There are two types of Madd
- Asli
or Basic Madd ??? اَلمَدُّ
الاَصلِى
Letters
of Madd are three (ا
و ى).
Whenever ا
is preceded by a letter with a fatha or و
is preceded by a
letter with a Dummah or ى
is preceded by a
letter having a Kasra then the combination will be prolonged by one extra
Harakah. For example, بَ
is one Harakah long whereas بَا
is two Harakah long. Consider the following word. It contains
combinations with all three Maddah letters.
نُوْحِيْهَا
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