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18. Madd Laazim – Huroof al-Muqatta’aat
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Disjointed letters (Huroof al-Muqatta’aat) appear at the beginning of some Surahs in the Quran. Their meanings remain unclear and are considered by most scholars to be symbolic and do not offer any clear meanings. Although these letters are written together like a word, each letter within it is pronounced separately. There are 29 Surahs that begin with these disjointed letters instead of words. Most of these Surahs have between one and four disjointed letters and a few have five and are seen in different forms. They appear in both Makkan and Madinan Surahs.
Disjointed letters (Huroof al-Muqattaa’aat) need to be read as compulsory Madd (Madd Laazim). As above, the length of the recitation of each letter will be lengthy (Tool), which is six Harakaat long. Examples of single letters are ص (Sad) and ق (Qaf). Two-letter examples include طٓس (Naml) and يــٓس (Yasin). Surahs Al-Baqara, Al-I Imran, Ankabut, Rum, Luqman, Sajdah have the letters الٓــٓم. Examples of four and five disjointed letters are الٓــٓم ٓص and كـــٰهـٰيـٓعـٓص, which are found in Surahs A’raf and Maryam respectively.
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