Sifaat
This is the linguistic definition of Sifah, meaning an attribute that describes something.
quality or characteristic (such as color)?
The number of opposite sifaat pairs in the permanent characteristics.
What is 5 pairs (10 total opposite sifaat)?
These sifaat are only applicable in certain situations for a reason, unlike permanent characteristics.
What are Temporary Sifaat (Temporary Characteristics)?
The total number of permanent characteristics that have no opposites.
What is 7?
This characteristic means 'to spread around' and is found only in the letter ش.
What is At-Tafashshii?
The total number of permanent characteristics that Arabic letters can have.
17
This characteristic means 'whispering' and involves the continuation of breath when pronouncing 10 specific letters.
What is Al-Hams?
Examples of temporary qualities include these Tajweed rules.
What are Idgham, Iqlab, Ikhfaa, and Madd?
This characteristic means 'to echo' and creates a slight vibration in the makhraj, found in 5 letters: قُطُبْ جَدْ
What is Al-Qalqalah?
The minimum number of sifaat that each Arabic letter must have.
What is 5?
These characteristics help differentiate between letters that share the same makhraj, like ت and د.
Sifaat (characteristics/qualities)?
These 8 letters possess the characteristic of Ash-Shiddah (strength): أَجِدْ قَطْ بَكَتْ
What are the letters where sound is discontinued, causing strong reliance on the makhraj?
When the letter Raa has this harakat, it will be read light instead of bold.
What is Kasrah?
This quality means 'repetition' and causes the tongue to trill, found only in the letter ر.
What is At-Takreer?
This characteristic of 'ease' is found in Waaw Sakinah or Yaa Sakinah when this harakat precedes them.
What is Fathah (making them Leen letters)?
The two main types of characteristics that letters can possess.
What are Permanent Characteristics and Temporary Characteristics?
This characteristic means 'elevation' and involves raising the back of the tongue toward the roof of the mouth, found in the letters: خُصَّ ضَغْطٍ قِظْ
What is Al-Isti'laa?
This is the key difference between permanent and temporary characteristics.
What is that temporary qualities are present on and off in letters and only appear in certain situations, while permanent qualities are always present?
These three letters possess the whistling characteristic called As-Safeer.
What are ز، س، ص?
Al-Istitaalah (prolongation) is the elongation of sound throughout the makhraj from beginning to end, found only in this letter.
What is ض?
This is why learning Sifaat is important in addition to learning Makhaarij.
What is to know the characteristics of letters to produce correct sounds, differentiate between letters with the same makhraj, and understand which letters are strong or weak?
These 5 letters have the quality of At-Tawassut (moderation), falling between strength and softness: لِنْ عُمَرْ
What are the letters where sound is partially continued and partially discontinued?
When Raa has fathah or dammah, it exhibits this temporary quality.
What is Tafkheem (heaviness/bold pronunciation)?
These are the three levels of Qalqalah strength in order from strongest to weakest.
What are: (1) making waqf on a mushaddad qalqalah letter, (2) making waqf on a sakin qalqalah letter, (3) a sakin qalqalah letter in the middle of a word?
Among the letters of Al-Istifaal, these three letters can sometimes be heavy or light depending on their harakat.
What are ر (Raa), ل (Laam), and ا (Alif)?