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Iqra 4 — Tasydid & Lam Jalalah
Master tasydid (shadda), lam jalalah (the name Allah), and the rules of alif lam qamariyah and syamsiyah.
Lesson 1: Tasydid (ّ) — Doubled Letter
A small "w"-shaped mark (shadda) above a letter doubles it. Read the letter twice: once with sukun, once with the vowel.
إِنَّ
inna
أَنَّ
anna
كَمَّلَ
kammala
جَمٌّ
jammun
شَدَّ
syadda
حَقٌّ
haqqun
How tasydid works:
إِنْ + نَ = إِنَّ
(in + na = inna) — first with sukun, then with fatha
Lesson 2: Tasydid with Different Vowels
رَبَّنَا
rabbanā
رَبِّ
rabbi
رَبُّ
rabbu
عِبَادٌ
ibādun
يُحِبُّ
yuhibbu
نِعْمَةٌ
ni'matun
أُمَّةٌ
ummatun
صِدٌّ
shiddun
Lesson 3: Lam Jalalah (اللَّه)
When reading the name اللَّه (Allah), the lam is pronounced full/thick (tafkhim) if preceded by a fatha or damma, and thin (tarqiq) if preceded by a kasra.
اللَّهُ
Allāhu (thick)
بِاللَّهِ
billāhi (thin)
عَبْدُ اللَّهِ
abdu llāhi (thick)
لِلَّهِ
lillāhi (thin)
رَسُولُ اللَّهِ
rasūlu llāhi (thick)
فِي اللَّهِ
fī llāhi (thin)
Lesson 4: Alif Lam Qamariyah (الْقَمَرِيَّة)
The lam of ال is pronounced clearly when followed by any of these 14 "moon letters".أ ب ج ح خ ع غ ف ق ك م ه و ي
الْأَرْضُ
al-ardhu
الْبَابُ
al-bābu
الْجَبَلُ
al-jabalu
الْحَقُّ
al-haqqu
الْخَيْرُ
al-khayru
الْعِلْمُ
al-ilmu
الْغَفُورُ
al-ghafūru
الْفَتْحُ
al-fat-hu
الْقَلْبُ
al-qalbu
الْكِتَابُ
al-kitābu
الْمَلِكُ
al-maliku
الْهَادِي
al-hādī
الْوَاحِدُ
al-wāhídu
الْيَمِينُ
al-yamīnu
Lesson 5: Alif Lam Syamsiyah (الشَّمْسِيَّة)
The lam of ال is NOT pronounced (assimilated) when followed by any of these 14 "sun letters". Instead, the following letter is doubled (tasydid).ت ث د ذ ر ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ل ن
التَّائِبُ
at-tā'ibu
الثِّقَةُ
ats-tsiqatu
الدِّينُ
ad-dīnu
الذِّكْرُ
adz-dzikru
الرَّحْمٰنُ
ar-rahmānu
الزَّكَاةُ
az-zakātu
السَّلَامُ
as-salāmu
الشَّمْسُ
asy-syamsu
الصَّبْرُ
ash-shabru
الضَّرُورَةُ
adh-dharūratu
الطَّرِيقُ
ath-tharīqu
الظَّلَامُ
adh-dhalāmu
اللَّطِيفُ
al-lathīfu
النُّورُ
an-nūru