Madni Qaida in English Page 56 – Lesson 21: Waqf Practice
Welcome to Madni Qaida in English Page 56 at Learning Quraan. Page 56 practises pausing on real Quranic words: each word is shown as written and then as read when you stop on it.
This page is part of Lesson 21: Waqf (Pausing) and Its Signs. 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 56?
- Words such as نستعين, يشاء and من قبل.
- Pausing on round Taa and Tanween, such as قوة and جارية.
- Noon Qutni phrases such as خيرا الوصية.
How to Practise This Page
- When you pause, make the last letter Saakin; two Zabar becomes an Alif and a round Taa becomes Haa.
- Learn what each sign above the text means: O, م, ط, ج, ز, ص and لا.
- After a pause, restart from a sensible earlier word (I’adah).
Thirty Words, Written and Read at a Stop
The top half of page 56 continues the Waqf practice. Each box again shows the written word above and the word as read at a stop below. Grouped by what happens to the last letter:
| What happens | Written → read at a stop |
|---|---|
| Last vowel becomes Saakin | نَسْتَعِيْنُ → نَسْتَعِيْنْ (Surah al-Fatihah 1:5) مِنْ قَبْلُ → مِنْ قَبْلْ شَهْرٍ → شَهْرْ (Surah al-Qadr 97:3) قِسْطٍ → قِسْطْ |
| A Hamzah at the end | يَشَآءُ → يَشَآءْ شَيْءٍ → شَيْءْ |
| Ha with Ulta Pesh or Khari Zer | رَبَّهٗ → رَبَّهْ (Surah al-Bayyinah 98:8) اَخْلَدَهٗ → اَخْلَدَهْ (Surah al-Humazah 104:3) مَوَازِيْنُهٗ → مَوَازِيْنُهْ (Surah al-Qari‘ah 101:6) بِهٖ → بِهْ عِبَادِهٖ → عِبَادِهْ |
| Fathatayn becomes Alif | اَلْفَافًا → اَلْفَافَا (Surah an-Naba 78:16) عِلْمًا → عِلْمَا (Surah Ta-Ha 20:114) نَبِيًّا → نَبِيَّا (Surah Maryam 19:30) |
| Round Ta becomes Ha | قُوَّةٌ → قُوَّهْ رَقَبَةٍ → رَقَبَهْ (Surah al-Balad 90:13) جَارِيَةٌ → جَارِيَهْ (Surah al-Ghashiyah 88:12) |
| No change | وَتَوَلّٰى → وَتَوَلّٰى (Surah ‘Abasa 80:1) مِنَ الْاُوْلٰى → مِنَ الْاُوْلٰى (Surah ad-Duha 93:4) فَتَرْضٰى → فَتَرْضٰى (Surah ad-Duha 93:5) وَانْحَرْ → وَانْحَرْ (Surah al-Kawthar 108:2) فَارْغَبْ → فَارْغَبْ (Surah ash-Sharh 94:8) فَحَدِّثْ → فَحَدِّثْ (Surah ad-Duha 93:11) فِيْهَا → فِيْهَا قَوْلِيْ → قَوْلِيْ (Surah Ta-Ha 20:28) |
Notice that a Qalqalah letter at a stop, as in فَارْغَبْ and قِسْطٍ, gets a clear bounce, and that the Madd before a final Hamzah in يَشَآءُ stays long.
Noon Qutni in Six Places
The bottom half gives six joins where a Tanween meets a Hamzah Wasli. In each box the top line shows the Noon Qutni when joining, and the bottom line shows the stop, where the Tanween follows the normal Waqf rules and the next word starts with its Hamzah:
| Joined (with Noon Qutni) | Read | Where it occurs |
|---|---|---|
| خَيْرَاۨ الْوَصِيَّةُ | khay-ra-nil-wa-ṣiy-ya-tu | Surah al-Baqarah 2:180 |
| شِيْبَاۨ السَّمَآءُ | shee-ba-nis-sa-maa-’u | Surah al-Muzzammil 73:17–18 |
| مُنِيْبِۨ ادْخُلُوْهَا | mu-nee-bi-nid-khu-loo-haa | Surah Qaf 50:33–34 |
| مُبِيْنِۨ اقْتُلُوْا | mu-bee-ni-niq-tu-loo | Surah Yusuf 12:8–9 |
| قَدِيْرُۨ الَّذِيْ | qa-dee-ru-nil-la-dhee | Surah al-Mulk 67:1–2 |
| خَبِيْرَاۨ الَّذِيْ | kha-bee-ra-nil-la-dhee | Surah al-Furqan 25:58–59 |
Mistakes to Watch For
- Keeping the vowel on the Ha. رَبَّهٗ at a stop is “rabbah”, without the long “oo”.
- Reading the round Ta as “t” at a stop. جَارِيَةٌ becomes “jaariyah”.
- Skipping the Noon Qutni. خَيْرَاۨ الْوَصِيَّةُ joined is “khayranil-waṣiyyatu”, not “khayral-waṣiyyatu”.
A Five-Minute Practice Plan
- Minute 1: the first two groups in the table.
- Minute 2: the Ha and Fathatayn groups.
- Minute 3: the round Ta and “no change” groups.
- Minute 4: the six Noon Qutni joins, then the same pairs with a stop.
- Minute 5: read the end of each verse of Surah ad-Duha, stopping.
Check Yourself
Read each as if stopping on it:
شَهْرٍ · عِبَادِهٖ · نَبِيًّا · رَقَبَةٍ · فَتَرْضٰى · فَحَدِّثْ
Source: the page shown above is from the Madani Qa‘idah (English edition), Lesson 21, book page 45, 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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