Madni Qaida in English Page 21 – Lesson 5: Tanween Practice Chart

Welcome to Madni Qaida in English Page 21 at Learning Quraan. This page is a full Tanween chart across the alphabet, with each letter carrying two Zabar, two Zayr and two Paysh.

This page is part of Lesson 5: Tanween (Double Vowels). See every page on the Madni Qaida in English index, or learn with a teacher in our online Quran courses.

What is on Madni Qaida in English Page 21?

• Heavy letters with Tanween, such as صًا, قًا and خًا.
• Throat letters with Tanween, such as حٍ, عٌ and ءً.
• The last rows with Tanween on ر, ش and ى.

How to Practise This Page

• Remember that Tanween sounds like a Noon Saakin at the end of the word.
• When spelling, say the letter name and then ‘two Zabar’, ‘two Zayr’ or ‘two Paysh’.
• Do not pronounce the Alif or Ya that is written after two Zabar.

Every Box on Page 21

This page completes Lesson 5 with the other 20 letters, in the same sound-alike pairs as Lesson 4. Each box is read Rawan (straight off), and each one ends with a Noon sound:

Four Boxes to Look at Closely

• ءً Hamzah carries its Fathatayn with no Alif after it. The sound is the same: “an”.
• دًى Dal has a dotless Ya after the Fathatayn instead of an Alif. As the previous page explains, that Ya is silent: “dan”.
• لًا Lam with its Alif is written as the joined Lam-Alif shape, and is read “lan”.
• یً Ya at the end of the chart also stands without an Alif: “yan”.

Heavy and Light with Tanween

Tanween does not change whether a letter is heavy. صًا, قٍ, خٌ and غٍ stay full and heavy. Ra follows its usual rule: رًا and رٌ are heavy, رٍ is light, because the vowel under it is a Kasrah.

Mistakes to Watch For

• Throat letters slipping. عًا turning into ءً, or حٌ into هٌ. Keep the Lesson 4 differences.
• Reading the silent Ya. دًى is “dan”, not “daay”.
• Waw as “v”. وًا is “wan”, with rounded lips.
• Dropping the Noon sound at speed. Every box on this page ends in “n”.

A Five-Minute Practice Plan

1. Minute 1: read the throat rows: حًا then ءً; عًا then دًى; خًا then غًا.
2. Minute 2: read the lip and tongue rows Rawan.
3. Minute 3: spell four boxes the book’s way, for example “Qaf, two Zer, qin”.
4. Minute 4: read all of Lesson 5 from page 20, Dammatayn boxes only.
5. Minute 5: read the Check Yourself line below.

Check Yourself

قٍ · عًا · ءٌ · دًى · غٍ · وًا · لًا · رٍ · یً

Source: the page shown above is from the Madani Qa‘idah (English edition), Lesson 5, book page 10, published by Maktaba-tul-Madinah (Dawat-e-Islami). Lesson notes written by Learning Quraan.

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