Revision20MostCommonErrorsinTilawat

NametheStroke

FathahDhammaKasrah

Howmanysecondsdoyouprolongthesestrokes?

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NametheStroke

VerticalFathah

VerticalKasrah

InverseDhamma

Howmanysecondsdoyouprolongthesestrokes?

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HuroofulMaddah

1.WhatdoesMaddahmean?Tolengthenorprolong

2.Whatarethe3Maddahletters(lettersofprolongation)?

3.HowlongareMaddahlettersprolongedfor?2Seconds

RecognisingMaddahLetters

1. HowdoyourecogniseAlifMaddah?AconsonantcarryingtheFathahstrokecomesbeforeit.

2.Howdoyourecognise YaaMaddah?AconsonantcarryingtheKasrahstrokecomesbeforeit.

3.HowdoyourecogniseWaoMaddah?AconsonantcarryingtheDhammastrokecomesbeforeit.

HuroofAl-Leen

1. WhatdoesLeenmean?Toeaseorsoften(HuroofAl-LeenaretheLettersofEase)

2.Whatarethe2Leenletters?WaoandYaa

3.HowlongdoweprolongtheLeenlettersfor?2Seconds

RecognisingLeenLetters

1. Howdowerecognise Wao-Leen?WaosaakinhasaconsonantcarryingtheFathahstrokebeforeit.

2.HowdowerecogniseYaa-Leen?YaasaakinhasaconsonantcarryingtheFathahstrokebeforeit.

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MediumLongStretch(Madd

Sagheer)

3-5Seconds

ExtraLongStretch(Madd

Kabeer)

4-6Seconds

Ghunnah• Ghunnahmeanssustainednasalsound• MeemandNoonwiththesignofShaddahhavealongnasalsound• TheGhunnahshouldbeatleast2seconds

CompleteAssimilation

WhenjoiningNoonSaakinorTanweenwithLaamMushaddadorRaaMushaddad,therewillbenoGhunnahsound.Thesoundis

completelymerged.

PartialAssimilation

WhenmergingNoonSaakinorTanweenwithYaaMushaddadorWaoMushaddad,aslightGhunnahsoundismade.

SmallNoon(NunQutni)&Alif

Remember– Incontinuousrecitation(withoutstopping),donotpronounceanAlififitappearsbeforeasmallNoon.

HamzatulWasl– BlankAlif

SomeQur’anicwordsstartwithablankAlif(anunvowelledletter),alsoknownasHamzatulWasl.

• BlankAlifwillalwaystakeFathah ifthenextletterisLaamSaakinorLaamMushaddad.

• IfthefirstMutaharrikletter(lettercarryingastroke)hasaFathahorKasrah,theblankAlifwilltakeKasrah.

• IfthefirstMutaharrikletter(lettercarryingastroke)isDhammah,theblankAlifwilltakeDhammah.

Exceptions

TheexamplesbelowareexceptionsduetorulesofArabicgrammar.Here,theblankAlifwillalwaystakeKasrah.

Readthefollowing:(a)Withoutmakinganypauses(includesmallNooninrecitation)(b)WhenpausingbeforeNunQutni- thinkaboutwhich

stroketoapplyonBlankAlif