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Question 1

How do you recite م and ن mushaddadah (مّ نّ )?

Answer 1

With a 2 count ghunnah

Question 2

What does ta’awudh mean?

Answer 2

“I seek Allah’s (swt) protection from Shaytan the rejected”

Question 3

What does basmalah mean?

Answer 3

In the name of Allah the most merciful

Question 4

What is the rule for saying ta’awwudh and basmalah?

Answer 4

Say both before reciting the Qur’an and if there is an interruption you only need to repeat ta’awwudh

Question 5

What is another word for ta’awwudh?

Answer 5

Isti’adha

Question 6

What are some etiquettes for reciting Qur’an?

Answer 6

-Sit quietly
-Read slowly
-In a state of purity, wudhu
-Leave Qur’an in respectful place
-Do not interrupt recitation with discussions
-Read with translation
-Use miswak
-Concentrate

Question 7

What are the levels of qalqalah and when are they used?

Answer 7

1. Weak- when you are continuing to read
2. Strong- when ending on a qalqalah for a letter that has a sakin
3. Strongest- when ending on a qalqalah for a letter that has a shaddah

Question 8

What is the reason of qalqalah?

Answer 8

The sound and air of the letter will stop so it will bounce/echo

Question 9

What are the qalqalah letters?

Answer 9

قطبجد

Question 10

What is another name for lam of Allah?

Answer 10

Lam Al Jalaalah

Question 11

What does tafkhim mean and how do you do it?

Answer 11

Full mouth/heavy sound by raising the back of the tongue towards the palate whilst pronouncing a letter

Question 12

What is the rule for pronouncing the lam of Allah?

Answer 12

When the lam of Allah is after a fathah or dammah that is joined to it, it is tafkhim (full mouth) and when it is after a kasrah that is joined to it, it will be tarqeeq (empty mouth)

Question 13

What is a mutaharrikah letter?

Answer 13

A letter with a harakah

Question 14

What are the rules for ر mutaharrikah?

Answer 14

When ra has a dammah(tayn) or fathah(tayn) it will be full mouth, and when it has a kasrah(tayn) it will be empty mouth

Question 15

What are the normal rules for ra sakinah (full/empty mouth)?

Answer 15

When ra is after a dammah or fathah it will be read as full mouth

When ra is after a kasrah it will be read as empty mouth

Question 16

What are 4 exceptions for the normal ra sakinah (full/empty mouth) rules?

Answer 16

When ra has a shaddah it is a ra sakin followed by ra mutaharik, the heaviness will be determined by the mutaharik ra e.g لِرَّح٘مٰن is a full mouth ra

When ra sakin is followed by a heavy letter, it is read full mouth e.g. مِر٘صَادًا

In the case of a ya sakin before a ra sakin even if the harakah before is a dammah or fathah it will still be pronounced empty mouth e.g. خَی٘ر٘

When there is a hamzatul wasl before a ra sakin, the ra is always recited full mouth even if the hamzatul wasl adopts a kasrah e.g.ار٘جِعِی

Question 17

What are the 7 permanently heavy letters (tafkheem)?

Answer 17

خ ص ض غ ط ق ظ

Question 18

Out of the 7 tafkheem letters which are the heaviest and how do they become so heavy?

Answer 18

ص ض ط ظ
The makhraj involves curling the tongue and lifting the sides

Question 19

What are the levels of heaviness for harakah including when they apply to the sakin letter after?

Answer 19

Most heavy= fathah
Moderately heavy= dhammah
Least heavy= kasrah

Question 20

What are the 3 temporary letters?

Answer 20

ر ل ا

Question 21

When is the alif full/empty mouth?

Answer 21

The temporary heavy alif is the madd that is followed after a heavy letter and temporary light is the madd followed by a light letter ( اَ اِ اُ is in fact hamza)

Question 22

What are the two types of hamza?

Answer 22

Hamza tul qati= cutting
Hamza tul wasl= connecting

Question 23

What is ikhfa shafawi?

Answer 23

If meem sakinah appears before ba, a 2 count ghunnah is applied

Question 24

What is idghaam shafawi?

Answer 24

If meem sakinah appears before another meem they merge and have 2 count ghunnah

Question 25

What is izhar shafawi?

Answer 25

If meem sakin is followed by any letter apart from meem and ba, the meem is read clearly without ghunnah

Question 26

How many letters in Arabic alphabet and list them all

Answer 26

29
ا ب ت ث ج ح خ د ذ ر ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ع غ ف ق ک ل م ن ہ و ی ء

Question 27

What is a ن م mushaddadah?

Answer 27

It is نّ مّ the letter is two of the same letters in one, the first being a sakin and the second being mutaharrikah, 2 count ghunnah must be applied