Madd — Elongation Rules

Madd Lazim المَدّ اللَّازِم

A madd letter followed by a permanent sukoon — held for the full six counts.

When a long vowel is followed by a sukoon that is permanent (not from stopping), the elongation is lazim — necessary, and held for six counts without variation. It is the longest madd in the science. Lazim has four sub-types (kalimi muthaqqal/mukhaffaf and harfi muthaqqal/mukhaffaf), differentiated by whether the sukoon falls on a letter or follows a shadda, and whether it occurs in a word or in one of the disjointed letters (huroof muqatta'at).

Quran examples

الٓمٓ

The huroof muqatta'at at the start of Al-Baqarah — each letter's madd is held 6 counts. · 2:1

وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّينَ

The alif before the shadda in ad-daallin is held 6 counts. · 1:7

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