Lesson 14
Practice on Shaddah and Sukūn Together
تدريب على الشدة والسكون
Many Qurʾānic words contain both shaddah and sukūn. This lesson builds the precision to handle both in quick succession.
The Challenge
When shaddah and sukūn appear in the same word, you must manage:
- A doubled letter (shaddah) first instance sākin, second voweled
- Another sākin letter (sukūn) no vowel, crisp stop
The key is to never blur the stops. Each sākin must be clean.
Drill
اَلضَّالِّينaḍ-ḍāllīn "the astray" shaddah on ḍ and on l
يُضَلِّلyuḍallil lām shaddah + final lām sākin
مُتَّقِينmuttaqīn tāʾ shaddah then qāf + leen yāʾ
أَشَدُّashaddu dāl shaddah at end
مُسْتَقِيمٌmustaqīmun sīn sākin + qāf + madd yāʾ + tanwīn
يَسْتَعِينُyastaʿīnu sīn sākin + ʿayn + madd yāʾ
Sūrat Al-Fātiḥah Full Reading
Read the whole sūrah carefully, marking every shaddah and sukūn before you begin:
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ
الرَّحْمَـٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ
مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ
إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ
اهْدِنَا الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ
صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَا الضَّالِّينَ