Tajweed 9: The Rules of Laam

1. When a letter with Fatha or Dhamma appears before the word Allah, both the Laams in the word Allah will be pronounced with a full mouth.
examples:
أرَادَ الله رَفَعَهُ الله

2. If before the word Allah a letter with a Kasra appears, then both the Laams in Allah are pronounced with an empty mouth.
examples:
بِسْمِ الله بِالله

Tajweed 10: The rules of waqf (stopping)

1. If there be a Harakat or Tanween of Kasra or Dhamma on the last letter of a word before stop, that letter is made a Saakin.
يَعْلَمُوْن يَعْاَمُوْن
And if it he a Tanween of Fatha then the last word is pronounced an Alif.
اَفْوَ اجا اَفْوَ اجاً
If the last letter be a round Taa ( ة)
when stopping it is read as Haa (ه )

2. A waqf is only correct if breath is taken before reading the following word. To read the last letter as Saakin and not to renew the breath is incorrect.

Tajweed 11: THE RULES OF MADD

The Mudood (Lengthenings) Part 1
Its linguistic definition: Extra
Its applied definition: Lengthening of the sound with a letter of the madd letters.
The madd letters are in the following three cases:
1. The alif is always in this state, which is an alif saakinah, preceded by a fathah:
2. The ي saakinah preceded by a kasrah
3. The و saakinah preceded by a dhammah:
All three of these madd letters appear in one word in the following examples

اوذينا نوحيها اوتيها
The leen letters
*The و saakinah preceded by a fat-hah, such as: او
* The ي sakinah preceded by a fat-hah), such as: شيء

The madd is divided into two groups:
1. (The Original Madd) المد الاصلي
2. (The Secondary Madd) المد الفرعي
The Natural Lengthening المد الطبيعي
Its definition: It is the medd (lengthening) that without which the letter cannot exist (the timing), and it does not stop due to a hamzah or a sukoon.
Its indications: There should not be a hamzah before it, and there should not be a hamzah or sukoon after it.
It is named original because it is the origin of all mudood (lengthenings). It is called natural because the person with a natural measure will not increase its measure nor decrease it.
Its timing: It is lengthened two vowel counts.
The timing of each count depends on the speed of the reciter. Each vowel should be equal in count to the other, and the mudood of two, four, five, and six counts should be equal to that many vowels.
Examples of (the natural lengthening ): كما معدودات

In all these three words, have a natural madd with different madd letters and will have the timing of two vowel counts. A note, the word has a natural madd as long as we do not stop on the word. As stated before in the indications of the natural madd there cannot be a sukoon after the madd letter. If we were to stop on this word, the letter would acquire a presented sukoon, and the madd would no longer be considered a natural madd, but would be a different kind of madd, Included in المد الطبيعي is the group of letters " حي طهر ", which are letters that start some surahs of the Qur’an. If any one of these letters is at the beginning of a surah, the letter is read with two vowel counts. An example of this would be: طه . Another example is in the letters and pronounced as in the opening verse of surah Maryam: كهيعص .

(from the website abouttajweed)

Tajweed 12: THE RULES OF MADD (2)

There are four types of madd e Fara`i
1. Madd e Muttasil
2. Madd e Munfasil
3. Madd e Laazim
4. Maad e Aaridh

Madd E Muttasil :
If after Huroofe Madd there appears a Hamza in the same word, the Madd is known as Madd Muttasil. Duration 4 or 5 counts
Examples: جاءَ جْيِىءَ سُوْءَ

Madd E Munfasil :
If after Huroofe Madd there appears a Hamza in the following word, that Madd is known as Madd e Munfasil (Separate Madd) The duration of this Madd is 4 or5 counts.
Examples:في اَنْفْسِكُمْ مَا اَنْزَ لْنَا

Madd E Laazim: مدِّ لا زم
If after Huroofe Madd there appears such a Saakin which cannot be separated from the letter of Madd it is known as Madd e Laazim. Duration 6 counts.

Madd E Aaridh: مدّعارض
If after Huroofe Madd there appears a Saakin which is caused by a Waqf (stop), then such a Madd is known as Madd e Aaridh. Duration is 2 , 4 or 6 counts.
Example: رَحِيْم َتَعلمُوْن


Madde Leen :
If after a letter of Leen there is a Saakin letter due to a stop (waqf) then Madd is permitted. The duration of this Madd is 2 ,4 or 6 counts .
Examples: وَالصيف مِنْ خَوْف

Tajweed 13: The Rules Of The Letter Raa

1. A Raa with Fatha or Dhamma on it should be pronounced with a full mouth.كافرون click here to listen to practice

2. A Raa with Kasra under it should be pronounced with an empty mouth.ريحا click here to practice

3. When there is a Fatha or Dhamma before Raa Saakin the letter Raa will be pronounced with a full mouthالقران click here to hear it

4. If there be a Kasra before Raa Saakin the Raa will be read with an empty mouthمرصادا click here

5. When there is a Yaa Saakin before Raa Mawquf (A Raa on which one decides to stop) the Raa will be said with an empty mouth.

Tajweed 14: Al QALB

If after noon Saakin or Tanween there is the letter Baa( ب) then the Noon Sakkin or Tanween will be changed into the letter Meem ( م) and recited with Ghunna. This changing of (نَ) into (م) is called QALB.
Examples:
أن بورك أنبئوني عليم بذات الصدور

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Let 's get ready for the practical arabic language activity

This is the coversation you should learn to be able to talk in Arabic language when we go shopping:

• marhaban
• ahlan
• kayfa halok (i)?
• bekhayr alhamdo lillah wa ant?
• bekhayr alhamdo lillah
• kami ddajaj ? (how much is the chicken?)
  
• 6 dollarat
• kami lbatatis? (how much are potatoes?)
  
• 4 dollarat
• alhissab min fadlik? (the total please?)
  
• 10 dollarat
• shokran
• afwan
• ila lliqaa
  
• maa ssalamah

ARABIC LANGUAGE (4)

(Number of native speakers)
1.	Mandarin Chinese	836,000,000
2.	Hindi	333,000,000
3.	Spanish	332,000,000
4.	English	322,000,000
5.	Bengali	189,000,000
6.	Arabic	186,000,000
7.	Russian	170,000,000
8.	Portuguese	170,000,000
9.	Japanese	125,000,000
10.	German	98,000,000
11.	French	72,000,000
12.	Malay	50,000,000

the word of today:

• [ila lliqaa] see you الى اللقاء
  
• [maa ssalaamah] good bye مع السلامة
  

LET'S LEARN SOME WORDS IN ARABIC

[TUF'AAHATUN]

Arabic Language History (2)

The Arabic language

Arabic is a Semitic language with about 221 million speakers in Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Chad, Cyprus, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Lebannon, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Oman, Palestinian West Bank & Gaza, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Tunisia, Turkey, UAE, Uzbekistan and Yemen.

There are over 30 different varieties of colloquial Arabic which include:

• Egyptian - spoken by about 46 million people in Egypt and perhaps the most widely understood variety, thanks to the popularity of Egyptian-made films and TV shows


• Algerian - spoken by about 22 million people in Algeria


• Moroccan/Maghrebi - spoken in Morocco by about 19.5 million people


• Sudanese - spoken in Sudan by about 19 million people


• Saidi - spoken by about 19 million people in Egpyt


• North Levantine - spoken in Lebannon and Syria by about 15 million people


• Mesopotamian - spoken by about 14 million people in Iraq, Iran and Syria


• Najdi - spoken in Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Jordan and Syria by about 10 million people

source: www.omniglot.com/writing/arabic.htm

Questions:

1. List some varieties of colloquial Arabic?


2. remember as many as you can of the countries where arabic is spoken?
   

the word of today:

• [ayna anti/anta?]where are you?اين انت؟

• [ana fi lbayt]I m at home.انا في البيت

the word of today:

• [kayfa hallok?]meaning how are you?كيف حالك
  

• the answer would be:[bekhayr alhamdo lillah] meaning I m fine thanks to Allahبخير الحمد لله

the word of today:
[tasharrafnaa]meaning :nice to meet you تشرفنا

the word of today:
[maa ismoki?] what is your name? ما اسمك؟
my name is hajiba[ismii hajiba]اسمي حجيبة

The word of today is :
مرحبا [marhaban] meaning hello ;the answer of hello is اهلا [ahlan]

Arabic Language History

Arabic Language History

The language of Allah and Muhammad is spoken by over 200 million people in 28 countries from Africa to the Middle East. Muslims in the world revere Arabic as the language of the Holy Qur'an. The Holy Qur'an has preserved Arabic in its purest form in the eyes of Muslims, describing itself as a "clear Arabic book". Modern Standard Arabic (MSA) is the official language throughout the Arab world, and, in its written form, it is relatively consistent across national boundaries.

MSA is used in official documents, in educational settings, and for communication between Arabs of different nationalities. However, the spoken forms of Arabic vary widely, and each Arab country has its own dialect. Dialects are spoken in most informal settings, such as at home, with friends, or while shopping. Of all spoken dialects, Egyptian Arabic is the most widely understood, due primarily to Egypt's role as the major producer of movies and TV programmes in the Arab world.

Being one of the quirkiest in the world, the actual script reads from right to left with an alphabet containing 28 consonants. There are various types of Arabic script, some more intricate than others. The best known are "Kufic" and "Thuluth". Arabic script has been used for decorative purposes all over the Muslim world in mosques, houses and other buildings. This is possible as the writing flows in a beautiful stylised fashion.

Today, words of Arabic origin can be found in some European languages such as Portuguese and Spanish, due to periods of Arab reign in those countries. English words of Arabic origin include "zero", "algebra", "alcohol", "mosque", "tariff", "alcove", "magazine", "elixir", "sultan" and "cotton".

Questions:
1-How many poeple speak Arabic in the world?
2-What is the spoken form of arabic in informal settings?
3-what is MSA?