Qurrahقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلنَّاسِ ١
Natural Madd for kids (المد الطبيعي) 〰️
Natural Madd: we stretch the letter for two counts
There are three Madd letters: alif after a fathah, waw with a sukun after a dammah, and ya with a sukun after a kasrah. We stretch them for two counts, like ﴿ٱلنَّاسِ﴾, ﴿أَعُوذُ﴾ and ﴿دِينِ﴾.
اوي
Alif, waw and ya.
Try the Natural Madd station with your childExamples of Natural Madd from the short surahs
قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ ٱلنَّاسِ ١
لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ ٣
لَكُمْ دِينُكُمْ وَلِىَ دِينِ ٦
بِسْمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ١
مَـٰلِكِ يَوْمِ ٱلدِّينِ ٤
Questions and answers about Natural Madd
- What are the Madd letters?
- Alif, waw and ya.
- How long do we stretch the Natural Madd?
- Two counts.
- When is waw a Madd letter?
- When it has a sukun and a dammah comes before it, like ﴿أَعُوذُ﴾.
A short video about Natural Madd
The video is in Arabic.
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