Madni Qaida in English Page 23 – Lesson 6 Words and Lesson 7: Letters of Maddah
Welcome to Madni Qaida in English Page 23 at Learning Quraan. The top of page 23 finishes Lesson 6 with more Tanween words. Then Lesson 7 introduces Sukoon and the three Letters of Maddah: Alif, Waw and Ya.
This page is part of Lesson 7: Huroof-e-Maddah (Letters of Maddah). 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 23?
- The Sukoon (Jazm) sign and the meaning of a Saakin letter.
- When Alif, Waw and Ya become Maddah letters.
- Stretch the Maddah for one Alif, which is two Harakaat.
How to Practise This Page
- Stretch the Letters of Maddah for one Alif (two counts), no more and no less.
- Alif after Fathah, Waw Saakin after Dammah and Ya Saakin after Kasrah make the Maddah.
- Tap two steady counts on the table to keep the length even.
The Last Lesson 6 Words
The top three rows finish Lesson 6. Each row ends every word with a different Tanween: Kasratayn in row 1, Dammatayn in row 2, and in row 3 a round Ta (Ta Marbutah) carrying all three kinds. Read each word Hijjay (spelled out) first, then Rawan.
| Word | Read | Word | Read | Word | Read |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| مَسَدٍ | ma-sa-din | ثَمَنٍ | tha-ma-nin | سَخَطٍ | sa-kha-ṭin |
| ظُلَلٍ | ẓu-la-lin | فِئَةٍ | fi-’a-tin | عُنُقٍ | ‘u-nu-qin |
| نَفَرٌ | na-fa-run | صَمَدٌ | ṣa-ma-dun | غَضَبٌ | gha-ḍa-bun |
| لَعِبٌ | la-‘i-bun | اُذُنٌ | u-dhu-nun | كُتُبٌ | ku-tu-bun |
| دَرَجَةً | da-ra-ja-tan | قِرَدَةً | qi-ra-da-tan | عَلَقَةٍ | ‘a-la-qa-tin |
| سَفَرَةٍ | sa-fa-ra-tin | شَجَرَةٌ | sha-ja-ra-tun | قَتَرَةٌ | qa-ta-ra-tun |
Notice that دَرَجَةً and قِرَدَةً have Fathatayn on the round Ta with no Alif after it. The sound is still “-tan”.
Found in the Quran
Many of these practice words are words of the Quran. A few of them, with where they occur:
| Word | Where it occurs |
|---|---|
| مَسَدٍ | Surah al-Masad 111:5 |
| ظُلَلٍ | Surah al-Baqarah 2:210 |
| فِئَةٍ | Surah al-Baqarah 2:249 |
| لَعِبٌ | Surah al-Hadid 57:20 |
| اُذُنٌ | Surah at-Tawbah 9:61 |
| كُتُبٌ | Surah al-Bayyinah 98:3 |
| قِرَدَةً | Surah al-Baqarah 2:65 |
| سَفَرَةٍ | Surah ‘Abasa 80:15 |
| قَتَرَةٌ | Surah ‘Abasa 80:41 |
Inside a verse, later rules (such as stopping, and the rules of Noon Saakin and Tanween) can change how a word ends. Here each word is read on its own, exactly as written.
Lesson 7 Begins: Sukoon and the Letters of Maddah
The bottom half of the page opens Lesson 7. Two ideas come first:
- Sukoon (Jazm) is the small round mark ـْ. A letter carrying it is Saakin (silent, with no vowel of its own), and it is read together with the moving letter before it.
- The three Letters of Maddah are Alif, Waw and Ya. Each one stretches the vowel before it when the right mark comes first:
| Letter of Maddah | When | Example | Sound |
|---|---|---|---|
| ا Alif | A Fathah comes before it | بَا | “baa” |
| و Waw Saakin | A Dammah comes before it | بُوْ | “boo” |
| ی Ya Saakin | A Kasrah comes before it | بِیْ | “bee” |
The stretch is the length of one Alif, which the page defines as two Harakaat: about twice as long as بَ. The book spells these as “Ba, Alif, Zabar: baa”, “Ba, Waw, Pesh: boo” and “Ba, Ya, Zer: bee”. The practice chart for every letter starts on page 24.
Mistakes to Watch For
- Sounding the round Ta as “h”. In the middle of reading, شَجَرَةٌ is “shajaratun”.
- Short Maddah. بَا said like بَ. Give it the full two counts.
- Over-long Maddah. Stretching بُوْ for four or five counts. Natural Madd is two.
A Five-Minute Practice Plan
- Minute 1: read row 1, then row 2, listening for the “-in” and “-un” endings.
- Minute 2: read row 3: دَرَجَةً then عَلَقَةٍ then شَجَرَةٌ.
- Minute 3: clap twice while saying بَا, then بُوْ, then بِیْ.
- Minute 4: compare short and long: بَ then بَا; بُ then بُوْ; بِ then بِیْ.
- Minute 5: read the Check Yourself line below.
Check Yourself
سَخَطٍ · ظُلَلٍ · غَضَبٌ · قِرَدَةً · قَتَرَةٌ · بَا · بُوْ · بِیْ
Source: the page shown above is from the Madani Qa‘idah (English edition), Lessons 6 and 7, book page 12, published by Maktaba-tul-Madinah (Dawat-e-Islami). Quran references are given as surah and verse. Lesson notes written by Learning Quraan.
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