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Question
Assalaam u Alaykum,
Answer Wa alaikum assalaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh, This is a commonly asked question. Please see the following links of previous questions and answers on the letter and its pronunciation as well as the lesson on its articulation point below: http://www.abouttajweed.com/sidetongue.htm http://www.abouttajweed.com/270203.htm http://www.abouttajweed.com/new_page_16.htm http://www.abouttajweed.com/240805.htm http://www.abouttajweed.com/al-faa~4_128.mp3 http://www.abouttajweed.com/22110406.htm The articulation point of the is different from the and the tip of the tongue used for the , must not be used for the , otherwise it will sound like a “heavy” .
For audio files, there is one file in the links above, but we also suggest you listen to recitations of Al-Faatihah, and listen for the pronunciation of the in the word . Please see the following links and select al-Faatihah and listen for the last aayah: http://www.islamweb.net/ver2/engblue/audio.php?page=souraview&qid=465&rid=1
http://www.islamweb.net/ver2/engblue/audio.php?page=souraview&qid=466&rid=1
http://www.islamweb.net/ver2/engblue/audio.php?page=souraview&qid=463&rid=1
http://www.islamweb.net/ver2/engblue/audio.php?page=souraview&qid=475&rid=1
We aren’t sure which of the two ways was said to be supported in the Arabic books on tajweed, but we can assure you the early books, and all of the later books on tajweed define the same articulation point, but in Arabic as we have in the lesson on the letter , http://www.abouttajweed.com/sidetongue.htm . . Imam Ash-Shaatiby wrote the following about the letter in his poem on the seven qira’aat:
And the side of the tongue, then the deepest part of it for an elongated letter Until what lies opposite to it of the molars and it is from both of them [sides] Difficult and with the right is the least [used]
Imam Ibn Al-Jazaree said:
And the Dhaad from its side [tongue] if is followed by The molars from the left or its right [side of tongue].
Both of these definitions outlined in these two poems, which are considered as foundations for tajweed, state that the side of the tongue, not the tip are used. If the tip is used, you will hear the sound of a , or if the tip and the edges of the two top upper teeth are used, it will sound like a ’. If however, the sides are used as described here, without the tip, the sound will not sound like a or a . The is a letter that needs practice to achieve its pronunciation correctly, and the student of the Qur’an will need to work on making sure the side of the tongue is hitting the gum area by the molars, and not using his/her tip of the tongue when articulating this letter. Wa iyyaakum. Wa assalaam alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh. |