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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 alif wāw yāʾ madd letters
  • مَدّ طَبِيعِيّ madd ṭabīʿī 2 ḥarakāt
  • مَدّ بَدَل madd badal 2 ḥarakāt
  • مَدّ عِوَض madd ʿiwaḍ 2 ḥarakāt
  • مَدّ صِلَة صُغْرَى madd ṣila ṣughrā 2 ḥarakāt
  • مَدّ مُتَّصِل madd muttaṣil 4–5 ḥarakāt
  • مَدّ مُنْفَصِل madd munfaṣil 4–5 ḥarakāt
  • مَدّ صِلَة كُبْرَى madd ṣila kubrā 4–5 ḥarakāt
  • مَدّ عَارِض لِلسُّكُون madd ʿāriḍ lis-sukūn 2, 4 or 6
  • مَدّ لَازِم madd lāzim 6 ḥarakāt