CONTEST QUESTIONS

 

 1.        Name the five general areas of articulation used for the Arabic letters.

 

 2.        Give the articulation point of each letter in the following word, and state the complete mechanism of formation of each of the letters (when continuing, not stopping on the word).  

 

3.      Compare the articulation point of the letter  and the letter .

 

 

4.      Compare the articulation point of the letter  and the letter .

 

 

5.      The ghunnah is an intrinsic characteristic of which two letters? 

 

 

6.      Define the tanween

 

 

7.      What does idghaam mean (linguistic definition)?

 

 

8.      What are the two subdivisions of the idghaam rule of the  saakinah and tanween.

 

9.      What letters cause the idghaam of the  saakinah and tanween in each of the two subdivisions.

 

10.   What is the rule for the  saakinah in the word ?

 

 

11.   What is the rule for the saakinah in the first word of the phrase .

 

12.   Explain how we apply the above rule, when reciting the Qur’an.

 

13.   What is the applied definition of the rule?