🎙️ Tajweed: recite beautifully · Step 9 of 11
Madd: stretching the sound
The madd letters are stretched for two counts, and longer when a hamzah or a sukoon comes after them.
The main kinds
| Madd | When | Length |
|---|---|---|
Natural (tabee'i) | A madd letter with no hamzah or sukoon after it | 2 counts |
Joined (muttasil) | A hamzah after it in the same word | 4 or 5 counts |
Separated (munfasil) | A hamzah at the start of the next word | 4 or 5 counts (2 is also read) |
Necessary (lazim) | A sukoon or shaddah after it, always | 6 counts |
Because of stopping ('arid lis-sukoon) | Stopping on a word after a madd letter | 2, 4 or 6 counts |
Listen
Natural madd: two counts.
Joined madd: hamzah in the same word.
Separated madd: hamzah at the start of the next word.
Necessary madd: a shaddah after the madd letter, six counts.
When you stop here, the madd before the last letter may be 2, 4 or 6 counts.
✅ Check yourself
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How long is the necessary madd (madd lazim)?
- 2
- 4
- 6
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Six counts.
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What is the difference between madd muttasil and munfasil?
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In muttasil the hamzah is in the same word; in munfasil it starts the next word.