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Assalaamu Alaykum warahmatullah

 

This service is very, very helpful and convenient. May the Almighty Allah sustain it Insha-Allah.

 

I would like to ask you, if you could provide a note, explaining the rules regarding Al-Alif Maqsoorah. 

Shukran 

Ma'assalaamah

 

Answer

Wa alaikum assalaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh,

Jazaka Allahu khairan and amen to your dua’.

The alif maqsoora has basically the same rules as a word ending with a regular alif, except that if there is a tanween (always a tanween) on the alif maqsoora and we are continuing in our reading, we apply the tanween rule, such as in:

Please see the following links for more information:

http://www.abouttajweed.com/stopping_on_words_with_weak_endings1.htm

Please make note of rule one and two for alif maqsoora, but take into consideration whether there is a tanween present or not.

http://www.abouttajweed.com/stopping_on_the_ends_of_words_7.htm

Afwan. 

Wa alaikum assalaam wa rahmatullah.