Lesson 11
Practice on Sukūn
تدريب على السكون
Drill lesson for sukūn. Read every word cleanly stop on sākin letters without adding any trailing vowel sound.
Drill: Sākin Letter in the Middle
مَسْجِدmasjid "mosque"
مُسْلِمmuslim "Muslim"
يَسْتَغْفِرyastaghfir "he seeks forgiveness"
يَعْلَمyaʿlam "he knows"
أَمْثَالamthāl "examples/parables"
سَبْعsabʿ "seven"
Drill: Sākin Letter at Word End
قُلْqul "say!" (command)
لَمْlam negation particle
مِنْmin "from"
عَنْʿan "from / about"
هَلْhal question particle
بَلْbal "rather / but"
Qalqalah Drill
Read these and listen for the natural bounce on the qalqalah letter. Do not exaggerate let the bounce emerge naturally:
يَقْدِرyaqdiru qāf is sākin + qalqalah
مَطْلَبmaṭlab ṭāʾ + qalqalah
اجْتَهَدijtahada jīm + qalqalah
أَحَدaḥad dāl at end + strong qalqalah
From Sūrat Al-Ikhlāṣ
قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ
Qul Huwa llāhu Aḥad
Identify every sākin letter. Which are qalqalah? The lām in qul and the dāl in Aḥad both get qalqalah.