Sifat Flashcards

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What is Sifat?

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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

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2
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Necessity of Sifat

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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

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3
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How many sifat are there?

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17

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4
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What are the Sifaat’s?

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Jahr 
Hams 
shiddat
rikhawat
Istila 
istifal
itbaq
infitah
izlaq
ismat
safer
qalqalah
leen
Inhiraf 
takreer
tafashee
istitwalat
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5
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How many groups are the Sifaat’s split into and what are they called?

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2 groups
Mutadwadda
Ghayr Mutadwadda

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Mutadwadda

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The first ten Sifaat are mutadwadda, split into 5 pairs and in each pair the two sifaats are opposites

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Ghayr Mutadwadda

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The remaining Sifaat fall into the Ghayr mutadwadda, they have no opposites

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8
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What Are the Sifaats of mutdwadda?

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Jahr = Hams
Shiddat = Rikhwaat
Isti'la = Istifal
Itbaq = Infitah 
Izlaq = Ismat
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9
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What are the Sifaats of Ghayr Mutadwadda

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Safeer
Qalqalah
leen
inhiraf
Takreer
Tafashee
Istitwalat
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10
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Jahr

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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

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Hams

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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

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12
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Shiddaat

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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

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13
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Rikhawat

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16 letters

Means soft.

Tajweed terminology: When the sound continues while reading the letters that are not stressed heavily

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14
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Tawasut

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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

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15
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Istila

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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

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16
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Istifal

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22 letters

Means to drop or slope

Tajweed terminology: To drop the tounge and detach it from hard palate when pronouncing the 22 letters.

17
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Itbaq

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4 letters

Means to accumulate or to attach.

Tajweed terminology: To attach the edge of the tounge with the hard palate whilst pronouncing

Letters are: ص ض ط ظ

18
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Infitah

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25 letters

Means to seperate or detach.

Tajweed terminology: To keep tounge seperate from hard palate.

19
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Izlaq

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6 letters.

Means edge or tip.

tajweed terminology: To rely on the edge of the tounge and the lips while pronouncing.

Letters are ف ر م ن ل ب

Together: فر من لب

20
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Ismat

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23 letters

Means to prevent or place a barrier

tajweed terminology: To prevent the use of the edge if the tounge and lips whilst pronouncing

21
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Safeer

A

3 letters

Means sparrows chirp.

Tajweed terminology: Refers to the sound stressed when the tip of the toubge connects between the tips of sanaya ulya and sufla.

letters are ز س ص

22
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Qalqalah

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Means to shake or bounce.

tajweed terminology: the vibrating or bouncing sound when the 5 letters are sakin

Letters are: ق ط ب ج د
together قطب جد

23
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Qalqalah Sughra

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when the letter is in the middle of the word

example: ابر ا هيم

24
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Qalqalah Kubra

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When the letter is at the end of a word

example أمشاج

25
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Leen

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Means soft.

Tajweed terminology: Pronounce it’s letters from its makhraj.

Letters are
Waw Sakin preceded by a letter with a fathah on it

Yaa sakin preceded with a letter with Fathah on it

example قوم، خير

26
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Inhiraf

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2 letters

Means tilt or bend

tajweed terminology: To tilt the edge of the tounge while pronouncing ل ر

27
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Takreer

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1 letter

Means repetition.
Tajweed terminology: To vibrate tounge while uttering the letter ر

28
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Tafashee

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1 letter
to spread out.

tajweed terminology: To allow the breath to continously flow while uttering the letter ش

29
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Istitwalat

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1 letter
means to stretch.

tajweed terminology: To stretch the sound from one side of the tounge to the other side while reading the letter ض