ِم‬
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 Al-IKHFAA’ AL-HAQIQI
‫اإلخفاء الحقيقي‬

• It is the pronunciation of non-voweled letter

stripped of any shaddah, characterized
somewhere between an Ith-har and an Idgham
with a ghunnah remaining on the first letter
which is the Noon saakinah and Tanween.
• If any letter other than the letters of Ith-har,
Iqlab or Idgham letters follows the Noon
saakinah in the same word or between two
words or follows Tanween at the beginning of
the next word, then the Noon sound is hidden
with ghunnah sound.
• These letters are:
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‫ت ث ج د ذ ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ؾ ق ك‬ 24
 Way of pronouncing
Correct pronunciation is obtained by placing the tongue in a
position of readiness to articulate the letter following noon
while holding the ghunnah for nearly two counts. The tip of
the tongue should not touch the upper part of the mouth
during the ghunnah or else noon will be evident and not
hidden, and this is to be avoided.
Note pertaining to ikhfaa‟: When a letter of tafkheem
follows noon saakinah or tanween, the ghunnah takes on
the quality of tafkheem (Fatness). Likewise, when a letter
of tarqeeq follows noon saakinah or tanween, the
ghunnah takes on the quality of tarqeeq (Thinness).

‫ص‬ ‫خ‬
‫ض‬ Letters of
‫ص‬
tafkheem from Letters of ‫ض‬
‫ظ‬
ikhfaa letters Tafkheem
‫ط‬ ‫ق‬ ‫ق‬ ‫غ‬
‫ظ‬ ‫ط‬
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The rest of letters are Tarqeeq (light) letters 25
 Picture number 1 for the mouth and tongue during ikfaa
Noon or tanween before pronouncing Taa ‫ ت‬and daal ‫د‬,
sharing ghunnah from nasal cavity with sound comes from
the mouth.
But in case of Ikfaa Noon or tanween before pronouncing
letters Qaf ‫ ق‬pic.2
And before Kaf ‫ ك‬pic.3 there is only ghunnah and no sound
comes from the mouth because the oral cavity closed by the
tongue.
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Ikfaa Noon sakinah 26

at ‫ ت‬or ‫د‬ ‫من قبلكم‬ ‫من ُكل أمر‬
 Examples on Ikhfaa haqiqi:

‫أنْى‬
Here noon sakinah followed by ‫ ث‬one of letters of ikhfaa and
light letter, then the sound of ghunnah light.

َ ‫َمن َز َّكاهَا َؼفُور‬

‫ش ُكور‬ ‫أَندَ ادا‬ ‫ٌَتٌِما َف َآوى‬ ‫إِن َك َّذ َب‬

‫فانصب‬
Here noon sakinah followed by ‫ ص‬which is one of the letters
of ikhfaa and also heavy letter, then the sound of ghunnah
required to be heavy.

‫صالِحا‬
َ ‫َع َمال‬ ‫مِن َق ْبل‬ ‫ظِ الّ َظلٌِال‬ َّ ‫ضل‬
َ ‫َو َمن‬
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 COMPARISON BETWEEN IKHFAA &
IDGHAM

Ikhfaa
• Occurs in one word
Idgham
or between two • Occurs between two
words. words.
• No shaddah on the • Shaddah is present
letter follows Noon in case of complete
sakinah or idgham.
tanween. • With ghunnah or
• Always with without ghunnah
ghunnah. according to the
type.
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 RULES OF MEEM
SAKINAH ‫أحكام الميم الساكنة‬

It is a meem free from any vowel and which has a fixed sukoon
when continuing reading and when stopping.
This letter shares ghunnah (nasalization) during pronunciation.

‫ولكم َّما كسبتم‬ ‫لكم فٌها‬ ‫الحمد هلل‬ 31

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 MEEM SAKINAH
RULES

The Meem saakinah has three possible rules:

1. Al-Ikfaa' As-shafawi (oral hiding)

2. Al-Idgham As-saghir(Idgham
mutamathilyne saghir) (The small
merging).

3. Al-Ith-har (idhhar)Ash-shafawi (The oral

clarity).
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 AL-IKHFAA’ ASH-SHAFAWI
(Oral hiding) ‫اإلخفاء الشفوي‬

Definition: The pronunciation of non vowled letter stripped

of any shaddah characterized as between clear and
merged, with the ghunnah remaining on the first letter
which is meem in this case.
Hiding means in between Ith-har and Idgham ,
The lips close on with the ‫ م‬the sound is held with a ghunnah
for the appropriate period of time, then the lips separate
with the letter ‫ب‬.
Shafawi means articulated from the two lips.
It has one letter which is ‫ب‬
If Meem is followed immediately by Ba and this does not occur
except in between two words ,we then hide the meem with
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‫فاح ُكم َبٌنهم‬ ‫إن ر َّب ُهم ِبهم ٌومِذ لخبٌر‬ ٍ‫ترمٌ ِهم ِبحجار‬
 AL-IDGHAM AS-SAGHIR
‫اإلدغام الصغير‬
OR Idgham Mutamathilyne
Saghir
(The small merging) ‫(اإلدؼام الصؽٌر) إدؼام متماْلٌن صؽٌر‬
Meeting of letter saakin with a voweled letter so that the
two letters become one emphasized letter of the

‫ َم= َّم‬+ ‫م‬

second type(of letter).

‫ ُم= ُّم‬+ ‫م‬

‫ ِم= م‬+ ‫م‬
If there is Meem saakinah followed by a meem with a vowel
in the same word or between two words,we are then
required to insert the meem sakinah within the meem with a
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 WHY IDGHAM
MUTAMATHILYNE SAGHIR

• Idgham because meem sakinah inserted into the meem

with a vowel.
• Mutamathilyne or Mithlyne because the letters are same
articulation points and characteristics.
• Saghir because the first letter is sakin and the second is
voweled (with fathah, kasrah, dammah).

Ghunnah accompanying the idgham while the lips closed.

Examples :
In one word
Letters in the beginning of the some suras.
-In two words :
ِ ُ ‫فً قُل‬
‫وب ِهم َّم َرض‬
‫َخلَق لَ ُكم َّما فًِ ارأرض‬
‫ َم ُهم منْ ُجوع َّوآ َم َن ُهم منْ َخ ْوؾ‬35 ‫أَ ْط َع‬
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 AL-ITH-HAR
ASH-SHAFAWI
(The oral clarity) ‫اإلظهار الشفوي‬
• Pronouncing every letter from its articulation
point without prolonged ghunnah on the clear
letter (meem).

• When meem saakinah is followed by any of the

arabic letters other than ‫ ب‬or ‫( م‬26 letters).It has
to be pronounced clearly (complete contact of
the two lips).

• This can be in one word or between two words.

• The word Shafawi because the articulation point

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 Examples
Examples in one word: ‫أمشاج‬ ‫الحمد هلل‬
Examples in
two words:

NOTE: There needs to be a special care taken that the Ith-har of the
meem is complete when a ‫ و‬or ‫ ؾ‬follow it, this care is needed in that
the reader should be careful to close his lips completely and not to
say meem with Ikhfaa'.
This possibility of saying meem with an ikhfaa before these two letters37
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 RANKS OF GHUNNAH
‫مرا ِتب ال ُغنة‬
There are four levels of the ghunnah:
1-Most Complete ‫أكمل‬
2-Complete ‫كاملة‬
3-Incomplete ‫ناقصة‬
4-Most Incomplete ‫أنقص‬
1-Most complete ghunnah : Is the longest ghunnah
- In Noon and Meem Mushadadah(with shaddah)
- In Idgham with ghunnah ) if Noon sakinah or tanween followed by
one of these letters ‫ و‬، ‫ي‬، ‫م‬، ‫)ن‬
2-Complete ghunnah :Is the second longest ghunnah(not as long
as the most complete ghunnah )
-In Al-ikhfaa‟ Alhaqiqi
-Alikhfaa As-shafawi ,Aliqlab
3-Incomplete ghunnah : This ghunnah is shorter in timing than the
complete ghunnah
-Noon and Meem sakinah that are recited with ith-har
4-Most Incomplete ghunnah : This is the shortest ghunnah of all
- The Noon and Meem with vowels.
Note:The difference in timing between these different categories of 38
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 Laam sakinah rules
‫ل‬ ‫ل‬

Laam Letter

The Laam sakinah in the Qur‟an are of five categories

The laam The laam
in a noun in a verb

The laam The laam Laam of the

in a of definite 41
participle command article “The”
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 Laam of the definite article “the”
(‫َّلم التعرٌؾ (ﭐل‬
The definition of the definite article )‫َّلم (ﭐل‬
It is an extra laam saakinah added to the basic makeup of the word.
This noun is preceded by a hamzah al-wasl( ‫(ﭐ‬
that is read with a fat-hah when starting the word, dropped when
continuing from a previous word.

The noun that follows the definite article ‫َّلم ال‬

may be a regular noun that stands on its own without the definite
َّ ‫ (ﭐل‬moon (‫(ﭐ ْلقـمر‬
article such as Sun )‫شمس‬
Or it may be irregular in that it cannot be broken down further
from the ‫ َّلم ﭐل‬Such as: ً‫ ﭐلت‬،‫ﭐلذي‬
The alif and lam of the definite article can precede a noun beginning
with any of the Arabic letters.

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 There are two possibilities in the rules ‫َّلم التعرٌؾ‬
First a regular noun
that stands on its own
without the definite Idgham
Ith-har article
‫اإلظهار‬ ‫اإلدغام‬

If ‫ الالم التعريف‬precedes any of the

If the definite article
fourteen remaining letters
)‫الم (ﭐل‬
precedes a noun beginning with
‫طثصرتضذندسظزشل‬
of the Arabic alphabet,there is then
any of the fourteen letters in the
Idgham (merging) of the lam of the
group
definite article into the next letter As
ْ ‫أ ْب ِػ َح َّج َك َو َخ‬
‫ؾ َعقٌ َم ُه‬ we know, when there is an idgham,
)‫(ء ب غ ح ج ك و خ ؾ ع ق ي م هـ‬ the two letters merge into one, and
It is said clearly this called Ith-har the letter that the two merge into
qamari acquires a shaddah In this case
‫إظهار قمري‬ then, the letter immediately
And the Lam then is called following the Lam, will have a
‫َّلم قمرٌة‬ shaddah on it. This is called idgham
‫ﭐ ۡلماء‬ ‫ﭐ ۡلجبال ﭐ ۡلباب ﭐ ۡلقارعة‬ shamsi ‫إدغام شمسي‬
And the lam is then called ‫َّلم شمسٌة‬
‫ﭐ ُّلذنوب ﭐل َّناس‬ ‫ﭐل َّشيطان‬ ‫ﭐلسَّماء‬

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 Irregular noun in that it cannot be broken down
further from the alif lam

Ith-har ‫اإلظهار‬ Idgham ‫اإلدغام‬

If followed by yaa ‫ ي‬OR If followed by Lam

Hamza ‫ء‬
Examples:
Examples:
ً‫الَّذٌن َّاَّلًِ والَّت‬ ‫والَّذان‬
‫ﭐلِان‬ ‫ﭐلٌسع‬ ‫هللا‬
The name of Allah noun that cannot
be further broken down Though the
original noun without the definite
article was ‫ إله‬and when the alif lam
was added the hamzah was dropped
and the lam of the definite article
merged into the lam of the noun so
the honored word became Allah ‫هللا‬
The lam in this case lam shamsiyah.

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 The Laam saakinah in verbs, nouns,
command and prepositions/participles
Lam sakinah in Lam sakinah in
verbs nouns
Comes at the end of a word or in the
middle
Ith-har
1-Ith-har (pronounced
(pronounced clearly) clearly)
If followed with any of the
Arabic letters
Examples:
EXCEPT
‫ َّلم‬or ‫راء‬ ،‫ألسنتكم‬
Examples: In Past tense ،‫ ملجؤ‬،‫سلسبٌال‬
‫سلنا‬ َ
َ ‫ ْأر‬، ‫ َج َعلنا‬، ُ‫أنزلنا‬ ‫زلزالها‬
In present tense:
‫ ٌَلتفِت‬، ‫ٌَلتقِط ُه‬ Always in the
The imperative:
middle of the
‫ وتوكل‬، ‫ قل‬، ‫وأل ِق‬
word
2-Idgham
‫ قل ََّّل أسؤل ُكم‬، ‫ قل لَّكم‬، ‫قل َّرب‬
‫َوقُل َّرب ِزدْ نًِ ِع ْلما‬
‫ُقل لَّ ُك ْم مِي َعا ُد‬ 45
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 Lam sakinah of Lam sakinah in
command participles

Ith-har Only in ‫ بل‬، ‫هل‬

(pronounced clearly( 1-Ith-har of Lam sakinah followed by
any letter EXCEPT
'Lam Sakinah'- when ‫َّلم‬or ‫راء‬
added to the present tense )‫(بل قالوا) (بل فعله) (هل ٌستوي) (هل أنبِكم‬
verb form, it becomes a 2-Idgham if followed by these two letters
type of command if ‫َّلم‬or ‫راء‬
preceded by 'thumma„ ‫ْم‬ )‫(بل َّرفعه) (هل لَّكم‬
Lam saakinah at the end of the word
or 'waw„‫ و‬or 'fa„‫ؾ‬
merges into the next letter so is not
Examples: pronounced at all next letter acquires a
َ ‫ُث َّم ۡل َي ْقضُوا َت َف َثهُمۡ َو ۡليُوفُوا ُن ُذ‬
ۡ‫ورهُم‬ shaddah.
(Al-Haj 29) ‫ِيق‬ ۡ ِ ‫َو ۡل َي َّطوَّ فُوا ب ۡال َب ۡي‬
ِ ‫ت ال َعت‬ ِ There is EXCEPTION to the idgham rule in
verse no.14 of surah Al-Mutaffeen Since
‫َول ٌُوفُوا‬ reciter Hafs „an „Aasim by the way of
‫ضوا‬ُ ‫ُْ َّم ل ٌَ ْق‬ Ash-shatabiyyay has breathless pause
(sakt)
‫َول ٌَ َّط َّوفُوا‬
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 Lam sakinah in verbs:
Ith-har with any letter Lam
except with lam and sakinah in
raa will be Idgham nouns:
Comes at the end of a Always
word or in the middle Ith-har
Always
comes in
the middle
of the word

Lam sakinah
of command:
Always
Ith-har
preceded by
'thumma„ ‫ ْم‬or
Lam sakinah in
'waw„ ‫ و‬or participles:
'fa„‫ؾ‬ (Only in ‫ هل‬and ‫(بل‬
Ith-har with any letter
except with lam and
raa will be Idgham 47
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Lesson
5

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 THE MUDOOD
The Lengthenings ‫المــدود‬

Lengthening ‫المــــد‬

Hadith:
َ ‫ت أَ َنسا َعنْ ق َِر‬
‫ صلى‬،ً‫اء ٍِ ال َّن ِب‬ ُ ‫سؤ َ ْل‬
َ َ ‫ َقال‬،ٍَ َ‫ َعنْ َق َتاد‬،‫ َحدَّ َْ َنا َج ِرٌر‬،‫َحدَّ َْ َنا ُم ْسلِ ُم ْبنُ إِ ْب َراهٌِ َم‬
. ‫هللا علٌه وسلم َف َقال َ َكانَ ٌَ ُم ُّد َمدّ ا‬
Qatadah said:
I asked Anas about the recitation of the Qur'an by the
Prophet (sala Allahu Alihi wa salam)
He said: He used to express all the long accents clearly.
Sahih (Al-Albani)
Sunan Abi Dawud 1465

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 The Lengthening
‫الـ َمـــد‬
Its linguistic definition: Extra
Its applied definition: Lengthening of the sound with a letter of the
madd letters.
The madd letters are in the following three cases.

The ya' with sukoon The waw with sukoon The Alif with a sukoon
preceded by a letter preceded by a letter preceded by a letter with
with kasrah with Dammah Fathah

‫ ُنـو ِحٌـهـَا‬، ‫أ ُوتٌِـ َنا‬

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These madd letters appear in one word
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 The Two leen letters ‫حرفي اللين‬
The waw sakinah preceded by a fat-hah such as:
‫ َخ ْوؾ‬، ‫أَ ْو‬
The yaa sakinah preceded by a fat-hah such as:

‫ َب ٌْت‬، ‫َخ ٌْر‬

The Natural Lengthening (Al-Madd At-tabee’ee) )ً‫المد الطبٌعً (المد ارأصل‬
Its definition: It is the madd (lengthening) that without which the
letter cannot exist (the timing), and it does not stop due to a hamzah
or a sukoon.
Its indications: There should not be a hamzah before it, and there
should not be a hamzah or sukoon after it.
It is named original because it is the origin of all mudood (lengthening)
It is called natural because the person with a natural measure will
not increase its measure nor decrease it.
Its timing: It is lengthened two vowel counts.
The timing of each count depends on the speed of the reciter. Each
vowel should be equal in count to the other, and the mudood of two,
four, five, and six counts should be equal to that many vowels. 52
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Vowel: Is the time needed to pronounce one letter with fat-hah or
dammah or kasrah.
The time of all voweled letter the same
Example: ‫ق‬ ُ =‫َق = ِق‬
........ ‫ت = ت ُ= َق = ِق = ُق‬
ِ = ‫س = َت‬
ُ =‫س‬
ِ =‫س‬
َ
When we say 2 vowel counts means time needed to pronounce two
successive voweled letter with fat-hah or dammah or kasrah.
The time needed to pronounce ‫ما = مو = مي‬
‫ك َما‬ ‫ال ِذين‬ ‫كفروا‬ ‫عباد‬
All vowels must sound like a shortened version of its origin.The alif ‫ ا‬is
the origin of the fat-ha, the long waw ‫ و‬is the origin of the dhammah,
and the long yaa ‫ ي‬is the origin of the kasrah. The reader must be
careful not to pronounce these vowels incorrectly, such as when the
kasrah is pronounced in between a kasrah and a fat-ha.
Some readers mistakenly open the sides of the mouth for a fat-hah
instead of opening the mouth vertically suitable opening ; the result of
this mistake is called imaalah, which means tilting.
Other readers do not make a complete circle of their lips for a
dhammah and the resulting sound is like that of the English (O).
Another mistake readers may make is not lowering the jaw Completely
for the kasrah, and the resulting sound is that of a short
(i) or (ae). We should not let our mouths be lazy; the correct way of
pronouncing vowels need more mouth and jaw action than the 53
incorrect way. 53
Examples on natural madd:

‫ِقيل‬ ‫يقُول‬ ‫َقال‬

In these three words, Natural madd with different madd letters
and will have the timing of two vowel counts.

Note: these words have a natural madd as long as we do not stop on

the word. As stated before in the indications of the natural madd
there cannot be sukoon after the madd letter,Then the madd would
no longer be considered a natural madd, but would be a different
kind of madd, to be discussed latter.

Included in natural madd is the group of letters:

)‫حً طهـر (حا ٌا طا ها را‬
which are letters that start some surahs of the Qur‟an. If any one
of these letters is at the beginning of a surah, the letter is read with
two vowel counts.
Example: ‫ طه‬pronounced ‫طا ها‬

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 What Follows the Natural Lengthening Rules
The lesser Connecting Lengthening
Madd Assilah Assughra
‫ص ْؽرى‬
ُ ‫م َّد الصلة ال‬
It is a madd that comes from the vowel on a (pronoun or possessive
pronoun haa ‫(ــــه‬
A haa at the end of a word (last letter) that is not part of the original
make up of the word, representing the singular third person
male. It is voweled either with a dhammah or a kasrah, positioned
between two voweled letters, the reader is not stopping on it, and it
is not followed by a hamzah. When all these requirements are met
the dhammah on the haa become lengthened into a lengthened
waw or the kasrah on the haa becomes lengthened like a
lengthened yaa, When stopping on this haa we stop with a regular
sukoon, and the two count madd is dropped.

The last letter of the word ‫ مال ُه‬is a pronoun not part of the original word,
representing a male third person, located between two voweled letters
lam with dammah and waw with fathah if we read this in continuation with
the next word (meaning we do not stop on this word), we lengthen the
dhammah on the haa so that it becomes the length of a lengthened waw,
which would be two vowel counts. Please note the small ‫ (و) واو‬after the ‫ هـ‬55
‫ــه‬This tells us that there is an extra ‫(مالَهو) واو‬. 55
 Here there is NO madd because letter precedes haa is sakin.

Here there is NO madd because haa is sakinah.

Surat Al-A‟raf 111

Surat An-Naml 28

- Exceptions to the Lesser Connective Lengthening rule

1-Here there is NO madd, even though all of the conditions
have been met.
2-Here there IS a madd, even though all of the conditions have
not been met.
Surat Azzumar 7

Surat Al-Furqan 69

Note: The pronoun ‫ هـ‬of the female noun ُ‫ هذ‬which means this
referring to a female object, follows lesser connecting madd rule if
it is between two voweled letters.
Example:
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Surat Al-Muzzammil 19 56
 The Substitute Lengthening
(Madd Al-Ewadh)
‫َمـدَّ الع َِوض‬
It is substituting a lengthened alif for the tanween with a fath ‫فتح‬,
when stopping on it. The lengthening is two counts, which
means, the length of two vowels, the same as the counts of
natural lengthening. This madd takes place whether there is an
alif written after the letter with the tanween or not.
When continuing reading and not stopping on the word that has
the tanween with a fat-h, this lengthening disappears, and the
noon sakinah rules are applied to the tanween.
If there is an alif written after the tanween, it is dropped when
continuing.

Examples: ‫ هُدى‬pronounced ‫هُدا‬

‫ مآء‬pronounced ‫مآءا‬
‫ شكورا‬pronounced ‫شكورا‬
‫ جمعا‬pronounced ‫جمعا‬

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Note:
The tanween is usually a sign of a noun, but there are a two
cases when verbs have a tanween on them representing the
light (non stressed) emphatic NOON ‫نون التوكٌد الخفٌفة‬, and not part
of a noun.

The two places

1-In Surat Yusuf ayah 32

2- Surat Al-Alaq Ayah 15

The rule is the same when stopping on these two words; a two
vowel count alif is substituted for the tanween when stopping.
‫لَ َن ْس َف َعا‬ ، ‫َولَ ٌَ ُكونا‬
When continuing on, these words are recited with the tanween
and the appropriate noon sakinah rule applied.
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EXCEPTION: Not included in this madd is ‫ هاء التؤنيث‬or
female haa in Arabic represented ‫ ة‬or ‫ ـة‬when linked, This
letter occurs on the end of nouns, indicates female gender.
This letter is always read as a haa ‫ هـ‬saakinah when stopping
on the word, and is always read as a taa ‫ ت‬in the case of
continuing.
When a noun with a female haa has a tanween with a fath ‫فتح‬
the word should be stopped on with a haa sakinah and there
is no alif substituted for the tanween.

This is found in such words as:

‫ ن ِْـع َمــة‬pronounced ‫ ن ِْـع َمــ ْه‬when stopped on

‫ َرحـمـة‬pronounced ‫ َرحـمـ ْه‬when stopped on

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 The Exchange Lengthening
(Madd Al-Badal) ‫مــــد البـدل‬
Its definition: The letter hamzah precedes any of the three madd
letters.
Note: The vowel of the madd letter is on the hamzah.

‫إِيال ِفهم‬ ‫أ ُو ُذوا إِيما ُن ُكم ءادم‬

These examples were originally as follow

‫إِ ْئالفهم‬ ‫أ ْأدم‬ ‫أ ُ ْإ ُذوا إِ ْئما ُن ُكم‬

As seen these words originally had two hamzahs, the first one had a
vowel and the second a sukoon. The second hamzah was changed
into a madd letter from the category of the vowel of the first hamzah
(for example if the first hamzah has kasra then the second hamzah
changed to yaa). Not all cases of madd badl (a hamzah preceding a
madd letter) have this origin (two hamzahs, the first with a vowel and
the second with a sukoon), but we treat all cases of hamzah before a
madd letter as ‫مد بدل‬.
Madd badl is lengthened for two vowel counts by the way of recitation
60 of
Hafs „an „Aasim. 60
 The Secondary Madd

The madd due The madd due

to hamzah to sukoon

1-The Required 1-The Presented Sukoon

Joined Lengthening Lengthening

2-The Allowed Separated

2-The Soft Lengthening
Lengthening

3-The Greater Connective 3-The Compulsory Lengthening

Lengthening

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 The Required Attached Madd
AL-Madd AL-Waajib AL-Muttasil
‫ال َمــد الواجـِـب ال ُم َّتصِ ـل‬
Its definition: It occurs when a hamzah follows a madd letter in the
same word.
It is called (required) because all readers agree that this madd is
required. (more than two vowel counts).
It is called (joined) due to the attachment of the madd letter and the
hamzah to the same word.

Its rule: It is lengthened four or five vowel counts.

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 The Separate Allowed Lengthening
AL-Madd AL-Jaa’ez AL-Munfasil ‫الجاِِز ال ُم ْن َفصِ ل‬
َ ‫الـ َمـد‬
Its definition: It occurs when a madd letter is the last letter of a word,
and a hamzah (hamzat Al-qat‟ ‫ )همزٍ القطع‬is the first letter of the next
word.
It is called allowed because of the permissibility of a short count of
two, as well as its lengthening with some readers.
It is called separate due to the separation of the madd letter and
hamzah, meaning they are in separate words, but next to each other.
Its rule: Its lengthening is of the measure of four or five vowel
counts, the way we are teaching to read, which is Hafs „an Aasim by
the way of Ash-shatibiyyah.
Two vowel counts for this lengthening are not allowed in this way of
reading.
When stopping on the word that has the madd letter at the end of it,
the reader stops with the natural two count lengthening since the
hamzah in the next word is the reason for lengthening to four or five
counts, and the reason is no longer present when stopping on the
first word.
Examples:

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 NOTE: In some words such as

‫ٌا‬ used for calling, or ‫ ها‬for drawing attention, the madd letter is
written joined together with these words, they are drawn as one
word but they are two separate words ‫ ها أوَّلء‬،‫ٌا أٌها‬
And pronounced as one word.

So the kind of madd in allowed Separate Lengthening

In there are two lengthenings

The second The first is

is required the Allowed
Attached Separate
Lengthening Lengthening
NOTES: The required attached Lengthening and the allowed separate
lengthening must be both four counts or both five counts.
It is not allowed to mix the madd counts! 64
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 The Greater Connecting Lengthening
َ ‫َمــد الصِ لَة ال ُك‬
Madd Assilah Alkubra ‫برى‬
Its definition: If the pronoun/possessive pronoun )‫هـ ـه (هاء الضمير‬
representing a third person male gender is at the end of a word
(meaning not part of the original make up of the word) and it has a
vowel of a dhammah or a kasrah, is between two voweled letters,
and the first letter of the next word is a hamzah, the dhammah on
the pronoun/possessive pronoun ‫ هـ‬is lengthened into a ‫ واو‬or the
kasrah is lengthened into a ‫ ٌاء‬and it can be lengthened four
or five counts, it is permissible two counts not the way we
taught here.
This madd follows the allowed separated lengthening in
vowel counts.

Examples:

The second haa ‫ هـ‬in the word ُ‫ هــذ‬follows the same rules as
pronoun haa in the madd.

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 lengthening caused by a sukoon
1-The Compulsory Lengthening

The Compulsory word Lengthening The Compulsory letter Lengthening

The The
Compulsory Compulsory
Heavy The Heavy The
Lengthening in Compulsory Lengthening in Compulsory
a Word light a Letter light
Lengthening Lengthening in
in a Word a Letter

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 The Compulsory Lengthening
Al-Madd Al-Laazim ‫ال َمـد َّالال ِزم‬
Its definition: An original (or fixed) sukoon is positioned after a
madd letter, in a word or a letter.
By original it is meant that the sukoon is part of the original make up
of the word, and is present when continuing the reading and when
stopping.

*The Compulsory heavy Lengthening in a word

‫الالزم ال َكلِمً ال ُم َْ َّقل‬
َّ ‫المـد‬
Its definition: It is when an original sukoon (the letter has a shaddah on
it) comes after a madd letter in a word.

The word heavy ‫ مْقل‬refers to the shaddah. A shaddah indicates two

letters of the same, the first one with a sukoon, and the second with the
vowel that is accompanying the shaddah. The two letters have merged
into each other, and thence the shaddah.
It is called compulsory ‫ الزم‬due the permanent, or original sukoon found
when the reader stops or continues, or because all readers agree that
this lengthening must be 6 vowel counts.
It is called word ‫ كلمي‬due to the fact that the madd letter is in one word.
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Examples:

The Compulsory Light Lengthening in a Word

َّ ‫المـد‬
ْ‫الال ِزم ال َكلِمي الم َُخ َّفف‬
Its Definition: It occurs when an original sukoon that is not merged
(no shaddah on it), follows a madd letter in a word.

The word light comes from the letter not being merged. This refers to
the letter with the sukoon that follows the madd letter.

One word of this kind of lengthening in the

Qur’an in only two places in surat Yunus (51,91)
6 vowel counts 68
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 The Separate Letters that begin some surahs
The letters that begin some of the surahs of the
Qur‟an are fourteen in number.
These fourteen letters are found in the phrases:
‫ نصٌ حكي ٌم قاطعٌ ل ُه سر‬Or ‫ نصٌ حكي ٌم قطعا ل ُه سر‬Or
َ ‫صِ ل ُه سُحيرا من َق َط‬
‫عك‬
These letters are divided into four groups:
1- That which has no madd at all: This refers to the alif ‫ ألف‬as it has no
madd letter in it.
2- That which has a madd of two counts: The letters in this category
ُ ‫َط‬
can be found in the phrase: ‫ه ْر‬ ً‫ َح‬meaning the letters are recited
as ‫طا ها را‬ ‫ حا ٌا‬when found in the letters that sometimes
begin a surah, and are lengthened two counts.
When these letters are written out as above, they consist of only two
letters, and are of the natural madd.
3-The Ain ْ‫ع ٌْن‬
َ can be lengthened six or four vowel counts, according
to the rules of the way we read, which is the way of: Hafs „an „Aasim
from the way of Ash-Shatibiyyah (six counts preferred )
This is due to the fact that the Ain as a separate letter of an opening
to a surah is found at the beginning of surah Maryam and
the beginning (second ayah) of surah Ash-Shooraa 69
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 4-That which has a madd of six vowel counts: The rest of the letters
from the fourteen that start some surahs of the Qur‟an fall into this
category. These letters are seven in number, and can be found in the
phrase: ُ ُ‫س َنق‬
‫ص لَ ُكم‬ َ (‫)سٌن نون قاؾ صاد َّلم كاؾ مٌم‬
ُ ُ‫س َنق‬
The letters of the group ‫ص لَ ُكم‬ َ are categorized into to two groups:
1-The Compulsory light Lengthening 2-The Compulsory Heavy Lengthening in a
In a letter ‫المد الالزم الحرفي المخفف‬ letter ‫المد الالزم الحرفي المثقل‬
The letters of the group ‫سنقص لكم‬ This type of lengthening occurs
are each individually read as a three when a letter of the ‫سنقص لكم‬
letter word, the middle letter being a has the last letter of the three letter
madd letter, and the third letter word representing the individual
having an original (or permanent) letter, merging into the letter that
sukoon. comes after it.
This last letter not merged with what This is the reason for it being called
comes next. heavy ‫مثقل‬,This madd has a required
Example Pronounced ‫ألؾ َّل ْم را‬ lengthening of six counts.
Example: ‫ألؾ َّل ْم مٌِم‬
The meem in ‫ َّلم‬not merged with raa The two letters lam ‫ الم‬and meem ‫ميم‬
‫ را‬therefore called ‫( مخفف‬light). that consist of three letters in the
Letter Lam consists of three letters; middle letter madd lengthened six
the middle letter is a madd letter vowel and meem sakinah in ‫َّل ْم‬merged
(alif) This madd is lengthened six with the first letter of the next spelled
vowel counts. out letter meem ‫ مٌِــم‬Pronounced ‫ألؾ‬
‫آلمـٌـ ْم‬ 70
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The different separate letters that are found at the beginning of
some surahs
1-One letter starts three surahs Saad Qaf Al-Qalam
Pronounced ‫ قاف صاد نون‬6 vowel counts

-This kind Compulsory light Lengthening in a letter ‫المد الالزم الحرفي المخفف‬
2- Two letters start 10 surahs

Ya-Sin An-Naml In seven suras Ta-Ha

Pronounced Pronounced Ghafir Fussilat Pronounced
‫يا‬ ‫ طا‬2 vowel Ash-Shura ‫ طا ها‬2 vowel
2 vowel counts And Az-Zukhruf Ad-Dukhan counts each.
‫ سيـن‬six vowel Al-Jathiyah Al-Ahqaf
count and (natural madd)
‫ سيـن‬six vowel counts Pronounced ‫حا ميم‬
Compulsory 2 vowel counts in ‫حا‬
light and six vowel counts
Lengthening in ‫ميم‬
in a letter Compulsory light
Lengthening in a
letter.
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3-Three letters start 13 surahs

Ash-Shu'ara
Yunus Hud Yusuf Al-Baqarah Aal-'Imran
Al-Qasas
Ibrahim Al-Hijr Al-Ankabut Ar-Rum Luqman
As-Sajdah
Pronounced ‫طا سيمِّيم‬
Pronounced ‫ألف‬
‫ طا‬2 vowel counts, Pronounced ‫ألف الم مِّيم‬
‫الم را‬, 6 vowel
‫ سين‬6 vowel counts ‫ الم‬6 vowel counts
counts in laam
Compulsory Heavy Compulsory Heavy
‫الم‬
Lengthening in a Lengthening in a letter
Compulsory
letter Because alif in letter
light
because idgham Lam ‫ لـا م م‬followed by
Lengthening in
noon sakinah (last
a letter meem mushaddadadah,
letter in ْ‫(سين‬in first
2vowel counts then
letter meem ‫مِي ْم‬
in raa ‫ را‬natural second meem its third
pronounced ‫سٌمٌم‬ maad
Last yaa 6 vowel letter sakin ‫ مٌــ ْم‬so it is 6
counts vowel counts
Compulsory light Compulsory light
Lengthening in a Lengthening in a letter
letter
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 Ar-Ra'd Al-A'raf
‫ألف الم مِّيم را‬ Pronounced ‫صآد‬ ْ ‫ألف الم مِّي ْم‬
6 vowel counts in 6 vowel counts in three
letter, letters, laam
-laam Compulsory Compulsory Heavy
Heavy Lengthening Lengthening in a letter
-meem Compulsory -meem and saad
light Lengthening Compulsory light
-Raa (natural madd) 2 Lengthening in a letter.
vowel counts.

Ash-Shoora
‫َعيْن سينْ قاف‬
Maryam
6 or 4 vowel counts in Ain ْ‫ َعيْن‬then
‫كآف ها يا عينْ صآد‬
ikhfaa haqiqi with ghunnah because
-6 vowel counts in kaf ‫كآف‬
letter ‫ س‬followed noon sakinah, 6
Compulsory light Lengthening
vowel counts ْ‫ سِ ين‬Compulsory light
-2 vowel counts in ‫ها يا‬
Lengthening in a letter and ikhfaa
-6 or 4 in Ain ْ‫عيْن‬, then ikhfaa
for noon with heavy ghunnah
noon sakinah with heavy
because followed by qaf, letter qaf 6
ghunnah
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6 vowel counts in Saad ‫صآد‬.
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 The Lengthening with a Presented Sukoon
Al-Madd Al-Aaridh Li-Ssukoon ‫س ُكون‬
ُّ ‫العارض لل‬
ِ ‫ال َمـد‬
Its definition: This madd occurs when there is only one letter after
one of the three madd letters, it is the last letter of the word, this last
letter has any vowel on it, and we are stopping on the last letter with
a presented sukoon.
It is called “presented sukoon” because the sukoon is presented on
the letter when stopping on it, otherwise the letter is read with its
vowel.
It is permitted to lengthen this madd two, or four, or six vowel counts
when stopping on it. When not stopping on it, the last letter is read
with a vowel and the madd letter is lengthened two vowel counts, the
normal measure for natural lengthening.

In The Required Attached Madd when the hamzah that follows

the madd letter is the last letter of the word, and the reader is
stopping on the word (meaning the hamzah now has a
presented sukoon), the lengthening can be four or five counts, 74
as mentioned before, or six counts.
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 The Soft Lengthening
Madd Al-Leen ‫مـد الل ٌِن‬
It occurs when a “leen” letter waw ‫ واو‬or yaa ‫ ٌاء‬with a sukoon,
preceded by a letter with a fathah) is followed by one letter only in
the same word and we stop on the last letter in the word with a
presented sukoon.

- It is allowed to lengthen this madd Two or four or six vowel counts

when stopping on the word. When continuing reading (not stopping
on this word), there is a slight lengthening of the “leen” letter,
referred by the scholars as madd ma ‫ مدا ما‬which is less than two
vowel counts, but longer than one vowel count ,It is the time of
Rakhawa character(running of sound) in both letters.

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These lengthenings have various degrees of strength and
weakness.
The strongest is the compulsory Lengthening,
the second strongest is the required joined lengthening,
the next the presented sukoon lengthening,
then separated allowed lengthening,
and the weakest the exchange lengthening,

The Rule of the Stronger of the Two Causes for a Lengthening

If two reasons for lengthening are present in one madd letter,
there must be one stronger than the other. In this case the weak
madd is left, and we use the stronger of the two.

Example:
In this word, there is a hamzah before the madd letter ‫ ءا‬this is
therefore an exchange lengthening, This same madd letter is
followed by a shaddah, meaning a sukoon, so we also have the
compulsory lengthening.
With the knowledge that the stronger of these two madd is the
compulsory lengthening, we use that madd and do not use the
exchange lengthening, This madd is lengthened six counts, that of
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In this example a hamzah precedes a madd letter ‫ ءا‬so there is an
exchange lengthening, The same madd letter is followed by a
hamzah in the same word ‫اء‬, so there is also a required joined
lengthening, Both of these madd share the same madd letter, the
alif, and since the stronger of the two lengthenings is the required
joined lengthening, we apply that lengthening and not the exchange
lengthening. This madd is therefore lengthened four or five vowel
counts.

When Stopping:
the reader can stop on this madd at the end of this word (‫ )بُرءاء‬four
vowel counts with two causes required lengthening and lengthening
with presented sukoon, may also stop with five vowel counts if the
reader reads required madd five counts, Also may stop with six
vowel counts this is for one reason if he reads lengthening with
presented sukoon six counts.
It is forbidden to stop on this word using the present sukoon
lengthening with two vowel counts. This is due to the rule of the
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lengthening is stronger than the presented sukoon lengthening.
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 In this example the hamzah precedes a madd
letter, indicating an exchange lengthening,This madd is at the
end of the word, and the first letter of the next word is a
hamzah, so the allowed separated lengthening is also using this
same madd letter, which is an alif.
In this case, when continuing reading, and the allowed
separated lengthening is employed, so this madd lengthened 4
or 5 counts (by the way of Ash-Shatibiyyah)
When stopping on the first word only the exchange lengthening
is used, since the hamzah that begins the second word is not
being read, and there is therefore no allowed separate
lengthening is used.
In case of this ayah
the weaker soft lengthening precedes the stronger
presented sukoon lengthening, when stopping on both
of them, the stronger should then be the same length or
longer in length than the weaker.
Example: if we stop on 4 vowel counts.

So we can stop on with either 4 or 6 vowel

counts only.
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madd then must be equal or less in length than the stronger one.
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