المد الطبيعي
madda_normal
The natural madd: a madd letter stretched for 2 counts (harakat). It's the base length every other madd builds on.
When it applies
ا after a fatha, و after a damma or ي after a kasra, or a small alif, waw or ya, with no hamza or sukun after it: قَالَ, يَقُولُ, قِيلَ.
How to read it
Stretch the vowel for 2 counts, no more.
Letters
ا و ي ـٰ
Examples from the Quran
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