How Many Total Alphabets in the Arabic Language?

There are 29 alphabets in Arabic.

Some Scholars Say 28 because they consider Alif and Hamzah as One Letter, not two.

We Always Start Reading and Writing Arabic From Right Side to Left Side. 

Arabic letters are made up of a series of strokes, Dots and written in a cursive style

Arabic letters keep changing their shapes, depending on their placement in a word (itself, beginning of the word, middle of the word and end of the word)

ا  ب  ت  ث  ج  ح  خ  د  ذ  ر  ز  س  ش  ص  ض  ط  ظ  ع  غ  ف  ق  ک  ل  م  ن  و  ہ  ء  ی

Extra Things to know in First Class.

1) Seven letters are always pronounced with the Heavy Sound and they are known as heavy letters or full mouth letters.

2) Rest twenty-two letters are pronounced with the light sound so they are called light letters.

3) Three Alphabets are Pronounced with the Soft Sound and they are called Soft letters.

4) Three are Pronounced with the Hard Sound and they are called Hard letters.

5) Six are Pronounced from the Throat and They are called Throat letters.

6) Eight letters are called Separate letters or Leading Letters. 

Question 01. How Many Heavy Letters?

There are Seven Heavy Letters.

Question 02. What Are the Heavy Letter.

They are Khaaw, Saawd, Daawd, Taaw, Zaaw, Ghawin, Qaawf. (“W” is silent in all)

خ  ص   ض   ط   ظ   غ   ق

Question 03. How do We read Heavy Letters?

We Always Pronounce them with the Heavy Sound or Full Mouth Sound.

Question 01. How Many Soft Letters?

There are Three Soft Letters.

Question 02. What Are the Soft Letters.

They are : Sa or Tha,  Zaal or Dhaal,  Zaaw.

ث   ذ   ظ

 Question 03. How Do We Read the Soft letters?

We read them with the soft Sound. we touch the tip of the tongue to the edges of the upper teeth. make sure that the upper teeth will not touch to the lower teeth while pronouncing them. 

Question 01. How Many Hard Letters?

There are Three Hard Letters.

Question 02. What Are the Hard Letters.

They are : Zaa, Seen, Saawd.

ز   س   ص

 Question 03. How Do We Read the Hard letters?

We read them with the Hard Sound. They have the Whistle sound in their pronunciation When read. Make Sure that the upper teeth will be connected to the lower teeth when we Pronounce Them. Hard Letters are opposite of the Soft letters.

Question 01. How Many Throat Letters?

There are Six Throat Letters.

Question 02. What Are the Throat Letters.

They are : Hamzah, Haa,     A’in, H’aa,     Ghawin, Khaw.

 ء  ہ     ع  ح     غ  خ

 Question 03. How Do We Read the Throat letters?

We read them with the Different Parts of our Throat.

Question 04. How many Parts in The Throat?

There are Three Parts in The Throat.

Back/Deep or Furthest Part of The Throat, (Which is at Body Side).

Middle Part of the Throat. (Which is between the Upper and Lower Part of the Throat).

Front/Upper or Nearest Part of the Throat. (Which is at Mouth Side).

Question 05. What Letters are Pronounced from the Back part of the Throat? 

Hamzah and Haa ( ء  ہ ) are pronounced from the Back Part of The Throat.

Question 06. What Letters are Pronounced from the Middle part of the Throat?

A’in and H’aa ( ع  ح ) are pronounced from the Middle Part of the Throat.

Question 07. What Letters are pronounced from the Front Part of the Throat?

Ghawin and Khaw ( غ  خ ) are pronounced from the Front Part of the Throat.

Question 01. What is the Difference Between the letter Ta and Taw ( ت  ، ط )?

The Letter “Ta” ( ت ) is pronounced with the light Sound and the Letter “Taw” ( ط ) is pronounced with the heavy sound. So Ta is light letter and taw is heavy letter.

Question 02. What is the Difference Between the letter Daal and Daawd ( د  ،  ض )?

The Letter “Daal” ( د ) is pronounced with the light Sound and the Letter “Daawd” ( ض ) is pronounced with the heavy sound. So Daal is light letter and Daawd is heavy letter.

Question 03. What is the Difference Between the letter Kaaf and Qaawf ( ک  ،  ق )?

The Letter “Kaaf” ( ک ) is pronounced with the light Sound and the Letter “Qaawf” ( ق ) is pronounced with the heavy sound. So Kaaf is light letter and Qaawf is heavy letter.

Question 04. What is the Difference Between the letter Hamzah and A’in ( ء  –  ع )?

Both are The Letters “Hamzah” ( ء ) and “Ain” ( ع ) are pronounced from the throat but The Letter  “Hamzah” ( ء ) is pronounced from the Back Part of the Throat and the Letter “A’in” ( ع ) is pronounced is from the Middle part of Throat.

Question 05. What is the Difference Between the letter Haa and H’aa ( ہ  –  ح )?

Both are The Letters “Haa” ( ہ ) and “H’aa” ( ح ) are pronounced from the throat but The Letter  “Haa” ( ہ ) is pronounced from the Back Part of the Throat and the Letter “H’aa” ( ح ) is pronounced from the Middle part of Throat.

Question 06. What is the Difference Between the letter “Sa” , “Seen” and “Saawd” ( ث  –  س  –  ص )?

The Letter “Sa” ( ث ) is pronounced with light and Soft Sound. The Letter “Seen” ( س ) is pronounced with a Light and Hard Sound. The Letter “Saawd” ( ص ) is Pronounced with a Heavy and Hard Sound. So “Sa” is light and Soft letter, “Seen” is a Light and Hard letter and “Saawd” is a Heavy and Hard Letter.

Question 07. What is the Difference Between the letter “Zaal” , “Zaa” and “Zaaw” ( ذ  –  ز  –  ظ )?

The Letter “Zaal” ( ذ ) is pronounced with light and Soft Sound. The Letter “Zaa” ( ز ) is pronounced with a Light and Hard Sound. The Letter “Zaaw” ( ظ ) is Pronounced with a Heavy and Soft Sound. So “Zaal” is light and Soft letter, “Zaa” is a Light and Hard letter and “Zaaw” is a Heavy and Soft Letter.

Question 01: What are the Each Arabic Letter Sound in English.

1. The Sound of Alif ( ا ) Is “A”.
2. The Sound of Baa ( ب ) Is “B”
3. The Sound of Taa ( ت ) Is “T” 
4. The Sound of Tha/Sa ( ث )Is “S”
5. The Sound of Jeem ( ج ) Is “J”
6. The Sound of H’aa ( ح ) Is “H”
7. The Sound of Kha ( خ ) Is “Kh”
8. The Sound of Daal ( د ) Is “D”
9. The Sound of Zaal ( ذ ) Is “Z”
10. The Sound of Raa ( ر ) Is “R”
11. The Sound of Zaa/Zai ( ز ) Is “Z”
12. The Sound of Seen ( س ) Is “S”
13. The Sound of Sheen ( ش ) Is “SH”
14. The Sound of Saawd ( ص ) Is “S”
15. The Sound of Daawd ( ض ) Is “D”
16. The Sound of Taw ( ط ) Is “T”
17. The Sound of Zaw ( ظ ) Is “Z”
18. The Sound of A’in ( ع ) Is “A”
19. The Sound of Ghawin ( غ ) Is “GH”
20. The Sound of Faa ( ف ) Is “F”
21. The Sound of Qaawf ( ق ) Is “Q”
22. The Sound of Kaaf ( ک ) Is “K”
23. The Sound of Laam ( ل ) Is “L”
24. The Sound of Meem ( م ) Is “M”
25. The Sound of Noon ( ن ) Is “N”
26. The Sound of Wow ( و ) Is “W”
27. The Sound of Haa ( ھ/ہ ) Is “H”
28. The Sound of Hamzah ( ء ) Is “H but silent”
29. The Sound of Yaa ( ی ) Is “Y”.

See the Foundation Book Part 01, Page Number 02 and Page Number 03 for Answer.

1) Draw, Practice and Recognize the Letter.

ت   ط   ث   س   ص   د   ض   ع

    ذ   ز   ظ   س   ش    ق   ک  ط 

    م    ر    غ    ف    ث   ک   ل 

            ء    ن   ہ    و    ا    

2) See The Foundation Book Part 01, Page Number 04. or Draw the Random  letter on Paint and Ask the Student. What it is?

Note:

If Student Can not Recognize the letter then Don’t tell him/her immediately. Wait and give him/her the Hint by telling the letter sound in English for that Arabic letter.

Question No 1. How many Forms or Positions that each letter has in Arabic writing.

Each letter has 4 Forms (which look very Similar to Each other).

1) When you write the letter by itself.

2) When it comes in the beginning of a word.

3) When it comes in the Middle of a Word.

4) When it comes at the end of a Word.

Extra Notes: 

1) Hamzah has different forms but is always pronounced in the same way.

2) To Master the Different Forms of joining will take some time and it is important to practice writing whilst learning the Arabic language to become familiar with the Script.

1) Almost all the letters in an Arabic Word are joined together like hand writing.

2) Some letter Can’t Join because of their Shape. and they are called Separate letters or Leading Letters. We’ll learn them as they come

Question 01. How Many Separate Letters?

There are Eight Separate Letters.

Question 02. What Are the Separate Letters or Leading Letters.

They are : Alif,  Daal,  Zaal,  Raa, Zai, Wow,  Hamzah and Round Ta.

ا  د  ذ  ر  ز  و  ء  ۃ

Question 03. Why do we Call Them Separate Letters or Leading Letters?

We call Them Separate or Leading letters because of Their Shapes. These letters can not join or connect with the next letter. They can join with the Previous letters or come separately. other letters can connect with them from their back but they don’t connect with any letter in front of them. Like a Train Engine. that Train Engine runs Separately or other train Boxes connect with the engine, but Engine never connects with any train box in front of it. so As the Engine Lead the Train Boxes. similarly the Separate letters lead the other letters or come separately but never connect with the next letter.

Harakaat Means Movements.

In English, we use Vowels ( a, e, I, o, u ). to make a  word from the Alphabets. 

In Arabic, Harakaat are basically Vowels.

There are Two Kind of Vowels in Arabic.

1) Short Vowels.

2) Long Vowels.

Short Vowels are known as “Harakaat”.

Long Vowels are known as “Long Harakaat or Madd”.

Question No 1. What Is Harakaat?

“Fathah”, Kasrah and Dummah Signs are called Harakaat.

Question 2: How do we read Harakaat?

We Read Harakaat Quickly and Shortly.

Question 3: How Does the “Fatha” Sign look Like?

“Fathah” Sign looks Like a “Horizontal Line” Over the Letter. 

Question 4: How Does the “Kasrah” Sign look Like?

“Kasrah” Sign looks Like a “Horizontal Line Like Fathah” but Under the Letter. 

Question 5: How Does the “Dummah” Sign look Like?

“Dummah” Sign looks Like a “Small Nine or Comma Sign” Over the letter. 

Question 6: What is the Sound of “Fathah” in English.

Fathah Makes the “A” Sound. Like in a word “Man”.

Question 7: What is the Sound of “Kasrah” in English.

Kasrah makes the “E or I” Sound. Like in a Word “Sit”

Question 8: What is The Sound of Dummah?

Dummah Makes the “O or U” Sound. Like in a Word “Push”

Note:

1) When Alif has any sign on it or underneath it then the Letter Alif Is Called “Hamzah”.

2) Hamzah is pronounced with the Silent “H” Sound when it comes with any vowels. Like an English word “Hour” or “Honest”.  Instead of Saying Hamzah Fathah “Ha” Say Hamzah Fathah “A” Not with “H” Sound.

3) The letter “Raa ر ” is pronounced with a heavy sound when There is Fathah or Dummah on it. and Light when There is a Kasrah underneath it.

Sukoon Means Stationary, No Movements or (Absence of Vowels). it is the opposite of Harakaat.

In English, The Word Fantastic has 3 Sukoon letter. The Letter “N” in Fan, The letter “S” in Tas, And the letter “C” in Tic. There are no Vowels Sound After them. 

In Arabic, Sukoon are basically The letter with No Vowels Sound at the End.

There are Three Kind/Shapes of Sukoon in Arabic.

Question No 01. How Does the Sukoon sign look like? or What are the Three Kind of Sukoon?

Sukoon has Three Shapes or Kinds.

Sukoon Sign looks like,

1) Circle

2) Crescent

3) Nothing 

Question 02: How do we read Sukoon Letter?

Sukoon letter is Always preceded by a letter before it. it always connects with a Harakah letter before it.

HAMZAH SUKOON:

Question 01: How do we read Hamzah Sukoon?

Hamzah Sukoon is Pronounced with a jerking Sound. or like a Shocking Sound or like a sound when Someone is getting hiccups.

QALQALAH:

Question 01: What is Qalqalah?

Qalqalah Means Echoing Sound. or Jerking Sound on a last letter.

Question 02: How Many Qalqalah letter?

There are Five Qalqalah letters.

Question 03: What are the Qalqalah letters?

Qaaf, Taaw, Baa, Jeem and Daal.

ق   ط   ب    ج    د

Question 04: When do We make the Qalqalah Sound.

When the Qalqalah letter has Sukoon on it then we make the Qalqalah Sound.

 NOON SUKOON AND MEEM SUKOON.

Question 01: What is Noon Sukoon and Meem Sukoon?

Noon Sukoon is a Noon with a Sukoon Sign on it and Meem Sukoon is a Meem with a Sukoon sign on it.

Question 02: What do we do on Sukoon and Meem Sukoon?

We do the Ghunnah in Noon Sukoon and Meem Sukoon Conditionally but will discuss the conditions in the advance level right now do the Exercise of reading Noon Sukoon and Meem Sukoon With Ghunnah.

Question 03: What is Ghunnah?

Ghunnah means Nasal Sound. or to Hide the Sound in the Nose for one second upto and Long it. like the word “Annnn”   or “Ammmm” not “an” or “am”.

 RAA SUKOON:

Question 01: How do we Read Raa Sukoon.

Raa Sukoon is Pronounced with the Heavy and Light Sound.

1) Raa Sukoon is Pronounced with the Heavy Sound when Raa Sukoon is preceded by the Fathah or Dummah letter. 

2) Raa Sukoon is Pronounced with the Light sound when it is preceded by the Kasrah letter.

Note:

1) Sukoon letter can’t make its sound alone. it always needs a Harakaat letter before it.

2) There are Two things everyone has to remember about Qalqalah. First thing is that it has to be a Qalqalah letter. Second thing is that there has to be a sukoon sign on it. then we make Qalqalah otherwise not. 

 The meaning of Madd is to Stretch or to make the Harakah Long.

A long Vowel is just a lengthened vowel sound. in English, We usually form long  vowels by using a Double Vowel, for example the word “Fool” and “Weep” etc.

Question 01: What is the Meaning of Madd?

Madd Means to make a long Sound.

Question 02: How Many Madd letters?

There are Three Madd letter. 

Alif Madd, Wow Madd, and Yaa Madd.

Question 03: What is Alif Madd?

Alif Madd is An Alif Sukoon Which is preceded by the Fathah letter.

Question 04: What is Wow Madd?

Wow Madd is Wow Sukoon Which is preceded by the Dummah Letter.

 Question 05: What is Yaa Madd?

Yaa Madd is Yaa Sukoon Which is preceded by the Kasrah letter.

Question 06: How do We read Madd letters?

We read the Madd letters Long for Two Seconds up to.

Note:

1) We stretch the Fathah Letter with Alif Sukoon, Dummah Letter with Wow Sukoon and Kasrah Letter With Yaa Sukoon. This is Why Madd letters are called Long Harakaat.

2) In Case a letter is written on top of another letter, the reader is supposed to read the one on top. 

ALIF MAQSURAH:

Question 01: What is Alif Maqsurah?

There are 4 things you have to know about Alif Maqsurah.

1) It is written like a  ی 

2) without two dots underneath it.

2) It is preceded by a Fathah letter.

3) It always comes at the end of a word.

If you will see this Four things then that “Yaa” is called Alif Maqsurah.

Question 02: How do We read Alif Maqsurah.

Alif Maqsurah is Pronounced like Alif Madd. It makes a long Sound. like Baa Fathah “Ba”, Alif Maqsurah “Baaa”.

Sometimes we see the Madd letters as Small Alif Sukoon, Smaal Wow Sukoon and Smaal Yaa Sukoon.

or in Indo-Pak Script it looks like a Vertical Fathah, Vertical Kasrah and Inverted Dummah Sign.

See them in the Quran for better understanding.

Question 01: What is Small Alif Madd?

Small Alif Madd is a Small Alif Sukoon Which is preceded by the Fathah letter like Alif Madd.

Question 02: What is Small Wow Madd?

Small Wow Madd is a Small Wow Sukoon Which is preceded by the Dummah letter.

Question 03: What is Small Yaa Madd?

Small Yaa Madd is a Small Yaa Sukoon Which is preceded b the Kasrah letter.

Questiono 04: How do we read Small Alif Madd, Small Wow Madd and Small Yaa Madd.

Small Alif Madd is prounounced like Alif Madd.

Small Wow Madd is pronounced like Wow Madd.

Small Yaa Madd is Pronounced like Yaa Madd.

Note: 

1) We Read the Small Madd letters like the Madd Letters. We Make them Long for Tow Seconds Up to.

INDO-PAK SCRIPT:

1) We see the Vertical Fathah in placed of Small Alif Madd.

2) We See the Vertical Kasrah in placed of Yaa Madd.

3) We see the Inverted Dummah in placed of Wow Madd.

There is only writing difference between Uthmani and Indo-Pak Script but the Reading method is same. we have to stretch them for up to two seconds long.

Tanween Means Two Fathah, Two Kasrah and Two Dummah on the Letter. They Sounds like an “N” Sound at the end like Noon Sukoon Sound. we Have to do Ghunnah in it Conditionally.

Question 01: What are Tanween?

Fathatain (Two Fathah), Kasratain (Two Kasrah), and Dummahtain (Two Dummah) Are Called Tanween.

Question 02: How do we read Tanween?

We Read Tanween With Ghunnah and Without Ghunnah.

but In Advance Tajweed you will know that

There are 4 rules of Tanween and Noon Sukoon. they are:

1) Ikhfaa (Ghunnah)

2) Izhaar (Without Ghunnah)

3) Iqlaab (to Convert)

4) Idghaam (to Mix or Merge)

But Right Now we will only Practice to Read Tanween with Ghunnah or Ikhfaa.

Question 03: What is Ghunnah?

Ghunnah Means Nasal Sound. or tow Seconds long Sound from the Nose like instead of saying “An” say “Annnn” this is called basically Ghunnah.

Question 04: What is the Sound of Fathatain in English?

Fathatain Makes “An” Sound but with Ghunnah it makes “Annnn” Sound.

Question 05: What is the Sound of Kasratain in English?

Kasratain Makes “en” Sound but with Ghunnah it makes “ennnn” Sound.

Question 06: What is the Sound of Dummatain in English?

Dummatain Makes “un” Sound but with Ghunnah it makes “unnnn” Sound.

Note:

1) Tanween and Noon Sukoon Are Same in Sound they Both Make the Same sound like Baa Fathatain “Bannnn” or Baa Fatha “Ba” Noon Sukoon “Bannnn”. same with Kasratain and Noon Sukoon with Kasrah and Dummatain and Noon Sukoon with Dummah.

i) Fathatain = Fathah letter + Noon Sukoon

ii) Kasratain = Kasrah Letter + Noon Sukoon

iii) Dummatain = Dummah letter + Noon Sukoon.

2) Tanween and Noon Sukoon have 4 Rules. will discuss them in advance level. right now read both of them with Ghunnah if the letter after them is not from the Stopper letters.

Stopper letters are six, They are:

Hamzah, Haa, Ain, H’aa, Ghawin, Khaw, Laam and Raa.

ء   ھ    ع    ح   غ    خ   ل   ر

If it is hard to memorize it right now just forget it. remember that we have to read the Tanween and Noon Sukoon with Ghunnah.

3) An Alif Sukoon is Written with Fathatain but we do not Pronounce it.

Leen means to pronounce the Wow and Yaa Sukoon Quickly and Softly when they preceded by The Fathah Letter.

There are 2 letters of Leen, These are: Wow Leen and Yaa Leen.

Question 01: What is the Meaning of Leen?

Leen Means to make Soft.

Question 02: How Many Leen letters in Arabic and What are They?

There are two Leen Letters. Wow Leen and Yaa Leen.

Question 03: What is Wow Leen?

Wow Leen is a Wow Sukoon Which is Preceded By the Fathah Letter.

Question 04: What is Yaa Leen?

Yaa Leen is a Yaa Sukoon Which is Preceded by the Fathah Letter.

Question 05: How do we read the Leen letters?

We read the Leen Letters Quickly and Softly.

Note:

1) Both Leen letters Wow Leen and Yaa Leen are preceded by the Fathah letter. There is no Alif Sukoon in Leen Letters. Alif Sukoon Comes in Madd Letters only.

2) Wow Sukoon is Preceded By the Dummah letter so Wow Sukoon is Called Wow Madd and When Wow Sukoon is Preceded By the Fathah Letter so Wow Sukoon is Called Wow Leen. Wow Sukoon is Never Preceded by the Kasrah letter.

3) Yaa Sukoon is Preceded By the Kasrah letter so Yaa Sukoon is Called Yaa Madd and When Yaa Sukoon is Preceded By the Fathah Letter so Yaa Sukoon is Called Yaa Leen. Yaa Sukoon is Never Preceded by the Dummah letter.

Shaddah Means Doubling. A small “w” Sign is Called Shaddah. We have to read the Shaddah letter two times. First time it has to connect with the previous letter like Sukoon and second time the Shaddah letter has to read with a sign which comes with it. and we read the Shaddah Sign hard and by taking a Slight Stop.

Question 01: How does the Shaddha Sign Look like?

Shaddah Sign Look like a Small “w” Shape.

Question 02: How do we read Shaddah Letter?

We Read Shaddah Letter two times, the first time it connects with the previous letter like Sukoon, and the Second time Shaddah letter will be pronounced with the Sign that Comes with Shaddah.

Question 03: How do we Pronounce the Shaddah Sign?

it takes a little pause on it when it connects with the previous letter. and freezes the letter sound for a while.

NOON SHADDAH AND MEEM SHADDAH:

Question 01: How Do we Read Noon Shaddah and Meem Shaddah.

We read Noon Shaddah and Meem Shaddah with a Ghunnah Sound. Ghunnah means Nasal Sound. So Noon shaddah and Meem Shaddah will be long for up to two seconds from the nose sound.

RAA SHADDAH: 

Question 01: How do we read Raa Shaddah?

If Raa Shaddah has a Fathah or Dammah on it then Raa Shaddah will be pronounced with a heavy sound.

If Raa Shaddah has a Kasrah underneath it then it is pronounced with the light sound.

Note: 

1) We do not pronounce the Sukoon letter if the letter After it has a Shaddah on it.

2) if the first word ends at any Madd letter and the second word is starting with Shaddah then The Madd letters should not be pronounced.

3) We have to do the Madd Laazim (compulsory Madd) if we see the Shaddah letter after Madd letters in the Same word.

If the Word Allah and Allahummah is preceded by the Fathah or Dummah letter then the “Laam” in the Word of Allah and Allahummah is pronounced with a Heavy Sound.

If the Word of Allah and Allahumma is Preceded by the Kasrah letter then the “Laam” in the Word Allah and Allahummah is pronounced with a light sound.

Question 01: When do we pronounce the Laam with a Heavy sound in the Word of Allah and Allahumma?

Laam is a Light letter but If the Word Allah and Allahumma are preceded by the Fathah or Dummah letter then the “Laam” in the Word of Allah and Allahumma is pronounced with a Heavy Sound.

Question 02: When do we pronounce the Lam in the Word of Allah and Allahumma with a light Sound?

 If the Word of Allah and Allahumma is Preceded by the Kasrah letter then the “Laam” in the Word Allah and Allahummah is pronounced with a light sound.

Note: 

1) A Fathah on Laam in the word of Allah and Allahumma is pronounced like a Long Fathah sound or like an Alif Madd Sound.

2) The Letter “Laam” is Always pronounced with A light sound in the Quran except in the word of Allah and Allahumma if they are preceded by the Fathah or Dammah letter.

iAn Empty Alif in the beginning of a word. or Alif with a Small Saawd Symbol on it is called Hamzatul Wasl. 

The Laam after Hamzatul Wasl is Called Laam At-Ta’areef.

 See Hamzatul Wasl and Laam At-Tareef in the Quran.

Sometimes we read them and sometimes we skip them.

We read Hamzatul Wasl in the Beginning of a Word. and We Skip it when it comes in the middle of two words. see the examples of it in the Quran.

We Read Laam At-Ta’areef when the letter after laam at-tareef does not have a Shaddah sign on it. and we skip it when the letter after Laam At-Ta’areff has a Shaddah on it. see the examples of it in the Quran.

HAMZATUL WASL:

Question 01: What is Hamzatul Wasl?

An Empty Alif in the beginning of a word. or Alif with a Small Saawd Symbol on it is called Hamzatul Wasl. 

Question 02: When do we read Hamzatul wasl in the Quran?

We read Hamzatul Wasl in the Quran when it comes in the Beginning of a Word or When we start any word from it.

Question 03: When do we skip Hamzatul wasl in the Quran?

We Skip Hamzatul Wasl when it comes in the middle of two words.

Question 04: How do we read Hamzatul Wasl?

1) We always read Hamzatul wasl with A Fathah sign on it if it comes with Laam At-Tareef.

2) If it comes without Laam At-Tareef then you have to see the Third letter if the Third letter has Fathah or Kasrah on it then Hamzatul Wasl is pronounced with a Kasrah sign.

3) If The third letter has a dummah on it then Hamzatul wasl is pronounced with a Dummah sign on it.

LAAM AT-TA’AREEF:

Question 01: What is Laam At-Ta’areef?

The Laam after Hamzatul Wasl is Called Laam At-Ta’areef.

Question 02:  When do we read Laam At-Ta’areef?

We Read Laam At-Ta’areef if the letter after laam at-tareef does not have a Shaddah sign on it.

Question 03: When do we Skip Laam At-Ta’areef?

We skip Laam At-Ta’areef if the letter after Laam At-Ta’areef has a Shaddah sign on it.

Question 04: How do we read Laam At-Ta’areef?

Laam At-Ta’areef is pronounced with a sukoon sign on it. it means That Laam At-Tareef connects with the previous letter.

Note: 

1) If Hamzatul Wasl is preceded by a Madd letter, the Letter preceding the Madd letter will be directly connected to the letter that Follows Hamzatul Wasl. for example :

اِھْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ

A Small Circle, Meem, Taw and Jeem are the symbol to stop.

The Number Shown inside the circle is the Number of the Current Verse/Ayah. 

See them in the Quran.

There are Three Main Rules to Stop Arabic words.

1) General Rule:

When stopping a word, Whatever Sign is on the last letter of the word, will change into a Sukoon sign.

اَعْبُدُ   –  اَعْبُدْ

2) Round Taa / Taa Marbootah:

When stopping a word, If The Last letter is Round Taa in any word then Round Taa is Changed to a Haa Sukoon. 

Round taa will Change into a Haa and the Sign Comes on the Round Taa will change into a Sukoon. This is why we read Round taa as Haa Sukoon when stopping.

 رَحْمَۃً    –   رَحْمَہْ

3) Stopping at Fathatain (Two Fathah).

When Stopping a word, If the Last letter in a word has Fathatain (Two Fathah) then Fathatain will change into a Fathah and Alif Madd at the end. 

When we stop at Fathatain then it will be pronounced as long Fathah or Fathah with Alif Madd this is why we will stretch the last letter sound when stopping at Fathatain.

اَبَدًا   –   اَبَدَا

Question 01: How do we Stop at any word in Arabic?

When stopping a word, Whatever Sign is on the last letter of the word, will change into a Sukoon sign.

Question 02: How do we Stop at Round Taa?

When stopping a word, If The Last letter is Round Taa in any word then Round Taa is Changed to a Haa Sukoon. 

Question 03: How do we stop at Fathatain?

When Stopping a word, If the Last letter in a word has Fathatain (Two Fathah) then Fathatain will change into a Fathah and Alif Madd at the end. 

Note:

1) When stopping a word, If the Last letter of a word has Sukoon Sign, Madd letters, or Leen letters then they will be pronounced as same as they are. no changes will be there.

2) A small Circle, Small Meem, Small Taw and Small Jeem are the symbol of Stop.

3) Do not stop at لا or at any symbol except those I have mentioned above.

4) If You are stopping at any word without the Symbol of stops that I have mentioned above then you have to repeat the last word or a few previous words again in order to connect the Verse/Aayah.

1) Practice reading the Short Verses of the Quran First to understand how to read the Arabic Script.

2) Practice reading the Last 10 surahs of the Quran with Spelling and Sound. and much better to have an expert tutor while practicing them because it is Foundation and if you start reading it wrong then it won’t be easy to correct the pronunciation. so be careful while building the foundation of reading.

3) Keep in Mind That Practice, Practice and Practice because Practice makes us perfect.

4) If you have to read a word more than 100 times then read it because you will get a reward each time you will try to read the Quranic Words. so do not think is not coming but think that you need to do more practice and by that, you will get more reward in sha Allah.

5) Try to Memorize the Last 10 surahs of the Quran with an expert tutor. it can make your Whole Quran Recitation better. by that, at least you will know how to read the rest of the Quran properly.

6) Start doing practice with Suratul Fatiha, Other Salah Stuff, and Duas.

What did you Learn from this Series?

What will be the Next?

This Questions and Answers Series is written for beginners who are starting to read the Holy Quran first time via its Arabic Uthmani Script. it is step by step basic level guide and I will suggest Hiring an expert tutor to learn the basics.

After Completing this Series, the learner can join the Tajweed Rules Series to learn the Rules of Quran Recitation.

May Allah Teach us that which benefits us and may he benefits us with what he taught us.

Aameen….!

There is a Trick Called Scoring/Balancing while reading the Quran for Beginners or for those who learned it before but forgot it or can’t read the Quran Fluently. Follow this trick for some days, and you’ll be fluent in reading in sha Allah.

SCORE:

There are two kinds of Score you have to suppose while reading the Arabic script.

Half Second and One Second. 

Half a Second is a sound where you won’t be stopping however one second is a sound where you will stop.

If you are a beginner, Then you take time to figure out the Sounds because it is always hard to read together for beginners. Stop at one second and do not stop at half-second sounds.

To understand the basics of reading Arabic script, you should first understand what is half-second and one-second sounds.
You can make a stop at one second if you need.
It’s time to know the score trick. 

As you learned the basics, Now you know there are 11 basic signs that we have learned before.

1) Fathah (Zabar)

2) Kasrah (Zair)

3) Dummah (Paish)

4) Fathatain (Two Zabar)

5) Kasratain (Two Zair)

6) Dummatain (Two Paish)

7) Long Fathah Sign (Long Zabar)

8) Long Kasrah Sign (Long Zair)

9) Long Dummah Sign (Long Paish)

10) Sukoon (Jazm)

11) Shaddah (Tashdeed) 

If you know 11 signs and how to read them in a word. Now the thing that you have to know is What Signs are known as Half-seconds and what one-second.

Question 01: How Many Types of Scores in the Quran?
There are Two Types of Scores in the Quran. Half-second and One-Second.

Question 02: What Signs are Half-Second?
Fathah, Kasrah, and Dummah are Half Second if they do not join with the Next letter sound.

Question 03: What Signs are One-Second?
1) Fathah, Kasrah, and Dummah are Called One Second if they Join with the Next letter sound.

2) The Rest of the signs Like (Fathatain, Kasratain, Dummatain, Long Fathah, Long Kasrah, Long Dummah, Sukoon, and Shaddah) are called one Second.

NOTE. Keep in Mind that everything is supposed to be one Second, Including Fathah, Kasrah, and Dummah. But if Fathah Kasrah and Dummah come without connecting their sound with another letter. They are called half a second.

Do you know What is Half-Second and What is One-Second sounds in the Quran?

Now the next thing is that you have to make the part by following the trick of one second and Half Seconds.

MAKE PARTS:

Open any Arabic script that you are familiar with it. Use a pencil to make the parts. What do you have to do?

You have to make the stop signs after every one Second Sound.
Make the Parts in one sentence, in a row or two. Read them by stopping at the signs. It will help you to understand each sound properly. And you can get the time to figure them out.

READ IN PARTS:

After Making the Parts on any Arabic Script, you should start reading it but remember you will stop at every one-second sound where you have made the stop marks. And do not stop at the sounds where you didn’t make the stop Marks.
First, read by making one-by-one Parts.
When you feel that you understand the parts, Try to read two parts together. Then three. Try to read the whole Aayah together by keeping the Parts in your mind.

Don’t get rushed into it. Be patient and focus on reading without making mistakes than reading together at this stage.

When You are reading two parts together, read one first, then the other, and repeat. Then when you are confident in your ability, read both or All together.

Feel Free to contact me if you do not understand that trick. It helped a lot of people to read the Quran fluently in an easy way. Next is you. You can read the Quran Fluently by following the Half second and one-second trick in Sha Allah.