Natural Madd (المد الطبيعي)

Madd with Alif

Fathah followed by standing alif

قَالَ ، كَانَ

Length: 2 counts

Madd with Waw

Dammah followed by silent waw

يَقُولُ ، نُورٌ

Length: 2 counts

Madd with Ya

Kasrah followed by silent ya

فِي ، قِيلَ

Length: 2 counts

Madd Al 'Ewad

Fathatayn (double fathah) is substituted with Alif when stopping on it

أَزْوَٰجًا ، أَلْفَافًا

Length: 2 counts

Madd At-Tamkeen

The meeting of a waw with dammah and a waw sakinah, or a yaa with kasrah and a yaa sakinah

حُيِّيتُم ، تَلْوُوا۟

Length: 2 counts

Madd Tabee'i Harfi

From among the letters that are found at the beginning of the suwar

the individual letters in (حي طهر)

Length: 2 counts

Secondary Types of Madd (المد الفرعي)

Madd Muttasil

Madd letter with a hamzah after it within same word

جَآءَ ،سُوٓءَ

Length: 4-5 counts

Madd Munfasil

Madd letter with a hamzah after it, where the hamza is the first letter of the next word

فِيٓ أَنفُسِهِمۡ ، يَرِثُهَآ إِن

Length: 4-5 counts

Madd Badal

Hamzah with a madd letter after it, and there is no hamza or sukoon after the madd letter

ءَامَنُوا۟ ، إِيمَان

Length: 2 counts

Madd Lazim

Madd or leen letter with a letter after it that has an original sukoon. It also includes singular letter cases at the beginning of surahs

وَلَا ٱلضَّآلِّينَ ، آلْآنَ ، the individual letters in (نقصَ عَسَلُكُم)

Length: 6 counts

Madd Aarid lis sukoon

Madd letter at end of verse when stopping

نَسْتَعِين ، رَحِيم

Length: 2, 4, or 6 counts

Madd Silah

Madd silah occurs when (ه) is preceded by a voweled letter and followed by a voweled letter. Its length is 2 counts for regular madd (silah sughra/minor) and 4-5 counts when the letter after it is hamzah (madd silah kubra/major)

مَالَهُۥٓ أَخْلَدَهُۥ ، إِنَّهُ عَلِيمٌ

Length: sughra: 2 counts , kubra: 4 or 5 counts

Madd Leen

Sukoon on waw/ya with fathah before

خَوْف ، قُرَيْش

Length: 2, 4, or 6 counts when stopping; 2 counts when continuing

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