


As with above, the Quranic scripture does this for us. We take this rule for granted, because the Quranic scripture does this for us already, we see it all the time and probably don’t even know about it.Ĭircumstance 2: If the hamzatul wa sl is preceded by the pluralising silent waaw that is preceded by a fat-ha, or if the hamzatul wa sl is preceded by the pluralising silent meem, then the meem/waaw are voweled with a dammah. When a hamzatul wa sl is preceded by a sukoon, a reciter has three options, based on the circumstance.Ĭircumstance 1: If the hamzatul wa sl is preceded by the word min (مِنْ), then the silent noon is voweled with a fat- ha. Note the first and last examples are also madd al-laazim kalimee muthaqqal, whereas the 2nd example is the madd al-laazim kalimee mukhaffaf. Just a side note, this questioning hamzah not only affects the hamzatul wa sl, but it also acts upon the same concept of the madd badal tajweed rule.

With the questioning hamzah, it is now pronounced as, Note, that when this occurs, it is called Al-Madd Al-Farq. This does not change whether the laam in the original “Al-” is merged or pronounced based on whether it’s a laam shamseeyah or qamareeyah. If the questioning hamzah enters a word that starts with a hamzatul wa sl of type participle, the hamzatul wa sl is dropped and swapped for an alif. The type of hamzatul wa sl is the definite article, in Arabic, the definite article is called the laam ta ‘reef, which is read and written as “Al-” before a word. Participle : refers to that word which starts off with a hamzatul wa sl. Questioning hamzah: is that hamzah which turns a statement into a question, in the form of “a”, i.e. Ultimately, there are two categories for this post. Just before I begin, I want to point out that some of these rules are heavily based on the Arabic grammar (which I won’t cover), or they relate to another tajweed rule I have not yet posted. Many take these notes for granted, others don’t even know them. I’ve put together a few extra notes about hamzatul wasl that are worth remembering and noting. NOTE: if you are new to the website, please click here for a brief guide.
