Lesson 19 of 20
Types of Madd
Tell natural madd from the longer types, and know how long to hold each.
- Natural madd is two counts and needs no reason beyond the madd letter itself.
- The longer types run four or five counts, set by what comes after the madd.
- ا و ي madd letters
- مَدّ طَبِيعِيّ 2 ḥarakāt
- مَدّ بَدَل 2 ḥarakāt
- مَدّ عِوَض 2 ḥarakāt
- مَدّ صِلَة صُغْرَى 2 ḥarakāt
- مَدّ مُتَّصِل 4–5 ḥarakāt
- مَدّ مُنْفَصِل 4–5 ḥarakāt
- مَدّ صِلَة كُبْرَى 4–5 ḥarakāt
- مَدّ عَارِض لِلسُّكُون 2, 4 or 6
- مَدّ لَازِم 6 ḥarakāt