Question
When we stop
on a word with a shaddah, such as
how
can we show by our reading that the word has a shaddah?
Answer
Subhana Allah. This
question and the question posted yesterday about the hamzah on the end of a
word are similar in the answer.
We
stop on any word with a sukoon (absence of a vowel) even if there is a vowel
written on the last letter. We do
not though, remove the shaddah on the last letter of a word when stopping on
it. That would be tantamount to
removing a letter and changing the Qur’an, Allah forbid.
The question then is, how is that shaddah made clear?
The answer is with a
, or accent, on the last letter to
show that it is two letters. To
do this, we need to raise our voices slightly in pitch when stopping on that
word just before we reach the last letter of the word that has a shaddah on
it. The shaddah then comes out clearly and the listener can
distinguish that the last letter has a shaddah on it.
There
are two exceptions to this. One,
if the last letter of the word we are stopping on has a qalqalah letter with a
shaddah on it, as in
there is no need for a
when
stopping on this word. The last
letter in this example is a
with
a shaddah on it, and
is
one of the five qalqalah letters (
).
The are two different mechanisms involved in forming each of the two
letters of the shaddah when the last letter is a qalqalah letter. The first letter of the shaddah will be articulated with
(collision)
of the two articulating parts without any mouth or jaw movement.
The second letter of the shaddah (when it is a qalqalah letter) is
formed by
(separation)
of the two articulating parts without any mouth or jaw movement.
There is, therefore, two different mechanisms of formation for each
part of the shaddah, even though it is the same letter twice.
The first, by collision, the second, by separation.
The
second exception of the need for a
(accent) when stopping on a word
with a shaddah for the last letter is when the last letter is a
or
with
a shaddah, as is:
.
The last letter on this word is a
with
a shaddah, and there is a prolonged ghunnah (or nasalization) on any
or
with
a shaddah. The ghunnah then makes clear the fact that there is a shaddah
on the last letter, so there is no need for a
(accent).
And
Allah knows best.
