Heavy and light letters

How to teach the Heavy and Light Letters to non native?

1. The Heavy and light Letters
قيقترلاو ميخفتلا فورح

2. Heavy letters
•They are collected in the phrase :
ْظ
ِ
ق
ٍ
طْغَض َّصُخ
•It is a fat letter.
•A part of the tongue (mostly the back
part) rises up to the roof.
•EX:
ني
ِ
د
ِ
لاَلخا– ين
ِ
لاَّضلا– روُفَغلا–ةَّماَّطلا– لاَق– ا
ً
يرِهَظ–
طا
َ
رِص– ين
ِ
ط– مي
ِ
قَتس
ُ
م– ةَنا
َ
ي
ِ
خ–
ً
را
َ
رِضا

3. Light Letters
•All the letters other than the heavy
letters ( ( ْظ
ِ
ق
ٍ
طْغَض َّصُخand the temporary
heavy and light letterswhich are (Alif
Madd –Laam of Exalted name of Allah
–Letter Raa’)
•Lowering the tongue .
•EX:
را
َ
هَّ نلا– ءا
َ
مَّسلا– باَت
ِ
كْلا– راَّنلا– ين
ِ
طا
َ
يَش–
َ
ْلا ةَّن- رْص
َ
عْلا

4. Temporary heavy and light
Letters
1-Alif Madd
•Alif Madd being heavy or light depends on
the letter preceding Alif Madd:
-If the letter before Alif Madd was light, so
Alif Madd should accordingly take a light
sound.
- راَهَّ نلا– راَّنلا– ءا
َ
مَّسلا–ينِمَلا
َ
عْلا
-And if the letter before Alif Madd was heavy,
so Alif Madd should accordingly take a
heavy sound.
لاَق– اًد
ِ
لاَخ– نيِرِبا
َ
ص– ًلً
ِ
فاَغ-فاَط
ُ
ي

5. Temporary heavy and light
Letters
2-The Laam of The Exalted Name of Allah
-If there is a Fatha or a Dhamma before the
word of Allah or Allahum, So the laam in
Allah or Allahum will be heavy.
ْبَع ُد الله–اَق َل

مُهَّللا- َتلله
-If there is a kasrah before the word Allah, So
the Laam in Allah or Allahum will be light.

ْ
سِب ِم الله– ِب لله– ُق ِل

مُهَّللا
-If the reader starts reading with the name of
Allah, then Laam in Allah or Allahom will be
heavy.

8. Temporary heavy and light
Letters
3-“Raa’ “
•Heavy Raa’
1-
َ
ر :ناَض
َ
م
َ
ر
2-
ُ
ر :ناَّم
ُ
ر
3-
ْ
ر
َ
َ : َي
ْ
ر
َ
م
4-
ْ
ر
ُ
َ :نا
َ
ء
ْ
رُ ق
5-
ْ
ر ْ
َ
َ :رْص
َ
علا
6-
ْ
ر ْ
ُ
َ :ر
ْ
سُخ
7-
ْ
رْا :ىَضَت
ْ
را
8-
ْ
ر َِ( ط– ق–ص : ) ساَط
ْ
ر
ِ
ق–
دا
َ
ص
ْ
رِمْلاِبَل– ادا
َ
ص
ْ
ر
ِ
م– َق
ْ
ر
ِ
ف ة-اًدا
َ
ص
ْ
رِإ
َ
و
•Light Raa’
1- ِر :حيِ

رلا
2-
ْ
ر َِ :ن
ْ
وَع
ْ
ر
ِ
ف
3-
ْ
ر ْ َِ :ر
ْ
ح
ِ

سلا
4-
ْ
ر ي :ري
ِ
دَق

9. Heavy or Light Raa’
• ر
ْ
ص
ِ
مSurat Yūsuf:21,99 -Surat Az-Zukhruf:51 -Surat Yūnus:87
when stopping on the Raa’ heavyor light is
right
• رْط
ِ
قْلاSurat Saba’:12
when stopping on the Raa’ heavy orlightis
right
•
ٍ
ق
ْ
ر
ِ
فSurat Ash-Shūraá: 63
when continuing the reading heavyorlight
is right.

10. My best wishes for success
Teacher Moshira