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Question 1

What is madd asli and how long is it held?

Answer 1

2 counts
-Alif after a harf with fatha
-wow after a harf with dhamma
- ya after a harf with kasra

Question 2

What is madd wajib muttasil and how long is it?

Answer 2

It is 4-5 counts compulsory
-madd followed by ء within a word

Question 3

What is madd jaaiz munfasil and how long is it?

Answer 3

It is 4-5 counts
-madd asli followed by ء at the beginning of the next word

Question 4

When is a madd held for 6 counts and what is it called?

Answer 4

Madd laazim
Madd followed by a sukun or shaddah

Question 5

What are huroof Al muqa’to’at?

Answer 5

Letters of opening

Question 6

How do you know the length to hold the opening letters?

Answer 6

-Letters that are pronounced with 2 letters are 2 count
-Letters that are pronounced with 3 letters (madd in the middle) are 6 count

Question 7

What is idghaam and when is it used?

Answer 7

To merge so the second letter is joined instead and apply 2 count ghunnah (except for ر and ل, they have no ghunnah)
ً ٍ ٌ ن٘
Followed by یر ملون

م٘ followed by م

Question 8

What is ikhfaa and when is it used?

Answer 8

To hide ن٘ ً ٍ ٌ
The noon is totally nasal for 2 counts whilst hinting the next letter
Followed by ک ق ف ظ ط ض ص ش س ز ذ د ج ث ت

Question 9

What are silent letters?

Answer 9

-Letters with ‘o’ over it
Mostly ا و ی

-A letter with no harakah or joining symbol that is followed by a letter with a shaddah

• A fatha followed by a mini alif, the mini alif is always applied to the fatha letter before NOT the letter it may be on top of

-when an Alif has a ‘o’ on top of it, it will be silent, except when you stop on that alif- in which case it is pronounced

• hamzatul wasl preceded by a word or letter

Question 10

How do you know how to pronounce hamzatul wasl?

Answer 10

• when it preceded by a word or letter it is silent
• when it is followed by ل it has a fatha and the word is a noun

-when the third letter has a dhammah the hamzatul wasl has a dhammah

-when the third letter has a fatha or kasrah then the hamzatul wasl has a kasrah

Question 11

What is nun qutni?

Answer 11

When there is a tanwin followed by hamzatul wasl followed by sakin/shaddah you change the tanwin to a single harakah with ni sound
So:
نُوحٌ ا ب٘نَھُ
Becomes
نُو حُ ا نِب٘نَھُ

If you want to stop before the hamzatul wasl you can and then add the usual rules to start again

Question 12

What is ل Al jalaala?

Answer 12

The ل of majesty the one in the name of Allah that is stretched 2 counts

Question 13

What is waqf and ibtida?

Answer 13

Waqf is to stop
Ibtida is to start

Question 14

What do you do if you stop on a fathatayn? And what are some similar words?

Answer 14

Change to fatha and read with Alif like madd asli 2 count
Hamza fathatayn sometimes doesn’t have Alif but you add it on to stop

Question 15

How do you stop on a round ta (ta marboota)?

Answer 15

Change to ha sakin even if it has a stretch

Question 16

How do you stop on a round ha?

Answer 16

Change to ha sakin even if it has a stretch

Question 17

How do you stop on a letter with a harakah and how might it change any stretch?

Answer 17

Change the last letter to have a sakin even if it is a kadratain or dhamatain
If the last letter is a و then it becomes 2 counts stretch like madd asli
If there is a madd asli and there is a 3rd letter with sakin, the 2 count stretch becomes 4 count
If there is a madd/harf leen with 3rd letter with sakin, then it also changes to 4 count

Question 18

How do you stop on a letter with a shaddah and harakah?

Answer 18

Change harakah to sakin and add extra emphasis (not 2 count), if it is qalqalah letter then read extra heavy

Question 19

How to pronounce ر٘ if a hamzatul wasl with kasra comes before?

Answer 19

Pronounce it tafkheem as the kasra is temporary

Question 20

What stopping symbols mean these things?
1. End of ayah
2. Compulsory stop
3. Preferred to continue 70%
4. Preferred to stop 70%
5. Either stop or continue 50%
6. Don’t stop
7. Satt, breathless pause
8. Stop on one, not both

Answer 20

1 O
م 2
صلے 3
قلے 4
ج 5
لا 6
س 7
8. A pair of three dots spread on an ayah

Question 21

What is iqlaab?

Answer 21

To change
If after ن٘ or ً ٍ۔ ٌ the letter ب appears then you change the n sound into a little meem with a light 2 count ghunnah

Question 22

What is ithaar?

Answer 22

To read clear
If after ن٘ or ٍ ٌ ً the throat letters appear
خ غ ع ح ہ ء
Then read n without ghunnah

Question 23

How many surahs start with huroof ul muquto’at and how many words are there?

Answer 23

29 surahs
14 of them

Question 24

How do you stop when there is a ی at the end?

Answer 24

Ya without harakah and fathah/fathatayn on harf before is Alif maqsoorah which is a silent Alif so 2 count stretch

Ya with shaddah is a emphasised single stop

Ya with harakah changes to ya sakin and so it becomes madd asli two count stretch