Sifat Flashcards
What is Sifat?
Sifat denotes a quality or property of something. It’s plural is Sifaat.
Tajweed terminology, sifat refers to the qualities of the Arabic letters when they are recited
Necessity of Sifat
a) to pronounce the letters perfectly that come from different makhraj
b) to distinguish between the sounds of two different letters
c) to identify letters thst are weak and letters that are strong
How many sifat are there?
17
What are the Sifaat’s?
Jahr Hams shiddat rikhawat Istila istifal itbaq infitah izlaq ismat safer qalqalah leen Inhiraf takreer tafashee istitwalat
How many groups are the Sifaat’s split into and what are they called?
2 groups
Mutadwadda
Ghayr Mutadwadda
Mutadwadda
The first ten Sifaat are mutadwadda, split into 5 pairs and in each pair the two sifaats are opposites
Ghayr Mutadwadda
The remaining Sifaat fall into the Ghayr mutadwadda, they have no opposites
What Are the Sifaats of mutdwadda?
Jahr = Hams Shiddat = Rikhwaat Isti'la = Istifal Itbaq = Infitah Izlaq = Ismat
What are the Sifaats of Ghayr Mutadwadda
Safeer Qalqalah leen inhiraf Takreer Tafashee Istitwalat
Jahr
19 letters
Means to express clearly.
Tajweed terminology: State of stopping the breath when uttering strong letters. Since these letters are strong, the breath ablbriptly ends.
Known as Huryf Majhurah
Hams
Means thin or light sound.
Tajweed terminology: state when breathing continues while uttering letter. Breathing does not cease.
Known as Huruf Mahmusah
Letters are ت ث ح ج س ش ص ف ك ه
Together: حثه شخص فسکت
Shiddaat
8 letters
Means strength.
Tajweed terminology: letters which are stressed heavily and when read, their sound comes to a sudden stop.
Letters are ا ب ت ج د ط ق ك
Together أجد قط بكت
Rikhawat
16 letters
Means soft.
Tajweed terminology: When the sound continues while reading the letters that are not stressed heavily
Tawasut
Is in state between Rikhawat and Shiddaat, however falls under rikhawat due to stronger inclination towards the sound continuing rather then stopping.
Letters are لن عمر
Istila
7 letters
Means to boost
tajweed terminology: state when the tounge is lifted towards the hard palate when pronouncing
Letters are ج ص ض ط ظ غ ق
Together: جص ضغط قظ