Tajweed rule: Necessary Prolongation: 6 Vowels

المد اللازم madda_necessary
A madd letter followed by a letter with a sukun or shaddah that is always there, not only when stopping.

When it applies

  • In a word, before a shaddah: ٱلضَّآلِّينَ, دَآبَّةٍ. Before a sukun only in ءَآلۡـَٰٔنَ (10:51 and 10:91).
  • In the opening letters of surahs that are named with three letters, like الٓمٓ, قٓ, نٓ.

How to read it

Always stretch 6 counts.

Examples from the Quran

Only the letters of this rule are coloured. The word next to it is shown in grey, many rules depend on it. Click a word to open it in the tajweed tool.

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