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Requirement :
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Natural madd letter
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Followed by sukoon
 or shaddah
Effect :
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Shaddah is included as it represents
a doubled letter: the 1st letter is saakin; and the 2nd is mutaharrik
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Elongate 6 counts
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Laazim means 'obligatory', so it must be elongated for 6 counts
Madd Laazim is of two types :
Kalimee (word) and
Harfee (letter)
The obligatory (laazim) madd that
is present in a word (kalimee)
Requirement :
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Natural madd letter
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Followed by sukoon
or shaddah
- In a word
Heavy : When a SHADDAH () follows the madd letter in a word
Examples
Light : when a SUKOON () follows the madd letter in a word
Example
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Extract from Verse
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 (10:51)
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Madd Laazim
Kalimee
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The obligatory (laazim) madd that is present in a letter (harfee)
- This occurs in some of the letters that are present at the beginning of certain surahs
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These surahs begin with some independent letters from the
Arabic alphabet, which are attached to each other like ordinary
words. The individual letters have to be pronounced by reading
out their respective names.
E.g.
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The length of each letters' prolongation will be determined
by the Madd rule inherent within the spelling of it
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The difference of the length of its prolongation is
determined by the number of letters that are used to spell the
name of that particular letter
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So these madd can contain either
three
, two or
one letter
The three
lettered Madd laazim harfee
Requirement :
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These letters are the ones that are spelt with 3 letters and their middle letters are either madd or leen letters
Effect :
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Elongate 6 counts
- These letters are:
| Madd Letter |
Spelling (Madd/Leen) |
Surah No. |
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Madd Letter
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Spelling (Madd/Leen) |
Surah No. |
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68
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26
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50
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2
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38
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19
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19
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26
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Further Notes :
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The letter that has a dipthong (leen) is the spelling of the word
()
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This occurs in the 2 surahs
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Surah Maryam (19)
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Surah Ash-shura (42)
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According to the Shaatibiyyah way it is lengthened 4 or 6 counts
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Imam Shatabi said 'the
has 2 possible pronunciations and the longer is preferred' - 6 counts
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However, according to the way of Tayyaba, it would be only 2 counts
Heavy : when there is a letter of Idghaam after one of the 3 lettered words
EXAMPLE 1
In this example, we can see :
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The letter laam (
 ) is a 3 lettered word
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The spelling of it is
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The last letter is a meem
which carries a sukoon
on the last letter
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The following 3 lettered word is the letter meem spelt
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So we now have
 followed
by
(with
a vowel), hence the need to do
idghaam
(2 counts ghunnah)
EXAMPLE 2
In this example, we can see :
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The letter seen
 is a 3 lettered word
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The spelling of it is
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The last letter is a nuun
which carries a sukoon
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The following 3 lettered word is the letter meem spelt
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So we now have a
 followed
by
(with
a vowel), hence the need to
idghaam
(2 counts ghunnah)
Light : when there is NO letter of idghaam after one of the 3 lettered words, but the letter is still elongated for 6 counts
The two
lettered Madd laazim harfee
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The letters that are spelt with 2 letters (occur in the opening verses of some surahs) produce the
natural prolongation of 2 counts
- These letters are:
One lettered
Madd Laazim Harfee
- One letter that doesn't take a madd at all is the alif, and this is due to there being no madd letters in the spelling of it
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Madd Laazim
Harfee
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the different Madd Laazim Harfee
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