Lesson – 21

Standing Kasrah &

Inverted Dhammah

By
Dr. Abdulazeez Abdulraheem
 ‫ب ِ ْس ِم اِل ِ ال َّر ْحمٰ ِن ال َّر ِحي ْ ِم‬

‫الس ََلمُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َّ‬ ‫َ‬

‫ب العل ِميْن والصلوة و َّ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ٰ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ِ‬ ‫ُ‬
‫الحمد ِل ر ِ ّ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬
‫ف االَنبِياَءِ وَاْلمُ ْر َسلِيْن النَّبِيِّنَ‬ ‫َ‬
‫عَلى اش َر ِ‬
‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫مُ َحمَّد ﷺ َو عَلى الِه ِ وَاصحابِه ِ أجمعِيْن‬
‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ْ‬

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 ‫ب ِ ْس ِم اِل ِ ال َّر ْحمٰ ِن ال َّر ِحي ْ ِم‬
‫ان الحمد ِل نحمده و نستعينه و نستغفره‬
‫و نعوذ باِل من شرور انفسنا و من سئيات‬
‫أعمالنا من يهداِل فَل مضل له و من يضلل‬
‫فَل هادي له‬
‫لس ََلمُ عَلَي ْ ُكمْ َورَ ْحمَة ُ اهلل ِ وَب َ َر ََكتهُ‬
‫ا َ َّ‬
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 Take a deep
breath
You are the best! Why? The Prophet pbuh said so!
‫َخي ْ ُركُمْ مَن تَعَلَّمَ الْقُ ْرءَانَ َو عَل َّ َمه‬
You learn best and remember more when you feel
good!

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 The Signs Rhyme

‫ـــَــــــِــــــُـــ‬

Fathah a
Kasrah e
Dhammah

‫ـــٰـــــــــــــــ‬
u

Standing Fathah ‫ـَا‬ Alif-madd

‫ـ ِ ْى‬
aa
Standing Kasrah Yaa-madd
‫ـ ُ ْو‬
ee
Inverted Dhammah uu Waaw-madd

‫ـــًــــــٍــــــٌـــ‬
Double Fathah ‫ـ َ ْن‬
‫ـ ِ ْن‬
an
Double Kasrah in
Double Dhammah un ‫ـ ُ ْن‬

‫ـــّــــــٓــــــْـــ‬
Shaddah HELP
Madd hellllp
Sukoon help
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 ٰ‫م‬ َ‫م‬
Standing Fathah

‫ب‬ٰ َ
‫ب‬
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 Remember Yaa

‫يـ‬ ‫ى‬
‫ـيـ‬ ‫ـى‬
Dots on the Short-Form

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 Another Yaa with NO DOTS.
Followed by Standing Fathah - not read

‫ىـ‬ ‫ى‬
‫ـىـ‬ ‫ـى‬
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 No sign – No sound!

• Yaa after it has no sign… therefore no sound

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 Yaa after Standing fathah is not read.

َ
ٰ‫عل‬ ٰ
‫هدى‬ُ
• The words with this spelling are found in indo-pakistani prints only.
• In modern Arabic this letter is called alif maksoorah.

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 َ‫مَا بَا وَا فا‬
The only letter that has no sign and but has sound is:
Alif-Madd

For the rest: No sign  No sound!

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 1. Yaa in its full form
(which is not read)

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 He sees
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 thus he guided

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 so he went astray
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 captives
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1. Yaa in its full form

ٰ ٰ ُ ٰ َ َ ٰ َ َ
‫يرى فهدى فغوى اسرى‬ ٰ َ
captives so he went astray thus he guided He sees

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2. Yaa in its full form – with a connector
(which is not read)

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 to, toward
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 and to
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 on, upon, against
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 and on
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2. In its Full form with a connector before it

ٰ‫وَعَل‬ ٰ‫عَل‬ ‫وَا ِ ٰل‬ ‫ا ِ ٰل‬

and on on, upon and to to, toward

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 Yes/why not?
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 perhaps
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 Jesus (A)
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 Moses (A)
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 ٰ ْ ُ ِ َ
‫ب َ ٰل ع ٰسى عي ْ ٰسى موسى‬
Moses (A) Jesus (A) perhaps Yes, why not?

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 3. Yaa in its Short form
(which is not read)

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 I see you

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 He guided us

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 his desires
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 He called him

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3. In its Short form

َ ٰ‫اَر‬
ُ ‫ىك هَ ٰدىنَا هَ ٰوىه ُ نَادٰىه‬
He called him his desires He guided us He showed you ;I see you

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4. Yaa in its Short form – with a connector
(which is not read)

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 Meekaal (A)

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 and he gave him

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 and he gave them
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 he constructed it/ her (female)

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 4. In its Short form with a connector before it

ٰ ٰ ٰ
َ‫ِميْكىل َ وَٰاتىه ُ وَٰاتىهُمُ بَنٰىها‬
he constructed it and he gave them and he gave him Meekaal (A)

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 Standing Kasrah

Occurs only on three letters in the Qur’an:

‫ا ه ي‬
Has the same effect as that of Yaa-madd –
stretch the sound twice.

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 ‫‪1.‬‬ ‫‪Repeat after me.‬‬
‫‪2.‬‬ ‫‪Read with me.‬‬

‫ْ‬
‫ٖا = اِى ه = ه ْي ی = ي ِ ْى‬
‫ِ‬
‫ٖا ـا ـا ه ـهـ ـه ي ـيـ ـى‬

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Standing Kasrah

1000 times
in the Quran
Once / page

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 Notice the difference!

‫ا ٖا‬ِ
‫هِ ه‬
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‫ِى ى‬
 familiarity

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 in it /of him
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 He feels ashamed
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 1. Repeat after me.
2. Read with me.

ْ َ
‫ي َ ْستحى‬ ‫بِه‬ ِ
‫ٖاٰلف‬
he hesitates, he feels ashamed in him familiarity

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 Inverted Dhammah

Occurs only on 3 letters in the Qur’an:

‫ء ه و‬
Has the same effect as that of Waaw-madd –
stretch the sound twice.
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 1. Repeat after me.
2. Read with me.

ْ‫و = ُو ْو ه = هُ ْو ء = ءُو‬
‫ء‬ ‫ـه‬ ‫ـو‬

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 ‫ـــــ‬
Inverted Dhammah

1200 times
in the Quran
Twice/ page

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 Notice the difference!

‫و و‬ ُ
ُ
‫ه ه‬
‫ء ء‬ ُ 52
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 David (A)
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 for him

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 buried alive
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 1. Repeat after me.
2. Read with me.

ُ ‫مَ ْوء َدة‬ َ‫له‬ َ‫دَاود‬

buried alive for him David (A)

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 ‫?‪Where is….‬‬

‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫ٰ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬

‫فهُ َو فهَدى فهٰذا فهٰ ِذه ِ‬

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 ‫?‪Where is….‬‬

‫نَادٰى هَ ٰدىنَا نَادَيْنَا نَادٰىه ُ‬

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 ‫?‪Where is….‬‬

‫وَ ٰ‬
‫ٰات وَٰاتٰىه ُ وَٰاتيْنَا وَٰات ْواُ‬

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 Where is….?

َ‫بِها‬ ‫بِه‬ ِ ‫بِه‬

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 Where is….?

َ
َ‫لها‬ َ‫له‬ ُ ‫لَه‬

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 ‫ك اللَّهُمَّ َوب ِ َحمْ ِدكَ‬ ‫ُسب ْ َحان َ َ‬
‫أ َ ْشهَ ُد أَنْ َال إِلَه َ إ ِ َّال أَنْتَ‬
‫وب إِلَيْكَ‬ ‫ُ‬ ‫َ‬ ‫َ‬
‫أ ْستَغفِ ُرك وَأت ُ‬‫ْ‬ ‫َ‬

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 ْ
ً‫ب زِدْن ِ ْي ِعلما‬
ّ ِ َ‫ر‬
Keep praying:

That’s it for now.

See you in the next lesson.

ُْ‫الس ََلم ُ عَلَيْكم‬ َّ َ ‫و‬

ُ‫َورَ ْحمَة ُ اهلل ِ وَب َ َر ََكته‬
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