.lA means to stretch. The length of the stretch depends on the various kinds of ~ .

.lA is always 6S~ (There is no ~~ on it.).

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..- Jr..?,,- ,

-- eed bin Mansoor relates in his Sunan that a man was reciting the Qur'an to Abdullah_ ~ _fa 'ood and he recited "Innamas sadaqaatu lil fuqara-i wal masaalceen ", so Ibn mas' ood

. : "TI1is was not how the Messenger of Allah (sallAllahu alaihi wa sallam) recited it to me!" Soan asked,

. did he read it to you oh Aba Abdir-Rahman?" So he said

_: Fuqaraaaa-i wal masaakeen" I he elongated the word Fuqaraa and the knowledge of..:0 ..:' "erent lengths of elongation (mudood) is also from the rules of Tajweed.

The two main types of ~\ .1AJ\ are ~\ .1AJ\ and ~.;iJ\ .1AJ\ .

~\ .1AJ\is part of the word and doesn't require any reason for it to be formed whered~,~.;iJ\ .1AJ\ needs a reason (S~ or ~) for it to be formed. The breakdown of theJ.jJ.A are shown below:

~.,..s' ~~,J~' UJ( tUJ\

r.J~' ~\°H'(~\J) J'toi 4.1\

Types of~~ <.y

~, JAJ\ (2 Counts)..

This JA occurs when the reader stopsat the word that ends with tanween al"';fatha. Tanween al-fatha is changed to~.;aJI JA (read as ~\ JA).

his JA is in the form of a small yaa~ or waw..J and it comes afters:- t+JI. (It is followed by any letter

xcept ~~).

ceptions to the rule:

1. ~ ~i! (39: 7)Three conditions are must for this JA

to function:

1. ~~ on the letter s:- Ua

2. ~~ on the letter after s:- Ua3. ~~ on the letter before s:-Ua

U1 A JA •_. ",..... ~ (25: 69)

This JA appears in three forms:'"

.~, ~\ ../ .../ 1. First letter with yaa mushaddad, WJ( .ul\....• second letter as J.4 of yaa;j.

_. \~~ \ . \~ 2. First word ends with JA bil wawand the next starts with letter waw;

:. ~~-J; ($ jj\3. First word ends with JA bil yaa

and the next starts with letter yaa./ .. /

/..f'J\~ '-JllA Here, ~I 0~ appears before the,:;~-:)!, , ../ ../ J~\• ~"J I J..J\.

---:'eTe are seven words appearing in the Qur' an which come with a circle sign. This circle is=;g haped and these words are known as ~Wl. They are:

o\-J:!-J\~ o~J:uJ\, U~\ , o~~)\::: :::

-:: c .l4 in the seven ~wi is read only WJ with two counts (the JA is cancelled ~J).

ypes 0 ~, "'fI'.. •• •Example \~~ "yj Description Name

9-1~l YES YES ~I ~~ appears after the j"Q

4-5 4-5 in a single word. .J;l'o'i 4.1\If the word ends with ~\ oj,Akl, then it is

Counts Counts better to do the U!J with 6 counts. This is (~\J)known as lj)=l.J\ oJ4l1.~

~\ ~'" YES YES.-J ~\ ~~ appears after the j"Q in.. ~2 4-5 two separate words. That is, the first J.u"'; 4.1\

Counts Counts word ends with a j"Q and the secondword begins with ~I ~~ . C)3~)

v

~l ~~~ NO YES~~\~I4-5 A small yaa L- or waw .J is

followed by a ~I ~~ .Counts I

Example \~~ vyjDescription Name

~1h1\ YES YES In a single word, a mushaddad r~\6 Counts 6 Counts 'appears after the j"Q.

~\~I, ~JS1l1l YES YES A form of sukoon appears after the r~\- --;,.... \-;.

6 Counts 6 Countsj"Q. Only three words in the Qur'an

6~\\ , A»\\ fall in this category. This j"Q is also, gi;.J\ ~I

known as J.)JI j"Q.

.~~ YES NO Two sukoons appear together in a~

2,4,6word. The first sukoon is a .i.4,

(2, 4, 6 counts) which appears before the last letter ~-JW\.~~\

Counts of the word. The second sukoon is~.J~ ( ~IJ .J#.) i.e. it wasn't W~~

(4, 6 counts) a sukoon originally but became onebecause the reader stopped/paused.Since two sukoons can not appeartogether, this j"Q is formed.

~~NO YES This is similar to ~.JWI J.AJI.~..

W~· However, a fatha must2,4,6 ~\Counts appear before madd bil waw or

madd bil yaa. Also, a sukoon signwill be apparent on the j"Q letters(yaa and waw).

~, u&'.).1\.. ..j. j. j.

~~ ~~

2 Counts

~0 80 ~ 4or6Counts6:1.l4

BGNote: In pronouncing, all ~ are two Icll I' d and all ~.) ar thr

--'

II --' ••, ~'-.9--'e --',

I --' ~J\

rconsists of fourteen letters. Fourteen]~urahs begin with these letters.

Pronounce as separate letters. However,.3

if pronunciation ends with f' and begins.3

with f', or ends with 6 and beginwith f'\.C. J} or ~\.ii.}l~tters, then

* ergewith ~

--' rn"'--'

y y.3 {~.3r~}{~ ~}

~ ~2 counts 2 counts

*Note: The merging between two letters can only take place between 4,h,JI u,.l~1 itself. Therefore, joining 4,h,a.llu.J~\ with thefollowing word in the next ayah is not allowed!