Question
assalamu 3alaikum,
I have a question that i would like to ask Shaikh Ayman R. Swayd. I hope he
is a part of this. This is my very first time doing this so forgive me
please if i made any mistake. Also, I cant type Arabic so i will do it in
English and it might be hard to read, but i hope you can understand it..
Here is the question regarding the hamzah and the alif wasl:
in surah albaqarah ayah 283 ( fal yu2addillathi 2tomina amaanatah)

surah attawbah ayah 49 ( wa minhom
mayyaqoolu 2dhan ly wala taftinny)

surah al a7qaaf ayah 4 ( e2toony bikitaabim min qabl..)

1- How do I figure out what tashkeel to put on the alif wasly?
2- How do I find out their original words?
3- If I begin with the words that begin with the alif wasl and the hamzah
(ex. e2toony) how do I read it?
4- Can you give that example with the rest of the similar words?
I can read Arabic perfectly but I cant understand the fus7ah that well.
I look forward for your answers inshallah. Wassalaamu 3alaikum
wara7matullah.
Answer
Wa alaikum assalaam wa rahmatullahi wa
barakatuh.
His eminence Ash-Sheikh Dr. Ayman is not
part of this site, but we refer to him as a consultant when needed. We can
answer the question for you though, insha’ Allah.
The detailed explanation of the
hamzah wasl- a term more commonly used than alif al-wasl can be found in the
tajweed tidbit archives:
http://www.abouttajweed.com/the_hamzah_al-wasl_lessons.htm
and more specifically about the question above at the following link:
http://www.abouttajweed.com/hamzah_al-wasl_7.htm
To answer your questions:
1. We do not put a vowel on
unless we
are starting with the word after a stop. If we are starting on any of
these words in the question, which are all verbs, we look at the vowel of
the third letter (we count
as a
letter) and if it is a kasrah or a
, we start the word by
putting a kasrah on the
. If the
third letter of the verb is an original dhammah (meaning not a substituted
dhammah, then we start with a dhammah on the
. If the
dhammah is not an original dhammah, we start with a kasrah on the hamzah
al-wasl.
If however, we are joining the word
before with the word starting with the
, the
is
dropped in pronunciation and we read directly from the last letter of the
previous word and its vowel if there is one, to the
saakinah that
is the second letter in the words in the question.
2. To find the original words, you need
to be able to put the word in the past tense singular form. These words all
originally start with
, and
this
has
become the second letter because the command form of the verb is being used
and a hamzah wasl is often used in command forms.
3. If you begin with the verb that has
followed
by a
you
do the following two steps:
a. Determine the correct
vowel for the hamzah al-wasl and use it
b. Change the
into a
lengthened saakin letter (medd letter) of the same time as the vowel of
. If the
hamzah al-wasl is determined to begin with a kasrah, then
will
change into a
saakinah. This is only when starting on the words, since it is only then
that we have two hamzahs next to each other, the first voweled and the
second saakinah, and whenever this occurs we employ
rule.
Please also see:
http://www.abouttajweed.com/new_page_8.htm
In the examples in the question, we would
start the verb with
in the first example (surah al-Baqarah 283) with a dhammah when starting the
word, and
would change to a
saakinah.
The other verbs in the two other examples in the question would start with a
kasrah and the second hamzah (
)
then changes into a
saakinah.
The verb in the third example does not have an original dhammah, and that is
the reason we begin with a kasrah. Please also see:
http://www.abouttajweed.com/hamzah_al-wasl_3.htm ,
http://www.abouttajweed.com/28100302.htm ,
http://www.abouttajweed.com/080802.htm
4. The link:
http://www.abouttajweed.com/hamzah_al-wasl_7.htm
gives more examples in the Qur’an of this type of combination.
Wa alaikum assalaam wa rahmatullahi wa
barakatuh.