Question

Salam Alaikom

I would like to congratulate you on a very beneficial website. May Allah reward your efforts. I have some questions to ask.

1. Can you please provide several audio examples of   and , maybe even the same word recited in more than one way, so people can get an idea of the different ways.

2. When stopping at a word whose last letter has a shaddah, such as  , I know that one is to stop with a sukoon. But does it mean stopping on a sukoon on the first or the second sukoon in ? A shaddah letter means the first letter is a saakin and the second is voweled. So if we stop at a word whose last letter is a shaddah, does the second letter (of the shaddah) become saakin so that there are two saakin letters pronounced? (and therefore the sound made is elongated a little) Or is that the second letter (of the shaddah) is eliminated and the person only pronounces one saakin letter.

3. While reading through your lessons on stopping (waqf), I noticed there was a table explaining the difference between Rawm and Ikhtilaas. To my knowledge, I did not come across anything in the waqf  lessons on the word Ikhtilaas. Please clarify where this word fits into the lessons on waqf.

Jazakallahu Khairun, Salam Alaikom.  

Answer

Wa alaikum assalaam wa rahmatu Allahi wa barakatuh. Jazakum Allahu khairan, and may Allah grant you beneficial knowledge of the Qur'an and tajweed.

1.  The way of stopping with   is giving only one-third of a vowel with a lowered voice, and is heard by those close, not far.   It would therefore be very difficult to pick up on a recording, unless it was a very high quality.  We searched for an example, but did not find one.  This does not mean there are no examples, there may be. If  we find one, we will put it up, insha’ Allah.

The way of stopping with  is a circling of the lips with no accompanying sound.  For this reason, there is no audio of the . 

2.  When stopping on a letter with a shaddah, we have to make clear that there are two letters, even though both are saakin.  In the case of the  and , the prolonged ghunnah (most complete) that is on the two letters when they have shaddah.  The length of the ghunnah when stopping should be the same length of the ghunnah  when continuing.   
In qalqalah letters with a shaddah on the last letter, when stopping the two letters are pronounced clearly, the first saakin, the second with a qalqalah. 
In other letters, we make clear the shaddah by raising our voices slightly before the last letter.  This is called a  and more can be read about it in the following lessons: http://www.abouttajweed.com/an-nabr_part_1.htm and http://www.abouttajweed.com/an-nabr_part_2.htm .

 3.  The technique of   is not specifically for stopping, and in the reading Hafs ‘an ‘ Aasim, it is only allowed on one word in the Qur’an, the word , in one of two allowed ways of reading this word.  Please see the following lesson for more explanation on the two ways allowed of reading this word:

 http://www.abouttajweed.com/al-mutamaathilayn.htm.

The  is very similar to  and this is the reason for the comparison chart.  We found it most appropriate to appear after the lessons on , but it is not exclusive to stopping, and not used when stopping in the recitation of Hafs ‘an ‘Assim at all.

Wa iyyakum.