Quick question about how to do a couple of saktahs in Hafs min tareeq ish
Shaatibiyyah:
1) In surah Al-Kahf (18:1-2), when
continuing would I say "wa lam yaj(er) 'allahuu 'iwa jan [hold my breath]
qayyiman" OR would I say "wa lam yaj(er) 'allahuu 'iwa jaa [hold my breath]
qayyiman"
2) Between surahs Al-Anfaal and At-Tawbah (8 and 9)
if I wanted to do a
sakt would I say "shay in 'aleemun [hold my breath] baraaaa'atun" OR would I
say "shay in 'aleem [hold my breath] baraaaa'atun". If this latter case is
true how long can I make the madd in "'aleem"?
Thanks. Was salaam
Answer
Wa alaikum assalaam wa rahmatu Allahi wa
barakatuh.
The sakt ()
between aayah one and two of surah Al-Kahf is one of the four required saktaat
for Hafs 'an 'Aasim min tareeq Ash-Shaatibiyyah. The sakt, a breathless
pause, is done with no vowels on the last letter before the sakt, so in the
case of surah Al-Kahf, we read the word as
if we are stopping on it, with an alif substituted for the tanween fat-h, then
we stop for a brief moment without taking a breath, then go on to read the
first word of the next aayah. This would correspond to your second choice in
the question. We are not sure why there was an [er] in parenthesis "yaj(er)"
in the transliteration of the aayah in the question. There is no "er"
pronounced or written and not pronounced there. Maybe this is a symbol of some
sort?
This sakt is required when we join the first and second aayah of surah Al-Kahf.
If we stop on the last word of aayah one, take a breath, then go on to aayah
two, there is no sakt.
The sakt ()
between surah Al-Anfaal and surah At-Tawbah is an allowed ()
sakt not specifically for Hafs 'an 'Aasim, but allowed for all the different
recitations. If we wish to read the last line of Al-Anfaal in continuation
with the beginning of surah At-Tawbah with this allowed sakt, we read the word
as if we are stopping on it, then pause a
brief period without taking a breath, then proceed to read the beginning of
surah At-Tawbah. As a reminder, there is no basmalah at the -beginning of
surah At-Tawbah. There is more than one way of stopping on the word.
One of the ways of stopping is with a complete sukoon on the letter,
after lengthening the medd letter 2, 4, or 6 counts (),
which would correspond with your second choice in your question. The other
ways of stopping with a sakt on the word will
be covered in future tidbit lessons, insha' Allah. Briefly, the two other ways
are with (one third timing of the vowel on
the dhammah in this case) followed by the sakt, then beginning of At-Tawbah,
or with an (a circling of the lips with no
sound, indicating the dhammah) followed by the sakt, then beginning surah At-Tawbah.
. Both these ways of stopping are allowed on any word ending with an original
dhammah.
You are welcome. Wa assalaam alaikum wa
rahmatu Allah.
when
continuing would I say "wa lam yaj(er) 'allahuu 'iwa jan [hold my breath]
qayyiman" OR would I say "wa lam yaj(er) 'allahuu 'iwa jaa [hold my breath]
qayyiman"
if I wanted to do a
sakt would I say "shay in 'aleemun [hold my breath] baraaaa'atun" OR would I
say "shay in 'aleem [hold my breath] baraaaa'atun". If this latter case is
true how long can I make the madd in "'aleem"?
)
between aayah one and two of surah Al-Kahf is one of the four required saktaat
for Hafs 'an 'Aasim min tareeq Ash-Shaatibiyyah. The sakt, a breathless
pause, is done with no vowels on the last letter before the sakt, so in the
case of surah Al-Kahf, we read the word 
as
if we are stopping on it, with an alif substituted for the tanween fat-h, then
we stop for a brief moment without taking a breath, then go on to read the
first word of the next aayah. This would correspond to your second choice in
the question. We are not sure why there was an [er] in parenthesis "yaj(er)"
in the transliteration of the aayah in the question. There is no "er"
pronounced or written and not pronounced there. Maybe this is a symbol of some
sort?
)
sakt not specifically for Hafs 'an 'Aasim, but allowed for all the different
recitations. If we wish to read the last line of Al-Anfaal in continuation
with the beginning of surah At-Tawbah with this allowed sakt, we read the word
as if we are stopping on it, then pause a
brief period without taking a breath, then proceed to read the beginning of
surah At-Tawbah. As a reminder, there is no basmalah at the -beginning of
surah At-Tawbah. There is more than one way of stopping on the word
,
after lengthening the medd letter 2, 4, or 6 counts (
),
which would correspond with your second choice in your question. The other
ways of stopping with a sakt on the word 
(one third timing of the vowel on
the dhammah in this case) followed by the sakt, then beginning of At-Tawbah,
or with an 
(a circling of the lips with no
sound, indicating the dhammah) followed by the sakt, then beginning surah At-Tawbah.
. Both these ways of stopping are allowed on any word ending with an original
dhammah.