Miscellaneous
Heavy & Light
Explain it!
Who am I?
Find the Rule!
100


What is the main difference between nuun saakin and tanween?



- tanween is a nuun saakin that is only pronounced and not written!

100

What word (in arabic) refers to the characteristic of lightness which some letters have?

Tarqeeq

100

Nuun Saakin

This refers to the letter ن when it has sukoon

100


I am a letter that is usually muraqqaq; except for a few cases when I am found in the name of Allah.


I am ل

100

Find Qalqalah sughra (lowest level) - pronounce it correctly


من قبل

200

How many Nuun saakin rules are there? 

Which did we learn?

4 rules; we learned about izhaar halqi

200

How do you make a letter heavy in arabic? What is this called in Arabic?

Isti'laa or isti'aala: when you raise the BACK of your tongue to the roof of your mouth

200

The mouth positions for each of the harakaat!

Fatha: open your mouth (vertically)

Kasra: lower your jaw!

Dhamma: encircle your lips completely (with some space)

200


I am a characteristic which only 5 letters in Arabic have, and only when they have sukoon! When I am present, make sure to bounce!!


I am Qalqalah!

200

Find an example of madd Ewad - pronounce it correctly


many examples!

300

What are the 3 letters of madd? Mention each with its partner from the harakaat!

Alif when fatha comes before it; waaw when dhamma comes before it; and yaa when kasra comes before it

300

What word refers to letters having the characteristic of heaviness?

Which letters always have this characteristic?

Tafkheem! 

خ ص ض غ ط ق ظ

300

Qalqalah and its levels!

when the letters from قُطْبِجَدْ have sukoon.

3 levels:

1. strongest level when you stop on one of these letters and it has shaddah

2. middle level when you stop on one of these letters and there is no shadda

3. lowest level when the letter comes in the middle of word/ayah with sukoon and you do NOT stop on it

300


I am a rule of stretching that happens ONLY when you stop on a word that ends with fathatain


Madd Ewad

300

Find an example of Izhaar Halqi - pronounce it correctly


نوحا الى

400

What are the 3 parts of the throat and which letters come from each?


400

Heavy or light? Why?


Heavy; Raa saakin is preceeded by fatha!

400

Izhar halqi

When nuun saakin or tanween is followed by one of the 6 throat letters, you are required to pronounce the Nuun clearly!

400


I am a characteristic of only two letters and only when they have sukoon. If you are not stopping, you should pronounce the letter quickly and swiftly!


I am Leen
400

Find an example of HARF al-leen - pronounce it correctly


many examples!

500


Explain to us the rules/steps of how to pronounce hamzatul wasl 😀


it is only pronounced when you start with it according to the following:

1. if there is Laam saakin after it, place a fatha!

2. no ل ? then look at 3rd letter; if dhamma = place dhamma

3. No dhamma? Place kasra!

500

What are all the levels of tafkheem!

1. Heavy letter with fatha followed by Alif

2. heavy letter with fatha

3. heavy letter with dhamma

4. heavy letter with sukoon

5. heavy letter with kasra (lowest level)

500

Madd al-leen

When you STOP on a word which ends with one of the letters of leen (yaa or waaw saakin), then you must stretch the yaa/waaw for 2, 4, or 6 counts

500

I am a characteristic of only four letters! When these letters are pronounced it’s like they are being imprisoned between the back and front of the tongue, so the mouth feels very full and heavy to pronounce them!


I am itbaaq!

500

Find an example of Madd al-Leen. Pronounce it correctly!


any of the 3 examples!