Al-Madd
‫املد‬
Al-Madd means: It is to stretch or to
prolong.
• Madd letters are:
1. Alif preceded by any letter with a Fat-hah
on it. Written as (‫ ( ا‬or ( ‫) ا‬.
2. Waaoo Saakinah, preceded by any letter
with a Dhammah on it. Written as (‫ ( و‬or (‫)و‬
3. Yaa Saakinah preceded by any letter with a
Kasrah under it. Written as (‫ )ي‬or
The way of pronunciation :
• A Madd letter is pronounced by prolonging or stretching the
Harakah on the letter before it.
• Al-Madd can be prolonged from two to six counts depending
upon its kind.
• There are 2 types of Madd:
1- Original Madd.
2- Secondry Madd.
• There are 2 reasons for Secondry Madd:
1- If there is Hamzah after the Madd.
2- If there is Sukoon after the Madd.
Madd Tabee’ee
• Madd Tabee’ee means the natural Madd.
• The natural Madd is simply one of the
Madd letters ‫ ا‬or ‫ و‬or ‫ ى‬Huroof maddeya
not followed by a Hamzah ‫ ء‬or a Saakin
letter.
• - The natural Madd is prolonged two
counts.
Examples:
Madd Al-Badal
• Every Hamza followed by Madd
‫ ُء و‬‫ ِء يـ‬‫َء ا‬
• - Madd Badal is prolonged two
counts.
Examples:
Made E’wadh
• Madd ‘Ewadh is the replacement of a Tanween
Fathah present at the end of a word while
stopping at it, with an Alif Madd.
• - Madd E’wadh is prolonged two counts.
• Except for Taa Marbuta “‫ ”ة‬.. The Reader
should stop on Taa Marbuta and pronounce it
like Haa” ‫ “ هـ‬with Sukoon. ‫جَرة‬
‫َش َجَره‬
َ ‫َش‬
Examples:
Madd Wajib Muttasil
• Is a Madd letter ( ‫ ا‬or ‫ و‬or ‫ ) ى‬followed by a
Hamzah ‫ ء‬,which is present in the same word.
• - Madd Wajib Muttasil is prolonged 4-5
counts.
Examples:
Madd Jaa’ez Munfasil
• Is a Madd letter ( ‫ ا‬or ‫ و‬or ‫ ) ى‬followed by a Hamzah
‫ ء‬,which is present in 2 different word.
• Madd present at the end of a word is followed by a
Hamzah ( ‫ ( ء‬which is present in the beginning of the
next word.
• Madd Jaa’ez Munfasil is prolonged 4-5
counts.
Examples:
Madd As-Silah
• A ‫ هـ‬on the end of a word (last letter), must not be part of the
original word, It is voweled either with a dhammah or a
kasrah, positioned between two voweled letters, the reader is not
stopping on it,
• It has two cases:
• 1= IF it is not followed by a hamzah : It’s called Madd Silah
Sughra .
• - Madd Silah Sughra (dammah or kasra)
is prolonged two counts.
*Two exemptions for silah sughra are as
follow:
• Here there is no madd although all
the madd silah sughra conditions are met:
• Here there is a madd although not all
the madd silah sughra conditions are met (there
is a harf saakin before the haa):
2= IF it is followed by a hamzah : It’s called
Madd Silah Kubra .
• - Madd Silah Kubra (dammah or kasra)
is prolonged 4-5 counts.
• When stopping on this ‫ هـ‬we stop with a
regular sukoon, and the two count medd is
dropped.
Madd Al-‘Aarid Lil Sukoon
• Madd Aridh Li-Ssukoon means “temporary Madd for
stopping ”.
• If a Madd Tabee’ee is followed by a letter at the end
of a word, which has been made Saakin temporarily
because the reader has to stop at the word, the reader
should prolong the Madd Tabee’ee to be Madd Aridh
Li-Ssukoon.
• Madd Al-‘Aarid Lil Sukoon is prolonged
2-4-6 counts.
Note:
• This Madd only exists if the reader stops on
that word. If the reader does not stop on it, it
should be considered as a Madd Tabee’ee (2
counts).
Examples:
Madd Al-Leen
• Madd Al-Leen “temporary Madd for stopping ”.
• If Al-Leen letter (letter Yaa’ or Waaw Saakinah
preceded by Letter has Fathah) is followed by a letter
at the end of a word, which has been made Saakin
temporarily because the reader has to stop at the word,
the reader should prolong the Leen Letter to be Madd
Leen.
• Madd Al-Leen is prolonged 2-4-6 counts.
Examples:
Al-Madd Al-Laazim
• If The Madd letter is followed by a letter with
original Sukoon on it, the reader should prolong the
Madd Letter to be Madd Laazim.
• This Madd has two kinds =
1- kalimee (word based) 2-Harfee (letter based)
• Al-Madd Al-Laazim is prolonged 6
counts.
My best wishes for success
Teacher Moshira