Qāʻidah Yassarnal - Qurʼān

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And indeed We have made the easy to understand Qur’ān and to remember Qāʻidah Yassarnal - Qurʼān (Al-Qamar 54:18)

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computerised edition of this book was prepared.2015

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In transliterating Arabic words we have partly followed the system adopted by the Royal Asiatic Society: ا at the beginning of a word, pronounced as a , i , u preceded by a very slight aspiration, like h in the English word honour.ث th , pronounced like th in the English word thing.ح h , a guttural aspirate, stronger than h.خ kh , pronounced like the Scotch ch in loch.ذ dh , pronounced like the English th in that.ص s , strongly articulated s.ض d , similar to the English th in this.ط t , strongly articulated palatal t.ظ z , strongly articulated z.ع ‘, a strong guttural, the pronunciation of which must be learnt by the ear.غ gh , a sound approached very nearly in the rgrasseye in French, and in the German r.It requires the muscles of the throat to be in the ‘gargling’ position whilst pronouncing it.ق q , a deep guttural k sound.ئ ’, a sort of catch in the voice.Short vowels are represented by: a for (like u in bud ) i for (like i in bid ) u for (like oo in wood ) Long vowels by: a for or (like a in father ); i for ى or (like ee in deep ); u for و (like oo in root ); NOTE: A somewhat modified system of transliteration has been employed to represent long vowels within the actual exercises of the Q a ’idah Yassarnal-Qur’ a n, so as to differentiate between the sound of long vowels and the extra-long sound of maddah.This system is as follows: aa for ee for ى or (like ee in deep ); oo for و (like oo in root ); aaa/eee/ooo for ( maddah );

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Other: ai for ى (like i in site ) 1 ; au for و (resembling ou in sound ) The consonants not included in the above list have the same phonetic value as in the principal languages of Europe.Curved commas are used in the system of transliteration, ‘ for ع , ’ for ء.Commas as punctuation marks are used according to the normal usage.Similarly, normal usage is followed for the apostrophe.1 In Arabic words like  (Shaikh) there is an element of diphthong which is missing when the word is pronounced in Urdu.

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Introduction The teaching and learning of the Holy Qurʼ a n is a source of great blessing.The Holy Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: “ The best of you is the one who learns the Holy Qur’an and teaches it to others.”
We are pleased to reproduce the Qāʻidah Yassarnal- Qur’ān with instructions rendered into English.The text of the Qāʻidah, however, remains the same.By following these instructions minutely, a beginner is able to make the best use of this primer which is designed to learn the Arabic text of the Qur’ān correctly and efficiently.Experience has shown that a beginner, even a child, can start reading the Qur’ān within a period of six months.
Following are some of the characteristics of the Qāʻidah Yassarnal- Qur’ a n:
Qāʻidah Yassarnal - Qurʼān was written by a great scholar of the Holy Qur’ān, Ha d rat Pir Manzoor Muhammad, and was first published in 1904.It has been proved very useful for teaching and learning the Arabic text of the Holy Qur’ān for beginners of all age-groups.
Qāʻidah Yassarnal-Qur’ān has instructions with each lesson and when followed minutely can be of great help in the correct and efficient reading of the Qur’ān.
Qāʻidah Yassarnal - Qur’ān contains 40 lessons cum exercises and a beginner can easily go through them within six months.All lessons are simple and arranged in a most systematic method.
Qāʻidah Yassarnal - Qur’ān is not a Teach Yourself book.The notes given with each lesson are a sort of Teacher’s Guide.However phonetic examples have been added with the notes of lessons to let a grown up proceed by himself once some help has been given to him in the beginning.7

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7 alif baa taa h aa jeeem thaa khaa daaal dhaaal seeen zaa raa sheeen s aaad d aaad ‘ain z aa t aa ghain faa qaaaf meeem laaam kaaaf nooon wao haa yaa hamzah (The first lesson is essential for the child, who has just started learning.) Arabic Alphabets and their Phonetic Sound Phonetic sound of Arabic alphabets is given below.In phonetic sound: Phonetic Sound (from right to left)

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Lesson No.1 The Dot A dot has been given below.By placing a finger beside it the child is told that this is a dot.(Nuqtah) Here, the child is made to count the number of dots at a place.He is instructed to count from the right.The child should identify whether the given dots are above the line or below the line.(He should start from the right as before.) Single Letters In this lesson, alphabets (letters) are being introduced.The pupil is required to pronounce the name of each alphabet as he reads from right to left.If at any stage he is stuck or makes a mistake, as for example he reads a letter as ba whereas it is ta , then he can be told that it is ta as it has two dots above the line, and so forth.In this way, he will be able to connect the form of the alphabet with its name which Lesson No.2 7

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is very necessary.But otherwise, there is no need to refer to dots or to their positions while teaching a child.He must always read in a flow.8

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The following three lines contain all the alphabets of Arabic in this given order.These are to be repeated, till the whole of it is learnt in that order.This will be found useful later on.11

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12 Kha tt -e-Wa s l What is given below, should not be regarded or read as complete words.The pupil is made to understand that when letters are written in combination, their form undergoes some change.In most cases, only the top part of the letter is retained.The pupil should be shown that two letters are joined by means of a small line, called, Kha tt -e- Wa s l.He should pronounce each letter of the combination separately, as in lesson 2.Example:- is to be read as; jeem, ba.Lesson No.3 Letters in Combination

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15 Letters are sometimes represented by dots above or below a bend.Accordingly, if there is one dot above a bend it represents noon one dot below the bend is ba.Two dots above the bend is ta.Two dots below the bend is ya.Three dots above the bend is tha.As seen below, the bends are in combination with other letters.The pupil must read each letter separately.The Bend

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16 Given below there are strokes of three different kinds: I.Fat h a h which is a stroke above the line.ii.Kasrah which is a stroke below the line.iii.D ammah which is a rounded stroke above the line.Letters in different forms i.e.in the beginning, in the middle and in the end.Lesson No.4

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17 In this lesson the pupil learns what sound a letter produces when it is given the sign of Kasrah ( Note :- Example in Kasrah have purposely been given before those of Fat h ah) The sound of is bi; is ti; is li.Here the letters are no more pronounced with their original name.As before, the pupil is required to read in a flow.Lesson No.5 Lesson No.6 In this lesson the pupil learns what sound a letter produces when it is given the sign of Fat h ah.Example:- The sound of is read ba ; is ja; Note:- Some sounds are identical with their alphabetic name such as those of , etc.

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18 Lesson No.7 In this lesson the pupil learns, what sound a letter produces, when it is given the sign of D ammah.Example:- is read bu , is read h u and is read u Mixed Exercise on Lessons 5, 6 and 7

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20 Mixed Exercise on All Previous Lessons Example:- is read bihi , is read ja-a.is read liyu.

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24 Lesson No.8 Jazm is a new sign.The pupil is required to identify this sign in the following exercise.Lesson No.9 After learning the sound of a letter with Fat h ah, Kasrah or D ammah, the pupil now learns, how this sound is blended with the next letter, which has Jazm on it.Jazm with Fat h ah, is given first.Example:- is ab, is jad etc.

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After the exercise of Fat h ah now here is exercise of Kasrah ( ) and D ammah( ).27

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31 Lesson No.10 There are three full vowels among the Arabic alphabets.These are: Alif ,wao , and ya.The rest are consonants.If there is a consonant letter with sign , , and after it is a vowel, which is either blank or with Jazm, the sound of the consonant letter is modified.Example:- is read baa ( ‘a’ is pulled high up), is boo, is bee (deep ‘e’ sound).

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33 Mixed Exercise The sound of Fat h ah is not long like of Alif Example:- is abaa (not aabaa ), is qaala (not qaalaa ).

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34 The words below are those which belong to Urdu language.But the rules are not any different from those of Arabic.

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38 Mixed Exercise Continuation of Lesson No.10

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39 Note:- Rule about the ending sound of a word at the stop, is given later.Till then, stops are not to be observed as such.

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40 Continuation of Lessons 2 - 3 Given below are alternative forms of some letters, single or in combination.Lesson No.11 Double Strokes (Tanween)

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Given below are three kinds of double strokes: Double Fat h ah double Kasrah and double D ammah.The pupil is asked to identify these signs in the following: A common name for the three signs , , and is, Tanw ee n.If any of these Tanw ee n signs is placed upon a letter, it has the effect of producing the sound of ( with Jazm).Example:- is the equivalent of (dan), is the equivalent of (dun), is the equivalent of (din)producing the phonetic sounds as in lesson 9.41 Lesson No.12 Mixed Exercise

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42 Lesson No.13 There are three strokes of this kind: Vertical Fat h ah.Vertical Kasrah and inverse D ammah.The pupil learns to identify them in the following: Vertical and Inverse Strokes Lesson No.14 Mixed Exercise Vertical Fat h ah is the equivalent of Fat h ah and the blank Alif.Example:- is same as taa is same as yaa is sufficiently high.

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Vertical Kasrah is the equivalent of Kasrah, ya and the Jazm.Example:- is same as ee , is same as y ee.43 Lesson No.15 Lesson No.16 Inverse D ammah is the equivalent of D ammah, wao and the Jazm.Example:- is same as hoo , is same as oo.Mixed Exercise Mixed Exercise

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44 Lesson No.17 The two signs, or , are called, Maddah.The pupil is asked to identify them, in the following: Lesson No.18 When Maddah or is placed on any letter, the sound of that letter is prolonged.Example:- is hooo..., is laaa...etc.Mixed Exercise Lesson No.19 Blank Letters A blank letter is one which is without any sign.It is not pronounced,

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45 yet it is written down.(However every blank letter is not silent.A blank Alif, with Fat h ah on a letter before it, and no Jazm after it, is not silent.It is pronounced according to lesson No.10).Note:- If the letter ya is written without its two dots it is also silent.Example:- is same as (fadd) ; Alif is silent.is same as (ribaa) ; The last two letters are silent.is same as (un) ; The wao is silent.In the examples below, Arabic equivalents have been shown in smaller prints.Mixed Exercise Note:- If Jazm happens to be the first sign in a given line, it still connects the letter of the previous line:

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Lesson No.20 A bend or may also be silent.It is so, when there is no sign or dot over it.Example:- is same as Naraaka.Note:- Rule about the ending sound of a word at the stop is given later.Till then stops are not to be observed as such.46

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48 Lesson No.21 The pupil is asked to identify the sign of Shaddah , in the following: Lesson No.22 Shaddah in effect, is a repetition of a letter, but with two different sounds.Example:- is (abba) , not (ab-ba).is (hilli), is (affu).The whole of it is read in one continuity, with stress on Shaddah.Shaddah

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50 Mixed Exercise The same rule as above is applied here.Example:- is read awwa.Shaddah on the Vowel

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51 Mixed Exercise Mixed Exercise Lesson No.23 As in lesson No.19, the blank letters given below are silent.Example:- is same as walla ; is nassu

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52 Lesson No.24 There are three cases: , ,.Example:- is ; is ; is the letters are all read in continuation.As for instance, is s irrin not s ir-rin.Mixed Exercise Shaddah with Tanween Mixed Exercise Example:- is mar-juwwan.The last alif is silent.Lesson No.25 Example:- is allaa (not alla); the last a in allaa is elongated.is sawwaa not sawwa.Shaddah with vertical Fathah 1/2

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53 Mixed Exercise Lesson No.26 Example:- is biyyee (not biyyi ).The last two ee’s are very deep.This lesson has three examples.Other examples come under Lesson No.27.Shaddah with vertical Kasrah Lesson No.27 Example:- is read ‘allam etc.Three Letters with Combined Sound Example:- is ‘Yassarnal-Qur’ a n, only the underlined part of the long word is the three letter combination which is Mixed Exercise

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54 Mixed Exercise Note:- The combination of three letters is not affected by blank letters in between.These remain silent.However blank Alif after Shaddah is not silent.

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55 More examples in two Shaddah side by side.is read ‘Lanassadda-qanna’.The following part is from three letter combination.Lesson No.28 Example:- is read Lu tt ayyar.Four Letters with Combined Sound Note:- In the following line of this exercise there are two Shaddah signs side by side.Examples: is Na ss adda , is Liyyulla.

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56 Note:- The combination of four letters is not affected by blank letters in between.These remain silent.Blank Alif after Shaddah is not silent as explained before.Lesson No.29 Tanween before Shaddah The normal sound of Tanween is not produced if there is a Shaddah immediately after it.There are two situations.(a) Tanween changes to Fat h ah, Kasrah or D ammah as the case may be, if Shaddah is upon the consonant.Example:- is read T alli.(b) Tanween changes to half pronounced (Noon Ghunnah) if the Shaddah is on a vowel.Example:- is read Ti(n)wwa.It is not read Tinwwa nor Tiwwa.The bracketed (n) is just an under-tone sound in noon.Examples of Noon Ghunnah are very common in the Holy Qur’ a n.

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59 Lesson No.30 Five Letters with combined sound The examples given below have been gradually developed to five combined letters.Finally is read Durriyyu(n)yyu.Lesson No.31 The examples given below have been gradually developed, the six letters combination is which is read Rillujjiyyi(n)yyagh.Six Letters with combined sound Note:- The other example of six letter combined sound, is given under lesson 33.Apart from it there is no other, in the Holy ; Qur’ a n nor there is any, of more than six letters combined.Lesson No.32 Before Shaddah , if there is a letter with Jazm , the letter is dropped out in reading (Idghaam).The letter that occurs before Jazm is then combined with Shaddah.Example:- is read (Qatta).Idgham

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60 Mixed Exercise But if the Jazm in such a situation, is on the letter and the Shaddah sign happens to be on a vowel, then the letter is not dropped out.It is then half pronounced as letter Noon Ghunnah.Example:- is read Mi(n)wwa.is read A(n)yyu not ayyu.

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62 Mixed Exercise Lesson No.33 Reflex and Blending Maddah After Maddah if there comes a letter with Jazm or Shaddah the letter bearing Maddah is first prolonged and then it is combined with the following letter; Example:- is long like aaal is long like haaamma is long like Rooonnee.These cases are very common in the Holy.Therefore there Qur’ a n are several mixed exercises in this lesson.

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63 Lesson No.34 Muqa ttʻā t Letters of Abbreviation in Qur’ a n Some chapters of the Holy Qur’ a n, after begin with letter ( s ) of abbreviation.These are made up of one or more, to a maximum of five letters of the alphabet.Their pronunciation is governed by the following rules: 1.A letter bearing Maddah is read by its original name with a prolonged sound greater than the vertical Fat h ah.2.A letter with vertical Fat h ah is pronounced according to its sign.3.Blank Alif , here, is not silent.It is read by its original name.4.A letter with Shaddah combines the letter that comes before it according to common rule.

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64 Noon Qu t ni is a small print with Kasrah and is written below a blank Alif.The Alif above the Noon Qu t ni is silent.The Noon is pronounced as per rule.Equivalent Arabic pronunciation is given under each example.In the Holy Qur’ a n, small Meem is sometimes found printed on top of letter Noon , bearing Jazm when its following letter is ba.In this case Meem is pronounced instead of Noon.Example:- is read Yamboo an (not Yanboo ).Meem is also ‘ ‘an found written over the sign of Tanween when the following letter is ba.In this case too, the Meem is pronounced instead of Noon sound of the Tanween.Example:- is read Nafsimbimaa (not Nafsinbimaa ).Lesson No.35 Nun Qu t ni Lesson No.36 Small Meem

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65 Lesson No.37 The Holy Qur’ a n combines several stop signs.Some of them are: General Stop Optional Stop Compulsory Stop Ayat Sign and there are also combinations such as: When any of the above stop signs is met with during the course of recitation of the Holy Qur’ a n, there are certain rules to follow, in order to stop there.1.If the word ends in Jazm there is no modification of sound at the stop.Example:- is read Kuwwirat.2.If the word ends in it is regarded to be.Example:- is read Nisaaa’aa.3.If the word ends with a sign which is not Jazm , it is changed to Jazm which then connects the preceding letter.Example:- is read Malak is read Shuhadaaa’ with a catch at end.is read Ghairih.4.Ending changes to ( ha with Jazm ) Example:- is read Quwwah.5.Blank Alif , with a double Fat h ah before it, changes to Fat h ah and Alif remains blank.Example:- is read Juz’aa.is read Raqeebaa.6.If the word ends in blank Alif , but there is no double Fat h ah before it.There is no change in sound at the stop.Example:- is Tahtadoo.7.If the word ends in blank ya and the sign preceding it, is double Fat h ah , then ya changes to Alif and double Fat h ah to simple Fat h ah.Example:- is read D u h aa.8.If the word ends in blank ya and there is vertical Fat h ah before it, there is no change of sound at the stop.Example:- is read abaa.Wuqoof - Stops

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66 More examples for practice are given below together with equivalent Arabic in each case.

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67 This sign is frequently met with, in the Holy Qur’ a n.Here one may not stop.Both options are open.Not stopping at : In this case, the sign is regarded to be just , which means do not stop.One has to proceed on, to the next word without pause, connecting the next word if need be.Example:- is read Ra h eema(n)wwalmu hs anaatu.Stopping at : In this case, the sign is regarded to be just , which is the sign of Aaa yat meant for stopping.But the stop is observed according to proper rules, given earlier.Beginning the next word after : Here there are three cases.1.If the word next to begins with Shaddah , the Shaddah is replaced by Fat h ah changes to (Ra h eemaa Walmu hs anaatu).Further illustrations of not stopping and stopping at are given below.The Stop Signs 2.If the word after begins with a blank Alif and a Laam or it begins with Noon Qutni and a Laam, the start is made with Fat h ah , and without Noon Qu t ni.changes to (Aalameeen.Arra h maanirra h eeem).changes to (Ar d aa.Alladheena).Further illustration of not stopping and stopping at are given below.In case of not stopping(1) In case of stopping(2) (1) (1) (2) (2) (1) (2) (1) (2) (1) (2) (1) (2)

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68 3.If the word after begins with a blank Alif or with a Noon Qu t ni , but there is no Laam after it, the word is then started with a sign, same as that of the 3rd, letter after.changes to Haaroona akhee.Ushdud bihee.changes to Nufooraa.Istikbaaran.Further illustrations of not stopping and stopping at are given below.(1) (2) (1) (2) (1) (2) (1) (2) (1) (2) (1) (2) (1) (2) (1) (2) (1) (2)

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69 Lesson No.38 Lesson No.39 A.Small print seen is sometimes placed on top of the letter s aad The sound of either letter may be pronounced.Examples:- may also be pronounced may also be pronounced may also be pronounced may also be pronounced B.Small print Noon is sometimes written on top of a Noon.These are read as two separate Noon.Example:- is pronounced (Nunjilmu’mineen).Small Seen or Nun Lesson No.40 Alif Zaa’idah In the Holy Qur’ a n, there are several places where there is a blank Alif and there is a before it and no Jazm or Shaddah after it.Fat h ah This, according to lessons 19 and 23 requires that Alif be pronounced.But in these places it is not pronounced.Therefore such Aliph is called Alif Zaa’idah.Example:- is only read as All such places where Alif is superfluous are marked: 1.Everywhere in the Holy Qur’ a n is to be read 2.Everywhere in the Holy Qur’ a n is to be read After vertical Kasrah if there is a blank bend, the vertical Kasrah changes to prolonged Kasrah.Example:- is read as (Majrehaa).It is not read as Majreehaa.There is only one example of this kind in the Holy

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“...No ammendment or alteration is to be done in this by reader, for each and everything of it is based on wisdom and experience.Even if (usefulness of ) a thing is not understood, it is not to be tempered with...”.Pir Manzoor Muhammad of Qadian NOTE 70

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