Question

Assalamu Aleikum wa rahmatu lillahi

1) I have a question about the lengthening during the adhan. I have notice that when muezzins recite for the second time " Hayya ala Salât" and "Hayya ala falâh", they tend to lengthen "Salât" and "Falâh" although those two words do not have a medd. Why is it so? and to how many counts do they lengthen "Salât" and "Falâh"? 

2) Do qaris who recite in front of a live audience (in public) have a specific training so that they will not be nervous or make mistakes in their recitation?  

Answer

1) The adhaan, since it  is not part of the Qur’an, cannot be measured with the same tajweed rules, but the word  does have a medd when stopping on it, as well as the word . There is an alif preceded by a fat-hah, and followed by one voweled letter, and we stop on this last letter with a temporary sukoon.  This in tajweed of the Qur’an is , and when reciting the Qur’an, we lengthen this medd 2, 4, or 6 counts.  The adhaan though is not held to a specific number of vowel counts in this lengthening.

2. We are not aware of this, but believe that the more one reads in front of people the easier it generally gets.  The most important thing is keeping ones intention solely for Allah when reciting the Qur’an, and this caution would be especially needed in front of a group.  There are some naturally more at ease in front of groups than others, but it does not mean if one has the tendency to be nervous, that it will always be that way.