Tajweed
What are the short and long vowels?
short vowels: كسرة, ضمة, فتحة ــَــ ــــُــ ـــِــ
long vowels: الف, واو, ياء (ا, و, ي)
Recite two verses of Surat Al-Shams
Any two verses
Name two things God swore by in Surat Al-Shams.
Any two work...
Name two things God swore by in the Sura?
By the dawn,1
and the ten nights,1
and the even and the odd,
and the night when it passes!
What does: الواقعة mean?
Inevitable Event
The day of Qiyamah
What should be the vowel be on the preceding letter so that the words (الله, اللهم) would be pronounced with thin "lam" instead of thick "lam"
kasra, "كسرة"
Recite three verses of Surat Al-Waqi'ah
any three verses
How many verses does Surat Al-Shams have?
15
What does the following verse mean:
ٱلَّذِينَ طَغَوْا۟ فِى ٱلْبِلَـٰدِ ١١
They all transgressed throughout the land,
What does: خَافِضَةٌۭ رَّافِعَةٌ mean?
It will debase ˹some˺ and elevate ˹others˺.1
What is a sun letter? How does it affect the definite particle?
It is a letter that has points of articulation that are very close to those of the "lam". When it comes after the definite particly, the "lam" is dropped and not pronounced: الشمس
Recite five versus of Surat Al-Fajr
any five verses
What was the wrong doing of "Thamud"?
to kill the she-camel
What is the city of the people of Aad?
Iram
˹the people˺ of Iram—with ˹their˺ great stature,
What does this verse mean:
إِذَا رُجَّتِ ٱلْأَرْضُ رَجًّۭا ٤
When the earth will be violently shaken,
In which of the rules of "nun sakina / tanwin" do express the "nun" clearly as is without merging it with the next letter: Izhar, Idgham, Ikhfa'?
Izhar: it is when the "nun sakina" is followed by a throat letter which has points of articulation far enough from those of the nun.
(نۡ) or aligned vowels of tanwin
ــًـــ ـــٌـــ ـــٍــ
What comes after the following verse in Surat Al-Shams:
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا ٩
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا ١٠
How many things did God swear by in Surat Al-Shams?
11 things
What are the three examples of corrupt people given in the Sura?
Thamud, Aad, Pharaoh
How do we recite this verse:
فَكَانَتْ هَبَآءًۭ مُّنۢبَثًّۭا
Idgham then Iqlab
Name at least three of the six letters that require idgham when following "nun sakina" or tanwin.
ي, ر, م, ل, و, ن
يرملون :hey are the letters of the word
Fill in the blanks for the two verses of Surat Al-Fajr:
فَأَمَّا ----- إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ ----- وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ ------(15)
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ ---- عَلَيْهِ ---- فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ ----(16)
رِزْقَهُۥ | ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ | فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ | أَكْرَمَنِ | أَهَـٰنَنِ
فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ رَبُّهُۥ فَأَكْرَمَهُۥ وَنَعَّمَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَكْرَمَنِ ١٥
وَأَمَّآ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ فَقَدَرَ عَلَيْهِ رِزْقَهُۥ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّىٓ أَهَـٰنَنِ ١٦
What does the statement that God swore about mean:
قَدْ أَفْلَحَ مَن زَكَّىٰهَا ٩
وَقَدْ خَابَ مَن دَسَّىٰهَا ١٠
- Successful indeed is the one who purifies their soul,
- and doomed is the one who corrupts it!
What are the two kinds of tests God spoke about in Surat al-Fajr:
فَأَمَّا ٱلْإِنسَـٰنُ إِذَا مَا ٱبْتَلَىٰهُ
- tested through ˹His˺ generosity and blessings
- tested by limiting provisions
What are the three groups God talked about in the Hereafter?
- the people of the right, how ˹blessed˺ will they be;
- the people of the left, how ˹miserable˺ will they be;
- and the foremost ˹in faith˺ will be the foremost ˹in Paradise˺.